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Exxon sued by Massachusetts AG as Democrats, climate activists kick into overdrive

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Thursday sued ExxonMobil for misleading investors and consumers about climate change, topping off a week that saw Democrats and activists take their anti-Exxon campaign into overdrive.

October 25, 2019

EPA-funded children’s health centers accused of ‘junk science’

Environmentalists were outraged when the EPA decided to cut funding to children's environmental health centers, but a report released Thursday argues that the program is awash with political activism and junk science.

October 24, 2019

NBA fans defy China, cheer Hong Kong as regular season tips off

The official start of the NBA regular season Tuesday saw protesters hand out thousands of free pro-Hong Kong T-shirts outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, the only two venues to host games on opening night.

October 23, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dings ‘predominantly white’ areas for hurricanes that killed minorities

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put a racial spin Wednesday on climate change and hurricanes, attributing emissions from "predominantly white" corporations and communities for juicing recent storms that cost "predominantly black and brown lives" in Louisiana and Puerto Rico.

October 23, 2019

Marsha Blackburn, Josh Hawley float bill to move 90% of jobs in 10 federal departments outside D.C.

The decision to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado's Western Slope should be viewed not as a one-off, but a good start, as far as some Senate Republicans are concerned.

October 23, 2019

ExxonMobil taken to trial for ‘climate fraud’

After four years and three attorneys general, New York finally brought ExxonMobil to court Tuesday on charges of "climate fraud," a case expected to decide whether the sputtering "Exxon knew" campaign still has something in the tank -- or if that vehicle has run out of gas.

October 22, 2019

CAIR, SPLC pressure Mar-a-Lago to drop ‘hate group’ event as conservatives push back

The Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Southern Poverty Law Center have plenty of opponents on the right, but the leftist civil rights groups appear to hold some sway with the Trump Organization's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

October 21, 2019

Susan Crockford fired after finding polar bears thriving despite climate change

Nobody has done more to sink the claim that climate change is endangering polar bears than zoologist Susan Crockford -- and she may have paid for it with her job.

October 20, 2019

CNN bigwig calls for hounding ‘delusional’ Senate Republicans at work, home

CNN's political director urged the news team to get "in their faces" of all Republican senators on a daily basis, both at work and at home, about President Trump's Ukraine phone call, according to undercover audio.

October 19, 2019

Police arrest 55 protesters seeking to block wind-energy farm in Hawaii

Environmentalists have long raised objections to fossil-fuel energy sources such as oil, coal and natural gas, but it turns out not everyone is wild about wind power, either.

October 18, 2019

Joe Biden’s false claim about drunken driver draws renewed scrutiny

The worst moment of Joseph R. Biden's life -- the 1972 car crash that killed his wife and baby daughter -- has drawn renewed attention over a falsehood that the former vice president repeated for years: that the other driver was drunk.

October 18, 2019

Jeff Zucker tells CNN staff to be ‘fully committed’ on Trump impeachment in undercover audio

Clearly CNN is committed to providing wall-to-wall coverage of the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into President Trump, but it appears that CEO Jeffrey Zucker also wants the network to counter those who challenge the probe.

October 16, 2019

Nike mum on China crackdown, backed Colin Kaepernick

Nike celebrated Colin Kaepernick as a social-justice folk hero with its "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything" ad campaign, but apparently the slogan doesn't apply to the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

October 15, 2019

Staffer says CNN bigwigs ‘don’t like Tulsi Gabbard’ in Project Veritas video on eve of Dem debate

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's claim that the "corporate media" are attempting to rig the 2020 Democratic presidential primary appeared to receive a boost Tuesday from Project Veritas.

October 15, 2019

Josh Hawley blasts LeBron James over ‘garbage’ comment on China

Sen. Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican, unleashed on NBA superstar LeBron James over his comment Monday that a team executive who tweeted in support of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters "wasn't educated on the situation."

October 15, 2019

LeBron James: Daryl Morey ‘wasn’t educated’ on China

LeBron James finally weighed in Monday on China's NBA crackdown over an executive's tweet in support of pro-democracy protesters, saying that Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey "wasn't educated on the situation at hand."

October 14, 2019

Pacific Gas & Electric blackouts put California environmental policies under microscope

California prides itself on being a global leader on climate change, but last week's unprecedented power outages have raised questions about how progressive environmental practices contributed to putting two million residents in the dark.

October 14, 2019

CNN’s Zucker accused by staffer of ‘personal vendetta’ against Trump in Project Veritas sting

CNN Worldwide President Jeffrey Zucker has been accused of waging a vendetta against President Trump, and undercover footage released Monday by Project Veritas did nothing to dispel that view.

October 14, 2019

Jane Fonda: ‘I’ve been a climate scientist for decades and decades’

Jane Fonda has worn many hats during her Hollywood career -- model, actress, activist -- but apparently she also considers herself a climate scientist.

October 14, 2019

Ted Cruz: ‘Really sad’ to see NBA bend to China

The Texas Republican wears black in support of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters.

October 13, 2019