By Andrew Joseph Pegoda At least 40 percent to 90 percent of American voters stay home during elections, evidence that low voter turnout for both national and local elections is a serious problem throughout the U.S. With the 2020 presidential election approaching, directives for people to “get out and vote” will be firing up again. […]
Tomorrow, America heads to the polls for the midterm elections, and, as EcoWatch has pointed out, these are very important elections for the environment, giving voters a chance to fight back against the Trump administration’s agenda of ignoring climate change and opening public lands to drilling and mining. This election is so important, in fact, […]
By Tara Lohan How little do elected officials care about climate change? Look no further than a recent U.S. Senate hearing about the biggest threats facing the country, where lawmakers asked a single question about global warming during the entire three-hour event. Sadly, this hearing occurred just days after the world’s leading scientific body on […]
The upper house of the New South Wales state parliament in Australia is condemning Donald Trump‘s run for president of the United States calling him a “revolting slug” unfit for public office. On Thursday, Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham introduced a motion slamming Trump’s hateful comments about women and minorities, including the remarks revealed last weekend […]