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we have imperiled its capability to keep its flows and stores within the boundaries compatible with its long-term functioning.

Pour éviter un changement climatique dangereux, par exemple, il faut que la concentration de dioxyde de carbone dans l’atmosphère reste inférieure à 350 parties par million. Pour limiter la reconversion des terres, il faut veiller à ce qu’au moins 75 % des terres jadis forestières restent boisées. Et en matière d’engrais chimiques, il faut ajouter

In recent years a new anti-monopoly movement has emerged, partly inspired by the Progressives, with new ideas for the old desire to make all citizens capable of participating in our political and economic life. Its most famous advocate is Senator Elizabeth Warren, who often echoes Brandeis, and who told the story of Frances Perkins one night in a c

For her entire life, unwittingly, she has complied with her parents’ first shared principle: Make no noise in this world. She, Carmen, Amelia—all three Ma girls. Don’t stand out; you have no right. No one owes you a thing. Keep small, vote mainstream, and nod like it all makes sense. Yet here she is, asking for trouble. Acting like what she does mi

Deep ecology is a philosophical and social movement that seeks to de-privilege humans as the center of the planet because this has led to untold destruction and mass extinction.

Compounding the dangers of warming were profound changes in ocean chemistry. Corals thrive in alkaline waters, but fossil-fuel emissions were making the seas more acidic. One team of researchers calculated that a few more decades of rising emissions would cause reefs to “stop growing and begin dissolving.” Another group predicted that, by the middl