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July 27, 2023

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UN Chief Proclaims 'Era of Global Boiling' as July Set to Be Hottest Month Ever Recorded

"We can still stop the worst," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres insisted. "But to do so we must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition."

Climate Lawsuits Are Becoming Key Drivers of Change as Courts Tie Policy to Human Rights

A growing percentage of litigation has been filed in the Global South, with plaintiffs arguing they have a right to adequate climate policy.

Experts Warn House GOP Bill Would Imperil Food Aid for 5.3 Million Kids and Postpartum Adults

"We can't go back in time by letting even more families and babies in need go hungry!" said one mother. "I implore Congress to act now to ensure WIC receives the full funding it needs."

Supreme Court Allows Construction of Manchin's Favorite Pipeline to Resume

One of Sen. Joe Manchin's top donors, NextEra Energy, is a stakeholder in the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

As Planet Burns, Shell Reports $5 Billion in Profits and Plans to Ramp Up Fossil Fuels

"Every house burnt to the ground, every town forced to evacuate, every ecosystem lost to a wildfire is a necessary consequence of a business model like Shell's."

Outrage as Alaska Attorney General Asks Supreme Court to Reverse EPA's Pebble Mine Veto

One coalition described the Republican attorney general's lawsuit as "little more than a publicity stunt filed on behalf of an unscrupulous mining company."

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In Speech on Extreme Heat, Biden Makes No Mention of What's Driving It: Fossil Fuels

Democrats Propose Bill to Protect US Workers From 'Life-Threatening Heat'

Amazon, Alphabet Workers Protest Companies' Complicity in Israeli Apartheid

Right-Wing Think Tank's Climate 'Battle Plan' Wages 'War Against Our Children's Future'

Ignoring Warnings of Mass Job Loss, Fed Hikes Rates to Highest Level in Decades

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Opinion

The Silence Surrounding the Sudan War

White Europeans now being killed, wounded, or rendered homeless by Russian troops are victims worthy of media attention, while Sudanese facing similar fates aren’t.

Priti Gulati Cox,Stan Cox

We Must Finally End the Korean War

While much attention is paid to North Korea’s nuclear program and aggressive rhetoric, Americans also need to understand how the U.S. government’s actions exacerbate tensions—and why we have a critical role to play in ending this war.

Healthcare and Green Groups Should Work Together on Equal Childhood Access to Nature

This can be done at the individual patient level through providers, at the society level through education and impactful recommendations, and at the federal level through legislation and collaboration.

Jackie Ostfeld,Stacy Stryer

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