House passes NRA-backed bill legalizing the killing of bear cubs in wildlife refuges
“Killing hibernating bears, shooting wolf pups in their dens, and chasing down grizzlies by aircraft and then shooting them on the ground is not the stuff of some depraved video game.”
Now’s the time for Medicare for all
It's either expensive health care for the few, or affordable health care for the many.
Biden-Harris admin pledges $3 billion to electrify and clean up US ports
The investment will support approximately 40,000 union jobs while reducing pollution and combating the climate crisis, a press release from the White House said.
All 5 living former U.S. Presidents come together for Harvey relief effort
“As former presidents, we wanted to help our fellow Americans begin to recover.”
Behind Trump’s push for “American steel” in pipelines, another Russian company with Putin ties...
The definition of “made in America” – and who really benefits from such initiatives – is not so cut and dry.
Global freshwater demand will exceed supply 40% by 2030, experts warn
“The scientific evidence is that we have a water crisis. We are misusing water, polluting water, and changing the whole global hydrological cycle, through what we are doing to the climate. It’s a triple crisis.”
Barrett’s views on climate crisis worry and appalls environmentalists as her confirmation hearings continue
“If you’re neutral on climate change, you're complicit in the collapse of the planetary ecosystem upon which the survival of every living thing depends.”
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 17, 2018
Words from the Unite the Right organizer, Trump's military parade is costing millions, Glyphosate found in popular children's foods, and more.
Williams pipeline support highlights environmental defense fund’s long, cozy relationship with fracking pseudoscience
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), an environmental group with close ties to the corporate community, has taken a friendly approach to the...
10 ways Andrew Wheeler has decimated EPA protections in just one year
Trump’s EPA administrator should change the name of his agency to “Every Polluter’s Ally.”