Contempt of Court: Trump’s Judicial Blitz Betrays His Hostility to Rule of Law
President Donald Trump’s open hostility to the functioning of federal government has been painfully obvious for months.
Environment
Credo Delivers Petition to UPS Demanding that It Drop ALEC
Credo Action delivered a petition to the United Parcel Service (UPS) with 84,453 signatures earlier today asking the company to dump the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit
ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee December 6-8.
Dispatches from COP23 Climate Change Summit in Bonn
This is a series of reports from guest contributor Alex Carlin about his observations from the 23rd annual “conference of the parties” (COP). All opinions expressed are his own. Please bookmark this page and check it for regular dispatches from the field about what's happening on the ground at these negotiations. --Editors
Consumer Product Safety Commission Cracks Down on Flame Retardants Linked to Health Problems
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted on September 20 that it would take steps toward protecting consumers from the hazards posed by the flame retardants.
"Poison Papers" Snapshot: HoJo Transcript Illustrates EPA Collusion with Chemical Industry
This transcript is part of more than 20,000 documents, weighing over three tons, just released on the Poison Papers website.
The Poison Papers Expose Decades of Collusion between Industry and Regulators over Hazardous Pesticides and Other Chemicals
The Bioscience Resource Project and the Center for Media and Democracy today are releasing a trove of rediscovered and newly digitized chemical industry and regulatory agency documents stretching back to the 1920s.
Save the Ice, or Lose the Rice
Guest contributor Alex Carlin says the Climate Time Bomb is ticking while Trump walks away from the Paris agreement and he contends it's worse than you may think (but there's hope)...
Koch-Trained Pundit Says London Fire Isn't Government's Problem. Tell It to the Victims.
The world looked on in horror as Grenfell Tower, a public housing project in London, became a near-biblical pillar of fire that burned at least 80 people to death.
Obstruction of Justice Evidence Mounts
President Trump's attempts to impede the FBI's investigation are a big deal.
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