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The Young Activist Fighting to ‘Change the Faces of Power’
For New York City-based organiser Ilona Duverge, housing justice isn’t just some theoretical concept. She knows what it’s like to be housing insecure firsthand.
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A New Plastics Complex Would ‘Desecrate’ Cancer Alley
Sharon Lavigne won the 2021 Goldman Prize for environmental defenders this year. She never meant to become an activist, let alone the face of a key environmental justice fight in the U.S. But in 2018, when Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that a company called Wanhua was set to build a new plastics plant…
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A Drone Will Rescue Three Dogs Trapped by La Palma Volcanic Eruption
Three dogs that are trapped near the erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Islands may soon be saved by a drone.
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The Possibilities and Limits of Individual Climate Action
Here at Earther, I spend a lot of my time writing about the entities that are the most responsible for the climate crisis, like energy giants and other polluting companies. I know that these companies and their friends in government have spent decades promoting the false idea that we are all responsible for global warming.