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Top News A Record 15 Billion-Dollar Disasters Have Hit US So Far This Year: NOAA The tally could rise with the Atlantic hurricane season set to pick up. Jessica Corbett Reducing Air Pollution Could Play 'Major Role' in Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance: Study For the first time, researchers have linked air pollution with antibiotic-resistant microbes. Brett Wilkins Sanders Aims to Convince Fox News Readers Climate Action 'Is a Moral Responsibility' "Either we maintain the status quo and continue to see more heatwaves, drought, floods, and extreme weather disturbances or we move away from fossil fuels and do our best to make sure that the planet we leave our kids and future generations is healthy and habitable." Jessica Corbett 'Openly Murderous': DeSantis Outlines Border Proposal Modeled on War Zones By admitting border agents would have to make their own "judgements" to determine whether to shoot a migrant, said one critic, the Florida governor signaled he would embrace "the large-scale murder of innocent people." Julia Conley Protesting 'Repeated Labor Law Violations,' LA City Workers Launch 24-Hour Strike "We're FED UP with the city's blatant lack of respect," said the union that represents the striking workers. Jake Johnson Study Warns Burning Fossil Fuels 'Anywhere in the World' Is Destructive to Antarctica Slashing greenhouse gas emissions is "our best hope of preserving Antarctica," said the lead author of a new study. Jake Johnson

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Opinion The Scientist Who Walked Away From the Manhattan Project While the name Sir Joseph Rotblat will probably never be as widely known as that of the other illustrious scientists who worked on the project that ushered in the nuclear age, his example serves as a reminder that we always have a choice. Gerard Boyce Shock and Despair Are Logical Reactions to the Climate Emergency New IPCC head Jim Skea’s call for a “balanced” approach only benefits those, like the fossil fuel industry giants and their puppets in politics, who prop up and profit from the status quo. Sabine von Mering US Workers Are Raising the Heat for Economic Justice From thousands of writers and actors in Hollywood to thousands of airport workers at major travel hubs nationwide to hotel workers in southern California, working people are embracing their power in unprecedented ways. Rosalyn Pelles,Rev. Dr. William J. Barber Ii

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