Jessica Corbett Posts

Working to curb emissions while using public funds to subsidize oil and gas industry "is like trying to bail water out of a leaky boat"

State legislators passed an anti-science law after a 2010 report warned global warming would cause devastating sea-level rise. Now, as a hurricane makes landfall, local experts demand policy change and urgent action

"My feeling was I could do better work to protect the environment outside the EPA," says one former agency employee

"Democrats running in a primary election will say they support 'Medicare for All,' but what do they say to lobbyists behind the scenes?"

"We urge Congressman Coffman's Republican colleagues to follow his lead and sign the discharge petition to restore net neutrality. It's the right thing to do."

"Kavanaugh's history makes clear he is a narrow-minded elitist who would favor the wealthy and powerful. Everything from women's basic rights to health care to clean air, and from civil rights to workers’ rights to immigrants’ rights, is at stake in this fight."

Critics slammed the plans as "one more example of big money attempt to establish a society governed by the rich"

Researchers say Ajit Pai's claim that the rules hindered broadband deployment is total "bogus."

"For comparison, members of the U.S. House and senior House staff can’t earn more than $28,000 in outside income in 2018."

"We each commit our city to take all available steps to ensure the internet remains open and to keep gatekeepers from throttling, blocking, or limiting government content," says the pledge.

Global warming, researchers warn, "is rapidly emerging as a universal threat to ecological integrity and function."

"When people see the justice of an idea, it spreads like wildfire," responded Sen. Bernie Sanders. "The American people know that healthcare should be a right."

"These reports reaffirm that fossil fuel companies have been—and always will be—bad actors."

"This oil company bonanza was the anticipated result of a bill well crafted for this purpose."

A Bard College study found "policies like student debt cancellation can be a viable part of a needed reorientation of U.S. higher education policy."

"Welcome back to: underwriting, denials, higher premiums for being sick, and possibly...insurers leaving markets. All of this is by design."

Rob Porter denied allegations but announced plans to resign as president's staff secretary after reports and photos surfaced of alleged spousal violence

Worker advocates say it "shows the lengths to which the Trump administration and Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta will go to hide the fact that they are taking steps to actively make workers' lives worse."

"Voters have spoken and lawmakers now have a clear mandate, Oregonians believe everyone deserves access to affordable healthcare."

"Current levels of meat consumption are not healthy or sustainable."