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This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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U.S. and Canada Promise to Lead World To Low-Carbon Economy
The shared vision unveiled by Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau on Thursday commits the two countries to promote North American carbon markets, widely cap oil and gas well emissions, and protect at-risk indigenous communities.
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US agency reaches 'holy grail' of battery storage sought by Elon Musk and Gates
The breakthrough in next generation battery technology could transform America's electrical grid within five to 10 years, said the research agency Arpa-E – which seized on a discovery hotly pursued by Bill Gates, Elon Musk and others.
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Hundreds of Professors At University of Chicago Push For Fossil Fuel Divestment
In a symbolic show of solidarity with student activists, professors urged the elite private university to purge its $7.6 billion endowment of coal, oil and gas companies, citing the “universal and existential” threat posed by climate change.
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The Price of the Deal: How U.S. Ensured a Republican-Proof Paris Accord
Campaigners say the sheer fact of the deal – and its support by nearly 200 countries – will force Republicans to recalibrate their opposition to Obama’s climate policy.
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The Earth Accord: Overcoming Six Major Hurdles At the Paris Climate Talks
From a 1.5ºC or 2ºC limit, to climate aid and the public reporting of emissions, here are the main differences in the draft text as summit leaders worked furiously to reach an agreement by Friday.
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Bernie Sanders Launches Climate Plan Banning New Fossil Fuel Extraction On Public Land
The Keep it in the Ground Act, jointly introduced with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, would ban all new coal, oil and gas mining leases on federal government lands and waters.
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Exxon Scientist: Oil Giant Knew 35 Years Ago About Climate Change – And Denied It Ever After
A newly discovered email from Exxon's in-house climate expert reveals the world's biggest oil company knew about climate change but spent more than $30 million on think tanks and researchers who denied its existence.
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Harvard-Smithsonian Climate Skeptic Took $1.2 Million From Fossil Fuel Corporations
Willie Soon, a widely published scientist considered an "authority" by those rejecting the science behind climate change, has received vast amounts of cash from Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum Institute and the Koch family.
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Head of U.S. Episcopal Church Says Climate Denial Is Immoral
Katharine Jefferts Schori, one of the most powerful women in Christianity, says those who reject the underlying science of climate change are turning their backs on God’s gift of knowledge.
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Climate Deniers Attempt to Block "Merchants of Doubt" Film
Climate denier Fred Singer lobbied fellow skeptics to create a backlash, and proposed legal action, against the film that exposes industry’s role in manipulating the U.S. debate on climate change.
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President-elect Donald Trump isn’t just appointing incompetent buffoons to his Cabinet, but deeply immoral individuals who are completely lacking in family values.
Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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President-elect Donald Trump isn’t just appointing incompetent buffoons to his Cabinet, but deeply immoral individuals who are completely lacking in family values.
Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
The country has never moved as close to the course it took under Benito Mussolini as it is doing now — and even if Meloni is not a neo-fascist politician, she has put herself in a position to appeal to and broaden fascism's political base.
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The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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As Trump’s campaign grows increasingly bizarre, his team appears to be more tightly controlling his movements and carefully scripting his public appearances to minimize the negative impact his erratic behavior may have on undecided voters in swing states.
Posted 1 month 4 weeks ago
Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
Posted 2 weeks 6 days ago
Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
The country has never moved as close to the course it took under Benito Mussolini as it is doing now — and even if Meloni is not a neo-fascist politician, she has put herself in a position to appeal to and broaden fascism's political base.
