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Jessica Corbett

Jessica Corbett

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Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams.


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Manchin Blasted for Opposing Biden's Plan to Tax US Billionaires

"Manchin is apparently eager to tax the obscenely rich in every way except the ones by which they actually make their obscene money."

Jessica Corbett ·


'Radical' Renewable Transition the Key to Fighting Energy, Climate Crises

"Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure will only lock in uneconomic practices, perpetuate existing risks, and increase the threats of climate change," warned the head of IRENA.

Jessica Corbett ·


'A New Low': CBS News Slammed for Hiring Mick Mulvaney as Contributor

"Are you going to ask him about his role in withholding aid to Ukraine until Zelenskyy agreed to smear Biden?"

Jessica Corbett ·


UN Chief Urges 'Immediate Humanitarian Cease-Fire' in Ukraine

The call comes as the mayor of Mariupol said nearly 5,000 residents—including 210 children—have been killed in Russia's assault on the Ukrainian city.

Jessica Corbett ·


Thousands of Canadians Call on Government to Scrap Carbon Capture Tax Credit

The scheme, said one campaigner, "is being used as a Trojan horse by oil and gas executives to continue, and even expand, fossil fuel production."

Jessica Corbett ·


Green Groups Decry US Energy Panel's Reversal on Gas Pipeline Climate Reviews

"The blowback to this and FERC's backpedaling is a case study in the fossil fuel industry's grip on our politics."

Jessica Corbett ·


Sanders Intros Revival of 95% Windfall Profits Tax From WWII to Curb Corporate Greed

"We cannot allow big oil companies and other large, profitable corporations to continue to use the war in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the specter of inflation to make obscene profits by price gouging Americans."

Jessica Corbett ·


'Ukrainian Blood on Their Hands': Analysis Details How Big Oil Funded Putin's War Chest

"Fossil fuels are the currency of despots, dictators, and warmongers. Our global reliance on oil and gas is not only killing our planet but also making the world a less safe and equal place."

Jessica Corbett ·

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