A Chinese boy cycles past a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China.

New Data Shows Collapse Of Coal Imminent, Sparks Climate Hope

According to the latest Boom & Bust report from Greenpeace, Sierra Club and CoalSwarm, 2016 saw monumental drops in every stage of coal project development.

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Lawsuit Filed Against Companies Fracking In Oklahoma Following Record Rise In Earthquakes

The suit come in the wake one of the strongest earthquakes in state history.

Lawsuit Filed Against Companies Fracking In Oklahoma Following Record Rise In Earthquakes

Oklahoma City, OK – Sierra Club and Public Justice have filed a federal lawsuit against three energy companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in Oklahoma, alleging that production waste from

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‘The Alarm Bells are Ringing’: From Athletes To Environmentalists, A Universal Call For Racial Justice

While the protests over deaths of Eric Garner and Mike Brown refuse to stand down, leading environmentalists, labor protesters and others show their solidarity saying: “These issues are not separate.”

With the nation's streets still filled with protesters and a plan for thousands to march on Washington brewing, the call for justice for Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and other black victims of police violence has only grown stronger. In the days and weeks since two grand juries failed to indict the police officers who killed the two men, expressions of

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Keystone Report Jolts Activists to Ramp Up Opposition

The report mixed potentially good and bad news for opponents of the pipeline, which would bring a particularly heavy, dirty form of crude oil from “tar sands” deposits to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico.

Keystone Report Jolts Activists to Ramp Up Opposition

WASHINGTON — Following the State Department’s release of a highly anticipated final environmental assessment on the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, environmentalists have undertaken a renewed process of organizing opposition to the project.

The

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Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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75,000 Commit To Civil Disobedience If Obama Cuts Deal On KXL

Leading green groups warn president against deal-making with Canadians on tar sands pipeline.

75,000 Commit To Civil Disobedience If Obama Cuts Deal On KXL

Amid rumors that the Obama administration might try to cut an emissions deal with Canada in order to justify approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, leaders from 25 US environmental groups—backed by millions of members and at least 75,000 individuals willing to engage incivil disobedience—warned the president on Tuesday that such a deal

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Local ‘Protectors’ In Iowa Recognized For Grassroots Fight Against Frac Sand Mining

One group successfully staved off a silica sand mine and imposed a moratorium on similar projects.

Local ‘Protectors’ In Iowa Recognized For Grassroots Fight Against Frac Sand Mining

Allamakee County Protectors founding member Robert Nehman never considered himself much of an activist, yet he and his group of fellow grassroots advocates are being recognized by the Sierra Club for their successful fight to keep frac sand mining out of their backyards.

The Allamakee County Protectors weren’t

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Tea Party And Sierra Club Team Up on Solar Energy

Members of both groups gathered in Georgia to celebrate a decision made by Georgia’s leading utility company to increase its use of solar power.

Tea Party And Sierra Club Team Up on Solar Energy

Tea Party conservatives and Sierra Club environmentalists are pairing together in an unlikely coalition united in favor of solar power.

On July 11, members of both groups gathered in Georgia to celebrate a decision made by Georgia’s leading utility company to increase its use of solar power, an energy mode that’s quickly becoming a

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