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‘Complete Disregard for Human Life’: US Agents Threaten Christmas Eve Raid Against Humanitarians Giving Aid to Refugees Near Border | Common Dreams News

‘Complete Disregard for Human Life’: US Agents Threaten Christmas Eve Raid Against Humanitarians Giving Aid to Refugees Near Border | Common Dreams News One volunteer noted the cruel irony of such actions “on the eve of a holiday meant to celebrate hospitality towards travelers from distant lands.” by Kenny Stancil, staff writer  22 Comments Laurel Grindy and …

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Trump administration cuts size of Arctic land offered for oil auction

“President-elect Biden has said he wants to grant the refuge coastal plain permanent protection from oil development.” REUTERS: Trump administration cuts size of Arctic land offered for oil auction By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – In a last-minute change, the Trump administration cut about 30 percent of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge territory that it …

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Trump Administration Accused of Trying to Bully Banks Into Financing Arctic Fossil Fuel Extraction

“Contrary to the claims of oil-backed politicians, banks don’t want to finance more drilling in the Arctic not because of some vast liberal conspiracy, but because it’s bad business…. No amount of saber-rattling in the final days of the Trump administration is going to change the fact that Arctic drilling is a risky investment that any …

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‘Many Workers Will Suffer’: Days After Election, Trump Quietly Freezes Wages of Farm Laborers

“HuffPost labor reporter Dave Jamieson, who was among the first to call attention to the rule after it was quietly published last week, noted in a series of tweets that the wage freeze “is obviously a boon to growers,” which Perdue readily admitted in a statement hailing the measure as a significant victory.” ‘Many Workers Will Suffer’: …

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Revealed: the full extent of Trump’s ‘meat cleaver’ assault on US wilderness

“The lobbyist-filled Trump administration didn’t just carve and cut corners for these oil-funded front groups,” says Jayson O’Neill, of the Western Values Project, a conservation group, “it gleefully took a meat cleaver to our national monuments and land protections.” Revealed: the full extent of Trump’s ‘meat cleaver’ assault on US wilderness FULL ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE …

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75 ways Trump made America dirtier and the planet warmer

The Guardian: 75 ways Trump made America dirtier and the planet warmer In the past four years, Trump has shredded environmental protections for American lands, animals and people by Alvin Chang, Emily Holden, Oliver Milman and Noa Yachot “I want crystal clean water and air.” FULL STORY & SUPPORTING GRAPHS HERE That’s what Donald Trump said in the first chaotic …

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