This community-led coalition was formed to ensure that any public dollars committed to curb plastics pollution are prioritized for local, zero waste strategies.
Author: Ananda Lee Tan (Ananda Lee Tan)
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How Effective is Civil Society at the UNFCCC, Really?
Ever since the 2015 Paris Agreement ushered in a new era of polluter subsidies, opening the door for the deceptive buzzword “Net Zero Emissions,” philanthro-capitalism has guided NGO climate actions to become increasingly performative...
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Press Advisory: COP27
Climate justice activists and frontline community members come together to push back against false carbon market solutions and corporate techno-fixes at the COP27.
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U.S. Leaders Make Duplicitous Commitments While Promoting False Corporate Schemes at COP27
The Just Transition Alliance Condemns the Biden Administration for Advancing a Dirty Energy Agenda Under the Guise of Climate Finance for the Global South
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#StopBurningTrash
For decades, California has subsidized toxic waste incinerators to pollute communities of color and the poor. It’s time that state lawmakers spent these public funds on building zero waste facilities that provide thousands of much-needed resource recovery jobs instead.
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Remembering Henry
Dr. Henry Clark was an iconic leader of our environmental justice movement and founder of the West County Toxics Coalition.
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From Earth Day 2 May Day: Marcha Campesina in Solidarity with Workers Around the World!
On Sunday, May 1, Familias Unidas por La Justicia and Community to Community, along with many allies, revived a Skagit County tradition that has been happening since the 1980s.
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Just Transition is the Opposite of Net Zero
Contrary to Makower’s comment that "for the uninitiated, it’s a compelling, albeit vague term," just transition is anything but vague. Complex, yes. Controversial, maybe. But certainly not vague.