by Olivia Rosane | Jul 17, 2026 | Big Oil, Canada, canadian wildfires, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Enbridge Line 5, First Nations, Fossil Fuel Industry, Fossil Fuels, Green New Deal, News, Ontario, Sunrise Movement, Wildfires
As wildfires raged across Canada on Thursday, sending dangerous smoke across the border into major US cities, climate advocates called for accountability for the fossil fuel industry, which knew for decades that its products were largely responsible for the climate crisis, yet chose to push climate denial instead. While fire is a natural part of the lifecycle of Canada’s boreal forests…
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by Andrew Lee | Jun 15, 2026 | affordability, Climate Crisis, Environmental Justice, EPA, Fascism, Hunger Strike, ICE, Militarism, Op-Ed, Organizing, Palestine, Philadelphia, Sunrise Movement
On May 21, activists with the Philadelphia chapter of the youth-led environmental justice group Sunrise Movement began a protracted hunger strike, vowing to starve themselves until Mayor Cherelle Parker committed to spending an extraordinary $1.19 billion municipal budget surplus on community programs. They were demanding investments in renewable energy alongside demands not traditionally…
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