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WHEN LIFE NEEDS A DIFFERENT LENS “WATCH, AND FEEL YOUR HEART AND MIND EXPAND.” —SLASHFILM “A HAVEN FOR INDIE GEMS.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES “A CORNUCOPIA OF INTERNATIONAL MOVIES AND DOCUMENTARIES.” —THE NEW YORKER “A NETFLIX FOR THE LEFT.” —COUNTERPUNCH “FANTASTIC!” —VANITY FAIR “A RICH COLLECTION… INCREASINGLY ESSENTIAL!” —INDIEWIRE FEATURING FILMS BY CHANTAL AKERMAN • CHARLES BURNETT • JANE CAMPION • MARK COUSINS QUENTIN DUPIEUX • DEBRA GRANIK • PATRICIO GUZMÁN • RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI • WERNER HERZOG NICOLETTE KREBITZ • KELLY REICHARDT • MARLON RIGGS • WAYNE WANG AND MORE FREE 7-DAY TRIAL Sign up at www.OVID.tv – you will receive a free 7-day trial. After that the cost is $6.99 monthly or $69.99 yearly. 2 | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2023 .tv
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FEATURES 24 Private Equity’s Green Façade Is Being Funded by Your Pension The growth potential of decarbonization efforts is a double-edged sword for municipalities. JAMES BARATTA AND RYAN BIEBER VOLUME 87, NUMBER 5 • This issue of The Progressive went to press on September 20, 2023. ABBOTT JEFF 30 Youth Lead the Way on Addressing the Climate Crisis With the slow pace of international negotiations, climate litigation is an increasingly important tool. TINA GERHARDT 32 A Power Struggle in the Pine Tree State Maine’s ballot initiative to make electricity a public good could set a national precedent for giving power to the people. GLENN DAIGON 38 The Costs of Climate Change in Central America The region could lose hundreds of billions per year by 2100, a study says. JEFF ABBOTT CASTRO de IJAH EL 40 Minnesota Emerges as a Leader in Climate Action All electricity in the state will be carbon-free by 2040. SARAH LAHM 35 Evicted into the Climate Crisis What it ’s like to be evicted during a hurricane. ELIJAH de CASTRO 41 How the Wood Pellet Industry Is Threatening Small Southern Tow n s In Garysburg, North Carolina, a plant that claims to be carbon-neutral has endangered residents and local forests. JAMES L . VANHISE 44 A Supreme Court Accountable to No One SCOTUS’s decisions last term called into question the court ’s legitimacy. This term, we should expect more of the same. BILL BLUM .0 3 I / CC-BY-SA RAV JOE 49 Gen Z Is Taking the Reins A variety of young candidates are signing up to run for elected office at local, state, and national levels. SHARON JOHNSON THE PROGRESSIVE | 3

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WHEN LIFE NEEDS A DIFFERENT LENS

“WATCH, AND FEEL YOUR HEART AND

MIND EXPAND.”

—SLASHFILM

“A HAVEN FOR INDIE GEMS.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A CORNUCOPIA OF INTERNATIONAL

MOVIES AND DOCUMENTARIES.”

—THE NEW YORKER

“A NETFLIX FOR

THE LEFT.” —COUNTERPUNCH

“FANTASTIC!”

—VANITY FAIR

“A RICH COLLECTION… INCREASINGLY ESSENTIAL!” —INDIEWIRE

FEATURING FILMS BY CHANTAL AKERMAN • CHARLES BURNETT • JANE CAMPION • MARK COUSINS QUENTIN DUPIEUX • DEBRA GRANIK • PATRICIO GUZMÁN • RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI • WERNER HERZOG

NICOLETTE KREBITZ • KELLY REICHARDT • MARLON RIGGS • WAYNE WANG AND MORE

FREE 7-DAY TRIAL

Sign up at www.OVID.tv – you will receive a free 7-day trial.

After that the cost is $6.99 monthly or $69.99 yearly.

2 | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2023

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