The road to my caucus location in Iowa on Monday will wind along an Iowa River valley littered with the reminders of record flooding and drought since the last election—and a sea change on voters’ priorities on climate action since 2008. Climate change, like the candidates’ climate action plans, may have received scant attention in […]
Matt Damon has joined the escalating outrage over Gov. Rick Snyder’s handling of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and has called on embattled governor to step down from his post. Oscar-nominated actor and clean water advocate Matt Damon has called on the resignation of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder over Flint’s ongoing water troubles. Residents, including 8,000 […]
While Ted Cruz was campaigning in New Hampshire on Tuesday, he was approached by multiple residents who are concerned about how he will respond to climate change if elected. https://twitter.com/thinkprogress/status/689950552478785536 than the average kindergartner,” one of the scientists, Penn State University professor Michael Mann, wrote of Cruz. “That sort of ignorance would be dangerous in a doorman, let alone […]
They might seem different, but the ongoing disasters in Michigan and California are two sides of the same tragic coin: as Flint drinks toxic water, Porter Ranch breathes toxic air. These two areas highlight the abysmal failure of utilities and lawmakers as thousands of local residents continue to suffer. What’s important to remember, however, is that these travesties aren’t just isolated incidents—they might be […]
She’s taken a strong stance on campaign donations from private prisons, but Hillary Clinton is yet to walk a clear line on accepting money from fossil fuel corporations and lobbyists. We know that our democracy is crowded with too much money and too little people power. The good news is there’s something we can do about […]
Last night during the fourth Democratic debate in Charleston, South Carolina, Hillary Clinton became the first presidential candidate of either party to mention the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. .@HillaryClinton slams Gov. Rick Snyder for handling of water crisis in Flint, Michigan: https://t.co/TrIsfdVwUX — MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 18, 2016 In her closing statement she said: “I […]
Dr. Robert Califf, the Obama administration’s choice for the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was easily approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday, but the candidate’s approval by the full Senate faces an unlikely hurdle: fish. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is threatening to block […]
In his final State of the Union address, President Obama made climate change one of the major themes of the evening, ridiculing those who would deny that climate change is a problem—and one that can be addressed through curbing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. “Look, if anybody still wants to dispute the science around climate […]
As President Obama prepares for his final State of the Union address tonight, there’s one critical issue he has neglected over the last few years that bears revisiting: the nuclear threat, which—along with climate change—poses the biggest risk to the future of the planet. Fortunately, there are a number of things the president can still […]
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