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21/08/24
Author: 
Paige Bennett - Edited by Chris McDermott
Wind turbines at a wind farm near solar panels near Palm Springs, California on March 6, 2024. Mario Tama / Getty Images

Aug. 16, 2024

From January through July of this year, wind and solar in the U.S. generated more net electricity than power from coal, according to recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

According to the EIA’s Monthly Energy Review for July 2024, electricity net generation from renewable energy outpaced coal for the first seven months of the year so far, a first for the U.S. 

21/08/24
Author: 
Schuyler Mitchell
Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Alex Wong / Getty Images

Aug. 20, 2024

DNC delegates will vote on a platform that pledges to crack down on asylum and fund the police

As thousands of delegates flock to Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention (DNC), much of the public will be watching to see how the Democratic Party makes its case for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential bid. One theme, already a popular talking point on the campaign trail, popped up repeatedly on the DNC’s first night: This race, according to the Democrats, is between a “prosecutor and a convicted felon.”

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17/08/24
Author: 
Bill Fletcher Jr
Bill Fletcher

". . . Bill Fletcher's strategic and tactical take on fascism in the US today is certainly applicable to Canada."

        Solidarity, Gene McGuckin

Aug. 16, 2024

10/08/24
Author: 
Ginny Graves
Air quality in Denver was badly affected by wildfire smoke from blazes in Oregon and provinces of western Canada on July 24, 2024. David Zalubowski/AP

July 27, 2024

Wildfire season is here again, and where there’s fire, there’s smoke – which, research shows, can be as deadly as the flames themselves.

07/08/24
Author: 
Kelly Hayes, OrganizingMyThoughts
Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris pictured at a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 30, 2024, on the left; supporters of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 2024, on the right. Tom Brenner / Washington Post / Megan Varner / Getty Images / Truthout

Aug. 5, 2024

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04/08/24
Author: 
Ben Carroll, Labor Notes
Hyundai’s first U.S. plant for manufacturing electric vehicles is under construction in Ellabell, Georgia, near Savannah. AP Photo/Russ Bynum

Aug. 3, 2024

Towering cranes pierce the sky, contrasting with the rural surroundings. It’s an early morning in June, the air already gauzy and thick, and construction is humming at the Toyota Battery mega-site in Liberty, North Carolina.

Trucks and other heavy machines dart in and out of the complex. A line of food trucks is tucked around the corner, alongside a dozen tour buses used to move workers.

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