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WEB5 days ago · The Slick September 6, 2024 Elliott Woods. Texas Is the King of Greenhouse Emissions. It’s Also in the Path of the Climate Change Storm. From hurricanes to wildfires to droughts, every region of Texas is threatened by man-made climate change, vulnerability index shows. Latest News September 5, 2024 Larry Buhl.
Pennsylvania Gas Driller: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk. You …
WEB7 hours ago · The study, nicknamed “Radical Transparency” by the natural gas operator, has struck a nerve with climate activists who dismissed it as pseudoscience that flies in the face of peer-reviewed research as well as a 2020 grand jury report that found children and adults who lived near fracking sites were prone to intense nose bleeds, ulcers and rashes. . Drinking water near the fracking sites ...
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WEBSep 12, 2024 · Capital & Main is an award-winning nonprofit publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time. Capital & Main has had stories co-published in more than 30 media outlets, from The Atlantic, Time, Reuters, The Guardian and Fast Company to …
Striking Back Series
WEBAug 2, 2024 · A novel partnership among three labor unions to organize tens of thousands of airline workers could set a national example. “Striking Back” — How Workers Across a Polarized U.S. Are Challenging Economic Inequality. Danny Feingold August 30, 2023. A new Capital & Main series explores rising labor unrest in a nation of extreme disparities.
Michigan Lawmakers Could Help 35,000 Care Workers Form …
WEB1 day ago · Supporters say the two bills, Senate Bills 790 and 791, will address multiple concerns for the 35,000 Home Help workers in the state. Many care for family members, often giving up regular jobs to care for loved ones. They get no benefits and today earn a base rate of $13.53 — well below the $20.28 living wage required for a single, childless adult. . They also hope the two bills will reverse ...
UNITED STATES OF INEQUALITY
WEBAbout the Series. Today – exactly one year before the 2020 presidential election – Capital & Main is launching a 12-month series on economic inequality in America. “United States of Inequality: 2020 and the Great Divide” will examine how tens of millions of Americans increasingly struggle to make ends meet, and how this reality will ...
As Green Bonds Tank, Analysts Fear Greenwashing Is to Blame
WEB4 days ago · As a result, a Climate Bonds analysis of more than 150 bonds from top issuers through November 2023 found that in about half of the cases, companies are not on track to meet their climate goals or have failed to provide evidence of their progress. Only 25% appear to be on target to reach their goals. French oil and gas major TotalEnergies ...
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WEBCOLUMNS THE ARC Erin Aubry Kaplan examines the persistent barriers to racial justice and opportunities for progress in an era of receding black presence
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WEBThis series explores how public schools are now a battleground in the culture war of U.S. politics. Capital & Main will report from the classrooms and communities being divided as school boards and legislatures increasingly adopt book bans, limit the teaching of race and history and pass policies targeting gender identity in schools.
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