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We’re near a tipping point on ending fossil fuels; let’s not mess it up | Opinion
In his best-selling book “Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell defined the term as “that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.” For an optimistic climate activist, some highly visible recent events might have been construed as a tipping point in the movement towards clean energy and […]
Opponents of the clean cars plan are using Trumpian disinformation | Opinion
Four years of mass disinformation and lies from the Trump White House and GOP loyalists culminated in the Big Lie that the election was stolen, a claim debunked in dozens of courtrooms and by a bevy of Republican election officials. Now we’re seeing this familiar playbook of disinformation and “alternative facts,” a hallmark of the […]
The Minnesota lawsuit against Big Oil is about environmental protection — but also racial justice
Minnesotans place a high value on accountability. In the 1990s, we led the nation by taking Big Tobacco to court for lying about the harms caused by smoking. More recently, we’ve been at the forefront of demands to hold police accountable and change law enforcement systems that brutalize and kill Black people in Minnesota and […]