“Make no mistake—more people will get sick, injured, or die as a result of today’s decision,” said one advocate. The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority delivered corporate polluters, anti-abortion campaigners, and other right-wing interests a major victory Friday by overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine, a deeply engrained legal precedent whose demise could spell disaster for […]
Program provides funds to communities that are supporting the nation’s public lands, waters; invests in firefighters, police, schools, road construction WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior Wednesday announced that 30 local governments in Alaska will receive a total of $37.5 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024. Because local governments […]
“This is so cruel and pointless,” said one advocate. “Texas and other ‘pro-life’ states force women to carry doomed pregnancies for months… only to watch their babies die.” By taking away from Texas residents the option of terminating a pregnancy in the case of a fetal abnormality when they passed Senate Bill 8 in 2021, […]
“The only question left,” said Bill McKibben, “is whether our legal system will recognize these crimes—and this report shows there’s a good chance the answer could be yes.” A U.S.-based consumer watchdog unveiled a legal memo Wednesday detailing how local or state prosecutors could bring criminal charges against Big Oil for deaths from extreme heat made more likely by […]