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May 14, 2021

MARTHA’S WINDYARD

With a hacked pipeline in the news this week, take action to shut down new proposed pipelines, help bust the filibuster and flood the inboxes of dirty energy investors.

Also this week, America’s BEST-SELLING VEHICLE goes electric and Biden's OFFSHORE WIND PLANS begin to ripen (as do SUSTAINABLE BANANAS in Costa Rica).

Welcome back to ITM.earth, the WEEKLY ACTION TOOLKIT for the climate movement.

Each week, we bring you the top campaigns, actions and events — with links to everything to make taking action as easy as possible.

TELL CONGRESS:
GO CLEAN

SUPPORT BIDEN'S PLAN to create millions of quality clean energy jobs and ensure that no community is left behind.

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STOP LINE 3

JOIN INDIGENOUS LEADERS from June 5-8 in northern Minnesota to resist Line 3. Rise for treaties, rise for water, rise for climate. 

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INCONVENIENT INBOX

Tell investors to stop supporting Shell by flooding them with CALENDAR INVITES.

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F*CK THE FILIBUSTER

The filibuster has been shutting down climate progress for years. And now it threatens our very democracy. BUT THERE’S A SOLUTION.

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POLLUTION BY THE £

If you’re in the UK, you’re paying for polluters to pollute. MAKE THEM PAY.

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This is the spotlight for the climate heroes doing the most urgent work on the front lines.
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TARA HOUSKA is an Anishinaabe attorney and founder of the Giniw Collective, a group of water protectors leading the resistance against the Line 3 pipeline.

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TARA HOUSKA is an Anishinaabe attorney and founder of the Giniw Collective, a group of water protectors leading the resistance against the Line 3 pipeline.
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DISHA RAVI is the co-founder of Fridays for Future India and has been targeted by the Indian government for speaking out in support of struggling farmers. She is currently working to help those suffering from COVID.

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DISHA RAVI is the co-founder of Fridays for Future India and has been targeted by the Indian government for speaking out in support of struggling farmers. She is currently working to help those suffering from COVID.
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HEATHER TONEY is the National Field Director for Moms Clean Air Force. But she’s also a mom, author, wife and triathlete. And she was Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi.

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HEATHER TONEY is the National Field Director for Moms Clean Air Force. But she’s also a mom, author, wife and triathlete. And she was Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi.
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Your backstage pass to go inside the climate movement and hear what the leaders of the movement are thinking and doing.

ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ is the director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Here’s why he thinks the climate movement has enormous potential to create change.

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Ceres CEO MINDY LUBBER has spent three decades trying to get companies to act on climate change. Now, she thinks they're finally starting to get the message. 

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Climate science can be overwhelming. Here’s your easy-to-share highlight reel.
SKY-SCRAPING POLLUTION

It turns out that burning gas, biomass and wood in buildings often creates more negative health impacts than even burning coal. The only path forward: truly clean energy.

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A SOIL-UTION?

Is it a new theory or has it been right in front of us the entire time? See how this soil solution could deliver a huge win for the climate.

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OLD MCDONALD HAD A (KILLER) FARM

They put food on your plate and kill 18,000 Americans a year. What is going on with America’s farms?

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THE NEW ABNORMAL

Today’s weather is so out of whack, we now need to redefine normal. These amazing animations make it strikingly clear the impact of climate change on our weather systems.

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LEGO MY CORALS!

Scientists are working to revitalize and restore Singapore’s coral populations, and they’re using an unexpected prop to do it.

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BATTLE OF THE BUGS

Pesticide pollution is even worse than we think. Warmer temps = more bugs = more insecticides + more storms = toxic runoff. It’s the feedback loop from buggy hell

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The climate crisis in pictures. Our lens is global.

A man photographs "Ghost Forest" an art installation designed by artist Maya Lin in Madison Square Park in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S.

Reuters | 22 days ago
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On Budget night, we sent a clear message to our Government: #FundOurFutureNotGas by investing in climate solutions and our communities.

Instagram | 22 days ago
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"I don’t want to tell my children, “Well, this used to be oceanfront, and now we have to have a huge sea wall because the waves don’t recede the way that they used to.”

Instagram | 22 days ago
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Hi everyone! My name is Aman Sharma (@birds_of_india_); I’m an 18-year-old climate activist and wildlife conservationist studying in New Delhi, India, and I’m taking over @undp for the day.

Instagram | 22 days ago
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INHERITING DISASTER — By the time a child born today goes to college, the world may be unrecognizable. We have to act now. #LaterIsTooLate (Science Moms)

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ARE THE BIG BANKS RACIST? — These investment bankers know that big banks are inherently racist. Here’s why. (The YEARS Project)

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STOPPING THE MONEY PIPELINE — Watch activism in action! Last week, all over the world, people rose up to stop the banks funding the climate crisis. (STMP)

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GREEN BANANAS — Orange you glad bananas can be grown sustainably? See how this Rainforest Alliance Certified banana farm in Costa Rica gets the job done. (Rainforest Alliance)

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FFF: UNCHARTERED TERRITORY — A UK bank has a terrible climate record. So Fridays for Future activists decided to prank them deservingly. (Fridays For Future)

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Here’s what it looks like when people show up, voices ring loud and leaders act for the sake of the planet.
BIDEN PASSES WIND

An offshore wind project in Massachusetts able to generate enough electricity to power 400,000 homes just got the green light from the US gov’t.

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STOP YOUR ENGINES

Ford’s F-150 pickup truck, the number one selling vehicle in America, just went electric. Is it finally the end of the road for the internal combustion engine?

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EPA SHREDS INJUSTICE

A car scrap metal facility in Chicago would worsen the pollution in an already-impacted LatinX community. The EPA isn’t having it.

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PAST ITS PRIME

Amazon may not pay taxes, but it will have to pay up for pollution. California air regulators will now hold Amazon and other large corporations accountable for their emissions.

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MEAT MAVENS GO MEATLESS

Argentinians love meat perhaps even more than they love futbol. But the country just launched a meat-free Monday campaign to combat climate change.

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PUSHED OUT BY POLLUTION
Immigrants are seeking refuge from the climate crisis that the U.S. created. So why are we turning them away?
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HIDING THE TRUTH
Trump buried this climate report for 4 years, but now it has come to light. The bottom line? We’re in trouble.
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PARADISE LOST?
It’s one of the most pristine ecosystems on Earth and home to tribal communities, but what happens when an oil company decides to move in next door?
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SUN MOON: GONE
Previously the country’s largest lake and a major tourist attraction. Now? An empty hole in the ground. See what happened..
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THE COVID-CLIMATE CRISIS
India is getting hammered by COVID but are other factors at play? See how pollution took a bad situation and made it catastrophic.
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CORRUPT CONSERVATION
The Massachusetts Audubon Society promised to preserve trees in exchange for carbon-credits, yet these credits somehow turned the society from a preservation organization into a timber operation.
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NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES
Can you Survive the Century? This video game is designed to soothe climate anxiety as players embark on adventures that take action against climate change.
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Every week we highlight three climate campaigns having real impact. There are many more than 3, see many of them here.

Through hard-hitting investigative journalism, in-depth research and collaborations with other investigative outlets, DeSmog works tirelessly to provide climate accountability and serve as an antidote to science denial and disinformation.

Through hard-hitting investigative journalism, in-depth research and collaborations with other investigative outlets, DeSmog works tirelessly to provide climate accountability and serve as an antidote to science denial and disinformation.

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Zero foodprint helps implement agricultural climate solutions by giving farmers grants to switch to practices that promote healthy soil and store more carbon.

Zero foodprint helps implement agricultural climate solutions by giving farmers grants to switch to practices that promote healthy soil and store more carbon.

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CJA works to build a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies.

CJA works to build a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies.

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