Fertilizer companies are the “Exxons of agriculture” and are blocking beneficial climate climate policies with their massive lobbying power, a new report charges. The publication by GRAIN, an international nonprofit organization that advocates for locally-controlled, biodiversity-based food systems, describes how the fertilizer industry, whose products the group says are responsible for up to 10% of […]
The allegations being leveled against auto manufacturer Volkswagen (VW)—that it cheated to make nearly half a million diesel cars appear cleaner-burning than they are—offer a chance for the Obama administration to make good on its recent pledge to step up its fight against corporate crime, observers said this weekend. As Daniel Marans wrote for the […]
The mother of teenage pro-democracy protester Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, sentenced to crucifixion by Saudi Arabia, pleaded with President Barack Obama to use his power to pressure the close U.S. ally to spare her son. In her first interview with foreign media outlets, Nusra al-Ahmed told the Guardian that Obama “can interfere and rescue my son.” […]
In metropolitan areas across the continental United States, one in every three economically disadvantaged Latino immigrant neighborhoods is exposed to harmful, cancer-causing air pollution—emanating from refineries, factories, car exhaust, and more—a disturbing new academic study reveals. was published online this week and is slated to run in the November issue of the journal Social Science […]
Hospitals and clinics in Yemen have faced continuing, “deliberate” attacks, an appalling trend that “disrespects the neutrality of health facilities” in war, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Tuesday. Nearly 100 hospitals throughout Yemen have been attacked since March, the ICRC said, with the most recent airstrike hitting a clinic on Sunday […]
From coal mines to oil reserves, a new report released Monday by a group of leading environmental organizations outlines the world’s biggest carbon threats in an era of runaway warming—and the ongoing efforts to keep those fossil fuels in the ground. The report, compiled by Greenpeace, Sierra Club, and 350.org, examines the carbon risk of […]
Democratic and Republicans groups are both making big investments in Montana’s closely watched special election for an at-large House seat. The money comes as Democrats look to flip the seat once held by President Trump’s Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, following two surprisingly close special elections in Kansas and Georgia. Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a GOP […]
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending his decision not to shut down restaurants and bars despite mounting calls from hospitals and local health officials to do so to slow the second wave of COVID-19. “I want to exhaust every single avenue before I ruin someone’s life,” the premier said at his daily press […]
President Donald Trump will be released Monday evening from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, three days after he revealed he tested positive for the coronavirus, his medical team announced. White House physician Sean Conley said during a press briefing Monday that Trump is doing well, but “he may not entirely be out of the woods yet.” […]
HALIFAX — A lobster boat belonging to a Mi’kmaw fisher has been destroyed by a suspicious fire at a wharf in southwestern Nova Scotia, near waters where a self-regulated Indigenous fishery is underway. RCMP Sgt. Andrew Joyce says police are investigating after a fire was reported by a wharf employee just before 6 a.m. local […]