This Tribe Will Gladly Accept Clean Energy Funding, Even If Wyoming Won’t
Northern Arapaho host a local powwow on the eve of a solar eclipse in Riverton, Wyoming.Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Wyoming governor Mark Gordon told the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023 that the state would not be applying for…
“It’s Just Like McCarthyism”: NYU Students and Faculty Push Back on Protest Crackdown
NYU students and faculty protested in Washington Square Park on Tuesday after university officials brought the NYPD in to arrest 120 protesters the night before.Julianne McShane/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Less than 24 hours after police arrested 120 people at a pro-Palestine…
Did Trump Push the NY Judge Too Far?
Mother Jones; Steven Senne/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Once again, former President Donald Trump is about to find out just how far he can push a judge. On Tuesday morning, Trump’s attorneys faced an angry barrage of questions from New York Supreme Court…
Ben & Jerry’s Parent Backpedals on Social and Environmental Vows
Andre M. Chang / ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provoking critics to say its board should “hang their heads in shame.” The consumer goods company behind brands ranging from Dove beauty products to…
Terry Anderson Was a Pawn in a Nasty Game, and a Hero for Journalists
Mother Jones; Maher Attar/Sygma/Getty; AP; New York Times Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Beirut was the place to be if you were an action-junkie journalist in the 1980s. Civil War. Militias, the PLO, an Israeli invasion, the occupation of Lebanon. Car Bombings. Truck bombings.…
Biden Unveils $7 Billion “Solar for All” Investment for Earth Day
President Biden visited Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, on Monday, to announce new federal sp;ar grants for low- and middle-income communities.Jose Luis Magana/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden marked Monday’s Earth Day by announcing a $7 billion investment in solar energy…