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The Drying Planet

Circle of Blue

Note: Data is for February 2003 to December 2013 and January 2014 to April 2024. Water is being used as a strategic and political tool. Graphics by Lucas Waldron/ProPublica. The first time period contains seven more months of data than the second. Graphics by Lucas Waldron/ProPublica. Aaron Salzberg, former U.S.

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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

In 2013 he organized a fundraising dinner at Calgary’s Petroleum Club to help raise political donations to former BC Premier Christy Clark’s re-election campaign. Will you join the call? But Edward’s is not just an owner, he’s a giver.

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RFK Jr.’s Incompetence Is Costing Kids’ Lives

Union of Concerned Scientists

Between 2000, when measles was declared eliminated in the US, and 2024, there were three reported deaths total due to measlestwo in 2003, and one in 2015. A ProPublica investigation found that political appointees at CDC halted release of an assessment that found that the risk of catching measles is high in areas with lower vaccination rates.

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The US Attack on Iran May Have Damaged Disarmament Efforts More Than Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities

Union of Concerned Scientists

US intelligence assessments repeatedly confirmed that Iran abandoned its weapon program in 2003 and had not changed its mind. The only other state to exit the NPT was North Korea, which withdrew in 2003. The attacks have undermined the rule of law and international diplomacy as key tools for nonproliferation and disarmament.

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Doug Burgum Explains It All For You

Legal Planet

To use the technical term, Burgums order is fatuous (and that is being polite). This is a Regime, and a political party, that simply declares inconvenient facts not to be true. It has a deep pedigree in the Conservative Movement: Josh Marshall penned a now-famous piece entitled The Post-Modern President in 2003. What gives?

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Opinion: The global response to Trump and Musk cannot be anti-EV rhetoric

A Greener Life

Elon Musks journey to the extreme right-wing It was not until relatively recently that Musk became heavily involved in politics, at least not when it did not directly implicate his business interests. Commentators who had followed him closely said he had become radicalised. Many might not know this, but Musk did not create Tesla.

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What’s Really Inside the Final Budget Reconciliation Bill: A Breakdown of Food and Agriculture Provisions

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

The budget reconciliation process, an optional budget procedure that can alter spending, revenues, and the federal debt limit, was first established in the late 1970s and has been used dozens of times by both political parties since 1980. Therefore, it is expected that almost all states will be faced with new annual costs.