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Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 2, 2018

Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director, new President of Mexico vows to ban fracking, Portland cracks down on fossil fuels, and more.

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion approved by Canadian Court despite indigenous peoples challenge

“Canada has bulldozered a pathway forward on this unsustainable project that is in no way honorable, in the interest of the public, or aligned with its commitment to implement federal legislation on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.”

Warren, Sanders, and Gillibrand top performers on 2020 climate leadership scorecard

"We're making it clear where 2020 candidates land on the policies and practices essential to any meaningful attempt at addressing the climate crisis."

ExxonMobil pays up: Energy giant forced to pay fines for pollution from old fertilizer...

ExxonMobil will pay a $6.6 million settlement, as agreed upon between the energy giant and federal agencies.

Wisconsin leads on climate research, even as agencies cut science from websites

“If you’re not recognizing that burning fossil fuels is causing climate change, then you’re not looking for solutions that reduce climate change.”

Alaska Just Had Hottest Year in Recorded History

Alaska, like the rest of the world, is experiencing higher than normal temperatures this spring.

A death in Louisiana’s cancer alley reinforces a small town’s fears of industry impacts

Helping the residents of St. James relocate seems more feasible than assuring them that the air they are breathing is clean.

5 tips on how to talk climate change this holiday season

The trick is to use patience, tolerance, an optimistic tone – and last, but not least, a keen understanding of your audience – to nudge your climate-skeptic sister or father-in-law.

‘We are at a crisis point’ warns new report exposing ‘science under siege’ from...

The Trump administration's attacks on science have reached a "crisis point," according to policy experts and ex-government officials who published a report...

Prison inmates fighting California’s deadly fires

More than 2,000 inmates are working as firefighters, prompting new debate over this aspect of prison labor.