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Voices from the People's Climate March: Indigenous Groups Lead Historic 400,000-Strong NYC Protest As many as 400,000 people turned out in New York City on Sunday for the People's Climate March, the largest environmental protest in history. With a turnout far exceeding ... Read More →

Heirs of Billionaire Oil Tycoon John D. Rockefeller Join Growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement In major climate divestment news, the Rockefeller family, which made their vast fortune on oil, has announced it will begin divesting from fossil fuel companies. The heirs of Standard Oil ... Read More →

Musician Sting: Why I Am Walking with the Indigenous Bloc in People's Climate March The world-renowned musician and activist Sting stops by our three-hour special from the People's Climate March to talk about why he is marching with indigenous activists on the front lines of ... Read More →

Bernie Sanders at People's Climate March: To Stop Global Warming, Get Dirty Money Out of Politics Speaking at the People's Climate March in New York City, independent Senator Bernie Sanders discusses a potential 2016 presidential run and how getting money out of politics is critical to ... Read More →

"This is History": People's Climate March Organizer Bill McKibben on 400,000-Strong Turnout Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org and a lead organizer behind Sunday's People's Climate March and global day of action, joins us to reflect on the historic protest. "There hasn't been a political ... Read More →

Socialist Seattle Politician Kshama Sawant: We Need a Radical Militant Nonviolent Climate Movement Climate activists traveled from across the country and the world to take part in Sunday's historic People's Climate March in New York City. We speak to Seattle City Councilmember Kshama ... Read More →

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: "The Only Thing We Have in Our Power is People Power" Environmental activist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was one of up to 400,000 people joining the People's Climate March Sunday in New York City. "American politics is driven by two ... Read More →

Singer Angélique Kidjo: The Women of Africa Are Paying the Price of Climate Change As up to 400,000 filled the streets, Democracy Now! did an exclusive three-hour global broadcast from the heart of the People's Climate March in New York City. We air highlights of the ... Read More →

Anti-Coal Climate Activists March with Massachusetts District Attorney Who Almost Prosecuted Them Earlier this month, two climate activists were set to go on trial in Massachusetts for blocking the shipment of 40,000 tons of coal to the Brayton Point power plant, a 51-year-old facility that is one of ... Read More →

"Climate Change is Now": Former Irish President Mary Robinson and Marshall Islands' Tony deBrum Among the hundreds of thousands of people who attended the People's Climate March in New York City was Mary Robinson, former Irish president and U.N. high commissioner for human ... Read More →

Up to 400,000 Join Historic People’s Climate March in NYC

Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit New Record; U.S. Share Increases 2.9%

Heirs to Rockefeller Oil Fortune Divest from Fossil Fuels

Turkish Hostages Released from ISIS Captivity in Iraq

Over 130,000 Syrian Refugees Flee ISIS into Turkey

Ambassador: U.S. Won’t Go it Alone on Syria Strikes

Yemeni Gov’t Signs Truce with Shiite Rebels

Thousands Protest Russian Involvement in Ukraine Civil War

U.N.: Sinking of Ship Carrying Gazan Refugees Could be "Mass Murder"

Iraq War Vet with PTSD Detained in Unprecedented White House Breach