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New Win in Youth Climate Lawsuit in Washington: Judge Orders New Rules to Cap Emissions

Written by on May 2, 2016 in Environment with 4 Comments
New Win in Youth Climate Lawsuit in Washington: Judge Orders New Rules to Cap Emissions

A judge in Seattle ordered the Washington Department of Ecology to announce an emissions reduction rule by the end of the year.

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‘Unprecedented’ Youth Climate Case Against Government Moves Forward

Written by on April 11, 2016 in Environment, Environmental Hazards with 3 Comments
‘Unprecedented’ Youth Climate Case Against Government Moves Forward

The lawsuit, filed by 21 plaintiffs ages 8-19, states that the federal government is violating their right to life, liberty, and property, as well as their right to public trust resources, by enabling continued fossil fuel extraction and use.

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Groups Sue FDA Over ‘Unlawful and Irresponsible’ Approval of Frankenfish

Written by on April 1, 2016 in Food, Drink & Nutrition, Health with 3 Comments
Groups Sue FDA Over ‘Unlawful and Irresponsible’ Approval of Frankenfish

The lawsuit states that the FDA does not have the authority to regulate GE animals and that approving the salmon paves the way for other GE fish, as well as farm animals like chickens, cows, and pigs.

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Who Dies at the Hands of US Police? (Project Censored #8)

Written by on January 5, 2016 in Agencies & Systems, Corruption, Government, Policies with 4 Comments
Who Dies at the Hands of US Police? (Project Censored #8)

Compared with other capitalist countries, the US is unquestionably different when it comes to the level of state violence directed against minorities, Richard Becker reported in January 2015 for Liberation. Using 2011 figures, Becker wrote that, on a per capita basis, “the rate of killing by U.S. police was about 100 times that of English cops in 2011.” Similarly, US police were forty times as likely to kill as German police officers, and twenty times as likely to kill as their Canadian counterparts. This, Becker noted, is probably not the kind of “American exceptionalism” that President Obama had in mind when he addressed graduating West Point cadets in May 2014.

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The Best Way To Honor Tamir Rice is by Reforming Our Broken Justice System

Written by on December 30, 2015 in Agencies & Systems, Government with 64 Comments
The Best Way To Honor Tamir Rice is by Reforming Our Broken Justice System

How many times will our justice system refuse to charge police with killing unarmed black people? When will our judicial system deem the death of people of color at the hands of law enforcement to at least be worthy of a trial?

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