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350.org on the US withdrawal from the UNFCCC & other international bodies
20+ hour, 27+ min ago (1654+ words) Savio Carvalho, 350.org Managing Director for Campaigns and Networks said: Fenton Lutunatabua, 350.org Program Manager Pacific & Caribbean said: Masayoshi Iyoda, 350.org Japan Campaigner said: 350 is building a future that's just, prosperous, equitable and safe from the effects of the climate…...
Gobsmacking Fabulists 'R Us
2+ day, 51+ min ago (1692+ words) On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot that almost toppled democracy (more quickly than now), the hacks and crackpots in power concocted a deranged, revised history of the event so "evil," "pathological" and deeply "Stalin-level propaganda" it's somehow dragged us…...
Analysis: Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Generate 4,000+ Oil Spills
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (1715+ words) The Trump administration's proposal to dramatically ramp up offshore oil drilling could lead to 4,232 oil spills, dumping 12.1 million gallons of oil into ocean waters, according to an analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity. The Center's spill analysis of Trump's…...
January 6th Five Years On: Our Democracy Crisis Persists
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1687+ words) "Congress must say enough is enough and immediately open an investigation into just how deep the rot at Burgum's Interior goes," said one critic. Ethics experts this week raised red flags over a senior US Interior Department official's failure to…...
Venezuelans deserve democracy not fossil fuel-driven regime change
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (1680+ words) Global Witness has criticised the US attack on Venezuela in what the Trump administration says will enable US companies to exploit the country's vast fossil fuel reserves. The investigative campaigning organisation has called for a peaceful and democratic solution that…...
A Softening of Hearts: The Mayor Is Listening
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1731+ words) In a new year that promises to be as wretched, rancorous and bloody as the last one - cue oil lust and delusions of empire - we celebrate the stirring hope and promise of newly elected Democratic Socialist and New York City…...
Progressive Democrats of America Condemns Trump’s Attacks On Venezuela
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (1678+ words) Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) today issued the following statement: PDA joins with the Congressional Progressive Congress (CPC) in demanding passage of H.Con.Res. 61 and H.Con.Res. 64, Described by the CPC as "Congressional directives to remove U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities…...
Trump Embraces Big Oil and Empire After Kidnapping Venezuela’s President
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (1518+ words) "The 'Trump corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine'applied in recent hours with violent force over the skies of Caracas'is the single greatest threat to peace and prosperity that the Americas confront today," said Progressive International. US President Donald Trump and top…...
CEPR Condemns Trump Administration’s Dangerous and Illegal Military Assault on Venezuela and Violation of Its National Sovereignty
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (1601+ words) The Trump administration has offered a shifting pretext for its aggression toward Venezuela, focused on alleged drug trafficking by Maduro. But the administration has presented no evidence for its allegations, which have been widely debunked and dismissed by current and…...
Trump’s Regime Change War on Venezuela is Patently Illegal
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (1541+ words) "Trump has no right to take us to war with Venezuela. This is reckless and illegal," said Rep. Greg Casar. "Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him." Members of the US Congress on Saturday demanded…...