"President Biden should forswear future U.S. production and use of anti-personnel landmines and fulfill the previous U.S. goal of eliminating this inherently indiscriminate weapon."
"The CBO score is not going to 'cost out' because CBO is not allowed by rule to say that giving the IRS a bunch of money will lead to better tax collection," said one critic. "If you think that's insane you're right!"
The Republican donor praised Manchin, who refused to back the inclusion of a clean energy program in the Build Back Better Act despite a wealth of evidence that the U.S. must transition away from fossil fuels, for his so-called "leadership."
"All of that wildlife taken out of the ocean not only affects biodiversity and fosters extinctions at an accelerated rate. It breaks the carbon cycle—the nutrient chain that maintains the fabric of life on Earth."
"The era of injustice is over. We will uproot these systems of oppression with our global Green New Deal to guarantee everyone the right to live with dignity and in harmony with our planet."
"Our country's cannabis policies must be completely overhauled, but you have the power to act now."
It is infuriating to see that the world—in the midst of this existential climate emergency—has just deprived itself of precious financial resources by adopting a cheap global agreement on the taxation of multinationals.
The proposed lease sale, said over 250 groups in a joint letter, "shockingly offers more area than the Trump administration initially proposed."
"There is no doubt the goal of this proposal is to harm democracy. It is designed to put obstacles and hurdles between voters and the ballot box."
American exceptionalism is a sturdy beast. Performances in Glasgow this week are the latest evidence.
Bill Gates is just plain wrong when he says the only way to grow food is with synthetic fertilizers.
India Walton might have lost an election. But she also ostensibly helped Buffalo progress more than halfway through the stages of a winning social movement.
"The climate emergency—which threatens every person on the planet into the foreseeable future—is at least as serious a threat as a global pandemic and similarly requires urgent international action."
The accused nations have rejected global solidarity and instead chosen "the service of profit and the corporate capture of power," according to a new appeal.
Some fear that recent decisions in Oklahoma and California could set a precedent that has far-reaching negative implications for the legal strategy used by environmental and public health advocates.
"I get all excited about a new bill....The debate gets all hot and heated.... And right when we're about to achieve a joint resolution... bam."
The powerful newspaper's editorial board makes clear it likes to editorialize about social justice, but certainly doesn't want any structural changes or substantial new government policies that could bring it much closer.
For Democrats, the problem is larger than just finding the next social media trend. It's about finding better ways to engage consistently with base voters.
"This draft deal is not a plan to solve the climate crisis, it's an agreement that we’ll all cross our fingers and hope for the best."
Excluding federal scientists as co-inventors "could have important public health consequences," warned one expert.
"Senior Trump administration officials showed an open contempt for the law meant to protect the American people from the use of taxpayer resources and government power for partisan politics."
"We need to know precisely what role the former president and his aides played in efforts to stop the counting of the electoral votes."
