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Advocates Say Plastics Treaty Draft Falls Far Short as Talks Near Deadline

As negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty enter their final stretch in Busan, South Korea, environmental and human rights advocates warned Friday...

30.11.2024 4

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Sanders Warns Trump Is a Fascist Who May Let Musk Control the Presidency

Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders issued a strong warning against a second Trump administration on Sunday, portraying him as an authoritarian...

27.10.2024 7

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Israel May Kill Every Palestinian Left in North Gaza, UN Official Warns

Israel could kill everyone left in Northern Gaza if its assault on the enclave continues, a United Nations relief official warned on Saturday. U.N....

27.10.2024 10

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World Bank Thwarts Climate Goals With $750 Million in Factory Farm Investments

Leading development banks invested at least $2.27 billion in “a leading driver of greenhouse gas emissions” in 2023.

21.10.2024 10

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Longshoremen Threaten Strike as GOP Pushes Biden to Intervene in Contract Battle

Over 25,000 workers may walk off the job Tuesday, shutting down ports across the East Coast if a deal isn’t reached.

27.09.2024 4

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Chattanooga VW Workers Prepare for First Negotiations. Here’s What They Want.

Following their historic vote to join the United Auto Workers in April, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee held a rally on Sunday...

16.09.2024 10

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Thousands Protest in France and Brussels to Denounce Sexual Violence

Thousands of people took to the streets in 30 French cities and Brussels on Saturday to protest rape and sexist violence and to support Gisèle...

15.09.2024 5

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Tlaib Lambasts Blinken for Saying the US Respects the Geneva Conventions

“Is this a joke?” Rep. Rashida Tlaib replied to the secretary of state on X as the US continues to send arms to Israel.

13.08.2024 4

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Methane Emissions Rising Faster Than Expected, Threatening Global Climate Goals

Methane is the second-leading greenhouse gas heating the atmosphere and contributing to the climate crisis.

30.07.2024 4

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July 21 Was Earth’s Hottest Day on Record

July 21 was Earth’s hottest day on record, overtaking the record set last July during the hottest year in millennia. The European Copernicus Climate...

23.07.2024 5

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Iranian Presidential Elections Head to Runoff With Reformist Narrowly Leading

Reformist legislator Masoud Pezeshkian and conservative former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili will face off in a second round of voting after neither...

30.06.2024 3

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More Than 1,000 Perish During Hajj, With Most Deaths Attributed to Extreme Heat

More than 1,000 people participating in the Hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, have died as of Thursday as temperatures in the holy city reached 125°F at...

20.06.2024 4

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There’s an 80 Percent Chance of Surpassing 1.5°C Warming Over Next 5 Years

There is also an 86 percent chance that one of the next five years will surpass 2023 as the hottest year on record.

06.06.2024 5

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Abortion Wait Times in Southeast Have Soared Following Florida’s 6-Week Ban

Wait times have increased at 30% of the abortion clinics in the states closest to Florida its draconian six-week abortion ban went into effect on May...

27.05.2024 10

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UK High Court Rules Julian Assange Can Appeal US Extradition

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may appeal an extradition order to the U.S., the U.K. High Court ruled on Monday. The 52-year-old Assange faces 17...

20.05.2024 10

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Flash Flooding Kills More Than 300 in Climate-Vulnerable Afghanistan

The severe floods came on the heels of an extreme drought in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.

14.05.2024 20

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Egypt Joins ICJ Case Accusing Israel of Genocide as Gaza Assault Intensifies

Egypt is the third country to request to join South Africa's case, and its request is especially significant for Israel.

13.05.2024 30

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Bernie Sanders: Israel Has Gone to War Against the Entire Palestinian People

As Israel escalated its assault on Gaza over the weekend, Sanders said Israel shouldn’t receive any more military aid.

13.05.2024 20

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Mike Johnson Says He Won’t Push Federal Abortion Ban. Advocates Don’t Buy It.

"The technical political science term for this is 'lying,'" said Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin.

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Israeli Bombs Kill at Least 5 Children in Rafah Ahead of Threatened Invasion

Israeli airstrikes killed between 20 and 30 people in Rafah Sunday night, including at least five children. Among the slain children was a...

29.04.2024 30

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Alabama House Passes Bill That Could Be Used to Criminalize Librarians

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-28 on Thursday in favor of a bill that would apply the state’s criminal obscenity laws to public...

26.04.2024 10

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Biden EPA’s New Rules for Fossil Fuel-Powered Plants Met With Mixed Response

President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency announced a final quartet of rules on Thursday to limit climate-warming emissions from...

25.04.2024 5

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Hundreds of Bodies Discovered in Mass Grave in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital

Palestinian civil defense discovered hundreds of bodies buried by Israeli forces in a mass grave inside the complex of Khan Younis’ Nasser Medical...

22.04.2024 8

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Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote to Join UAW in “Historic Victory”

Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, became the first Southern autoworkers not employed by one of the Big Three car manufacturers...

20.04.2024 7

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Climate Crisis Will Shrink Average Global Income 19 Percent in the Next 26 Years

The climate crisis will shrink the average global income 19% in the next 26 years compared to what it would have been without global heating caused...

18.04.2024 9

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University of Southern California Cancels Muslim Valedictorian’s Speech

In a decision that the largest U.S. Muslim civil rights organization called “cowardly,” the University of Southern California announced Monday...

16.04.2024 10

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New Bill Could Pave the Way Toward Banning Student Debt Cancellation

Campaigners have issued a “red alert” over language included in the 2024 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that could pave the...

04.04.2024 4

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Northern Gaza on the Brink of Famine as Israel Denies Entry of UNRWA Food Aid

Israel will no longer permit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to drive convoys bearing food aid into...

25.03.2024 4

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'Dirty Dozen' guide shows 95% of these fruits and veggies tested positive for pesticides

The latest edition of an annual consumer's guide published Wednesday reveals that almost three-fourths of non-organic fruits and vegetables sampled...

20.03.2024 7

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2023 Shattered Key Climate Metrics, World Meteorological Organization Finds

“Earth is issuing a distress call,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said in response to the new climate report.

19.03.2024 3

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Activists Across 6 Countries Stage Day of Action Against North Sea Oil Drilling

Climate activists in six North Sea countries came together on Saturday to carry out acts of civil disobedience in protest of their governments’...

17.03.2024 10

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Swiss Voters Approve Pension Boost While Rejecting Raise to Retirement Age

In a move that pensioners rights group Avivo called “a historic victory for retirees,” Swiss voters on Sunday voted to boost their pension by...

05.03.2024 20

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IRS Pursues 125,000 Non-Filing Cases in Crackdown on Wealthy Tax Evaders

The Internal Revenue Service announced on Thursday that it was going after high-income earners who had dodged taxes by failing to file tax returns...

01.03.2024 8

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Israel Fired on UNRWA Food Convoy in Gaza After Approving Its Aid Route

The Israeli navy fired on a United Nations convoy bringing much-needed aid to northern Gaza after Israel approved the route it would take. The...

22.02.2024 30

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Climate Scientists Record First 12-Month Stretch Over 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target

The UN says that world leaders must curb emissions by 42 percent by 2030 to abide by the Paris climate agreement.

08.02.2024 2

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Exxon and Chevron Announce Record Shareholder Returns in Hottest Year on Record

U.S. oil companies ExxonMobil and Chevron announced their second-highest profits in a decade on Friday, with both companies paying out a record amount...

03.02.2024 10

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25 GOP Governors “Stand With Texas” in Defying Supreme Court at Border

Twenty-five Republican governors have lent their support to GOP Gov. Greg Abbott as he doubles down on his defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court order to...

26.01.2024 20

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“Wrong Side of History”: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Vetoes Ban on Solitary Confinement

New York City Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a New York City Council bill on Friday that would have banned the practice of solitary confinement in city...

21.01.2024 20

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Republicans Added 27 Anti-Wildlife Measures in FY 2024 Appropriations Bills

U.S. Lawmakers, mostly Republicans, have inserted a record number of anti-wildlife measures into the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024, the...

18.01.2024 10

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COP29 Host Azerbaijan Plans to Raise Gas Production by a Third Over Next Decade

Azerbaijan, the country slated to host the next United Nations Climate Change Conference, has plans to increase its gas production by a third during...

08.01.2024 6

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Fossil Fuel Divestments Over Last Decade Have Now Reached $41 Trillion

More than 1,600 institutions like universities, pension funds, and governments that hold more than $40.6 trillion in assets have now divested from...

15.12.2023 6

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Atmospheric CO2 Has Reached Levels Not Seen in 14 Million Years, New Study Finds

The last time that levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide were as high as they are today, Greenland was free of ice and the savanna and grassland...

08.12.2023 5

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More Than 1,000 UK Union Workers Blockade 4 Weapons Factories That Arm Israel

More than 1,000 union members with Workers for a Free Palestine blockaded four weapons factories in the United Kingdom Thursday that make components...

07.12.2023 20

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