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Kerry Would Sue Trump for 'the Lives That Will be Lost' Due to Climate Change
Written by Nicolas Ballasy | PJ Media
Former Secretary of State John Kerry, author of Every Day is Extra, predicted that “lives will be lost” due to President Trump’s position on climate change, calling his time in office a matter of “life and death.”
California to launch its 'own damn satellite' to track greenhouse gases
Written by The Guardian
Announcement at climate summit comes after former US secretary of state John Kerry warns that international action is slowing
'Major Victory': Landowner's Legal Challenge Halts Construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana
Written by Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams
While celebrating the win, activists noted that "construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline continues in other parts of the Atchafalaya Basin" and vowed to keep fighting to completely shut down the project
Cities and States Lead on Climate Change
Written by Jeff Biggers | New York Times OpEd
As President-elect Donald J. Trump considers whether to break the United States commitment to the Paris climate accord, the rise of clean energy across the heartland is already too well entrenched to be reversed.
DAPL Investors Getting Antsy: If Pipeline Doesn’t Move Oil by January First the Contract EXPIRES
Written by Sydney Robinson | Ring of Fire Network
Though water protectors have held their ground at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access pipeline for months now, they need only push for a month and a half longer until it is possible that their mere presence may actually kill the oil-funneling project.
WV Supreme Court: No Pipeline Surveys for Private Gain
Written by Derek Teaney | Appalachian Mountain Advocates
West Virginia property owners won an important case at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday when that Court sided with Appalachian Mountain Advocates attorneys, ruling that the Mountain Valley Pipeline cannot survey for its proposed natural gas pipeline without landowner permission.
Tesla & Solar City Just Shattered the Energy Paradigm — Power Entire Island with Solar Energy
Written by Jay Syrmopoulos | The Free Thought Project
Report: Combat Vs. Climate
Written by Miriam Pemberton, Nathan Doctor and Ellen Powell | Institute for Policy Studies
Fifteen of the sixteen hottest years ever recorded have occurred during this new century, and the near-unanimous scientific consensus attributes the principal cause to human activity. The U.S. military’s latest National Security Strategy says that climate change is “an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic resources like food and water.”
How Nuclear Power Causes Global Warming
Written by Harvey Wasserman | The Progressive
Supporters of nuclear power like to argue that nukes are the key to combatting climate change. Here’s why they are dead wrong.
"It's Time We Were Heard": Another Day in Court for Climate Kids
Written by Deirdre Fulton | Common Dreams
With Big Oil behind it, the government has sought to dismiss the case, which has been called 'the most important lawsuit on the planet right now'
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As Protests Spread Nationwide, Federal Court Halts Pipeline Construction Near Sacred Native Land
Written by Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project
Corporate Media Silent as States Declare Emergency In Aftermath Massive Pipeline Rupture
Written by Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project
The Big Difference at Standing Rock Is Native Leadership All Around
Written by Sarah van Gelder, Dallas Goldtooth | Common Dreams
This year’s massive buildup of resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline follows closely on the heels of the victory over Keystone XL pipeline, something often credited to feverish organizing by 350.org. But years before 350’s involvement, there was the Indigenous Environmental Network, which launched that movement and its “Keep It In the Ground” messaging.
Obama administration orders ND pipeline construction to stop
Written by Devin Henry | The Hill
The Obama administration said it would not authorize construction on a critical stretch of the Dakota Access pipeline, handing a significant victory to the Indian tribe fighting the project the same day the group lost a court battle.
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