Classically, Congress held the power of the purse, able to both bar and require spending. This imposed a significant limit on Presidential power. With a bought court supporting him, Trump would have significant ability to essentially chart power as a king.
With the billionaires backing him, it’s going to be on us as individual Americans to make sure Trump doesn’t end up in the White House again. That means not just voting but talking with people around you, volunteering and donating
Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending: In a second term, allies said the former president would look at funding cuts for the World Health Organization and green energy (wapo.st)
Classically, Congress held the power of the purse, able to both bar and require spending. This imposed a significant limit on Presidential power. With a bought court supporting him, Trump would have significant ability to essentially chart power as a king.
Adults doubted us. We found a way to shrink emissions at our middle school anyway (www.theguardian.com)
A Western US energy market would boost clean energy. Will it happen? (www.canarymedia.com)
There is more carbon dioxide than ever in the atmosphere. That’s bad for the climate (www.npr.org)
The real lesson of the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption | when it comes to climate change, humanity is by far the most powerful force (www.theclimatebrink.com)
Could the U.S. Ban Fossil Fuel Ads? This week U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for bans on fossil fuel ads, but legal challenges would make nationwide restrictions difficult to implement (www.scientificamerican.com)
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Cloudy With A Chance Of Disaster | As climate change increases the likelihood of deadly landslides, cities like Juneau are stuck between a rock and a hard place. (www.levernews.com)
Judge Orders Bannon to Surrender for Prison Term by July 1 (www.nytimes.com)
Clarence Thomas, in Financial Disclosure, Acknowledges 2019 Trips Paid by Harlan Crow (www.nytimes.com)
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Why Megadonors Are Unfazed by Donald Trump’s Guilty Verdict | Money flowed into the former president’s re-election campaign from Wall Street and Silicon Valley following Thursday’s historic conviction (www.nytimes.com)
With the billionaires backing him, it’s going to be on us as individual Americans to make sure Trump doesn’t end up in the White House again. That means not just voting but talking with people around you, volunteering and donating
How an American Dream of Housing Became a Reality in Sweden | The U.S. once looked to modular construction as an efficient way to build lots of housing at scale, but Sweden picked up the idea (www.nytimes.com)
Why Children Are Missing More School Now (www.nytimes.com)
Climate change is deadly. Exactly how deadly? Depends who's counting (www.npr.org)
California’s New State Park Opens This Week | Dos Rios, near Modesto in the Central Valley, offers new green space in a part of the state that has little of it. (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
Robert Kennedy Jr. Admits He Is Guilty In Possessing Heroin (Published 1984) (www.nytimes.com)
Turn up the heat: Climate change activists are gearing up for a sizzling summer of dissent (www.salon.com)
Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions | Men are using abortion bans to control and abuse women in their lives for "consensual sexual intercourse" (www.salon.com)
UK election 2024: What the manifestos say on energy and climate change (www.carbonbrief.org)
The New ‘White Fortress’ Cities of the American South (www.bloomberg.com)
Europe’s Swing to the Right Threatens Global Climate Policy | Many populist, nationalist and far-right parties have attacked environmental, climate and clean energy policies (insideclimatenews.org)
As Solar Power Surges, U.S. Wind Is in Trouble (www.nytimes.com)
Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable (www.nytimes.com)
Live Updates: NASA Astronauts Countdown to 1st Launch on Boeing’s Starliner (www.nytimes.com)
How a Backlash Against Climate Action Is Reshaping Europe’s Election:After years of political consensus on the transition to cleaner energy, a ‘greenlash’ appears to be building (www.nytimes.com)