Friday, April 19, 2024

Flint water crisis ongoing: ‘We are still suffering’

"Four years later, my son, for example, we still can't safely use our water, he can't take a bath without telling me it burns."

Death on the Dakota Access: Oil & gas boom generates dangerous pipeline jobs amid...

We speak with Antonia Juhasz, a longtime oil and energy journalist, about her new investigation for Pacific Standard magazine on the deaths of two men who worked on the Dakota Access pipeline.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 12

Energy Transfer pipeline explodes in Pennsylvania, Trump calls Puerto Rico an 'unsung success', the fight against world hunger, and more.
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Climate change supercharges Hurricane Florence as 1.5 million evacuate in Carolinas & Virginia

People up and down the coast are preparing for extreme flooding and what the National Hurricane Center is calling a “life-threatening storm surge.”
Construction along the Keystone XL pipeline.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 11

Native American tribes sue Trump over Keystone XL. Japan aims to overthrow whaling ban, and more.

Conservationists fear Japan’s ‘blatant’ attempt to overturn whaling moratorium could be accepted by International...

"Member countries must stand together and push progress towards whale protection, not let this commission be pulled back into the bygone era of commercial whaling."
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Rise for Climate: Tens of thousands march in San Francisco calling for fossil-free world

The protest came just days before the start of the Global Climate Action Summit being organized by California Governor Jerry Brown.

Across all seven continents, #RiseForClimate actions demand elected leaders commit to fossil-free future

"We won't stop until we've won a 100 percent clean and renewable energy economy that protects our planet, livelihoods, and democracy."

Worldwide #RiseForClimate events kick off to demand action on crisis of warming planet

"Climate change is the defining issue of our time," say 350.org's executive director. "It is a crisis of democracy, justice, and human rights."

Farm Bill: House proposal could wipe out communities’ power to prohibit pesticides

58 of those communities have adopted more comprehensive policies that prohibit the use of glyphosate.