Researchers Detail How Slashing Pentagon Budget Could Pay for Medicare for All While Creating Progressive Foreign Policy Americans Want
18 Oct 2019

Researchers Detail How Slashing Pentagon Budget Could Pay for Medicare for All While Creating Progressive Foreign Policy Americans Want

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Published on Thursday, October 17, 2019 by Common Dreams Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/17/researchers-detail-how-slashing-pentagon-budget-could-pay-medicare-all-while “Proposals to fund Medicare for All have focused on raising taxes. But what if we could imagine another way entirely?” By Julia Conley, staff writer A New York Times op-ed … Continued

Citing ‘Moral Duty to Take Radical Action,’ Over 700 Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Fight Climate Crisis
18 Oct 2019

Citing ‘Moral Duty to Take Radical Action,’ Over 700 Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Fight Climate Crisis

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/14/citing-moral-duty-take-radical-action-over-700-scientists-endorse-mass-civil Published on Monday, October 14, 2019 by Common Dreams “We believe that the continued governmental inaction over the climate and ecological crisis now justifies peaceful and nonviolent protest and direct action, even if this goes beyond the … Continued

New Audubon Report Shows 30 Bird Species Highly Vulnerable To Climate Change In Pennsylvania
18 Oct 2019

New Audubon Report Shows 30 Bird Species Highly Vulnerable To Climate Change In Pennsylvania

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Posted at http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2019/10/new-audubon-report-shows-30-bird.html On October 10, the National Audubon Society released a new report– Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink— which found two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction from climate change and may lose more … Continued

‘This Is Truly Terrifying’: Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean ‘Boiling With Methane Bubbles’
18 Oct 2019

‘This Is Truly Terrifying’: Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean ‘Boiling With Methane Bubbles’

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/09/truly-terrifying-scientists-studying-underwater-permafrost-thaw-find-area-arctic Published on Wednesday, October 09, 2019 by Common Dreams The lead researcher said that “this is the most powerful” methane seep he has ever seen. “No one has ever recorded anything similar.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer … Continued

Support REAL Act/Pell Grants for Incarcerated Students
18 Oct 2019

Support REAL Act/Pell Grants for Incarcerated Students

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From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): Will you take one minute to call your representative in support of the REAL Act? Call 844-899-8819. Alternatively, you can call directly—find contact information at http://www.house.gov. FAMM believes that incarcerated students should have the … Continued

New Poll: Two Thirds of Pennsylvanians Support Independent Commission to Draw Legislative Districts
18 Oct 2019

New Poll: Two Thirds of Pennsylvanians Support Independent Commission to Draw Legislative Districts

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From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): A new statewide poll of registered voters’ attitudes released today shows why 67% of Pennsylvania voters support an independent commission to draw legislative district lines. This includes majorities of Democrats (66%), independents (78%) and Republicans … Continued

Tell the Bureau of Land Management—No Oil or Gas Leasing in Wildlife Corridors, Priority Conservation Areas
18 Oct 2019

Tell the Bureau of Land Management—No Oil or Gas Leasing in Wildlife Corridors, Priority Conservation Areas

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From Environmental Action (https://environmental-action.org/): Wildlife corridors are for wildlife — it’s even in the name! They’re not for oil and gas extraction. But that hasn’t stopped the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from leasing these precious places to oil and … Continued