Al Gore: 'Need for climate action is bound together with the struggle for racial equality and liberation'

James S Murray
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Environmental campaigners express solidarity with civil rights activists, as protests escalate across the US

Al Gore has become the latest environmental campaigner to express solidarity with the protestors for racial justice facing increasingly violent crackdowns across the US, warning that "the need for climate...

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