Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 4, 2018
New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.
Environmental groups release thousands of Interior Department emails documenting unlawful changes to basic transparency...
Internal emails reveal efforts, led by Interior's top lawyer Daniel Jorjani, stifling the flow of information to the public under the Freedom of Information Act
Trump nominates climate change denier to head NASA
Bridenstine would be “devastating for the space program.”
Biden nominates first Native American to lead national parks service
“There’s someone on the very top who understands the tribal perspective and is going to bring it to the table in a way that we haven’t seen before.”
World’s Largest Natural Sanctuary Grows Thanks to Obama
This new expansion will cover over 7,000 marine species in Hawaii.
To save the planet, we need to demilitarize the police
Even with climate disasters all around us, nonviolent environmental demonstrations face fierce police repression. Why?
Watch what Bill McKibben calls ‘one of the best and most straightforward videos about...
With the last five years the hottest since records began, Senator Bernie Sanders says that "What Trump and his friends in the fossil fuel industry are doing is criminal."
California sets new trend by turning sewage into tap water
This decision is not just about technological advancement; it reflects a significant shift in water management strategies.
‘We don’t trust Enbridge’: Indigenous women push Biden to block line 5 expansion
"The construction of this pipeline will bring massive risk and destruction. We do not want to see irreversible damage to our land, water, and wild rice. We do not want our lifeways destroyed."
8 world cities that could be underwater as oceans rise
"These global metropolises may look strong and stable, but it is a mirage. As sea levels rise, they are increasingly under threat and under water."