Sen. Jack Reed. | Andrew Harnik, Pool/AP Photo By CONNOR O’BRIEN 06/15/2020 11:12 AM EDT Updated:…
Month: June 2020
Covid-19 pandemic is ‘fire drill’ for effects of climate crisis, says UN official
The coronavirus pandemic is “just a fire drill” for what is likely to follow from the…
Dems ask Bureau of Prisons for coronavirus update on staffers who manned protests
House Homeland Security Committee chairman Bennie Thompson. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie…
Saving Canada’s wild salmon: rescuers pin hopes on fish ladder and salmon cannon
When Gord Sterritt walked to the dusty edge of a cliff in western Canada last summer,…
Trent Lott and John Breaux sign on at Crossroads Strategies
Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott is seen in 2018. | Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo Former…
Ron Johnson’s investigations thrust freewheeling GOP senator into election-year spotlight
Sen. Ron Johnson wouldn’t appear to be one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies at first…
Emissions from 13 dairy firms match those of entire UK, says report
The biggest dairy companies in the world have the same combined greenhouse gas emissions as the…
Hopes dashed that resurgent pine martens can save UK’s red squirrel
Hopes that the resurgent predatory pine marten might “biologically control” grey squirrels and benefit the UK’s…
Leading UK charities urge PM to seek green recovery from Covid-19
The chiefs of some of Britain’s leading charities have written to the prime minister to demand…
Bobby Rush: Chicago police union and KKK ‘are like kissing, hugging and law-breaking cousins’
Rep. Bobby Rush. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP CHICAGO — Rep. Bobby Rush on…