Month: October 2020

In order to achieve fully normalized relations, the United States must return the base at Guantánamo Bay to Cuba, the island nation’s President Raul Castro said Wednesday. The remarks follow a historic restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries that began in December. Speaking at the summit of the Community of Latin American and…

With members who receive large financial backing from oil and gas interests playing the dominant role, the House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday evening which would force the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Having already been approved by the Senate, the passage sets up a promised veto of the measure from President…

A train carrying crude oil that derailed in northern Ontario on Saturday—which resulted in numerous overturned cars catching fire and oil spilling into a local waterway— is the fourth such accident in North America in as many weeks. The train, owned by the Canadian National Railway Co., was passing over a bridge above the Makami…

With a progressive vision that includes breaking up the biggest banks, political transparency, free college education, environmental action, and equity for working and middle class Americans, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Tuesday officially launched his bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Speaking at a rally at Waterfront Park in Burlington, the socialist-Democrat…

For the third time this season, Racing Point has called upon super-sub Nico Hulkenberg to replace one of its drivers on the spot, the German deputizing for an unfit Lance Stroll for the remainder of this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix. Stroll did not take part in this morning’s FP3 session at the Nürburgring, the Canadian…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — White nationalist Richard Spencer arrived at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, appearing to be a sign of the “alt-right” movement’s attempts to fit in with conservatives.  And then he got kicked out.  Escorted from the event by security, Spencer was left to talk to reporters outside while the conservatives continued…

Despite public opposition that has so far blocked the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, the fossil fuels industry has successfully—and quietly—expanded the nation’s domestic oil network by installing thousands of miles of pipeline across the country, according to new reporting by the Associated Press. “Overall, the network has increased by almost a quarter in…

Indiana lawmakers are scrambling to backpedal as a fierce backlash has taken hold against Republican Governor Mike Pence since he signed into law legislation that effectively permits discrimination against people thought to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Under the handle #BoycottIndiana, LGBTQ activists and supporters across the nation are vowing economic retribution against…

In the wake of a toxic fuel spill in Vancouver’s English Bay this week, criticism of the emergency response and questions over the potential impacts of a proposed tar sands pipeline expansion through the area came from climate and shipping experts alike. Jessica Wilson, head of Greenpeace Canada’s Arctic campaign, said on Thursday that the…

The lower house of the French Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure authorizing expansive, unprecedented, and invasive surveillance of citizens and foreigners, with little judicial oversight.  The new spying powers, developed over the course of the last year, gained momentum in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris in January that killed 17…