Tag: environment
Stories from the youth climate movement in the Global South
Young people who had mobilized for the climate across the world in 2019 were right: Much environmental damage is the result of human action, and as such, can also be reversed through human initiative.
Biden announces $2 trillion climate and green recovery plan
Biden's sweeping proposals would put an end to all greenhouse gas emissions spewed by U.S. power plants by 2035. It would also ban fracking on public lands.
Trump’s gift to hunters: You can kill hibernating black bear mothers...
In Trump’s latest blow to America’s wildlife, the government wants to allow the worst trophy hunting practices on public lands in Alaska.
‘The cost of plastics is lives’: House oversight hearing highlights environmental...
“This is not about recycling, it is not about PPE. It is about an industry that is looking to put profit above people in every country on the planet.”
Fossil fuels’ ‘net-zero’ carbon emissions scam is something humanity doesn’t have...
Why vague commitments by fossil fuel corporations to “zero out” carbon emissions don’t add up.
Why Trump wants to kill the biggest environmental law you’ve never...
NEPA is one of the biggest federal policies ever enacted to protect our environment. But Trump is out to gut it — here's why.
Bipartisan senators praise passage of Great American Outdoors Act
“Years of bipartisan work have led to this moment and this historic opportunity for conservation.”
How to keep America’s public workers safe as we emerge from...
In a crisis like that, public servants will rely on the public to stand with them in demanding that officials implement aggressive safety plans and provide the other resources that workers need.
As Amazonian wildfire season approaches, we must protect the vulnerable forest
Jair Bolsonaro’s aggressive deregulation and exploitation of the Amazon’s resources threatens the entire planet.
Kangaroos are victims of the world’s largest commercial slaughter of terrestrial...
Importing kangaroo meat and skins must be banned in the EU, but Americans can also help protect this iconic species.
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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows
This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.
Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...
An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.