"No," said Sen Bernie Sanders. "Congress should not provide a $10 billion handout to Jeff Bezos for space exploration as part of the defense spending bill. Unbelievable."
"Anyone who shares content of themselves murdering a coworker on social media would be fired without hesitation in any other workplace."
"We are heartened, even as we sorely wish the U.S. government had taken far more ambitious and transformative steps six months ago, one year ago, 18 months ago."
"Biden can't be the climate president when he is actively selling our water to the highest bidder and lobbying oil states to produce more fossil fuels."
"Let's cut child care costs in half, let's cut prescription drug pricing costs significantly... Those are the things that are going to cut costs for Americans."
We must continue to demand that international climate negotiations focus on the experiences of those most affected by the climate crisis and their solutions to mitigating it while ensuring that those who speak out against climate-damaging activities are not subjected to repression or violence.
Electrical systems based largely or entirely on solar and wind will need to provide electricity when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow.
Politics and special interests, not economic constraints, are what’s keeping the U.S. Postal Service from becoming a hub for affordable banking and other valuable community services in the 21st century. But we’ll need a new regulatory structure and new leadership to move forward.
One gets the sense that corporate media outlets in countries like the US and Britain mocking or criticizing New Zealand's pandemic response are following a "misery loves company" ethos.
"Gates has continually downplayed the role of proven, safe renewable energy technology in decarbonizing our economy."
"Thousands visit Red Rocks every month to experience amazing performances, not to be part of some dangerous biometric surveillance experiment."
A lethal injection is scheduled despite the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board having recommended commutation two separate times.
"It is now our duty to defend the biosphere that gives us life and to every person that Australia has forgotten and ignored," said Hannah Doole of the campaign group Blockade Australia.
"The whole initiative seems deliberately sculpted to hand the American right a weapon to bludgeon Democrats ahead of the election."
The UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow suffered the same lack of trust between developing and developed countries that has burdened global climate negotiations for almost three decades. Financing is at the heart of the rupture, and the time has come for a new approach.
If Roe is overturned, exercising reproductive choice could become a crime.
"Just a few companies are making millions of dollars in profit every single hour, while just two percent of people in low-income countries have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus."
"And to think, Ohio lawmakers had the opportunity to restore voters' faith in the democratic process."
"Isn't it strange how even as we end the longest war in our nation's history concerns about the deficit and national debt seem to melt away under the influence of the powerful military-industrial complex?"
If we are failing to meet our commitments, it is because of a handful of the richest people on the planet refuse to pay their taxes.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz's "attempt to 'chill' our funding and solidarity will not work," said dozens of philanthropic foundations and individual donors.
