Friday, September 20, 2024

Death on the Dakota Access: Oil & gas boom generates dangerous pipeline jobs amid...

We speak with Antonia Juhasz, a longtime oil and energy journalist, about her new investigation for Pacific Standard magazine on the deaths of two men who worked on the Dakota Access pipeline.

Agreement made to increase protection of biodiversity at COP15

Are governments "finally starting to forge a peace pact with nature?”

Ireland becomes second country to declare climate emergency

"It is justified that a level of urgency be injected into this debate."
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40 Yemeni children dead by US-made bomb? Outrage mounts over US role in airstrike...

The massacre of school boys between the ages of 6 and 11 was one of the worst attacks on children in the history of Yemen’s brutal war.

‘Failure isn’t an option’: Progressives plan to mobilize if Supreme Court blocks debt relief

"The Higher Education Act should be used immediately and rapidly to deliver on this essential commitment."

Sanders and Schakowsky champion corporate tax reform to end ‘legalized tax dodging’

The Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act is a bold initiative designed to close the gap in the corporate tax code that allows for extensive tax avoidance.

Melania Trump’s parents obtain U.S. citizenship via chain migration

“I guess when it’s Melania’s Family, it’s ‘family reunification’ and should be applauded. Everybody else, it’s ‘chain migration’ and must be stopped.”

International Energy Agency predicts electric car sales to increase 35 percent compared to last...

The Agency expects 14 million in electric car sales by the end of 2023, which would represent a 35 percent year-on-year increase.

Why going “hard” is taking the easy way out

Hardening schools and arming teachers Is the wrong approach.

Biden administration announces new plan to cancel student debt

The new plan is an effort to fulfill a promise that President Biden made as a candidate in 2020.