Saturday, July 11, 2026

Chevron buys Hess, becomes second megadeal in the energy sector

Chevron announced it will purchase Hess Corp. for $53 billion weeks after Exxon Mobil announced its deal to acquire Pioneer Natural resources for $60 billion.

Walling them out, or walling us in?

Shall we wall off Canada, too?
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Naomi Klein: A year after Hurricane Maria, there is nothing natural about Puerto Rico’s...

Last week, President Trump generated widespread criticism when he falsely claimed on Twitter that thousands of people did not die in the two storms, even as a Harvard study estimated the death toll may top 4,600.

Chicago Officials Release Footage Showing Police Misconduct That Led To Unarmed Black Teen’s Death

A police review chief called the footage "shocking and disturbing.”

Hundreds of youth activists sit at the DNC headquarters demanding 2020 debate on climate...

Hundreds of youth activists held a sit-in at the DNC headquarters yesterday demanding a climate change presidential debate be a top priority.

Newsom’s radioactive hypocrisy on green energy

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been touting himself as the Great Green Environmental Anti-Trump.   But it’s an infuriating radioactive...

Trump’s failed environmental policies caused 22,000 deaths, new report finds

So how quickly can we expect a new tide of equitable environmental policy in a new administration?

From France, an unexpected call for a ceiling on CEO pay

Our modern societies, top French politicos fear, just might ‘explode’ without one.

What makes more sense, a minimum income tax or a maximum income?

The U.S. senator who chairs the GOP Senate campaign effort wants America’s poorest to pay up more at tax time.

Study finds solar farms support and boost pollinator populations

While new habitats for vulnerable pollinators are dwindling, if land owners allow meadows to grow around the installed solar panels, these areas will become thriving pollinator habitats, researchers said.