Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Scalise took $40K in campaign cash from PAC of CEO accused of oil price...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise's campaign donations from a Big Oil PAC linked to price rigging accusations spark calls for accountability and investigations.

Trump’s victory and elite power over the Democratic Party

The same basic approach of Democratic Party elites that first opened the door to the White House for Donald Trump has done it again.

Congressional Dems request DOJ investigation into Big Oil’s climate deception

“As long as Big Oil’s climate lies, both past and present, remain unchallenged by the DOJ, protecting the American public from the ravages of climate change will remain that much more difficult.”

More Americans than ever agree: climate change is a crisis and Trump needs to...

Nearly 80% of poll respondents stated that "yes, human activity is causing the climate to change."

NYPD will stop withholding body-camera footage of police shootings from civilian investigators

the New York Police Department pledged to end its practice of not sharing videos in ongoing investigations with the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

Latest US War Crime is the Murderous Destruction of a Hospital in Afghanistan

The best statement President Obama could come up with after the U.S. bombed and destroyed a hospital in Afghanistan, killing innocent civilians and volunteer doctors from Doctors Without Borders, was “We’re sorry”? This is why the rest of the world hates the U.S.

Burgeoning hydrogen industry draws $41 million in federal lobbying from fossil fuel companies

Fossil fuel companies, which have promoted hydrogen as a catch-all solution to climate change, rank among the top spenders and outnumber clients from every industry.

Biden administration plans to set new tariffs on imports from China of EVs, solar...

Biden said the new tariffs are about "fair competition" after his aides determined that "imports of Chinese products made from aluminum and steel" were "selling the metals at prices that were falsely low to deplete the market share."

ICAN celebrates Nobel Peace Prize winner and heeds call to abolish nuclear weapons

ICAN calls on the countries who have yet to join the TPNW to reject nuclear weapons and join in the motto, “No more Hibakusha.”

Fossil fuel companies donated $700 million to US universities over a decade, possibly influencing...

The authors of the study say funding of this kind can influence research programs and policies toward climate resolutions preferred by the industry.