by Brett Wilkins "There are steps we can take to prevent this dire outcome," 58 advocacy groups write in an open letter, "but we must take swift action."
by Julia Conley Nearly 40% of respondents believed that the U.S. government is lying about the number of Covid-19 deaths, and 22% said they were unsure about the statement's veracity.
by Jessica Corbett "To keep 1.5 alive," said the head of Greenpeace, "fossil fuels phase-out" must be added, and "countries must come back next year to close the gap."
by Jake Johnson "COP26 is being sold as the place to raise ambition, but it's crawling with fossil fuel lobbyists whose only ambition is to stay in business."
by Julia Conley "It's time for rich nations and polluters to pay up for loss and damage" sustained by the Global South due to the human-driven climate crisis, said the aid group behind a new study.
by Daniel A. Hanley In addition to vigorously pursuing its antitrust case against the corporation, the FTC also has vast congressionally delegated powers that it can use to prohibit specific corporate conduct and force Facebook to use more publicly acceptable business practices.
by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis For months, the nation has witnessed a debate taking place in Congress over how much to invest in this plan. What hasn’t been discussed, however, is the cost of not investing (or not investing sufficiently) in health-care expansion, early childhood education, the care economy, paid sick leave, living-wage jobs, and the like.
by Thom Hartmann If we're committed to reaching zero emissions, we must return to that goal of local self-sufficiency, this time with free power from the sun & wind instead of clear-cutting forests or burning fossils.
by Leila Rafei The FBI had been surveilling Muslims in Southern California, home to the second-largest Muslim population in the United States, since late 2001.
by Sarah Anderson Advocates have overcome opposition from conservative Democrats to secure four weeks of paid leave in the House budget bill, but more obstacles remain.
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