Jeff Sessions sets back the clock
How low can he go? And how far back can this Attorney General take us?
Plastics industry loses legal bid against Chile’s landmark bag ban
Chile's Constitutional Court ratified a bill that bans plastic bags across the country after rejecting an appeal from the plastics industry.
Scandal-plagued Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA, coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler now interim EPA chief
“Like Pruitt, this veteran coal lobby lobbyist has shown only disdain for the EPA’s vital mission to protect Americans’ health and our environment.”
Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 6, 2018
Scott Pruitt resigns from the EPA, grassroots groups demand tech companies cut ties with ICE, a 20-foot-tall Trump blimp gets the okay in London, and more.
Watch: Greenpeace crashes Superman drone into nuclear power plant to expose facility’s dangers
"This is a highly symbolic action: it shows that spent fuel pools are very accessible, this time from the air, and therefore extremely vulnerable to attack."
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.
As industry pushes billion-dollar fracked petrochemical projects, state regulators struggle to keep up
“I’m really worried when you see this kind of very large investment and then we try to play catch-up on evaluating what the risks and the impacts on people are.”
Minnesota approves controversial Enbridge pipeline rebuild
Tribal groups say Enbridge's plan is the worst possible route.
Rise of the machines: Fracking execs plan profits by using automation to shrink workforce
The oil and gas industry appears primed to follow in the footsteps of the coal industry, where automation has been eating away jobs for decades.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, June 29, 2018
#WomensMarch marches against Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, Nestlé continues to take California water, the Koch brothers plan for the next Supreme Court justice, and more.