Tag: California Wildfires
PG&E announces initiative to submerge 10,000-miles of power lines to lessen...
PG&E's new infrastructure safety initiative is said to be the largest effort to lessen the risk of wildfire in the U.S.
Trump administration proposes oil and gas lease sale in California while...
“We’ve blocked any new federal leasing in California in court for eight years now, and we’ll fight this too.”
US media can’t think how to fight fires without $1-an-hour prison...
The main difference: Unlike prison laborers, regular citizens have to be paid more than pittance wages.
Trump admin exploited wildfires to encourage logging
Instead of stopping the burning of fossil fuels, which is an obvious way to reduce emissions and lower the risk of wildfires, the Trump administration chose a more corrupt route.
‘Modern day slavery’: Prisoner firefighters risking their lives in California battling...
“California fights fires with slave labor.”
Meet the prisoners being paid $1 an hour to battle the...
California saves up to $100 million a year by using prison labor to fight its biggest environmental problem.
31 dead, 250,000 evacuated in California fires as Governor blames climate...
California Governor Jerry Brown unequivocally blamed climate change for the devastation.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 9, 2018
The first ever Muslim Congresswoman, Zinke blames wildfires on environmentalists, Trump wants to open California's public lands to fracking, and more.
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Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.