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News & Views | 9/4/19
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Analysis Finds US Corporate Media 'Failing to Connect Climate Crisis to Strongest Atlantic Storm Ever to Hit Land'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
While Hurricane Dorian marched up the U.S. Southeastern coast Wednesday
after devastating the Northern Bahamas, advocates for ambitious climate
action reiterated the global emergency's connection to extreme
weather—even as an analysis showed that major corporate news outlets are
failing to report...
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Ahead of Climate Forum, Bernie Sanders Urges All 2020 Democrats to Back Federal Fracking Ban
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Any proposal to avert the climate crisis must include a full fracking
ban on public and private lands," declared Sanders
Federal Watchdog Report Sheds Light on Emotional Horror Faced by Migrant Children Detained by Trump
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Trump's penchant for terrorizing and tormenting Latino children for
political gain is literally causing irreparable trauma."
Where the Democratic Candidates Stand Ahead of Wednesday's CNN Climate Forum
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"As fires rage in the Amazon and Hurricane Dorian threatens the
Southeast after pummeling the Bahamas, the gravity of the climate crisis
is impossible to ignore."
"If This Wasn't So Dangerous I'd Be Laughing": Trump Presents Outdated Dorian Forecast Map With Alabama Circled With Sharpie
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"It is a violation of federal law to falsify a National Weather Service
forecast and pass it off as official, as President Trump did here."
Because 'A World Without Insects Is Not Worth Living In,' Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"What we need is more humming and buzzing."
Ahead of Climate Forum, Green Groups Demand CNN Ask Joe Biden Why He Hasn't Signed 'No Keystone XL Pipeline' Pledge
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Ahead of CNN's Democratic climate forum on Wednesday, several green
groups shared that just nine of the current Democratic presidential
candidates have signed the "No KXL Pledge," promising to reverse
President Donald Trump's permit for the construction of the Keystone XL
tar sands pipeline.
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A Pivot to Digital Shouldn't Spell the End of Local News
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by Timothy Karr
By vowing to increase support for public media and dedicate funds to
newsgathering, a proposal put forth by Bernie Sanders is raising a
question that's rarely come up in political debates: How can
policymakers intervene to help revitalize local news and put journalists
back to work?
Get Ready for Unnatural Disasters This Hurricane Season
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by Jill Richardson
The Trump administration is moving money away from disaster relief to
lock up more immigrants.
Here's the Real Deal on 'Medicare for All'
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by Jim Hightower
The power of the establishment's money and lies wilts in the face of the
moral imperative that is at the heart of Medicare for All: Everyone
deserves, as a human right, affordable access to quality health care.
This Is Joe Biden's Emails Problem
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by Ryan Cooper
Is Joe Biden mentally unsound?
Failing Breitbart Comes for Juan Cole on Climate History and It Won’t Go Well
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by Juan Cole
I don't demean myself by reading Breitbart. I'd rather lie naked in my
garden during a rainstorm and let slugs traverse me, leaving trails of
slime. But I know who they are are.
The G7 Was a Joke. Three Degrees Warming Isn’t
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by Laurie Laybourn-Langton
We need a European Green New Deal that delivers justice on a scale to
match the threat of environmental breakdown. Here's how we do it.
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NIAC Statement on Iran's Intent to Reduce Compliance with Nuclear Deal
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North Carolina Court Should Release Trove of Gerrymandering Files
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Greenpeace Climate Ranking Update: As CNN Climate Town Hall Approaches, Democratic Candidates Scramble to Improve Greenpeace Scores
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Protect Endangered Appalachian Species From Coal Mining
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Google to Pay Disappointing $170 Million Fine Over YouTube’s Sale and Tracking of Ads Aimed at Children
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