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17/04/24
Author: 
Lisa Friedman
The new measure will require utilities to reduce PFAS substances in drinking water to near-zero levels.Credit...Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Apr. 10, 2024

For the first time, the federal government is requiring municipal water systems to remove six synthetic chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems that are present in the tap water of hundreds of millions of Americans.

17/04/24
Author: 
David Gilbert WIRED
(Photo-Illustration: Anjali Nair // Wired),

Apr.11, 2024

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17/04/24
Author: 
Colin Greer, Eric Laursen
 Protesters from the Tea Party movement, a right-wing populist formation in the United States. By NYyankees51 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9944392

Apr. 15, 2024

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04/04/24
Author: 
Gabriela Aoun Angueira
Woman riding an electric bike in Denver. Photo by Getty Images/Grist

Apr. 3, 2024

This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

04/04/24
Author: 
Sarah Jaffe, In These Times
Shorter work week

Apr. 3, 2024

The Fight For Shorter Hours Can Unify Workers Everywhere.

The United Auto Workers won many of their demands in their groundbreaking, six-week strike in 2023, but one of them — despite not making it into their new contracts with the Big Three automakers — has the potential to radically shift organized labor’s priorities and unify an often fractious movement in ways not seen in decades.

01/04/24
Author: 
Robert Reich (U.S. Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton.)
American Democracy Collapse - Robert Reich

Apr. 1, 2024

Friends,

On Friday, Trump posted a video featuring an image of President Biden hog-tied —with hands and feet bound together.

Trump has previously posted doctored photos and videos depicting him physically attacking Biden, such as hitting Mr. Biden with golf balls.

It’s all part of Trump’s 5-step fascist plan.

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01/04/24
Author: 
Todd Feathers
San Jose’s foray into automated surveillance of homelessness is the first of its kind in the country, experts say. Illustration: Guardian Design

Mar. 25, 2024

San Jose invited tech companies to mount cameras on a vehicle in what appears to be first-of-its-kind experiment

For the last several months, a city at the heart of Silicon Valley has been training artificial intelligence to recognize tents and cars with people living inside in what experts believe is the first experiment of its kind in the United States.

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30/03/24
Author: 
Julia Conley
There are over 1,100 oil-producing wells in the McKittrick oil field, just north of the town of McKittrick, California. (Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Mar. 28, 2024

"The science is clear: No new oil and gas fields, or the planet gets pushed past what it can handle," said one analyst.

Fossil fuel-producing countries late last year pledged to "transition away from fossil fuels," but a report on new energy projects shows that with the United States leading the way in continuing to extract oil and gas, governments' true views on renewable energy is closer to a statement by a Saudi oil executive Amin Nasser earlier this month.

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