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Kerry Would Sue Trump for 'the Lives That Will be Lost' Due to Climate Change
Written by Nicolas Ballasy | PJ Media
Former Secretary of State John Kerry, author of Every Day is Extra, predicted that “lives will be lost” due to President Trump’s position on climate change, calling his time in office a matter of “life and death.”
California to launch its 'own damn satellite' to track greenhouse gases
Written by The Guardian
Announcement at climate summit comes after former US secretary of state John Kerry warns that international action is slowing
'Major Victory': Landowner's Legal Challenge Halts Construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana
Written by Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams
While celebrating the win, activists noted that "construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline continues in other parts of the Atchafalaya Basin" and vowed to keep fighting to completely shut down the project
Cities and States Lead on Climate Change
Written by Jeff Biggers | New York Times OpEd
As President-elect Donald J. Trump considers whether to break the United States commitment to the Paris climate accord, the rise of clean energy across the heartland is already too well entrenched to be reversed.
DAPL Investors Getting Antsy: If Pipeline Doesn’t Move Oil by January First the Contract EXPIRES
Written by Sydney Robinson | Ring of Fire Network
Though water protectors have held their ground at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access pipeline for months now, they need only push for a month and a half longer until it is possible that their mere presence may actually kill the oil-funneling project.
WV Supreme Court: No Pipeline Surveys for Private Gain
Written by Derek Teaney | Appalachian Mountain Advocates
West Virginia property owners won an important case at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday when that Court sided with Appalachian Mountain Advocates attorneys, ruling that the Mountain Valley Pipeline cannot survey for its proposed natural gas pipeline without landowner permission.
Tesla & Solar City Just Shattered the Energy Paradigm — Power Entire Island with Solar Energy
Written by Jay Syrmopoulos | The Free Thought Project
Report: Combat Vs. Climate
Written by Miriam Pemberton, Nathan Doctor and Ellen Powell | Institute for Policy Studies
Fifteen of the sixteen hottest years ever recorded have occurred during this new century, and the near-unanimous scientific consensus attributes the principal cause to human activity. The U.S. military’s latest National Security Strategy says that climate change is “an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic resources like food and water.”
How Nuclear Power Causes Global Warming
Written by Harvey Wasserman | The Progressive
Supporters of nuclear power like to argue that nukes are the key to combatting climate change. Here’s why they are dead wrong.
"It's Time We Were Heard": Another Day in Court for Climate Kids
Written by Deirdre Fulton | Common Dreams
With Big Oil behind it, the government has sought to dismiss the case, which has been called 'the most important lawsuit on the planet right now'
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As Protests Spread Nationwide, Federal Court Halts Pipeline Construction Near Sacred Native Land
Written by Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project
Corporate Media Silent as States Declare Emergency In Aftermath Massive Pipeline Rupture
Written by Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project
The Big Difference at Standing Rock Is Native Leadership All Around
Written by Sarah van Gelder, Dallas Goldtooth | Common Dreams
This year’s massive buildup of resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline follows closely on the heels of the victory over Keystone XL pipeline, something often credited to feverish organizing by 350.org. But years before 350’s involvement, there was the Indigenous Environmental Network, which launched that movement and its “Keep It In the Ground” messaging.
Obama administration orders ND pipeline construction to stop
Written by Devin Henry | The Hill
The Obama administration said it would not authorize construction on a critical stretch of the Dakota Access pipeline, handing a significant victory to the Indian tribe fighting the project the same day the group lost a court battle.
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia
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'Jim Crow-Era Tactics' Rejected as Texas GOP Racist Voter ID Law Smacked Down
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting.
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Bid to restore felons’ voting rights draws broad support
A bill that seeks to restore voting rights for certain felons is drawing diverse support from groups including the Washoe…
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The System IS Rigged!—The Electoral College and the 2016 Election
Donald Trump was right: the system is rigged! But it is rigged for the Republicans, not the Democrats, for conservatives,…
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Clinton Campaign Joins Jill Stein’s Recount Of Votes In Wisconsin
Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Saturday announced they would participate in former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s recount of the…
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Jill Stein’s Recount Effort Raises Millions In Just Hours
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s call to raise funds to support vote recounts in three key states was met…
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Indiana officials are trying to block almost 45,000 black citizens from voting
Police raided the largest voter registration drive in the state with the lowest voter turnout in the country.
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A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law
Voting-rights groups are asking a federal court to block the law before the November election.
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Protecting the Right to Vote in the 2016 Elections
The real measure of election integrity is that every eligible American can cast a vote that is counted. But this…
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Court Says Ohio's Voter Purge is Illegal, But Will Rolls Be Restored in Time for Election?
Ohio's policy is said to be the most aggressive in the nation with more than 2 million registered voters removed…
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Virginia Supreme Court slaps down Republicans’ attempt to block ex-felons from voting
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HR 5131- The VOTE Act (Verifying Optimal Tools for Elections Act)
HR 5131 amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to make improvements to voting system technology, election official training,…
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Voting machines are critically vulnerable
Voting machines are nothing more than "stripped-down computers using outdated operating systems possessing every conceivable vulnerability that a device can…
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal +
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ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons' +
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As Florence Makes Landfall, Poorest Once More Likely to Suffer Most From Storm's Destruction +
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How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. +
How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. Read More
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How One Dying Man Changed The Debate About The Tax Bill +
What mattered was that he showed up — that he put himself in front of the people whose opinions on… Read More
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto… Read More
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
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Nuclear Weapons: Who Pays, Who Profits? +
In an interview with Reuters conducted a month after he took office, Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. had “fallen… Read More
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Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy +
Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed… Read More
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Featured Voting Rights/Election Integrity News
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal +
Imagine going to the polls on Election Day and discovering that your ballot could be collected and reviewed by the… Read More
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto… Read More
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in… Read More
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The System IS Rigged!—The Electoral College and the 2016 Election +
Donald Trump was right: the system is rigged! But it is rigged for the Republicans, not the Democrats, for conservatives,… Read More
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Clinton Campaign Joins Jill Stein’s Recount Of Votes In Wisconsin +
Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Saturday announced they would participate in former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s recount of the… Read More
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Virginia Supreme Court slaps down Republicans’ attempt to block ex-felons from voting +
The Virginia Supreme Court rejected a petition from Republican leaders on Thursday that sought to hold Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe… Read More
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Keep Politics Out of Virginia Voting Rights Restoration +
On Tuesday the Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in a suit challenging Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) April order that restored… Read More
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Use it or lose it: Occasional Ohio voters may be shut out in November +
When Larry Harmon tried to vote on a marijuana initiative in November in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, the 59-year-old… Read More
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Virginia governor signs order restoring voting rights for felons +
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an order on Friday restoring the voting rights of more than 200,000 convicted felons who… Read More
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