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Fighting for a people’s COVID-19 vaccine
"The best vaccine is the one that is immediately available to you." Last Sunday, I got my first dose of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine...
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Celebrating 2019’s climate justice wins
As the climate negotiations in Madrid stall this week with vague decisions on important points such as loss and damage and market mechanisms under the...
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A just transition into a clean energy future
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Coal in, activists kept out at Katowice climate talks
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The road to Katowice is powered by fossil fuels
"We need to change that." Starting the first week of December, all eyes will be on Katowice, Poland as negotiators gather for the 24th Conference...
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On the road to Katowice
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A call for climate justice
On the day of the barangay elections in May, at a tin-roofed roadside shack 142 kilometers north of Manila, the women of Barangay Lamao in...
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The Magic Lives On: Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival 2017
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