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Tag: climate change

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 4, 2018

New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.

Oil companies and lobbyists say they’re ready to solve climate change....

But when one examines the fine print of the deal – and the financial benefits flowing to some of the people touting it – the effort looks much less utopian.

Tropical forests lost 40 football fields of tree cover per minute...

That amounts to 40 football fields worth of trees cut every minute of last year in a devastating blow to biodiversity and the global climate.

New study further confirms it: Fracking fuels global warming

Not only does fracking harm kids' brains, cause earthquakes, and poison water supplies, it also helps contribute to overall global warming.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Another oil spill, fracking fuels climate change, Mueller investigates Blackwater founder Erik Prince, and more.

The risky business of government-run pipelines

The project has always been about business – and this is something the Canadian government must quickly recognize if it’s going to create value for Canadians.

Samsung to go 100 percent renewable energy by 2020

Samsung's commitment is the first of its kind from an Asian electronic manufacturing company.

Antarctic ice melt has tripled in five years

"A three-fold increase now puts Antarctica in the frame as one of the largest contributors to sea-level rise."

An urgent message to Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Japan

An open letter from the United State of America.

17 governors renew climate pledges on anniversary of Trump’s Paris Accord...

The governors of sixteen states and Puerto Rico that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance recommitted their pledges to the Paris agreement and announced a new wave of initiatives to accelerate and scale up climate action.

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While distancing from AIPAC, most 2028 Democratic hopefuls are still embracing Israel

“The unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond” continues to take a horrific toll as the U.S.-Israel military alliance rampages through the region.

The leadership team from hell on a hell of a planet

How Trump’s incompetence and looming global catastrophes may intersect.

Trump threatens destruction of Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ as calls grow for removal from office

Lawmakers, legal scholars, and advocacy groups say the president’s public threat against Iran’s civilian population raises urgent questions of genocide, war crimes, and presidential fitness.

Three-year-old allegedly abused in federal custody as Trump policies prolong detention of immigrant children

A lawsuit alleges a toddler was sexually abused while held for months in ORR custody as stricter federal procedures increased detention times for immigrant children.

Exposing discredited ‘alpha male’ dominance myths driving the worst toxic MAGA Trump masculinity

The crackbrained, suicidal Make America Grim Again carnival impedes the next alpha male wannabee from crawling from the swampy ooze, bellowing toxic masculinity and gaining public office.