Nearly 70 climate activists were arrested in New Hampshire on Saturday after hundreds of people descended on a coal-fired power plant—part of a series of coordinated global actions over recent weeks aimed at spotlighting the urgent threat of global warming while demanding a rapid and just transition to a cleaner and more sustainable energy system. Read more about Because 'Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Care,' Scores Arrested in Attempt to Shut Down New England Coal Plant[…]

More than 2,000 scientists on Thursday pledged to take part in the Global Climate Strike and week of action beginning Friday, joining the labor movement, Amazon workers, and teachers in refusing to allow children to carry the burden of securing the planet’s future by demanding climate action. “Scientifically, we succeeded in explaining the causes and Read more about 'Students Have Led and We Must Follow': Thousands of Scientists From 40 Nations Join Global Climate Strike[…]

Scientists studying the consequences of methane emissions from underwater permafrost in the Arctic Ocean announced this week that they found a 50-square-foot area of the East Siberian Sea “boiling with methane bubbles.” “This is the most powerful seep I have ever been able to observe,” lead scientist Igor Semiletov said Monday, using a term for Read more about 'This Is Truly Terrifying': Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean 'Boiling With Methane Bubbles'[…]

While announcing that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed over the weekend, President Donald Trump made explicit the longstanding U.S. military policy of securing oil reserves in the Middle East regardless of the human lives that are lost in the process, a number of critics said Monday. Trump told reporters in his Sunday Read more about Trump's Stated Plan to Loot Syria's Oil Reserves 'Would Be a War Crime,' Critics Say[…]

Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) slammed President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto Read more about Sanders slams 'dangerous' Trump in speech launching campaign from Brooklyn[…]

Republicans think they have a secret weapon in Florida: Venezuela. The ongoing political and economic crisis in Caracas has emerged as a sort of warning for what Republicans say are the socialist policies — universal health care, high taxes on the wealthy and a Green New Deal — embraced by a growing number of Democrats Read more about GOP turns Venezuela into Florida attack line[…]

Former Rep. Beto O’RourkeBeto O’RourkeBiden will help close out Texas Democrats’ virtual convention: report O’Rourke on Texas reopening: ‘Dangerous, dumb and weak’ Parties gear up for battle over Texas state House MORE (D-Texas) announced Wednesday that the money raised in the first 24 hours of his presidential campaign came from more than 128,000 donors.  O’Rourke, who Read more about O'Rourke raised $6.1 million from over 128,000 donors on campaign's first day[…]

Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’RourkeBeto O’RourkeBiden will help close out Texas Democrats’ virtual convention: report O’Rourke on Texas reopening: ‘Dangerous, dumb and weak’ Parties gear up for battle over Texas state House MORE has secured his first endorsement from a South Carolina lawmaker with his campaign announcing Saturday the backing of state Rep. Marvin Pendarvis (D). Read more about O'Rourke gets first South Carolina endorsement[…]

Amid the ongoing debate over Facebook’s policy of exempting political advertising from its “misinformation” standards, a “defiant” speech on free expression delivered Thursday by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has elevated broader concerns about how powerful tech giants are “poisoning the well of our democracy.” Facebook’s recent revision of its political ad policy, first reported on Read more about As Zuckerberg Defends False Trump Ads as Free Expression, Critics Say Facebook's Assault on 'Foundations of Democracy' Must Be Stopped[…]

Extinction Rebellion activists in London celebrated Wednesday after a high court ruled that the protest ban imposed by the city’s Metropolitan Police on the climate group’s “Autumn Uprising” actions was unlawful. The ruling, said Tobias Garnett, an Extinction Rebellion (XR) activist and a human rights lawyer in the group’s legal strategy team, “vindicates our belief that Read more about 'Vindication' for Climate Activists as UK Court Rules London Ban on Extinction Rebellion Protests Unlawful[…]