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July 20, 2023

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Biden Proposal for Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands Called 'Massive Climate Failure'

"President Biden is blowing an opportunity to end oil and gas extraction on public land as the world reels from one climate catastrophe to the next," said a Center for Biological Diversity campaigner.

Jessica Corbett

Digital Rights Groups Launch Week of Action Against 'Bad Internet Bills'

The coalition is "demanding that Congress focus on passing badly needed comprehensive privacy legislation to actually protect us from the harms of Big Tech companies and data brokers."

With No GOP Support, Senate Panel Passes Bill Requiring Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Code

"Republicans are making clear they will defend their corrupt allies on the Supreme Court no matter what," said one campaigner.

'Heinous' New Florida K-12 History Curriculum Teaches Slavery Was Beneficial for Black People

"Ron DeSantis & Co. want us to believe slavery was a free training program," cracked one critic.

Heatwave Chevron? As US Bakes, Former Meteorologist Names Heatwaves After Oil Companies

Guy Walton said he chose the naming system "to shame them in the process and to identify culprits that are exacerbating these deadly systems."

'On What Planet Is That Fiscally Responsible?' GOP Spending Cuts Would Kill 500,000 Jobs

"The plans House Republicans are committed to passing would destroy half a million jobs and slam the brakes on our economy."

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'Big Environmental Justice Win' as Florida LNG Export Terminal Canceled

AOC, Casar, and Markey Unveil Ambitious Measure to Build Green Electric Grid

Greenpeace Slams EU Countries for Subsidizing Airline Industry's Planet-Warming Pollution

Union Warns GOP Proposal Would 'Devastate' the Social Security Administration

EPA Proposal Could Embolden Industry to 'Destroy Wetlands and Pollute Our Waters'

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The Adriana Shipwreck and the Costs of the Forever Wars

Framing many of the migrant’s deaths as in some sense war-related should force us to pay attention to ways in which fighting in or around their countries of origin might have impacted their fates.

Andrea Mazzarino

Lies, Damned Lies, and Pie Charts: How Billionaire-Funded Fake Numbers Attack Social Security

The usual suspects in the think-tank industry keep flooding the media zone with scary figures—and even scarier pictures—to frighten the public into submission.

Biden Should Use the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity to Free the Hemisphere From ISDS

One of the most controversial aspects of the hyperglobalization era, investor-state dispute settlement elevates multinational corporations and foreign investors to equal status with national governments.

Lori Wallach,Daniel Rangel

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