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Oceans hotter in 2021 than any time in recorded history
Higher ocean temperatures threaten to disrupt marine life—which supplies a quarter of the world's protein—and put millions of people at risk of accelerated sea-level rise.
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Yes, there were 10 good things about 2021
It was, indeed, a disastrous year, but we do have some reasons to cheer. For starters, Trump left office.
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Climate chaos: What to learn from 2021
2021 will probably rank among the seven hottest years ever, continuing the succession of global temperature records that blur with the years we just lived through.
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Angela Davis on imagining new worlds, the campaign to free Mumia and the Biden presidency
Angela Davis talks about navigating the pandemic and an inadequate two-party political system during a time of racial uprising in the United States.
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How capitalism stole Christmas (and killed the planet along the way)
A dive into the holidays and the manufactured desire for more to understand how capitalism is driving the climate crisis.
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To end ‘deafening noise of war,’ Pope says nations must fund education over weapons
Pope Francis has released a new peace message in which he rebukes soaring military spending and praises work and activism that uplift the common good.
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Turkey’s floating power plants help Cuba amid electricity shortage
Floating power plants from Turkey are helping provide electricity amid severe shortages, covering 10% of the nation’s total electricity demand.
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Israelis and Cubans celebrate chess through Chess4Solidarity tournament
Some 200 chess players from the two countries faced each other in competitive matches through the Israeli chess club's Chess4Solidarity campaign.
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U.S. and its allies fueling worldwide erosion of democracy, analysis shows
"We cannot rely on the U.S. or its allies to 'champion' democracy around the world," said global grassroots movement Progressive International.
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Campaigners rip COP26 draft as a ‘polite request’ for climate action amid existential…
"This draft deal is not a plan to solve the climate crisis, it's an agreement that we’ll all cross our fingers and hope for the best."
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