In anticipation of an impending White House announcement on civilian deaths from drone strikes, international human rights group Reprieve has released a report which finds that there is significant evidence the U.S. government is lying about the human toll of the aerial bombing campaign. President Barack Obama is expected to announce as early as Friday…
Read moreCurrent US Mining Leases Will Produce Dirty Fuels 'Far Beyond' Paris Climate Target
U.S. public lands and ocean regions already under lease for fossil fuel extraction will be producing coal, oil, and gas decades beyond the point at which scientists predict the world will surpass the temperature targets set out in the Paris climate agreement. This means that even without the additional fossil fuel leases still on the…
Read moreWelcome to the 'Ecological Recession': Global Biodiversity on Unsafe Decline
A global assessment of ecosystems across the planet shows that “exploitation of terrestrial systems”—in other words, human land use from road-building to industrial agriculture—has pushed biodiversity below “safe” levels. The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, finds that for 58 percent of the world’s land surface, which is home to roughly 71 percent of…
Read moreAs Roger Ailes Circles the Drain at Fox, Is GOP Facing 'Great Unraveling'?
Media mogul Roger Ailes may be out the door at Fox News, the media company he started 20 years ago, after anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment—charges that were followed by similar accusations from several women who had interacted with Ailes since the 1960s. While negotiations continue, there is speculation…
Read moreJournalists Flee Turkey as Government Purge Targets Media
Turkey’s brutal crackdown in the wake of a failed military coup reached new heights on Wednesday, as the government decreed the shut-down of 131 media outlets. The government has also issued arrest warrants for 89 journalists since the beginning of the week. “Three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 23 radio stations, 45 papers, 15 magazines,…
Read moreClimate Change is Here and Now, Dire NOAA Report Warns
Environmental records of all kinds are being shattered as climate change takes effect in real time, scientists warned on Tuesday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) released its annual State of the Climate report with the dire warning that 2015 was the hottest year on record since at least the mid-to-late 19th century, confirming…
Read more'Personnel is Policy': Progressives Urge Clinton to Avoid Wall Street Cabinet
A coalition of progressive organizations published an open letter to Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, urging her to keep Wall Street veterans out of her administration if she wins the presidency. The 15 signatories, which include advocacy groups, a labor union, a political party, and other organizations, wrote the letter to “reaffirm the importance of selecting…
Read moreSanders Will Campaign for Dems, But Won't Give Party Coveted Email List
Update 5:00pm EDT: In an email to supporters on Monday, Bernie Sanders highlighted four hotly-contested races that he says will likely determine the Senate majority: Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Ohio and Nevada. “The Koch brothers know this. That is why they are spending tens of millions of dollars to defeat these four candidates for Senate,” Sanders…
Read moreMichigan Recount Halted as Judge 'Gives In' to Trump and State GOP
A federal judge on Wednesday effectively ended the ongoing presidential recount in Michigan by lifting the order he previously issued allowing it to move forward. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith halted the recount, which began on Monday amid legal challenges, on the grounds that the Green Party’s Jill Stein and other plaintiffs “have not presented…
Read moreRenault will supply engines to Red Bull – if forced to act
Renault will supply engines to Red Bull and AlphaTauri in 2022, if the French manufacturer is called upon by the FIA to do says Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul. Following Honda’s announcement on Friday that it will exit Formula 1 at the end of next season, Red Bull and AlphaTauri have suddenly found themselves in…
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