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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Clinging bitterly to guns and religion
What will it take to convince Americans to turn their backs on empire and war before it’s too late?
‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange
A growing number of politicians are calling on the United States to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange.
When 3 men richer than 165 million people, Sanders says working class must ‘come...
Big-money special interests "want to divide us up," said the independent senator at a living wage rally in South Carolina, "and we are determined to bring working people together."
Brazil’s beef industry linked to deforestation in Amazon
800 million trees were cut down in six years due to cattle ranching, which accounts for 80 percent of current deforestation throughout the Amazon.
AI Genie is out of the bottle—UN should take the challenge to make it...
The global community should be comforted knowing that the leadership of the United Nations already knows well what steps are to be taken at this juncture.