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A New Climate Democracy Is Taking On the Petrostates

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.



Looking out to sea from the grey sandy beaches of Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, it is never hard to spot evidence of the country’s thriving fossil fuel export trade. Oil tankers ride at anchor on the horizon, and sometimes, locals say, lumps of coal wash up on the shore, blown off the collier ships that carry cargoes from the nearby mines.



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