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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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This philosophy led Cole to structure CRPE so that community organizers were in the lead and lawyers would be accountable to the organizers. Echoing those unrealized book chapters, last year Kivalina joined forces with several Louisiana tribes that were impacted by Hurricane Katrina. center, and his family in May 2014.

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China Finances Most Coal Plants Built Today

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Japan and South Korea, which traditionally financed overseas coal projects, have started to abandon them , and China sees opportunity. Nearly all of the 60 new coal plants planned across Eurasia, South America and Africa — 70 gigawatts of coal power in all — are financed almost exclusively by Chinese banks. China Talks.

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Climate Deniers and the Language of Climate Obstruction

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That’s ExxonMobil touting its “lower-emission solutions” and staff working to “develop our global strategy for creating sustainable energy” while planning a $10 billion investment in new oil and gas reserves in South America. Some researchers have called this “fossil fuel solutionism.” .