Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow her on Twitter: @corbett_jessica.
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News Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Utilities Knew, Too: Despite Warning Decades Ago, Industry Lied and Deceived on Climate Nearly 50 years ago, the U.S. electric utility industry was warned about potential risks posed by climate change if it continued to rely on fossil fuels. Rather than heed those warnings, the industry spent the following decades instilling public doubt and making substantial investments in fossil... Read more |
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News Tuesday, July 25, 2017 Scary Dairy: You Scream, I Scream... Monsanto Roundup Ice Cream Ten out of 11 samples of Ben & Jerry's ice cream tested positive for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, the nonprofit Organic Consumers Association revealed on Tuesday. Although the amount of glyphosate detected was below the safety limit set by the Environmental... Read more |
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News Tuesday, July 25, 2017 'Walking Conflict of Interest': Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbyist Now Second-in-Command at Interior Dept. Despite David Bernhardt's long career of lobbying for the gas and oil industry, on Monday the Senate confirmed him as second-in-command of the U.S. Department of the Interior, which manages public lands and water, as well as federal protections for endangered species. Although Bernhardt's... Read more |
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News Sunday, July 23, 2017 Will Trump Let the White House Bring Back Cameras? President Donald Trump's new communications director says he's "personally" in favor of on-camera White House briefings, but ultimately the decision will be up to the president. On CNN 's "State of the Union" Sunday, Wall Street financier-turned-White House communications director Anthony... Read more |
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News Saturday, July 22, 2017 Environmentalists Urge Democrats to Join Sanders in Opposing Dirty Energy Bill As a nation, our job is to move away from fossil fuels toward sustainable energy and energy efficiency,' says Sanders. 'This bill does the opposite.' Read more |
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News Friday, July 21, 2017 Protests in Poland as Right-Wing Ruling Party Dismantles Democracy Tens of thousands poured into the streets in Poland Thursday night, condemning proposed laws that would dramatically weaken the nation's judicial system, just two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump visited the country and praised its commitment to freedom and democracy, speaking to "an... Read more |
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News Friday, July 21, 2017 Amid Ongoing Israeli Crackdown, Three Palestinians Killed in Al-Aqsa Mosque Protests At least three Palestinians reportedly have been killed by gunfire, and more than a hundred injured, in clashes with Israeli forces on Friday, during large-scale protests against enhanced security measures at the Al-Aqsa mosque, according to reports from the Ma’an News Agency and Al-Jazeera . "An... Read more |
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News Thursday, July 20, 2017 Warren Flunks Trump: Report Card Details Broken Promise to 'Drain Swamp' Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a former law professor, just flunked President Donald Trump. "This report makes it clear: Trump's army of lobbyists are more interested in lining the pockets of their long-time employers and corporate buddies than in making life better for working families." —Sen... Read more |
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News Thursday, July 20, 2017 After Exxon Fined for Sanctions Violations, Calls for Rex Tillerson to Resign "It's time Rex Tillerson step down or be removed," said Gigi Kellett of Corporate Accountability International, following an announcement on Thursday that ExxonMobil will pay $2 million for violating U.S. sanctions against Russian officials while the now-secretary of state was the company's CEO. "... Read more |
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News Thursday, July 20, 2017 'Message Loud and Clear' Says NAACP After Latest Trump Snub President Donald Trump's decision to decline an invitation to attend the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 108th annual convention, "underscores the harsh fact: we have lost—we've lost the will of the current Administration to listen to issues facing the Black community... Read more |