Revealed: How big dairy is milking net zero
An industry-led “efficiency” drive is about increasing sales of milk—not cutting pollution.
The Trump dictatorship
Democracy is about means, while dictatorship is about ends. Trump uses any means available to achieve his own ends.
‘Democracy is on life support’: Trump signs executive order to defund NPR and PBS
Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.
Whistleblower Says EPA Officials Covered Up Toxic Fracking Methane Emissions for Years
An environmental watchdog claims the EPA is involved in a cover-up holding back information about the oil and gas industry.
Italian government bans large cruise ships from entering Venice lagoon
Venice will no longer allow large cruise ships from entering the Basin of San Marco, the Canal of San Marco and the Giudecca Canal.
Biggest polluters linked to worsening wildfires in Western US and Canada
Emissions from these top fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers could also be linked to about 50% of increasing drought and high fire-risk conditions in the same area since 1901.
Amid tensions, Italians set to go to the polls
The national election scheduled for March 4 could see a breakthrough moment for the country’s new right, but fear and anger are building up.
Uncle Sam wants… your social security check
A Texas Republican, who's ready to retire with a nice pension, wants to cut Social Security benefits for everyone else by up to 69 percent.
Bernie urges Treasury Secretary to clarify PPP loan forgiveness
"We encourage Treasury and the SBA to act now to avoid more confusion for small business owners and lenders."
Ukraine
The significance of Ukraine’s struggle certainly doesn’t lie in educating Americans, but perhaps it is finally making us reckon with the costs of war, as we’ve needed to do for so long.