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Daily Show: The Border Wall Fight

Wed, 10/14/2026 - 08:44

We bring you the recently posted Daily Show clip about the border wall fight. The Daily Show is known for using off-beat absurdity to reveal the absurd, and they do not disappoint! All jokes aside, they do a pretty good job of portraying the ridiculousness of such a wasteful, destructive, and unnecessary border wall along the U.S and Mexico border.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

Radical Visions Reconnecting Academia and Nature: A Community Truth, Reckoning and Right Relationship

Wed, 09/30/2026 - 06:20

We invite you to watch these videos of "Radical Visions Reconnecting Academia and Nature: A Community Truth, Reckoning and Right Relationship" from a two-day event in March 2026.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

Press Release: 20th Anniversary of Rights of Nature 

Fri, 09/18/2026 - 12:19

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rights of Nature in Tamaqua, CELDF is sharing an interview with Cathy Miorelli and CELDF’s Education Director Ben Price as the two recall some of the events and impacts that led to the historic ordinance adoption in 2006.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

20th Anniversary of Rights of Nature

Fri, 09/18/2026 - 10:16

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rights of Nature in Tamaqua, CELDF is sharing an interview with Cathy Miorelli and CELDF’s Education Director Ben Price as the two recall some of the events and impacts that led to the historic ordinance adoption in 2006.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

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