Tag: New York
Upstate New York Trump voters hit hard in President’s proposed 2018...
Beware the supporter scorned.
Human Rights Watch fights to end child marriage in New York
Countries that no longer allow the marriage of a 14-year-old child include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iraq, Malawi, Nepal, Pakistan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Nation’s largest offshore wind farm gets green light
In this new era, we'll need this state leadership more than ever.
8 states that made 2016 a huge year for clean energy
These victories—many of them bipartisan—across the country give hope for 2017.
Former police chief sentenced to prison for assaulting handcuffed man
U.S. District Judge Leonard Wexler referred to the former police chief as a “dictator.”
New York Mayor Apologizes for Police Killing of Mentally Ill Woman,...
"A woman who deserved treatment and compassion was shot and killed. We’re talking about a crime."
The $7.6 Billion Bail-out of New York Nuclear Plants
“Nuclear energy is neither clean nor renewable,” testified Pauline Salotti, vice chair of the Green Party of Suffolk County, Long Island at a recent hearing on the plan.
Former NY State Assembly Speaker Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
Other former officials from New York that are due for sentencing include New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and New York State Sen. John Sampson.
Gov. Cuomo Rejects the Constitution Pipeline, Huge Win for the Anti-Fracking...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation just denied a key permit to companies seeking to build a 124-mile fracked gas pipeline.
What GOP New Yorkers Just Voted For: Torture, Syria Intervention and...
Well, someone doesn’t know what he is doing.
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‘A clown show:’ RFK Jr. fires CDC panel & stacks it with anti-vaxxers, cuts...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew U.S. funding for the world’s preeminent international vaccine organization.
Global elite gain $33.9 trillion as poverty fight collapses, Oxfam warns ahead of global...
A decade after world leaders pledged to end inequality and poverty, the richest 1 percent have captured explosive wealth while development goals fall dangerously off track.
Is Trump co-governing with the billionaire class?
While politicians regularly partner with business, when should they collaborate with grassroots movements?
NATO’s 5% pledge: An obscene betrayal of global needs
It represents a major step backwards—away from addressing the urgent needs of people and the planet, and toward an arms race that will impoverish societies while enriching weapons contractors.
Recycling food waste could slash methane emissions and reshape the global agrifood system
New research shows that composting, anaerobic digestion, and refeeding food waste can significantly cut greenhouse gases and spare vital resources across the U.S., China, and the EU.