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News & Views | 9/14/20
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"It'll Start Getting Cooler, You Just Watch": Trump Spits Climate Denialism Right in California's Face
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I thought I'd find it funny watching this, but instead it's just
chilling: as the West Coast faces a climate catastrophe, the president
laughs at them and denies the problem exists."
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Taking Aim at ExxonMobil, Connecticut Joins 'Fast-Growing Wave of Climate Lawsuits' Targeting Fossil Fuel Giants
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This avalanche of climate litigation is Exxon's worst nightmare. The
public increasingly understands Big Oil's role in causing and lying
about the climate crisis."
'Outrageous': Sanders Blasts AstraZeneca for Raising Drug Prices Despite $1.2 Billion From Taxpayers for Covid-19 Vaccine
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Big drug companies don't need more subsidies. We need to end their
greed." —Sen. Bernie Sanders
'This Is a Travesty': Climate Denier Who Has Argued in Favor of Fossil Fuel Emissions Named to Leadership Role at NOAA
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Climate scientists were aghast Monday at the news that David Legates,
who has repeatedly questioned the scientific consensus that human
activity is causing the climate crisis, was named over the weekend to a
leadership role at the federal government's climate research agency.
Bye Bye, Big Oil? BP Admits Demand May Have Already Peaked, Predicts Growth of Renewable Energy
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Welcoming news that oil demand may never recover to pre-pandemic levels,
Greenpeace noted that "a #GreenRecovery will hasten its demise."
In 'Devastating' Ruling, 9th Circuit Upholds Trump's Termination of Humanitarian Protections for Nearly 300,000 Migrants
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This court decision is doubling down on the Trump administration's
anti-immigrant policy agenda."
To Counter 'Misinformation Flowing From the Highest Levels,' ACLU Launches Voter Preparedness Campaign
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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"We're calling on voters to make a plan, request their ballot where they
can, and to encourage their friends to do the same."
'No One Should Be Fooled': Trump Executive Order on Drug Prices Denounced as Election Year Charade
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
Latest move called nothing more than a public relations stunt "intended
to distract Americans from the president's broken promises to seniors
and the 200,000 Americans that have died from the coronavirus as a
result of his failed Covid-19 response policies."
To Block Trump's Gutting of Methane Regulation, Coalition of State and Local Governments Sues EPA
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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"We need leaders who step up and propose solutions. Instead, we get
President Trump's version of the EPA."
Two Dozen Progress Groups to Congress: No Secret Spy Provisions in Must-Pass Legislation
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The organizations sound alarms about potential "dragnet surveillance of
domestic internet activity."
New Study Finds Planet Heading Toward Temperature Threshold Not Seen in 34 Million Years
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Researchers behind the comprehensive study of Earth's atmospheric record
over tens of million of years say "immediate and stringent action" could
prevent most dire outcomes.
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Species in Peril: Loss, Love and Protection
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by Subhankar Banerjee
Our nonhuman relatives need us and, we need them.
A Thank You Letter From Coronavirus to My Enablers in the United States
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by John Morlino
Without your fervent defiance of safety protocols—especially by you
president Trump—I might well be on my last legs by now.
National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget
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by Mandy Smithberger
A post-coronavirus economy can no longer afford to put the pentagon
first.
How Should America Respond When Its President Commits Negligent Homicide?
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by Thom Hartmann
Holding giant rallies, as he did over the weekend, will lead to
increased infection spreads and more deaths. There will be other Herman
Cain's who will die in a few months because of what Trump is doing right
now.
The Loudest Voices Make the Greatest Changes
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by Michael Winship
Playwright and screenwriter Richard Wesley on Black Lives Matter, Black
Power, Trump and the noise from the balcony.
How a US Army Whistleblower Revealed 'the Apparatus of a Police State'
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by Sarah Cords
In the 1960s, the military had been illegally spying on protesters until
Christopher Pyle, a former Army intelligence officer, spoke out.
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Newswire...
Connecticut Sues Exxon in Fast-Growing Wave of Climate Lawsuits
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Millions of People Demand Congressional Action on COVID-19 Relief
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New York Senate Attacks the American Monopoly Crisis
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Trump Campaign Continues To Use Antisemitic Dogwhistles
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DRUG PRICING: Trump Caves to Drug Industry; Long-Delayed Executive Order Another Broken Promise to Patients
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