72-Year-Old Fisher Hunger Strikes to Press Biden to Revive Crude Oil Export Ban
Diana Wilson s truck, Rosie, parked at the causeway of Texas Lavaca Bay at Point Comfort on April 20, 2021.
Courtesy Diane Wilson
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Seventy-two-year-old, fourth-generation retired shrimper Diane Wilson has been without food for 16 days. Her 1995 red Chevy, nicknamed âRosie,â has become a mobile campsite, and each morning she posts up on a causeway at the waterfront of Texasâs Lavaca Bay, expending just enough energy to switch out a sign displaying the number of days sheâs been on hunger strike and drape a banner off the side of the truck blaring the message: âSTOP THE DREDGING. STOP OIL EXPORT.â
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U.S. Climate Target Falls Short of What Science, Justice Demand
WASHINGTON The new U.S. target for reducing climate-heating emissions 50%-52% by 2030 fails to meet the demands of climate science and environmental and energy justice.
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