All News Articles for 2019-09-20

Friday, September 20, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison listen to the U.S. national anthem during an arrival ceremony at the South Lawn of the White House September 20, 2019 in Washington, D.C. As Global Youth Demand Climate Action, Trump Heaps Praise on Coal-Obsessed Aussie Leader
The president gushed over Australia's continued extraction of the fossil fuel.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 16, 2018 in Washington, D.C. 'No Soft Landing': Former DHS Head Kirstjen Nielsen Leaves Atlantic Ideas Festival Stage After Outrage From Grassroots Movement
"She never should have been invited in the first place."
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'No Wealth on a Dead Planet': The Most Memorable Signs From the Global Climate Strike
"Why should we go to class if you won't listen to the educated?" one homemade sign asked.
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Cali Traffic Backed by Over Two Dozen Cities and States, California Sues Trump Admin for Revoking Authority to Adopt Strict Emissions Standards
"California won't bend to the president's reckless and politically motivated attacks on our clean car waiver."
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A man walks by U.S. drone graffiti painted on a wall during a campaign against drones in Yemen on May 31, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen. 'How Could They Do This to Us?' Ask Afghan Farmers After Reporting Reveals Officials Knew Civilians Were in Area of Lethal US Drone Strike
"This is just one of the horrors of endless war."
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President Donald Trump confers with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford (R) during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room on October 23, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Trump to Be Presented With Options to Attack Iran: Reports
The range of options the Pentagon will present the president with include military actions as well as political and economic moves.
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Hit by Historic Flooding From Imelda, Houston Offers Stark Reminder of Why Millions Are Joining Climate Strike
"It's crystal clear that this is a climate emergency. It's time those in Washington started acting like it."
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A boy holds a poster 'Because Business as Usual Is a Death Sentence': Youth Climate Strikers in Their Own Words
"If we don't come together and create change now, future generations will remember us as the people who stood idly as our world burned."
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Sanders Hits Back at Rich Biden Donor: 'The Democratic Party I Represent Is the Party of the Working Class, Not Billionaires'
"We are going to make the changes that we need in this country when the working people of America stand up to the corporate elite, not take their money."
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A photo from Mercy for Animals drone investigation of Amazon deforestation. 'The Future of Earth Is at Risk': New Drone Footage of Deforestation in Amazon Shows Cost of Meat Industry
"Global demand for meat is destroying the Amazon rainforest."
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In Pictures and Video: What 'Biggest Day of Climate Action in Planetary History' Looks Like as Over 4 Million Strike Worldwide
"We're here to reclaim our right to live, our right to breathe, our right to exist."
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Sanders Vows, If Elected, to Pursue Criminal Charges Against Fossil Fuel CEOs for Knowingly 'Destroying the Planet'
"They knew that it was real. Their own scientists told them that it was real. What do you do to people who lied in a very bold-faced way, lied to the American people, lied to the media?"
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