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The Decline of Butterflies May Bring Dire Consequences for Life on Earth
Entomologist Josef H. Reichholf has been watching butterfly populations decline over the past 50 years.
GOP Rejects Green Infrastructure Funding in Face of Historic Drought and Heat
Many western states are seeing record temperatures, drought and water shortages.
Rand Paul Sows Confusion by Wrongly Implying COVID Survivors Don’t Need Vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that those who previously had COVID-19 should get vaccinated.
Sunrise Movement’s 400-Mile Climate March Ends With Arrests at Ted Cruz’s House
Sunrise campaigners on Monday held signs that said, “Our Homes Flood, Our People Freeze, Cruz Abandons Us.”
Trump Complained COVID Testing Would Lose Him the Election, New Book Says
If COVID comes roaring back in unvaccinated pro-Trump communities this fall, nobody should be surprised.
Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Pipeline Developers Can Seize Public Land
The PennEast pipeline project would cut through the last contiguous forested areas in central New Jersey.
Schumer Backs Sanders Plan to Expand Medicare to Cover Dental, Vision & Hearing
The lack of dental, vision and hearing coverage in Medicare is a “gaping hole” that is a "serious problem, Schumer said.
Biden Has a Chance to Oversee Biggest River Restoration Project in US History
Removing four dams in the Pacific Northwest will help salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.
33 Wildfires Are Already Burning Across 10 States — and Summer Hasn’t Even Begun
As the warmest spring on record ends, the West is bracing for the possibility of another devastating wildfire season.
To Pave the Way for Medicare for All, We Need to Overcome “Citizens United”
U.S. health care is a multibillion-dollar for-profit industry devoted to parasitically extracting money from us.