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WATCH: Senate Democrats hold news conference on climate and tax bill: Democrats say the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will invest approximately $300 billion in ...
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More Americans worried about climate change, but few think Biden's climate law will help, AP-NORC poll says
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Few in new poll say Biden law has helped fight climate change: Very few Americans believe the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Biden ...
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RFK Jr.’s onetime allies in environmental advocacy call for him to drop out: Environmental groups are condemning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and his ...
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Quick Glance: RFK Jr.'s Environmental Colleagues Urge Him to End Presidential Bid
- Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “Honor our planet, drop out.”
- As an independent candidate for the White House, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claims he would be the “best environment president in American history,” drawing on his past as a crusading lawyer who went after polluters in New York.
- But dozens of Mr. Kennedy’s former colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council are calling on him to withdraw from the race, in full-page advertisements sponsored by the group’s political arm that are expected to appear in newspapers in six swing states on Sunday.
- Separately, a dozen other national environmental organizations have issued an open letter calling Mr. Kennedy “ a “dangerous conspiracy theorist and a science denier” who promotes “toxic beliefs” on vaccines and on climate change.
Lucas: Democrats need to listen to voters on immigration: Recent polls are telling Gov. Maura Healey and the political establishment in Massachusetts that the ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/22/lucas-democrats-need-to-listen-to-voters-on-immigration/
Boston Mayor Wu appoints city’s first chief climate officer at $195,000 a year: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed the city’s first chief climate officer on ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/17/boston-mayor-wu-appoints-citys-first-climate-chief-officer-at-195000-a-year/
Utah congressional candidate says Jan. 6 protesters are ‘politically persecuted’ — and he’s a Democrat
sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/04/26/utah-congressional-candidate-says/
Donald Trump’s casual disparagement of prosecutors as ‘evil’ and ‘crazy’: Asked by a right-wing interviewer if he knew Democrats wanted him dead, Trump replied ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/26/trump-greg-kelly-interview/
Lionfish spread across the Mediterranean: The poisonous animals reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and are increasingly feeling at home here ...
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Exclusive: Biden opens first field office in Florida: The campaign now has a footprint in a county that went Democrat in the past two presidential elections.
axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/04/25/biden-campaign-field-office-florida
Republicans hammer campus protesters, and Democrats, as unrest spreads: Democratic officials led by the White House on Thursday spurned the request from House ...
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Quick Glance: USC Main Commencement Canceled Amid Gaza War Protests
- Protests against the Israel-Hamas war prompt the cancellation of USC's main graduation ceremony and numerous arrests at campuses nationwide.
- Universities are grappling with protests that could disrupt upcoming commencement ceremonies and are considering changes to regulations regarding encampments and exams.
- Some students demand schools sever ties with Israel, leading to accusations of antisemitism and concerns about safety on campus.
- The wave of protests, inspired by events at Columbia University, has led to civil rights investigations into universities facing protests and complaints of discrimination amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Biden vs. GOP: Tax fight heats up ahead of election: Rhetoric is heating up on competing visions for taxes from Democrats and Republicans ahead of the 2024 ...
thehill.com/business/4621855-biden-gop-tax-fight-heats-up-ahead-of-elections/
Biden and the Dems Are Slowing Big Oil’s LNG Gravy Train: Citizens like me are grateful that some of our elected leaders are finally standing up to Big Oil.
commondreams.org/opinion/biden-dems-lng
Deadly Dubai floods made worse by climate change: But it rains so rarely in the region that scientists do not have enough data to be fully sure.
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Three Arizona Republicans Join Democrats to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban in State House
democracynow.org/2024/4/25/headlines/three_arizona_republicans_join_democrats_to_repeal_1864_abortion_ban_in_state_house
Quick Glance: Supreme Court Divided on Emergency Abortion Access: Highlights
- The Supreme Court seems divided on access to emergency abortions in states with near-total bans.
- The 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act could impact abortion access in emergencies.
- The debate raises questions about fetal personhood and abortion rights conflict.
- The court's decision could affect abortion access in 14 states with strict abortion bans.
Fetterman, Warren lead Democrats in urging DEA to ‘swiftly’ take marijuana off Schedule I
thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4621316-fetterman-warren-democrats-dea-marijuana-scheduling/
Finley: Trump's right. Prosecution isn't fair. It's politics: The Democratic strategy to engage Donald Trump in the courtroom rather than on the campaign trail ...
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/nolan-finley/2024/04/24/finley-trumps-right-prosecution-isnt-fair-its-politics/73424071007/
New Jersey Democrat Rep. Donald Payne Jr. dies at 65 after heart attack: Officials say U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey has died after a heart attack ...
apnews.com/article/donald-payne-rep-congress-dead-d1e3187470ee000b2e77c72226a1edd5
Quick Glance: Late Congressman Donald Payne Jr.
- Democratic Congressman Donald Payne Jr. from New Jersey has passed away at the age of 65
- Payne, a longstanding House member, was the son of a former congressman
- He advocated for healthcare legislation, gun violence prevention, and infrastructure investments
- Following his death, a special election will be held to fill his position in the House of Representatives
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire: Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/israel-gaza-ceasefire-adam-smith
White House doesn’t want to touch House speaker drama: Even though Johnson helped move his foreign policy aid package, the president isn’t going to intervene on ...
politico.com/news/2024/04/25/biden-mike-johnson-future-00154254
Poll: Trump remains vulnerable on abortion with independents, some Republicans: Half of voters in a new POLITICO-Morning Consult poll support states making their ...
politico.com/news/2024/04/25/trump-abortion-polling-00154213
Democrats Raise More Money for Senate Races With Wealthy Backers: Senate Republicans count billionaire Ken Griffin, Chevron Corp., and Occidental Petroleum Corp ...
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Democrats seen as more successful at passing legislation: Survey: Democrats are seen as more successful at passing legislation in the House of Representatives ...
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Biden tries to win back progressives, young people with left-leaning policy: Polls suggest the strategy may be working.
axios.com/2024/04/25/biden-progressives-young-voters
“We have to make Biden lose”: Arab-Americans are switching to Trump: Anger over Gaza in the swing state of Michigan might cost the president the election
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How Latino Voters Will Decide the 2024 Election: Latino voters are "geographically concentrated" in key states, meaning they will play a "decisive role" in the ...
newsweek.com/how-latino-voters-will-decide-2024-election-1893129
As usual, views of Trump guide views of his actions, not vice versa: New polling shows that Republicans are much less likely to view the Manhattan trial as ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/24/polling-trump-criminal-trial/
Biden administration finalizes new rules for power plants in one of its most significant climate actions to-date
cnn.com/2024/04/25/climate/biden-epa-power-plant-rule-climate/
Quick Glance: New EPA Rules Target Emissions Reduction at Power Plants
- The Biden administration aims to compel coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or close down.
- The rules target limiting greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power plants and reducing toxic pollutants from coal-fired plants.
- The plan includes measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, toxic wastewater pollutants, and safely manage coal ash.
- The actions are expected to face opposition from industry groups and Republican-leaning states, while environmental groups see it as a crucial step in combating climate change.
Tyrants of Industry: Can the Right Tame Capitalism?: Can the right tame capitalism?
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Arbor Day 2024: How to plant the best tree to combat climate change: Arbor Day was first celebrated on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska.
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Who finances climate protection?: The Azerbaijani President travels to Berlin - it's about the climate. Why a small event with many ...
zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/ausland/petersberger-klimadialog-weltklimakonferenz-cop29-100.html
Ocasio-Cortez Calls Fellow Democrat's Remarks On Sanders 'Shameful': "He and many other Jewish leaders deserve better than to be treated this way ...
huffpost.com/entry/aoc-moskowitz-sanders-antisemitism_n_66295cebe4b0edb0e80a2d0f
Centrist Democrats want to refocus on border security: The call comes just hours after Biden signed a foreign aid package into law.
axios.com/2024/04/24/house-democrats-border-security-ukraine-israel
Anti-democratic warning signs are blinking in current polling: The Pew Research Center found indifference among Republicans about Donald Trump’s actions in 2020 ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/25/trump-republicans-election-polling/
Opinion: Speaker Mike Johnson sings 'Kumbaya' with the Democrats: Suddenly, Democrats and (some) Republicans in the House have joined in unorthodox ...
latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-04-25/mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-republican-party
Arizona fake elector indictments: How Republicans and Democrats reacted on social media
azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/25/what-kari-lake-and-others-are-saying-about-fake-elector-indictments/73419454007/
The planet’s plastic problem: why we need a global plastics treaty: A global plastics treaty is urgently required to limit plastic's contribution to climate ...
indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/global-plastic-pollution-treaty-9292563/
Tester's campaign against his own party: The senator's campaign in deep-red Montana could be the difference between Democrats keeping Senate control or ...
axios.com/2024/04/24/jon-tester-biden-democrats
Decline of ten percent: extreme weather causes historically poor wine harvest: Droughts, fires and other climate-related problems are causing a serious slump in ...
n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Extremwetter-sorgt-fuer-historisch-schlechte-Weinernte-article24902261.html
Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson rails against corporate greed in Oldham stop
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Photos show how divided Democrats, Republicans in Congress have become: Outbursts, scuffles, and statement outfits have become more common among members of ...
businessinsider.com/republicans-democrats-congress-arguing-photos-2023-10
Paid articlePaid Forecast group predicts busiest hurricane season on record with 33 storms: University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann cites record ocean warmth as ...
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Democrats don’t think a TikTok ban will alienate young voters — are they right?: Trump’s posts on Truth Social and polling elsewhere suggest young voters may ...
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tiktok-ban-democrats-young-voters-b2534134.html
Quick Glance: ByteDance Would Consider Closing TikTok in US Over Sale, Sources Claim
- ByteDance would prefer to cease TikTok operations rather than engage in a sale if all legal avenues are exhausted to combat potential legislation banning the platform in US app stores, as per four sources.
- Despite TikTok's massive popularity with over a billion users, it remains unprofitable, contributing a small fraction to ByteDance's overall revenues and daily active user base.
- ByteDance stated on Thursday in a release on Toutiao, a media platform it possesses, that there are no intentions to sell TikTok, in response to claims from The Information about ByteDance exploring sale scenarios for TikTok's US operations excluding the recommending algorithm for user videos.
- As of December, ByteDance's valuation stood at $268 billion when it proposed a buyback of approximately $5 billion in shares from investors.
You knew the storm was coming: At the very least, you would have expected county Dimples to be out telling families what to expect.
nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/you-knew-the-storm-was-coming-4603482
Corals bred in zoo join Europe’s largest reef, offering scientists hope: The World Coral Conservatory hopes to create a bank of corals in aquariums across Europe ...
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-corals-bred-in-zoo-join-europes-largest-reef-offering-scientists-hope/
Climate drama kills thousands of penguin chicks: Thousands and thousands of penguin chicks die.
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All the ways a hotter planet makes us sicker: A study of 266 studies worldwide, published in 2022, revealed that heat waves were associated with a 11 ...
indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/all-the-ways-a-hotter-planet-makes-us-sicker-9291068/
Keir Starmer chats to journalism students in Darlington: Today, myself and other student journalists were invited down to The Northern Echo newsroom in ...
thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24281766.keir-starmer-chats-journalism-students-darlington/
Why is Bangladesh in the grip of a sizzling heatwave?: We should prepare ourselves for future heatwaves and help the most vulnerable people enduring the ongoing ...
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Arbor Day tree-planting isn't the climate fix it's cracked up to be: In California and beyond, responsibly managing and conserving mature forests is far more ...
latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-04-26/arbor-day-tree-planting-climate-change-california-forests
Scientists debate adding a Category 6 for mega-hurricanes: As climate change intensifies hurricanes, some scientists want a Category 6 for the biggest storms
latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-26/scientists-consider-a-category-6-for-an-era-of-mega-hurricanes
Global Basel Committee bolsters rules for supervising banks: The world's forum for banking regulators on Thursday tightened up its rulebook to focus better on ...
reuters.com/business/finance/global-basel-committee-bolsters-rules-supervising-banks-2024-04-25/
'Extreme' climate blamed for world's worst wine harvest in 62 years: World wine production dropped 10 percent last year, the biggest fall in more than six ...
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Genetic hope in fight against devastating wheat disease: Fungal disease Fusarium head blight (FHB) is on the rise due to increasingly humid conditions induced by ...
phys.org/news/2024-04-genetic-devastating-wheat-disease.html
How Climate Change Will Change the Land's Drainage: Climate change will alter drainage inland. It will hardly work anymore that the water flows away via sluices.
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Ohio lawmakers negotiate to assure Biden makes the state's fall ballot: Republican legislative leaders in Ohio say they are negotiating with Democrats to assure ...
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Over 80% of Nigerian farmers poor – AFEX: Pan-African commodities player, AFEX, has stated that over 80 per cent of farmers in Nigeria are below the poverty line ...
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'No confidence': Scottish coalition government collapses in battle over climate targets
euronews.com/green/2024/04/26/no-confidence-scottish-coalition-government-collapses-in-battle-over-climate-targets
Salisbury theatre makers welcomed to parliamentary dinner: The creators of the touring family show Stories in the Dust were welcomed to a parliamentary dinner ...
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Kiwis are learning how to fight climate change – polls: Bucking a common misconception, New Zealanders no longer say recycling is the most effective action they ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/24/kiwis-are-learning-how-to-fight-climate-change-polls/
Dubai underwater: climate change has amplified historic rains: The torrential rains that killed 24 people in the UAE and Oman on April 15 and 16 were 10% to 40% ...
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Wealth Tax could fund climate change and poverty?: G20 Minister's proposal of a wealth tax on billionaires is gaining a lot of traction with an argument that ...
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Atmospheric rivers could pound California with more extreme rain: Despite considerably back-to-back rainy winters in California, new research finds the region ...
latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-25/atmospheric-rivers-could-pound-california-with-more-extreme-rain
Nasa chief asks nations to work together on climate change: Nasa is hoping that nations will work together more closely in the future on topics such as climate ...
thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2024/04/26/nasa-chief-asks-nations-to-work-together-on-climate-change
Global warming could become 'main driver of biodiversity loss': Worldwide biodiversity declined between 2 per cent and 11 per cent during the 20th century due to ...
thenationalnews.com/climate/2024/04/25/global-warming-could-become-main-driver-of-biodiversity-loss/
I may never eat fish again after reading this new book: James Bradley’s epic non-fiction book Deep Water explores the world’s oceans and our interconnectedness ...
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Involve those affected in decision making: Speakers at a workshop yesterday said local and affected communities should be included in different climate change ...
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Solingen Remscheid: City triangle receives award for cooperation in climate protection
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Express View on Asia Climate Report: Why a hotter world is more dangerous for India
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MTA says it needs $6 billion for climate-related spending in next five years: With a big increase in torrential rain events predicted, the funding would go to ...
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Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture: Japan, the world's fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has some of the longest ...
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Late frost damages trees: could this happen more often because of climate change?
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Wild bees are the real climate heroes: If we want to continue eating fruits and vegetables, maintain forests, and fight climate change ...
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Scotland's wobbling pro-independence party ditches coalition with Greens: Opponents said on Thursday they would seek to oust the leader of Scotland after the ...
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Heavy rains and flooding kill dozens as extreme weather racks Kenya: The Red Cross reported at least 38 dead and more than 11,000 displaced after weeks of heavy ...
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Africa: Conflict, Climate Change Driving Hundreds of Millions Into Hunger - UN: A new analysis of the state of global hunger finds conflict, climate change ...
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Quick Glance: Over 280 Million People Worldwide Affected by Severe Hunger
- Nearly 282 million individuals across various countries faced acute hunger in 2023, with the war-torn Gaza Strip having the highest number of people experiencing famine.
- The United Nations report revealed that 24 million more people were dealing with acute food shortages compared to 2022, primarily due to a significant decline in food security, especially in Gaza and Sudan.
- Of those on the brink of famine - 577,000 individuals - over 80% were located in Gaza, while numerous others in nations like South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Somalia, and Mali were also enduring extreme hunger.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres labeled the report as 'a reckoning of human failure' and emphasized the need for an urgent response to address the root causes of acute hunger and malnutrition, as well as overhaul food supply systems.
Climate change is likely to be the main driver of species extinction by 2050: VIENNA/LAXENBURG. While it was once more the intensification of land use ...
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Dealing with the climate crisis: How many cigarettes can I still have?: Climate protection is rational - actually. But our response to the climate crisis is not ...
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Climate and weather: That's the difference
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Why won’t Chris Packham have a real debate on climate?: On Sunday, the BBC did something unusual. It invited Luke Johnson, a climate contrarian ...
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Ants face worsening survival crisis as planet heats up — adapt, migrate or die: Among the longest-living insects, the ant population could be threatened as the ...
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A Completely New Approach to Crops Could Boost Nutrition across Africa: Cary Fowler, the U.S. State Department’s leading figure on global hunger ...
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How to write a stellar personal statement: During college admissions season, hundreds of thousands of students across the globe scramble to get their ...
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The Download: hyperrealistic deepfakes, and clean energy’s implications for mining
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Remscheid RGA University Lecture Professor challenges parents: “If you spin the wheel, your children will do the same.”
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