#ThrowbackThursday: The 2015 Paris Agreement
Although the 2015 Paris Agreement didn't meet its initial goal, it presents hope in international climate negotiations.
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Earth in Brackets
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min
#ThrowbackThursday: The 1997 "Kyoto Protocol"
The second post in our new #ThrowbackThursday series tells you about the 1997 "Kyoto Protocol".
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Earth in Brackets
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
#ThrowbackThursday: The 1992 "Rio Earth Summit"
Welcome to our new #ThrowbackThursday series on international efforts against climate change! Today: The 1992 "Rio Earth Summit"!
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Earth in Brackets
- May 4, 2020
- 9 min
The Pinelands National Reserve; Thinking Globally, Acting Locally.
By: Chris Bunn. A small glimpse into the wonders of Pine Barrens ecology, the fight of a local NGO against the interests of the fossil...
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Earth in Brackets
- Jul 21, 2018
- 2 min
Spilling and Killing: Trump’s expansion of US offshore drilling continues
By Sara Löwgren In January this year, a frightening press release shook Americans from coast to coast. Trump expanding drilling in...
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Earth in Brackets
- Jun 5, 2018
- 4 min
Climate Change: a post-development and post-colonial exploration
My interest in climate justice has been constant through my four years at College of the Atlantic (COA). During my second, third and...
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Earth in Brackets
- May 3, 2018
- 3 min
Extracción Petrolera en Alta Mar: el plan de Trump
Escrito por Rachael Goldberg, traducido por María Sánchez Esteban El 20 de Abril del año 2010, el mundo fue testigo del mayor derrame de...
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Earth in Brackets
- May 1, 2018
- 3 min
Drilling the Coast: Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
By: Rachael Goldberg On April 20th, 2010, the world witnessed the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, when...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 7, 2017
- 2 min
It’s not just about what we say: it’s about who is listening
by Andrea Fontana Credits Aura Silva Martinez First day at COP23. Having the chance to address the opening plenary of the Subsidiary...
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Earth in Brackets
- Feb 20, 2017
- 6 min
Diversification for Sustainability – Lobster fishing and Aquaculture in Maine
By Zebadiah Campbell My name is Zebadiah Campbell. I am an eighth generation lobster fisherman and a second generation oyster farmer from...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 20, 2016
- 5 min
A COP in Brackets
The 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place in Marrakech, Morocco, from...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 15, 2016
- 6 min
Land Use at COP22: What Happened and What’s Next?
By Sara Velander, Jenna Farineau, and Elaina Burress. After the final text of the Paris Agreement was adopted mid-December 2015, several...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 15, 2016
- 3 min
What am I supposed to do with my feelings?
Credits to David Tong By Margherita Tommasini I experience panic attacks. I already share this struggle with the people I love, so it...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 14, 2016
- 2 min
[Earth] member delivers SBSTA Closing Plenary Intervention at COP22
At every COP meeting, constituencies have the opportunity to address opening and closing plenaries through interventions. The closing of...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 14, 2016
- 2 min
#ZeroFossilsDay
by Rachael Goldberg and Andrea Fontana Mobilized by 350.org, we joined a variety of climate justice groups that gathered today to demand...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 12, 2016
- 4 min
“If no one can listen to [us] when [we’re] alone, then we must do it collectively”
by Elaina Burress and Jenna Farineau “I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 12, 2016
- 2 min
Civil Society Demanding Urgent Action to Ensure Protection and Justice for Climate Migrants under th
by Andrea Fontana On Thursday November 10th, civil society mobilized with a series of events to ask for legal protection and immediate...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 12, 2016
- 2 min
Civil Society Demanding Urgent Action to Ensure Protection and Justice for Climate Migrants under th
by Andrea Fontana On Thursday November 10th, civil society mobilized with a series of events to ask for legal protection and immediate...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 11, 2016
- 4 min
The Day Donald Trump Got Elected
by Rachael Goldberg Waking up, I was expecting this whole election mess to be over. Hillary Clinton was going to be president and while...
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Earth in Brackets
- Nov 7, 2016
- 4 min
A COP of Action?
By Laura Berry & Margherita Tommasini “As we open COP 22, 100 parties have ratified the Paris Agreement. All together, we have made...
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