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1. News is a list of our activities for the last three months.
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1. News:
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In March we published the two fine YouTube videos “How much land is needed for the US to be powered by wind & solar” and “Fossil fuels kill 9 million people every year. Why are we blind to the harms of oil & gas?” These two show both the effects of environmental destruction and the ease of going with renewable energy.
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In March we published “Climate change is increasing the risk of infectious diseases worldwide - From COVID to Lyme disease to various fungal afflictions, climate change has already worsened over 200 infectious diseases” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Environmental Degradation Means More Pandemics and Less Food.” Failure to deal with climate change means more diseases and more famine.
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In March we published a talk by Chris Hedges “Rage Against the War Machine rally” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Continuous Wars” with over 1,300 references. These two articles show we are paying a heavy price for war.
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In March we published “Big Oil’s trade group allies outspent clean energy groups by a whopping 27x, with billions in ads and lobbying to keep fossil fuels flowing” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Fossil Fuel Companies Lie” with over 100 references. These two articles show fossil fuel companies deliberately lie.
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In March we published the Australia Honest Government Ad “The Safeguard Mechanism.” This is eerily like the greenwashing tactics used in the United States.
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In March we published “Clean Energy Has a Tipping Point, and 87 Countries Have Reached It. Solar power, electric cars, grid-scale batteries, heat pumps—the world is crossing into a mass-adoption moment for green technologies.” Progress is being made.
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In March we published “Pete Buttigieg’s Transportation Department Is Skirting Safety Standards.” Neither Biden nor Buttigieg are covering themselves with glory here.
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In March we published “Elon Musk's Tesla Master Plan 3 in 22 Mins.” We can completely transfer to sustainable energy using only 60% of what we spend on fossil fuels. After the transition we will use 50% less energy. It is absolutely possible.
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In March we published “Record number of environmental activists murdered” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Killing and Harassment of Environmentalists is Increasing” with over 50 references. The jailing and killing of environmentalists is increasing.
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In March we published a New Progressive Alliance article to help people and organizations make their progressive case by using documentation which is continuously updated.
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In February we published “A neuroscientist explains why stupidity is an existential threat to America.” It is about the Dunning-Kruger effect which combined with tribalism pose very real threats. I see it on both the left and the right. I have no easy answers.
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In February we published “The Progenitor of Inequalities—Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings.” Corporations and citizens are not on an equal playing field.
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In February we published “How much of the worlds land mass we need to cover in solar” and the New Progressive Alliance article “We can power with renewable energy right now” with over 370 references. These two articles show there are many paths to preserving the environment and avoiding the worse of global warming. We are not doomed.
- In February we published “How companies greenwash their plastic pollution.” Plastics pose an ever increasing danger.
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In February we published “No miracles needed: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world.” We can stop climate destruction with present technology if we do not get distracted with false fossil fuel distractions.
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In February we published “Big Oil peddled the big lie: UN chief slams energy giants for ignoring their own climate science.” The Big Lie continues.
- In February we published more information about whistleblower Julian Assange. The New Progressive Alliance will never support Biden because of his prosecution of journalist Julian Assange for reporting war crimes.
- In February we published “The U.S. had 18 different billion-dollar weather disasters in 2022 - Hurricane Ian ($113 billion in damage) and drought ($22 billion in damage) were the two most expensive U.S. weather disasters of 2022” and the NPA article “Cost of Environmental Destruction” with over 200 references. These two articles show the ever increasing environmental destruction we are facing.
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In February we published “Ocean heat hit another record high in 2022, fueling extreme weather” and the NPA article “Danger to Our Oceans” with over 100 references.
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In February we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Corrupt Media” which describes the dramatic decrease in both the power and effectiveness of the public media. It has over 865 references.
- In January we added to our article on the environment a section on how banks contribute to environmental destruction by financing fossil fuels at the expense of renewable energy.
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In January the New Progressive Alliance made Public Comment 245 to the US Department of Agriculture to stop a pipeline through the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests because of both environmental damage and unnecessarily enriching a fossil fuel company. Public Comment 245 may be found in full at http://www.newprogs.org/public_comments_2020_224
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In January we published “Here Are All the Positive Climate Stories From 2022” and the NPA article “We can power with renewable energy right now” with over 370 references. It is not too late to effectively fight climate destruction.
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In January we published “More than 2,400 lives will be lost to bushfires in Australia over a decade” and “Cost of Environmental Destruction” with over 200 references. These two articles show environmental destruction means human lives lost.
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In January we published “The Democrats are Now the War Party - The Democratic Party has become the party of permanent war, fueling massive military spending which is hollowing out the country from the inside and flirting with nuclear war” by Chris Hedges. Both parties should be held accountable.
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In January we published “Can False Balance Kill You? It Sure Can” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Corrupt Media” with over 875 references. Though a democratic republic demands a free press to function properly, there has been an alarming decline in this area.
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In January we published “The right-wing groups behind renewable energy misinformation” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Fossil Fuel Companies Lie” with over 100 references. These two articles show fossil fuel groups continue to lie.
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Julian Assange is a whistleblower that has been imprisoned for years for accurate journalism by the United States and the United Kingdom. In January the New Progressive Alliance published his address and asked readers to write him encouraging letters. We need to evaluate who our real heroes are. We need to acknowledge those who reveal a crime are not worse criminals than those who commit a crime. We also referenced the New Progressive Alliance article “The War on Whistleblowers” with over 520 references.
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In January we published “Policy, climate, war make 2022 ‘pivot year’ for clean energy.” 2023 will be a pivotal year for sustainable energy because of many reasons.
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In January 2023 we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the decline of labor over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has over 80 references.
2. United Nations:
United Nations: The New Progressive Alliance has been in special consultative status with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Council since 2015. The NPA is a U.N. NGO (Non-Governmental Organization). If you would like to investigate participating with the New Progressive Alliance in UN activities with meetings or submitting papers, then just email us. See So You Want to Volunteer for the United Nations.