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    Billionaire Climate Activist to Spend $25 Million to Register Millennial Voters

    Billionaire Climate Activist to Spend $25 Million to Register Millennial Voters

    California billionaire Tom Steyer has pledged at least $25 million to a campaign aimed at getting millennials to vote for political candidates who care about climate and energy issues. The number of registered Millennials has TRIPLED since 2008. https://t.co/qEyD7eW8Mh pic.twitter.com/L2Vo1JQ9e7 — NextGen America 🗳 (@NextGenAmerica) April 25, 2016 “Today, over 80 percent of young voters prefer candidates who offer […]

    50 Billionaires Receive $6.3 Million in Federal Farm Subsidies

    50 Billionaires Receive $6.3 Million in Federal Farm Subsidies

    Think federal farm subsidies only help out struggling family farmers? Think again. Fifty members of the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans—banking tycoon David Rockefeller Sr., Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, stockbroker Charles Schwab and dozens of other billionaires—received at least $6.3 million in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2014, according to an Environmental Working […]

    7 Reasons to Join Democracy Awakening

    7 Reasons to Join Democracy Awakening

    As editor of Greenpeace USA’s blog for almost a year now, I’ve had the privilege of supporting some amazing actions from behind the scenes. I wrote in amazement as 13 climbers put themselves—literally—between Shell and the Arctic last summer, and I was equally inspired watching thousands mobilize in Paris during international climate talks a few months later, […]

    Democratic Debate Brings Fiercest Exchange Yet on Climate Change, Fracking

    Democratic Debate Brings Fiercest Exchange Yet on Climate Change, Fracking

    During last night’s Democratic debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a site that was flooded by Hurricane Sandy, presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton displayed the fiercest exchange around climate change yet. 2nd most-Tweeted moment for #DemDebate: Clinton & Sanders disagree on environmental policy plans https://t.co/XMkmrvpApI — Government (@Gov) April 15, 2016 “The movement […]

    Democracy Spring Takes a Bite Out of Dirty Money

    Democracy Spring Takes a Bite Out of Dirty Money

    Though you wouldn’t know it by tuning in to mainstream media, more than 600 people have been arrested in the nation’s capital since Monday as part of Democracy Spring, the mass civil disobedience campaign aimed at getting big money out of politics, restoring voting rights and reviving democracy. The fight against dirty energy money comes […]

    Bernie Sanders Calls for Nationwide Ban on Fracking

    Bernie Sanders Calls for Nationwide Ban on Fracking

    Bernie Sanders doubled down on his stance on fracking ahead of the New York primary this week, advocating for a nationwide ban with a new campaign advertisement and a speech in upstate New York. Sanders pointedly criticized Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for her stance on fracking and other environmental issues and his ad once again […]

    How Much Money Has Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Taken From the Fossil Fuel Industry?

    How Much Money Has Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Taken From the Fossil Fuel Industry?

    According to a new report by Greenpeace, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting her have received $138,400 from fossil fuel lobbyists and $1,327,210 from bundlers, totaling more than $4.5 million from lobbyists, bundlers and large donors connected the fossil fuel industry. Clinton maintains that she’s received only about $330,000 from individuals who work […]