“Now they must commit to restoring protected public lands and sacred sites, and tearing down sections of wall.” Advocacy groups and politicians on Friday welcomed the Pentagon’s announcement that the Biden administration is canceling all barrier construction projects along the U.S.-Mexico border for which former President Donald Trump used emergency powers to divert billions of dollars in military funds. […]
“It’s time to stop subsidizing them and start facing the climate crisis,” says a BailoutWatch analyst. Bolstering arguments against providing further public benefits to the fossil fuel industry, a BailoutWatch analysis published Friday reveals that 77 companies got a collective $8.24 billion tax bailout last year, then laid off tens of thousands of employees. The tax benefits […]
One campaigner called her confirmation “a tremendous win for Indigenous communities, the waters, parks, and lands across our country, and the climate.” A diverse coalition of progressive and Indigenous figures and organizations on Monday celebrated the Senate’s confirmation of Deb Haaland to head the Department of the Interior—making the New Mexico Democrat and Green New […]
Given the “extraordinarily good job” by Democratic impeachment managers the past few days, said Sen. Dick Durbin, “I’d imagine they’re pretty desperate to come up with a good defense strategy.” Provoking criticism that ranged from “jury tampering” and “another violation of their oath” to “such bullshit,” multiple Republican senators met with Donald Trump’s attorneys late […]
“I’m only here to once again remind you of the emergency we are in. The crisis that you and your predecessors have created and inflicted upon us.” In yet another fiery speech to attendees of an elite annual summit, climate activist Greta Thunberg made clear on Monday that young people aren’t backing down from demands that […]
Amid mounting calls for Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri to resign or be expelled from the chamber, a group of Democrats filed an ethics complaint on Thursday requesting an investigation into the two senators’ roles in inciting a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tina […]
“Today is a good day,” declared the SEIU, which had called on the president to immediately oust NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb. Along with signing a slate of executive orders after taking office on Wednesday, President Joe Biden requested the resignation of and ultimately fired Peter Robb, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board blasted […]
Members of Congress, major news networks, journalists, and other critics of President Donald Trump responded coldly to his farewell message on Tuesday as the nation prepared for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. “Today is the last full day of the worst and most dangerous president in American history,” tweeted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) shortly after Trump’s nearly 20-minute video message was […]
“No amount of spin changes the fact that the oil and gas extraction is wreaking havoc on our communities and our climate.” A report published Tuesday by the nonprofit Earthworks details the difference between what major fossil fuel companies say and do in terms of voluntary and government-mandated efforts to reduce the potent greenhouse gas methane, concluding that “the […]
