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Julia Conley

Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

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90% of Marine Species Face Extinction if Greenhouse Gas Emissions Don’t Drop

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Amazon Buying Roomba Is 'Most Dangerous, Threatening Acquisition in the Company's History'

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‘Without Wild Species, Our Whole Planet Unravels,’ Says Author of Biodiversity Report

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'Grave Injustice': Judge Rules Against West Virginia Community Devastated by Opioids

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Big Tech Poses ‘Existential Threat to Democracy,’ Antitrust Advocates Say

More than 130 civil society groups demanded that federal regulators shut down the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's water futures market.

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130+ Groups to Wall Street: Water Is Not a Commodity

Banks and other profit-driven companies 'cannot be trusted' to end their complicity in the human-caused climate emergency.

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Big Bank Climate Pledges 'Cannot Be Trusted'

The Electronic Frontier Foundation said the government's expanded use of the technology for law enforcement purposes is one of the "most disturbing" aspects of the GAO report.

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10 Federal Agencies Plan to Greatly Expand Reliance on Facial Recognition Surveillance, Critics Outraged

‘The climate crisis is a child rights crisis.’

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Report Paints ‘Unimaginably Dire’ Picture of Risk to World’s Children From Climate Crisis

Americans' grocery bills reflect only a third of a true cost of food.

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True Cost of Food 3 Times What Americans Actually Pay, Report Finds

A panel of international lawyers published an official legal definition of the term 'ecocide.'

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‘Ecocide’ Officially Defined as a Crime, Paving Way to Prosecute Big Polluters

Human rights advocates denounced a Supreme Court decision last week in favor of the U.S. corporate giants Nestlé USA and Cargill.

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‘Dangerous Precedent’: Supreme Court Sides With Food Giants Nestlé, Cargill in Child Slavery Case

A new relationship with the planet.

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126 Nobel Laureates: Time Is Running Out for ‘Our Planet, Our Future’

New research found that PFAS were present in 100% of breast milk samples studied.

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Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in 100% of Breast Milk Samples

A 'huge victory' for farmworkers and children.

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Huge Victory for Kids: Court Orders EPA to Ban Use of Toxic Pesticide on Foods

Climate campaigners denounced financial investment giants BlackRock and Vanguard.

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Wall Street Titans Under Fire for Backing World’s Largest Private Funder of Fossil Fuel Projects

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Water: The New Wall Street Commodity

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Top Action to ‘Save the Planet’? Crack Down on Industry Money in Politics

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Mass Purchases of Pfizer Vaccine by Richest Countries May Leave Poor Nations Empty Handed