Saturday, July 4, 2026

Philadelphia cop arrested on animal cruelty charges

Long has been suspended by Police Commissioner Richard Ross for thirty days with the intent to dismiss.

Banks due at UK’s ‘green’ investment summit ‘financed £700 billion in fossil fuels since...

Citi, JPMorgan and Barclays among “world’s biggest financiers” of oil, gas and coal at government summit on green future.

Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 31

Corporate profits reach new heights, Trump cancels pay raise for federal workers, Canada rescinds Trans Mountain pipeline approval, and more.

EPA has granted more than 3,000 pollution monitoring exemptions to oil and gas industry

While EPA claims the monitoring waivers do not constitute a license to pollute at will, without effective monitoring there is no way to know.

The Rover Pipeline spills again, in the same spot where it spilled 2 million...

The Rover pipeline alone has more “noncompliance incidents” than any other interstate gas pipeline.

Night of the Living Dead, Climate Change-Style

This business of driving stakes through the heart of one project after another is exhausting. But at least for now, there’s really no other way to kill a zombie.

The climate march, Joe Biden, and AOC’s dubious endorsement

Jeff Cohen discusses the inspiring march and AOC’s rousing speech at the rally—but ends with respectful questions about AOC’s orientation toward Biden and her endorsement of his re-election.

As extreme weather events increase, what are the risks to wildlife?

Last year the United States racked up nearly $100 billion in damages from weather and climate disasters. These events are starting to take their toll on wildlife, too.

Goldman Sachs becomes first major American bank to prohibit Arctic oil financing

“Goldman Sachs is right to recognize that destroying the Arctic Refuge would be bad business. We hope other American banks will follow their lead.”