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Nursing Homes Are Suing the Friends and Family of Residents to Collect Debts
The nursing home industry has developed a strategy of pursuing grandchildren, neighbors and others to collect on debt.
369 Groups Tell Biden to Reject Manchin’s Big Oil “Handouts” in Reconciliation
The groups said that expanding fossil fuels' grip over the energy sector is unacceptable as climate crises worsen.
ExxonMobil Is Counting on Trump-Chosen Judge to Undermine Right to Sue Polluters
A new ruling in “Environment Texas v. ExxonMobil” is expected in August. This time, a Trump-nominated judge is involved.
Manchin’s Climate Reversal Comes With Major Caveat: Expanding Oil and Gas
The bill essentially locks the government into permitting new oil and gas leases for the next decade.
Big Oil Has Spent Over $200 Million in 1.5 Years to Sabotage Climate Action
Meanwhile, fossil fuel giants are reporting surges in profits as they exploit the impact of Russia's war on Ukraine.
US’s Reactive Polio Strategy Could Be Silently Putting Many at Risk
A New York man is now paralyzed due to polio. Why aren't public health agencies testing wastewater for the virus?
New York Post Announces COVID Is Over. It’s Still Running Rampant.
The daily infection rates still tally in the thousands. That’s not “over” by even the most wildly irresponsible metric.
World Oil Production Is Rising, With No End in Sight
Global production is projected to rise to 126 million barrels a day by 2050. It's time to end the tyranny of oil.
Congressional Staffers Arrested During Climate Protest in Chuck Schumer’s Office
“We, staffers of the U.S. Congress, will not remain quiet and complacent in our own demise.”
Ocasio-Cortez Gathers Support for Bill to Overrule Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
The lawmaker has introduced a bill to explicitly give the EPA the ability to regulate carbon emissions.