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This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

DeSmogBlog

Tags: Bill McKibben Earth Day U.S. Simpler because our environmental troubles could be easily seen. The air above our cities was filthy, and the water in our lakes and streams was gross. There was nothing subtle about it. Environmental Protection Agency fossil fuel divestment

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New Documents Reveal Exxon-owned Canadian Oil Giant's Shifting Climate Change PR

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Read time: 9 mins It was 1971, less than a year after the world’s first Earth Day, and in Canada an oil giant was worried. Tags: Imperial Oil ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) climate science denial oil industry public relations Gasoline

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How a Non-Proliferation Treaty Could Save Lamu’s World Heritage Site from the Destruction of Fossil Fuels

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 9 mins This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Tags: Save Lamu Centum Gulf Energy coal plant Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty UNESCO World Heritage Site Covering Climate Now

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Enduring the Climate and Coronavirus Crises: What Will It Take to Get Through Both?

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 9 mins This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Tags: COVID-19 coronavirus Covering Climate Now climate crisis Naomi Klein Nationalism

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A Look at the Oil Industry’s Favorite Climate Solutions

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 12 mins This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Tags: carbon capture natural gas carbon tax biofuels ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Imperial Oil Covering Climate Now

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Labor Helps Obama Energy Secretary Push and Profit from 'Net Zero' Fossil Fuels

DeSmogBlog

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the AFL - CIO and the Energy Futures Initiative ( EFI ) — a nonprofit founded and run by former Obama Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz — launched the Labor Energy Partnership. Tags: Dentons EJM Associates AFL-CIO IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers U.S.

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Save the Earth IRL by playing Pokmon Go during Sustainability Week

AGreenLiving

The event runs from April 20-25, coinciding with Earth Day on April 22. To get credit for doing good, players need to post a picture and description on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook with the hashtag #SustainableWithNiantic and tag @NianticLabs. Pokémon Go Live Via Eurogamer and Vox Image via Pokémon Go.