As COP27 Failure Looms, Climate Movement Demands: 'Phase Out All Fossil Fuels'

November 16, 2022 Top News As COP27 Failure Looms, Climate Movement Demands: 'Phase Out All Fossil Fuels' "This COP must be the one where fossil fuels come to an end," one organizer with the youth-led Fridays for Future movement asserted. by Brett Wilkins NLRB Requests 'Nationwide Cease and Desist Order' to Stop Union-Busting at Starbucks "We are asking the court to swiftly grant the injunction so that the employee Starbucks unlawfully fired can return to work and all Starbucks employees nationally can effectively exercise their right to engage in union activities," said an NLRB official. by Kenny Stancil 'Unfortunate Accident': Polish President Says Missile That Killed Two Likely Fired by Ukraine "There is nothing, absolutely nothing to suggest that it was an intentional attack on Poland," Polish President Andrzej Duda told reporters. by Jake Johnson More Top News • Senate Report, Hearing Confirm 'Systematic Medical Abuse' of Migrant Women in ICE Detention • 'Break Up Ticketmaster,' Chorus of Lawmakers Demands Amid Taylor Swift Fiasco • 13 Senate Dems Join GOP in Voting to End Covid Emergency Declaration, Kick Millions Off Medicaid  SENATE DEMS ARE WRONG! MUST READ! • 'Democracy Is Not Out of the Woods Yet': Trump Announces 2024 White House Run • House Democrat Leads Charge to Bar Trump From Office, Citing 14th Amendment • In COP27 Speech, Lula Vows to Make Amazon Destruction 'A Thing of the Past' • 'A Moral and a Strategic Responsibility': Bowman, Omar Lead Call for Loss and Damage Funding VIEW ALL NEWS Quality journalism. Progressive values. Our new media model is simple: we rely on our readers and thousands of small donations to keep us moving forward. No ads; no paywalls: our content is free, and our readers sustain us. DONATE TODAY Opinion Do Not Confuse Industry-Backed 'Carbon Capture' With the Urgent Need for Carbon Removal We don't have time to choose between stopping emissions and removing CO2 from the air. We need to do both to survive. by Kumi Naidoo A Note of Apology to This Nation's Younger Generations: We Failed You Millennials today hold only 4.6% of the nation's wealth and, along with Zoomers, struggle to own a home and are deeply in debt. What happened? In a word, Republicans… by Thom Hartmann Raising Interest Rates and Tightening Monetary Policy Is Not the Answer Governments and central banks in the US and Europe continue to insist that raising interest rates is the only way to tame soaring prices, even though it is abundantly clear that this approach is not working. by Jayati Ghosh VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, United States Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194