Tag: coronavirus pandemic

"While this legislation has some good elements, it ultimately fails to match the scale of this crisis."

Polluters are allowed, at their sole discretion, to stop monitoring and reporting air emissions and water pollution levels during the outbreak.

The two private jet companies are among the first 96 airline companies disclosed as recipients of taxpayer funds under the CARES Act.

We need to ensure that everyone’s health and well-being are protected.

Guatemala’s health minister, Hugo Monroy, has called the U.S. “the Wuhan of the Americas.”

The United Nations warned that the coronavirus pandemic is generating a mental illness crisis, as millions face isolation, poverty and anxiety. Domestic violence is rising. Health workers are reporting an increased need for psychological support.

The bill, with 54 Democratic co-sponsor, would change the eligibility standards allowing lobbying forces, with 300 or fewer employees, a piece of the next round government of stimulus.

“If we fail to develop a national coordinated response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities.”

"The Sierra Club is joining its partners in the borderlands to call for the immediate halt of border wall construction during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes say the checkpoints are the best way to protect against the coronavirus entering their communities, which are not equipped to handle an outbreak.