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The debate over deep-sea mining exposes a contradiction between the country’s proud culture of environmental stewardship and its dependence on the extraction of the ocean’s riches. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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From a groundbreaking trial in Montana to a “truly historic” human rights hearing in Europe, legal liability for climate change took big steps forward this year. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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At a climate-change town hall, the 2020 hopeful says those who "lied to the American people" in a "bold-faced way" must be held accountable. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Amy Goodman / TruthdigDec 30, 2016
Trump's finger on the nuclear trigger is a terrifying prospect. The anti-nuclear movement needs to go on high alert to make sure that trigger never gets pulled. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2016
More than 100 Nobel laureates—about a third of those living—signed a letter urging the environmental advocacy group to end its opposition to the cultivation of genetically modified food. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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According to the environmental organization, leaked documents from negotiations for the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP -- an international trade deal -- reveal a legal program that would exchange national sovereignty for rule by corporations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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The film's directors Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn discuss the environmental effects of the animal agriculture industry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigApr 19, 2016
Over the past week, Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening activists lobbied members of Congress for campaign finance and voter-law reforms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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On the winter solstice, a Truthdig review of the year's environmental stories finds cause for hope in our poison-riddled world. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
By Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanDec 17, 2015
"I see a lot of back-slapping, a lot of self-congratulation, and I see very little in terms of the actual substance that is required to avert climate breakdown."
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By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsDec 9, 2015
Professors from major U.S. institutions agreed to write reports promoting the benefits of CO2—and said they did not need to disclose fossil fuel funding. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Common Dreams staffNov 30, 2015
On the biggest day of climate change activism ever seen worldwide, millions of people are joining in Sunday, at more than 2,500 events around the globe, using people power to put pressure on world leaders to unite in fighting global warming at the COP21 summit opening Monday in Paris. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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