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ExxonMobil Claims Shift on Climate But Continues to Fund Climate Science Deniers
The company’s professed support for a carbon tax is a disingenuous public relations ploy to delay government action.
COVID-19 Spikes in Rural Areas While Hospitals Face Financial Crisis
Thin margins means small hospitals have had to be creative.
The TMX Pipeline Threatens First Nations People. It Must Be Stopped.
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation is pressuring insurance company Liberty Mutual to drop the pipeline.
Trump Administration Is Paying Big Pharma Billions in Rush for Vaccine
We must demand transparency to ensure the vaccine is as safe as possible.
Trump Is Charging Ahead With Cataclysmic Deregulation in Case of Election Loss
Many of the changes reflect the agendas of powerful corporate interests whose key players have donated heavily to Trump.
More Traces of Cancer-Causing PFAS in Arctic Raise Alarm Over Global Spread
Scientists are still grappling with the complex puzzle of how these toxic chemicals are moving through the environment.
Amid Climate Crisis, Many Americans Still Don’t Know What the Green New Deal Is
Given the time constraints of the climate fight, this election may set the course for far more than the next four years.
Trump Downplayed COVID at His Town Hall. No Wonder He’s Losing Older Voters.
42 percent of voters aged 50-65 now strongly disapprove of Trump’s handling of COVID. Over 65, that rises to 51 percent.
Trump Denies California Request for Federal Disaster Aid After Historic Fires
The White House's decision was met with outrage by environmentalists and lawmakers who represent the state.
Outnumbered on Supreme Court Nomination, Democrats Campaign for ACA
Democrats are refighting the war that helped them pick up seats in 2018 by focusing on the threat to health care.