If you’re a US citizen, no matter where in the world, start by making sure you’re registered to vote. Many districts are gerrymandered, so you’ll want to register as the party that’s likely to win congressional and/or state legislative districts where you live, and vote in that party’s primary....
His lead is built on gains among voters who aren’t paying close attention to politics, who don’t follow traditional news and who don’t regularly vote....
The problem is that if they expose a large number of people to bird flu, they risk creating a new pandemic. And that affects all of us, not just those who were drinking raw milk.
It’s a serious policy failure that this is happening; the people paying to cap wells should be the ones who became wealthy by extracting the oil, not a bunch of random teenagers.
Was why the pirates in the 1700s were so successful too — they were giving speeches about equality to the folks on ships they raided and doing things like voting for captain.
Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee (www.theguardian.com)
Too hot for learning: American schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions. (wapo.st)
As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.
Opinion | America’s Trails Are a Wonder, and They Need Our Help (www.nytimes.com)
Advocates call for permanent ban on new U.S. LNG projects (gasoutlook.com)
Republican AGs ask Supreme Court to block climate change lawsuits brought by several states (apnews.com)
Q&A: New Legislation in Vermont Will Make Fossil Fuel Companies Liable for Climate Impacts in the State. Here’s What That Could Look Like | The legal and moral case for holding companies accountable. (insideclimatenews.org)
How red Texas became a model for green energy (www.ft.com)
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We're Taking Civil Disobedience to End Fossil Fuels. Will You Join Us? | Asking people to engage in nonviolent direct action isn’t something we do lightly. But it is something we must do. (www.commondreams.org)
Alarm as German climate activists charged with ‘forming a criminal organisation’ | Action against Letzte Generation could have ‘immense chilling effect’ on climate protest, campaigners say (www.theguardian.com)
Clarifying Polls | It’s a tie race in the Blue Wall states. If Biden wins the Blue Wall states he wins but literally with no margin for error — 270-268 (talkingpointsmemo.com)
How to influence the US election towards climate action
If you’re a US citizen, no matter where in the world, start by making sure you’re registered to vote. Many districts are gerrymandered, so you’ll want to register as the party that’s likely to win congressional and/or state legislative districts where you live, and vote in that party’s primary....
Chancellor John Sharp wants natural gas power plants on Texas A&M university land, a potential boondoggle (link.houstonchronicle.com)
‘We’re up for this fight’: UK Labour plans to make climate key focus of election | Leadership now sees environment as core issue for voters and strong dividing line against the Tories (www.theguardian.com)
Hydrogen-Powered Private Jets Can Cut Emissions — If They Can Get Off the Ground (www.bloomberg.com)
Biden Administration Cancels Another $7.7 Billion in Student Loans (www.nytimes.com)
A Polling Risk for Trump | His advantage may not be as stable as it looks. (www.nytimes.com)
His lead is built on gains among voters who aren’t paying close attention to politics, who don’t follow traditional news and who don’t regularly vote....
Do You Want a ‘Unified Reich’ Mind-Set in the White House? (www.nytimes.com)
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Raw Milk’s Risks Don’t Stop Right-Wing Commentators From Defiantly Pushing It (www.nytimes.com)
These Teens Adopted an Orphaned Oil Well. Their Goal: Shut It Down. Students, nonprofit groups and others are fund-raising to cap highly polluting oil and gas wells abandoned by industry. (www.nytimes.com)
It’s a serious policy failure that this is happening; the people paying to cap wells should be the ones who became wealthy by extracting the oil, not a bunch of random teenagers.
Climate change may be fuelling a resurgence of piracy across Africa (theconversation.com)
Trump just made more promises to oil industry campaign donors (wapo.st)
The pledges to oil executives came a day before Senate Democrats launched a probe of Trump seeking $1 billion in donations from the oil industry.