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News & Views | 10/26/21

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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to reporters

by Jessica Corbett
"That's what the American people want."

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A protester holds a banner at the rally outside JP Morgan Headquarters in Manhattan, New York. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Andrea Germanos
It's "a huge victory for the climate, human rights, and all life on Earth," said one activist.


Jessica Rosenworcel

by Julia Conley
The White House was expected to announce the nominations of acting chair Jessica Rosenworcel and Gigi Sohn.


Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) returns to the room where a bipartisan group of senators and White House officials are holding negotiations over the Biden administration's proposed infrastructure plan at the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Samuel Corum via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil
"If Democrats want to avoid... midterm losses," said one critic, they can't "bow to Joe Manchin's burn-the-planet demands."

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Elon Musk

by Julia Conley
Following Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's objection to raising the corporate tax rate, the party has turned to Sen. Ron Wyden's proposal.


Children vaccine

by Common Dreams staff
With just one abstention, the advisory panel voted 17-0 to approve the vaccine for younger children which scientific review has deemed both safe and effective against the deadly virus.


fossil fuel divestment

by Brett Wilkins
"Institutions around the world must step up now and commit to joining the divest-invest movement before it is too late—for them, for the economy, and for the world."


Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

by Andrea Germanos
"If Morrison expects to front up to COP 26 with this sorry excuse for a net-zero emissions target and no increase in formal ambition on Australia's 2030 target, he'll be laughed out of the room."


Steny Hoyer

by Jon Queally
"If we don't act like we are winning, the American people won't believe it either," advised House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.


An ExxonMobil oil refinery, the second largest in the U.S., is pictured on February 28, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo: Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett
"Climate change is no longer a future problem. It is a now problem," said the UNEP executive director. "The clock is ticking loudly."

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Terry McAuliffe

by Karyn Strickler
Our voter's guide makes it easy for every American, in every state to vote on the crucial issue of the climate crisis.


Trump Coup January 6

by Alfred W. McCoy
Lessons from the Manila Hotel and a warning about the very possible nightmare yet to come.



by Deborah Burger
It is impossible to overstate how popular an expansion is across party lines and ideology. The only real opponents are Big Pharma and the for-profit insurance industry.


campfire-climate-crisis

by Mary Kay Benson
We will fight Wall Street locally as we deal with damages of climate change in our community, made worse by Wall Street real estate developers preying on hard-hit communities after fires.


NEP

by Brandon Wu
Without immediate, genuine transfers of wealth from Global North to Global South to enable just transitions around the world, we stand no chance of meeting our collective goals for limiting the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

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