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Thursday, June 6, 2024 ■ Today's Top News
'Horrific': Israel's War on Gaza Also Destroying the Climate, Study Finds"This report lays bare the hypocrisy of Western nations who moralize about the perils of climate breakdown... while funding, aiding, and enabling the Israeli regime's catastrophic war," one expert said.By Edward Carver
'A Real Betrayal': Hochul Condemned for NYC Congestion Pricing Flip-FlopClimate advocate Bill McKibben called the reversal "the most aggressively anti-environmental stand I can recall a major Democratic governor taking."By Julia Conley
NAACP Joins Growing Chorus Demanding Biden Halt Arms Shipments to Israel"The NAACP calls on President Biden to draw the red line and indefinitely end the shipment of weapons and artillery to the state of Israel," said Derrick Johnson, the civil rights group's CEO.By Brett Wilkins
'Welcome Accountability': Steve Bannon Ordered to Prison"No one is above the law: not the rich, not the powerful, and not Steve Bannon," said one congressman.By Jessica Corbett
'We Want Peace': Spain Applies to Join ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel"We do it out of commitment to the United Nations and to international law," said the Spanish foreign minister, calling for an end to civilian deaths.By Edward Carver
'Bleak Reality': World on Track to Overshoot 1.5°C Target in at Least 1 of Next 5 Years"We must urgently do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions, or we will pay an increasingly heavy price," the WMO's deputy secretary-general said.By Olivia Rosane | ||||||||||||||
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■ OpinionChief Justice Roberts Ignores Republican Efforts to Shred the Rule of LawThe GOP’s war on judges and juries, along with Justices Thomas’ and Alito’s naked partisanship, are shaking the foundations of the Constitution and American democracy.By Mitchell Zimmerman The Perils and Promise of the Emerging Multipolar WorldThe world economy is experiencing a deep process of economic convergence, according to which regions that once lagged the West in industrialization are now making up for lost time.By Jeffrey D. Sachs The New White House Carbon Offsetting ‘Principles’ Lack TeethThe administration should find the courage to reverse course and acknowledge that carbon offsets are a dangerous and damaging distraction.By Laurie Williams,Allan Zabel | ||||||||||||||
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