Yearly Archives: 2021
Public health crisis looms as California identifies 600 communities at risk of water-system failures
A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them.
‘Millions of lives are at stake’: Pressure grows on Biden to back WTO waiver...
“The world needs 10 to 15 billion doses to reach herd immunity, and right now all of the global production together is on track to make 6 billion doses this year.”
Biden administration lets DAPL oil continue to flow without permit
The administration allowed DAPL to continue pumping oil despite lacking a key federal permit.
Growing calls to ‘audit the ultra-rich’ as Yellen says tax dodging could cost US...
"We can start closing this gap next week. Pass my Stop CHEATERS Act and audit the ultra-rich."
California is a garden of Eden
In case you don't think migrants can benefit the U.S., consider that 200,000 Dust Bowl migrants entered California.
Squad & Co: Unite as a block to downsize Biden’s military budget
This is the moment to demand a substantial cut in military spending that defunds new nuclear weapons.
Senate passes resolution to reinstate pollution standards for methane emissions from oil and gas...
The White House is in full support of the resolution calling it "an urgent and essential step" to protect Americans.
South Africa ends captive lion breeding industry
“It’s a real win for wildlife. I think commitment for change is the most courageous step and the most important one.”
Where the Federal government’s charter school program went wrong
The program gives millions to schools that disrupt rather than improve a system of public education that needs to serve all students.
In ‘critical and totally doable first step,’ EPA proposes phasedown of climate super-pollutants
With this rule to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, “EPA is taking another significant step under President Biden’s ambitious agenda to address the climate crisis,” said the agency’s administrator.