Tag: Texas
Texas abortion law reflects GOP turn towards citizen enforcement
Is this the highest-profile example of a growing push by Republicans to give supporters broad power to sue over issues important to their base?
A chill wind: Texas unleashes bounty hunters on women
Texas' latest abortion ban deputizes ordinary citizens to hunt down and sue anyone who helps a woman get an abortion after 6 weeks (e.g. clinic staff, taxi drivers, someone who provided money for the procedure).
Abortion bounty hunters in Texas are not ‘whistleblowers’ — they’re cruel...
Aided by the U.S. Supreme Court, the state of Texas has now codified misogyny.
Texas company exposed by DeSmog for radioactive fracking waste practices threatens...
Both during and after DeSmog’s investigation, Lotus LLC has tried various approaches to keep information about the company under wraps.
‘We’re staying out’: Texas state democrats who fled to D.C. tell...
“We’re not going to be bullied and intimidated by anybody, including the governor or our colleagues. We have a job to be the voice of our constituents.”
Keep thinking outside the box
Climate change is caused by too much reliance on fossil fuels – and yet the United States continues to rely upon them.
Where does the buck stop in Texas?
Texas Republicans took money from the utilities they failed to regulate. Now they’re pointing the finger elsewhere for power failures.
Fossil freeze: Deadly Texas catastrophe shows how natural gas systems can...
Climate scientists warn that what lies ahead for all of us isn’t simply “global warming,” it’s what some call global weirding.
Lawsuit challenges permits for some of Texas’ largest polluters, alleges state...
“Until we get control of the emissions in those disproportionate areas or overburden areas. I think all permitting should be stopped until we get a handle on it.”
Trump administration plans to cut federal funding for Covid testing sites
“The pandemic is clearly getting worse in states nationwide—and instead of trying harder to stop it, President Trump is apparently trying harder to hide it.”
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.