Tag: Rhode Island
Baltimore, Rhode Island argue they’re suing fossil fuel companies over climate...
While the Baltimore and Rhode Island cases proceed in state courts, the fossil fuel companies continue to pursue federal court jurisdiction.
Exclusive: Rhode Island governor nixed agency critiques of LNG facility, silencing...
“We’re going to keep fighting, we’re not going to allow this to be a sacrifice zone for people of color.”
How a small New England state is becoming a trailblazer in...
John Marion has successfully spearheaded numerous pieces of democracy reform, including online voter registration, a law strengthening the state’s Ethics Commission and automatic voter registration and risk-limiting post-election audits.
Major fracked-gas pipeline leak shuts down Rhode Island interstate
Emergency vehicles swarmed the scene and nearby businesses had to evacuate.
8 states that made 2016 a huge year for clean energy
These victories—many of them bipartisan—across the country give hope for 2017.
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‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations
From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.
No putz has offended more millions in more places, more quickly – with no...
The Trump Horror Show is the fastest growing American “export commodity” – jeopardizing hundreds of billions in lost tourist dollars, lost foreign student tuitions, and lost confidence in American trustworthiness.
Trump administration dismantles pollution protections and deletes public data as EPA grants sweeping exemptions...
Environmental groups sue over deletion of climate and justice tools while polluters receive fast-tracked exemptions from EPA oversight.
IDF report on Gaza medics’ killing called a cover-up as rights groups demand independent...
Despite video evidence and global outrage, Israeli military report denies executions and offers limited disciplinary action for deadly March 23 attack
Trump harvests autocratic powers
Planted by Bush and Cheney.