“Billionaires represent 0.000002% of the American population, but they’re responsible for 7.4% of all political donations so far this cycle,” according to Americans for Tax Fairness.

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“Eugene residents will not be forced to be guinea pigs for experimental and dangerous technology that perpetrates fossil fuel infrastructure,” said one activist, calling the cancellation “a testament to the power of community opposition.”

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One lawyer of the former president said getting the case before the right-wing justice was “our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion.”

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“Rather than supporting a military-led response to the multifaceted crisis in Haiti, your administration ought to use robust diplomacy to help resolve the situation, including through impartial support to Haitian-led political dialogue,” says a new letter.

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The Republican senator must now comply with a subpoena to appear before a Fulton County grand jury investigating efforts to overturn former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss.

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“Protecting water, land, and treaty rights is not a crime,” said one defendant. “Perhaps now we can hold the Enbridge corporation accountable for their crimes against nature and humanity.”

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“Drilling more won’t lower prices for U.S. consumers. More oil from U.S. lands will just be exported,” said one critic. “And more investment in oil drilling will deepen our dependence on fossil fuels when the worsening climate catastrophe demands we speed the transition.”

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With the continent facing climate extremes despite its limited contributions to the crisis, political leaders and campaigners have called for global spending on clean energy development.

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“For working Americans who already feel the crush of inflation, job losses will make it much worse.”

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“The dial is being turned up on our planet and yet our world leaders haven’t begun to sweat,” said climate activist Vanessa Nakate. “The only option is for us to continue to turn up the heat—on them—to correct the course we are on.”

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“We urge you to carefully weigh the climate impacts of increasing gas capacity, and consider how the GTN XPress project is inconsistent with Washington, Oregon, and California’s efforts to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

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“Today’s edition features a message from the fossil fuel company, one of the world’s largest producers of carbon emissions, claiming it is ‘working toward a lower carbon future,’” noted one journalist.

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“This research sheds new light on an area of lobbying that has largely been able to slip under the radar and should act as a wake-up call to policymakers ahead of the U.N.’s upcoming biodiversity conference,” said InfluenceMap’s program manager.

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“The idea of putting these people in charge of our elections is nuts,” a critic said of Trump-endorsed secretary of state candidates.

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“A permanent expansion would be a game-changer for reducing child poverty for good,” said one study co-author.

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“The magistrates acknowledged that we were expressing our right to protest, which should be the cornerstone of any democracy,” one defendant said while noting the “raft of oppressive laws against legitimate protests being adopted in the U.K.”

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Amid charges of a “culture of corruption,” the St. Louis Fed released a transcript and said that “we are listening to the commentary around this and will think differently about this in the future.”

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The judge ordered the former president’s lawyer John Eastman to provide the January 6 panel with emails deemed “sufficiently related to and in furtherance of a conspiracy to defraud the United States.”

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Noting that district and appeals courts rejected the group’s request, one analyst projected that this case “is not going anywhere.” However, a record number of Americans don’t trust the high court.

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“Spillover risk increases with runoff from glacier melt,” the paper states. “Should climate change also shift species range of potential viral vectors and reservoirs northwards, the High Arctic could become fertile ground for emerging pandemics.”

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Democratic candidates “should contrast their views with the Republican positions,” the senator argued, pointing to “grotesque” GOP proposals to cut Social Security and Medicare.

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“It’s a big deal,” one communications professional in the state said of the newspaper’s endorsement. “Oz needs Inky readers’ votes.”

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During the U.S. Senate candidates’ only faceoff so far, the Georgia Democrat emphasized that his opponent “has a problem with the truth” while the Republican held up an honorary police badge to try to defend previous claims.

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“The priorities of poor and low-income people are on the ballot this election—from healthcare to living wages to social programs that lift the load of poverty and much more,” said Poor People’s Campaign co-chair Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis.

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Congratulating the Oklahoma City organizers, Sen. Bernie Sanders said that “it’s time for Apple to treat its workers with respect.”

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“I think they were trying to hand the Justice Department all the evidence on a silver platter,” one legal expert said of the panel probing last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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“The piece is fine. But the damage to the spirit of it isn’t,” said one writer. “Ignorance wins.”

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While it’s not known whether the decision was unanimous, one expert said the fact that no justice publicly dissented or wrote separately “is as big a loss” for the former president.

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