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Supreme Court guts Clean Air Act, puts every government regulation in jeopardy
June 30, 2022The right-wing majority hands win to fossil fuel corporations, granting freedom to fill the air with more carbon dioxide and speed up climate change.
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Low pay forces 10k Atlantic City casino workers to approve strike
June 30, 2022Low pay and—often—short-staffing forced some 10,000 casino workers in Atlantic City, N.J., to vote 96%-4% to authorize a strike. Many could walk July 1.
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Danger escalates for Indigenous aid workers in Amazonia
June 30, 2022Messages like the one transcribed in the title above are routine for FUNAI employees in the area where Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira were killed.
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Police respond with violence against abortion rights protesters across the country
June 29, 2022“Both the Dobbs decision and state repression of protest against it violate human rights,” said the president of the National Lawyers Guild.
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U.S. gas monopolies get wish as Germany moves to nationalize Russian pipeline
June 29, 2022Unlike cheap Russian gas, U.S. natural gas is expensive to produce, given that it comes mostly from fracking and has to be turned into liquefied natural gas (LNG) and shipped across the ocean on massive tankers.
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