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Dear Friend, Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of polar scientists made a startling declaration: The Arctic as we once knew it is no more. The region is now definitively trending toward an ice-free state, the scientists said, with wide-ranging ramifications for ecosystems, national security, and the stability of the global climate system. Fifteen thousand scientists have issued a dire warning to humanity about impending collapse but virtually no-one takes notice. Ultimately, our global systems, which are designed for perpetual growth, need to be fundamentally restructured to avoid the worst-case outcome. The bad news streaming through our media in 2017 has been relentless. However it doesn’t tell the full story. Beyond the headlines, there have countless amazing social movement struggles in different regions of the world that deserve to be celebrated. Here are ten stories

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Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 12/21/2017 Papal fallibility | Softening stance | Annus horribilis? Happening Today   Unemployment numbers, Cannabis Control Commission, holiday bell ringing   -- The preliminary November  unemployment rate and jobs numbers  for Massachusetts will be released by the  Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.  --  Massachusetts Retirement Board  meets with Treasurer  Deborah Goldberg  chairing, One Winter St., 8th Floor, Boston, 10 a.m. -- The  Cannabis Control Commission  meets to take a vote of acceptance on the draft marijuana industry regulations, Minihan Meeting Room, Hurley Building, 19 Staniford St., Boston, 10:30 a.m. -- U.S. Sen.  Edward Markey  is a guest on ‘Boston Public