Police officer fired after charged in DUI crash
“As law enforcement officers, we are and should be held to the highest standards of conduct whether on or off duty.”
Indigenous self-determination is key climate solution in new report
The National Climate Assessment affirms that Indigenous peoples bear both the weight of climate change’s impacts and carry knowledge that may help lessen its burden.
Weeks before becoming Trump top energy adviser, Mike Catanzaro lobbied for Keystone XL
“Catanzaro’s appointment as a key Trump administration energy and climate adviser so soon after he served as a fossil fuel lobbyist is an outrageous conflict of interest.”
Police officer reassigned after insulting dead teen in video
As the patrol car drove next to the ATV, Bessner violated department policy by firing his Taser at the teenager.
Like her boss, Betsy DeVos makes a disaster all about herself
“It’s going to be a profit boom for charter schools, and it’s going to hasten the demise of traditional public schools.”
Indigenous protectors are defending the Amazon and ‘paying with their lives’
Human rights groups warned in an open letter that the Amazon’s last uncontacted indigenous people face “genocide,” amid raging fires and mounting incursions into their territories.
FCC faces backlash over push to lift media ownership limits amid threats to local...
Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.
How long can Palantir’s monopoly last?
After another meteoric year, the U.S. data software giant’s dominance could be tested by growing competition and scrutiny.
Banks have cut funding for fossil fuels projects 22 percent
But activist groups say that’s not enough: There’s no resting, even after divestment victories.
Australian Farm Grows 17,000 Tonnes of Vegetables Using Only Sun and Seawater
Could this be the future of farming?