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One Rule Is Dooming the UN Climate Talks

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When Christine Peringer attended her first United Nations climate conference in 2019, she was not exactly impressed. As a professional facilitator and a member of Mediators Beyond Borders International, she said she was “appalled” by the “lack of sophistication in […]

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The Many Problems With the FDA’s Big Menopause Announcement

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On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services made an announcement that it promised would change the lives of millions of American women for the better: Hormone replacement therapy, the combination of hormone drugs that can treat the symptoms of menopause, was about to be depathologized. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had decided […]

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Trump Claims He “Pardoned” His Fake Electors. He Doesn’t Have That Power.

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Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned high-profile attorneys accused of joining in his plot to try to steal the 2020 election, along with dozens of so-called fake electors alleged to have played small roles in the effort. The pardons were announced by Ed Martin, the president’s pardon attorney, who posted a proclamation by the president outlining […]

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Did the Off-Year Elections Settle the Democrats’ Big Debate?

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A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Ever since the reasonable woman lost to a narcissistic, racist, […]

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Trump’s Vendetta Against EVs Is Driving Up Costs for Every Vehicle Owner

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This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As President Donald Trump sees it, environmental regulations that attempt to improve efficiency and address climate change only make products more expensive and perform worse. He has long blamed efficiency regulations for his frustrations with things like toilets and showerheads. He began his second […]

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Florida Takes On Planned Parenthood

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In anti-abortion Republicans’ latest attack on abortion pills, Florida’s attorney general is suing Planned Parenthood for allegedly misrepresenting the safety of the drugs—despite the fact that more than 100 scientific studies have shown they are safe and effective. The 37-page lawsuit, announced by Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office on Thursday and filed in Florida’s First […]

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Newsom Keeps Teasing a Presidential Run

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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) keeps teasing a potential presidential run…again, and again, and again. It began in earnest last month, when, in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Newsom admitted he would “be lying” if he claimed he did not plan to consider a 2028 run after next year’s midterms. He continued to fuel speculation […]

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Donald Trump’s Dream of an Alaskan Oil Boom Is Feeling More Like a Bust

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As Kristen Moreland waited for the livestream to buffer, her thoughts drifted to the years she’d devoted to defending Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the northeastern sweep of Alaska where the mountains give way to the coastal plain. On screen, the chatter […]

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Trump’s Shutdown Hits the Skies

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The knock-on effects from the government shutdown, now the longest in US history, continue apace, with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) cuts to air traffic at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports now officially in effect. The mandate, which kicked off on Friday with an initial 4 percent reduction, has already cancelled more than 1,700 […]

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Trump’s War on the Hungry Continues With Supreme Court Stay

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President Trump’s vehement refusal to make full SNAP benefits available to the nearly 42 million Americans who rely on the food aid program scored a temporary win at the Supreme Court, after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson late Friday temporarily allowed the federal government to continue withholding $4 billion in SNAP funding. The late-night order came […]

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Election Day Was a Win for the Climate

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tuesday was a great day at the ballot box for the planet, with climate-friendly initiatives and candidates winning nationwide.  In races from New York to Georgia to Washington, voters backed funding renewables, reining in energy costs, and building out mass […]

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The Deputies Who Tortured a Mississippi County

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When Andrea Dettore-Murphy first moved to Rankin County, Mississippi, she didn’t believe the stories she heard about how brutal the sheriff’s department could be when pursuing suspected drug crimes. But in 2018, she learned the hard way that the rumors were true when a group of sheriff’s deputies raided the home of her friend Rick […]

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