Court ruled against USDA’s GMO QR code labeling requiring additional on-package labeling
“Today’s decision marks a key step toward ending the food industry’s deceptive and discriminatory GMO food labeling practices, which have kept consumers in the dark by concealing what’s in their products.”
House committee investigates the role of PR firms in spreading climate disinformation
There is a long history of PR firms creating and spreading climate disinformation in order to block climate policy and promote fossil fuel interests.
No more sacrifices
We have become all too used to the notion that success only comes with sacrifice, even if this is anything but the truth for the wealthiest and most powerful Americans.
Why it’s time to declassify the documents from Trump’s basement
While Donald Trump may not fit the mold of a selfless whistleblower, there is still cause for concern.
House Dems target big oil for ‘weaponizing’ law against protesters to block climate action
"While federal legislation might not put an end to all SLAPPs, it would be a significant step towards becoming a nation of justice where our fundamental right to speak truth to power is protected."
Gov. Newsom signs bill to raise wages and working standards for fast food workers...
Labor advocates are calling the new bill a "groundbreaking step" for low-wage workers.
Russia’s underperforming military (and ours)
Putin’s plunge into Ukraine confirms that he learned nothing from the folly of post-9/11 U.S. military policy.
Climate law pushes First Solar to invest in domestic renewable energy industry
According to the company, this move is in large part because of the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden signed into law this month to help combat climate change.
Spending unlimited
Isn’t it time to end the national-security version of spending unlimited in Washington?
What’s hiking the heat up so high this summer?
Economic inequality helps generate such wide temperature differentials.