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Environmental Protection
Pelosi offers meeting to Green New Deal activists after 61 protesters are arrested at her office
VICE - Rex Santus
Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi offered a meeting to a group of young climate change activists after 61 people were arrested for demonstrating outside of her office Monday, according to the Sunrise Movement,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ocasio-Cortez surprises Queens synagogue with family history: ‘Generations ago my family consisted of Sephardic Jews’
thehill.com - Brett Samuels
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezGOP women face steeper climb in Trump era Ocasio-Cortez rips into conservative journalist …
VICE
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The Right-Wing Media Can't Quit Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
VICE - Eve Peyser
I spent 24 hours reading every attack on the lefty congresswoman I could find. This article originally appeared on VICE US. The headlines are starting to get to me. On Townhall, there’s “Brutal Fact Check:
Los Angeles Timesadded this to Opinion
Opinion
There's a quick way to help prevent wildfires: Shut off the power grid - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Michael W. Wara
The challenge created by wildfires in California — and our need to adapt to a hotter, drier climate — cannot be overstated. The state, which leads the nation on environmental issues, must call upon the
Conservative View
Several Dozen Environmental Protesters Get Arrested In US Capitol
dailycaller.com - Henry Rodgers | Capitol Hill Reporter
3:01 PM 12/10/2018 | Politics Several Dozen environmental protesters were arrested in the U.S. Capitol Monday afternoon, after refusing to obey …
Crain's New York Business
Environmental Protection
Cuomo to reveal 'green new deal' with marijuana on state's 2019 agenda
crainsnewyork.com
It's high time to decriminalize marijuana in New York, Democratic leaders are saying. Come the start of the legislative session in January, Gov. …
Environmental Protection
Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change
seattlepi.com - www.seattlepi.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight …
POLITICO
Environmental Protection
The new deal in town
POLITICO
By KELSEY TAMBORRINO (ktamborrino@politico.com; @kelseytam) With help from Daniel Lippman Editor's Note: This edition of Morning Energy is published weekdays at 10 a.m. POLITICO Pro Energy subscribers
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U.S. Politics
Climate Change Emerging From the Political Shadows
The Wall Street Journal. - Gerald F. Seib
What’s the sleeper issue of the new political cycle? Here’s a good bet: It will be climate change. The signs are proliferating rapidly. Twin wildfires in California last month have escalated public worries
Washington State
Enviros Are Starting To Realize A Carbon Tax Won’t Ever Happen
dailycaller.com - Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator
1:00 PM 12/10/2018 | Energy The failure of carbon tax proposals to catch on in the U.S. — and around the world — is prompting environmentalists to …
Environmental Protection
No Collision
bostonreview.net
Dec 10, 2018 10 Min read time In the face of climate apocalypse, the rich have been devising escape plans. What happens when they opt out of democratic …
Splinter
Liberal View
BERNIE DON'T RUN
splinternews.com - Hamilton Nolan
Since it is almost the end of 2018, we are well into 2020 presidential campaign speculation season already. Though it is still too early to know very …
Trump Administration
The Year Ahead: Dems under pressure to deliver on green agenda
thehill.com - Miranda Green
Democrats have big plans on energy and environmental policy in the year ahead when they take control of the House. After 8 years in the minority, …
Liberal View
#NoMoreExcuses: Mass Action on Capitol Hill to Demand Dems Back Green New Deal Instead of Fossil Fuel Interests
commondreams.org - www.commondreams.org
Young people and allies from across the country gathered on Capitol Hill Monday morning before heading to the congressional offices of Democrats who …
Environmental Protection
Maine college students head to Washington, D.C. to discuss climate change
wgme.com - WGME
Twenty-six Maine college students are heading to Washington, D.C. to call on congress to take action on climate change. The students from Bowdoin and …
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Science
Climate group: 14 activists banned by conference host Poland
Associated Press
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — An environmental group said Monday that at least 14 foreigners have been detained or deported by Poland's Border Guard since last week's start of the United Nations climate conference
Environmental Protection
Schumer to Trump: To get infrastructure deal, make renewable tax credits permanent
utilitydive.com - Author
Dive Brief: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, N.Y., wrote President Donald Trump on Friday to emphasize the importance of fighting climate change …
U.S. Politics
Daily on Energy, presented by GAIN: John Kelly’s departure could embolden Trump on energy
washingtonexaminer.com - John Siciliano
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U.S. Politics
Capital Journal: Who Will Run the West Wing?; Hard Line With China; Democratic AGs Build New Power Base
The Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street Journal
This is the web version of the WSJ’s Capital Journal newsletter. You can sign up for daily delivery here. Trump's Day: President Trump is at the White House. No public events are scheduled. Congress: Senate
Conservative View
Democrats’ Green New Deal Is Really An ‘Indirect Taxation’ On Fuel, Says Republican Chuck DeVore
dailycaller.com - Nick Givas | Media And Politics Reporter
8:54 AM 12/10/2018 | Politics Former California GOP Assemblyman Chuck DeVore said the Democrats’ Green New Deal is simply an “indirect taxation” on …
Fossil Fuels
Protesters disrupt US fossil fuels promotional event: 'Keep it in the ground'
thehill.com - Megan Keller
Protestors on Monday interrupted a U.S.-sponsored event promoting cleaner fossil fuels ahead of a United Nations climate change summit. Approximately …
Liberal View
TB or Not TB: Winning or Losing the Health of the Planet - and Us
opednews.com - www.opednews.com
Climate change and global warming are supported by overwhelming and convincing scientific, empirical evidence. Denying the facts won't make them …
Bernie Sanders
Tucker Carlson Soundly Losing an Argument Is Fun to Watch
splinternews.com - Rafi Schwartz
In a remarkable twist of fate, thumb-shaped white supremacist icon Tucker Carlson found himself awkwardly trying to take the side of …
POLITICOadded this to Politics
Politics
Why greens are turning away from a carbon tax
POLITICO - By ZACK COLMAN and ERIC WOLFF
Putting an economic price on greenhouse gases is proving a hard sell with the public, even as time to head off climate change shrinks. Taxing carbon to tackle climate change is one of those big ideas have
Liberal View
Five Questions for Sunrise co-founder Varshini Prakash about climate activism and a Green New Deal
dailykos.com - Meteor Blades
Meteor Blades: Numerous youthful activist organizations have emerged in the past decade to educate rank-and-file Americans and push politicians to get …
Environmental Protection
Winona LaDuke Calls for Indigenous-Led “Green New Deal” as She Fights Minnesota Pipeline Expansion
nationtalk.ca
Credits: Democracy Now! https://democracynow.org - While world leaders converge in Poland for the U.N. climate change summit, we look at the …
The Inquisitr added this to News
Donald Trump
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Claps Back At Donald Trump Jr., Reminds Him Democrats Will Soon Have Subpoena Power
The Inquisitr - Nathan Francis
Donald Trump Jr. can have his memes, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she will get the last laugh — in about a month, when Democrats will have power …
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Opinion
France protests and the 'yellow vests’ deep anger reveal the hypocrisy at the heart of the green agenda
Fox News
The European elites can’t be happy with what is happening in France. Over the last month, hundreds of thousands of angry French citizens have joined in “yellow vest” protests, initially sparked by proposed
The Inquisitr added this to News
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Doubles Down On Renewable Energy Link To Racial Justice
The Inquisitr - Tony Rivera
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter on Friday (December 7) to counter the sea of criticism she’s been facing over her bold declaration that the …
Delaware
Kerri Harris reflects on her U.S. Senate run and its impact
delawarepublic.org - Sophia Schmidt
Political newcomer Kerri Evelyn Harris unsuccessfully challenged longtime incumbent Tom Carper in the Delaware’s Democratic primary for U.S, Senate …