The world’s 47 largest producers of greenhouse gases must respond within 45 days to an unprecedented legal complaint filed Wednesday by the Philippines, which alleges the fossil fuel behemoths have deprived millions of residents of the island nation of their human rights through catastrophic global warming. “We just want to live a decent and peaceful […]
Read MoreBrazil’s Senate on Wednesday voted to hold an impeachment trial for suspended President Dilma Rousseff, an effort that could mark the end of 13 years of rule by her leftist Workers’ Party. “Today is not a good day for our democracy,” said Senator Paulo Rocha, an ally of the nation’s first female president. He added […]
Read MoreWith any luck, the long national nightmare of the 2016 election will be over Tuesday night. The New York Times has a helpful breakdown of when polls close across the nation (and when we could potentially know who won). For those looking for a non-corporate take on election night, both Democracy Now! (7pm ET) and […]
Read MoreCollege Park, Md., officials announced late Friday that the city will not allow non-citizens to vote in local elections after failing to reach the required number of votes to approve the city council’s proposal. While the council voted in favor of the proposal by a 4-3 margin, a change to the city’s charter in June requires changes […]
Read MoreFormer Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against […]
Read MoreThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday expanded its unprecedented travel advisory warning pregnant women to avoid several neighborhoods in Miami, Florida. The initial advisory, issued on August 2, was the first of its kind for a continental U.S. city. The expanded advisory names “a second zone of local Zika transmission, a […]
Read MoreTwo birds. One stone. How to recoup and put to good use the billions of dollars corporations and the super-wealthy hide from governments each year while also funding the renewable energy revolution scientists and experts say is necessary—and technologically possible—to combat the increasing threat of global warming and climate change? “The energy transformation involves not […]
Read MoreThe U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Thursday released an unclassified summary of its report on National Security Administration (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, who exposed the agency’s mass surveillance operations in 2013, in which the committee roundly condemns Snowden as “not a whistleblower” and a “serial fabricator.” “The American people deserve better. This report diminishes the […]
Read MoreClose to 100 scientists have signed onto a letter decrying “inadequate environmental and cultural impact assessments” for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), and calling for a halt to construction until such tests have been carried out as requested by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Lead signatories Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley, Anne Hilborn, Katherine Crocker, and Asia Murphy […]
Read MoreAs yet another study links fracking to cancer-causing chemicals, Pennsylvanians opposed to oil and gas drilling in their state are reiterating their call for a statewide moratorium on the practice. A new analysis from the Yale School of Public Health “confirms that numerous carcinogens involved in the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing have the potential […]
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