‘We’re talking very big bucks:’ New bill could put oil companies on the hook...
Should Canadians be able to sue oil companies for that?
North Dakota’s public bank is funding police repression at Standing Rock
In the present political reality, cops and soldiers are brutally cracking down on Standing Rock protesters, and BND is funding it, and that makes BND not truly apolitical, but a facilitator of injustice.
Mother Earth vs. capitalism, private property & rapture fundamentalists
The great insight from the last century or so: imperial powers profit more from exploiting natural resources than bashing foreign heads.
US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars...
Now seems to be exactly the wrong time to ease and eliminate restrictions as some states are doing, especially with several new variants remaining a threat.
Army Corps claims they will not forcibly remove anyone from Standing Rock
The Army Corps is clarifying their statement, stating that they do not have plans to forcibly remove anyone, but that those that do stay are at risk of being ticketed or arrested.
Indigenous-led resistance to Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline threatens big oil’s last stand
Water protectors in Minnesota are kicking off what could be the climate movement's next massive, sustained direct action campaign.
Can the courts bring about a climate fix? Three judges are about to decide
The Trump administration is arguing that 21 young Americans do not have a constitutional right to a stable climate.
Will the US Catholic Church Divest from Fossil Fuels and Buy Solar Panels Instead?...
The pope is trying to get the word out to U.S. Catholics to do something practical about climate change. Will Pope Francis help move all Americans toward a greener and less dangerous future?
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 3
Labor Day: When workers are recognized as human, $30 trillion to the richest white Americans, Los Angeles educators vote to strike, and more.
Our responsibility after Trump’s climate withdrawal
Trump follows previous U.S. presidents who have undermined climate action: The only path to climate justice is people power.