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Top Law Firms Called Out for Serving Fossil Fuel Industry Clients in New Climate 'Scorecard'

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The student-led initiative, Law Students for Climate Accountability , calls for holding the legal industry accountable for profiting from work defending and lobbying for fossil fuel clients as the world faces what scientists say is a climate emergency. Whitehouse

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Engaging Students in Energy Conservation

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As a step toward this transformation, Stockton Unified School District has engaged students as energy monitors. That’s not the only benefit – staff are discovering that students are going home and taking on the role of educators with their parents, pointing the way to ways to save energy (and help the planet) at home.

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Australian Teens Bring Class Action Climate Lawsuit to Stop Coal Mine Expansion

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Filing a class action lawsuit in federal court , these students are representing not just themselves but young people under age 18 across Australia and around the world, as the generation that is particularly imperiled from the climate crisis and the continued fossil fuel expansion driving climate breakdown. .

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New York City Climate Strike in Photos

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Read time: 3 mins Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, inspired millions of students worldwide to take park in climate strikes on Friday, Sept. Tags: climate strikes climatestrike Greta Thunberg 20 to demand politicians take urgent steps to stop climate change. The opening session of the summit is on Sept.

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Engineering for the Earth

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Faculty at the University of Colorado’s engineering school, in partnership with graduate students and K-12 teachers have developed and classroom tested an online resource, the TeachEngineering collection, which showcases engineering in everyday life as the context for student learning. Bookmark the permalink.

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Global Push for LNG Creates 'Gas Bubble' That Could Bust

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The protests rapidly spread around the country, with students, environmental groups, and other First Nations joining the rail blockades in solidarity. Tags: LNG Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink pipeline US LNG Exports American Petroleum Institute

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Citing Latest Climate Science, Nearly 30 Arrested Protesting New Natural Gas Plant in New York’s Hudson Valley

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With each new report that comes out, and each new article that comes out I get angrier and angrier,” said Carroll, a student at nearby Vassar College. Tags: new york state department of environmental conservation Natural Gas Power Plants sane energy project New York state