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Read the story at The Guardian When Neil Crittenden heard that an extreme winter storm was about to hit Oklahoma last winter, he did what officials advised him to do and kept his heat on and water running so that his pipes wouldn’t freeze. The 40-year-old Oklahoma City resident even used hair dryers to keep them thawed. […]
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Oil companies and the banks that finance them are making empty promises – and getting credit for them too JPMorgan Chase won glowing headlines last year when the global investment bank unveiled a commitment to counter the climate crisis. The press amplified JPMorgan’s message – sometimes in JPMorgan’s own words. Fortune published a commentary article […]
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Donald Trump’s scandal-plagued first Interior secretary has a good shot at winning Montana’s new House seat. But his opponents have seized on a weak point. WHITEFISH, Mont. — Ryan Zinke likes to tout his fifth-generation Montana roots. On his first day as Donald Trump’s Interior secretary, in 2017, the tall, boot-clad ex-Navy Seal famously galloped to […]
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Pandemic, police violence, calls to ‘defund the police’ fuel surge of first-time buyers All his life, Jabril Battle was anti-gun. Then came the pandemic, the lockdown, the shortages and a feeling that at any moment, things could blow. Battle bought a Beretta. Drawn to last summer’s protests against police violence, Savannah Grace found herself face-to-face […]
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The president took swift action upon entering the White House, but recent developments raise concern his agenda has stalled On his first day at the White House, Joe Biden earned praise for following through on several campaign promises, committing the US to strict climate goals and a greener future. Now, nearly six months into his […]
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Administration is pledging to route 40% of the benefits of climate and environment spending to disadvantaged communities, but getting it right will be difficult Indigenous farmers in the Isleta Pueblo, south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, have long relied on crops of corn and green chiles fed by the Rio Grande river, but amid a water […]
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There’s only one other person who knows what it’s like to be in Gavin Newsom’s shoes. “I don’t have old wounds,” said Gray Davis speaking from his Beverly Hills home, but “it’s sort of an annoyance to have to think back to something that was not my fondest moment.” Recall efforts like the one facing […]
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John Weaver used his power to get jobs for young men he allegedly harassed. His colleagues were warned. Alex Johnson was a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a career in politics, when he first heard from John Weaver, the legendary Republican operative living nearby. It started with a direct message on […]
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Read this article in The New York Magazine» Ashli Babbitt did not hide her far-right political views. Outside her San Diego bungalow, located blocks from the beach, she flew both an American flag and a QAnon flag emblazoned with a giant Q and the acronym WWG1WGA, for “Where we go one, we go all.” She plastered her SUV with […]
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Read this article in The Intercept» When Montana’s legislature met at the end of December to vote on whether visitors to the state Capitol building should have to wear masks, one lawmaker gave an impassioned plea. “I have no stomach to talk about this abstractly; my community has been hit hard,” said Sharon Stewart Peregoy, a […]
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