Large-scale tree planting can remove some CO2 from the atmosphere, but nowhere near as much as humans add by extracting and burning fossil fuels. See skepticalscience.com/1-trillion-trees-impact.html for a detailed assessment of what this looks like....
to oppose his removal on legal, not political, grounds is to, in a circuitous way, make the same argument as Trump himself: that he is above the law—that the constraints of the Constitution apply to others but, for some reason, not to him.
Trump sought and actively tried to subvert constitutional government and overturn the results of the presidential election. And what he could not do through the arcane rules and procedures of the Electoral College, he tried to do through the threat of brute force, carried out by an actual mob.
As the Colorado Supreme Court wrote, January 6 meets the bar for insurrection “under any viable definition” of the term. The legal scholar Mark Graber, who has closely studied the Fourteenth Amendment’s history, argues that “insurrection” should be understood broadly—an act of organized resistance to government...
The Proud Boys are collapsing: Surprise! Legal consequences do hurt authoritarian movements (www.salon.com)
Washington Post Staffers Will Go on Strike Thursday (www.washingtonian.com)
They’ve asked that people honor the picket line by not engaging with Washington Post content on Dec. 7:...
Trump says the quiet part out loud: He’ll destroy democracy (wapo.st)
'Battle plan': How the US far right would dismantle climate programs (www.eenews.net)
Greta Thunberg charged after blocking Sweden oil port for second time (www.bbc.com)
US House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial (apnews.com)
Large-scale tree planting can remove some CO2 from the atmosphere, but nowhere near as much as humans add by extracting and burning fossil fuels. See skepticalscience.com/1-trillion-trees-impact.html for a detailed assessment of what this looks like....
‘Whatever it takes’: students at 50 US high schools launch climate initiative (www.theguardian.com)
A Montana Judge Just Ruled the State’s Constitution Bans New Fossil Fuel Plants (jacobin.com)
Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It (www.nytimes.com)
Federal Court Moves to Drastically Weaken Voting Rights Act (www.nytimes.com)
Why Australia’s answer to Greta Thunberg is facing years behind bars (www.sbs.com.au)
Bank of America Reverses Its Pledge Not to Finance Fossil Fuels (www.nytimes.com)
This leaves us with a loose collection of small banks and credit unions who aren’t financing fossil fuels
Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts: Letter from the Editor (www.cleveland.com)
The UK’s newly appointed minister for net zero is facing questions over her links to a think tank funded by oil giants that called for climate protesters to be jailed. (www.opendemocracy.net)
Who’s Afraid of Calling Donald Trump an Insurrectionist? An anti-coup provision is not much use with a loophole for self-coups. (www.theatlantic.com)
to oppose his removal on legal, not political, grounds is to, in a circuitous way, make the same argument as Trump himself: that he is above the law—that the constraints of the Constitution apply to others but, for some reason, not to him.
If Trump Is Not an Insurrectionist, What Is He? (www.nytimes.com)
Trump sought and actively tried to subvert constitutional government and overturn the results of the presidential election. And what he could not do through the arcane rules and procedures of the Electoral College, he tried to do through the threat of brute force, carried out by an actual mob.
Make Billionaires Pay (Their Taxes) (www.nytimes.com)
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Chief Witness Against Gaetz Is Cooperating With House Ethics Investigation (www.nytimes.com)
California Governor to Sign Landmark Climate Disclosure Bill (www.nytimes.com)
SB253 is important not just for California, but worldwide, because it mandates disclosure of global emissions, including:...
How Big Oil is using friendly judges to muzzle free speech in the US (www.msnbc.com)
Greta Thunberg: Case thrown because of 'no evidence' (www.bbc.com)
Trump Received Millions From Foreign Governments as President, Report Finds (www.nytimes.com)
Poll shows wide support in Maryland for making polluters pay for climate change (www.marylandmatters.org)
Fossil fuels being subsidised at rate of $13m a minute, says IMF (www.theguardian.com)
January 6 Is Exactly What the Fourteenth Amendment Was Talking About | And ignoring its clear dictate is a dangerous choice to make. (www.theatlantic.com)
As the Colorado Supreme Court wrote, January 6 meets the bar for insurrection “under any viable definition” of the term. The legal scholar Mark Graber, who has closely studied the Fourteenth Amendment’s history, argues that “insurrection” should be understood broadly—an act of organized resistance to government...