Friday, June 6, 2014

RSN: How Obama's Climate Plan Accommodates Coal States, et al




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Frank Rich | Iraq Everlasting
Of the 2.6 million Americans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than half have physical or mental-health problems and give the government low marks for meeting their needs. (photo: Michael Kamber)
Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Rich writes: "When Michael Hastings was killed in a single-car crash in Los Angeles at age 33 last June, journalism lost a rare specimen of the breed it needs most: a reporter who doesn't care whom he pisses off."
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McChrystal on Bergdahl: 'We Don't Leave Americans Behind. That's Unequivocal'
Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News
Knox reports: "Bergdahl's release as part of a prisoner swap involving five Taliban commanders has drawn angry scrutiny in Congress."
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A National Call to Link Arms for Democracy
Victoria Collier and Ben Zion-Ptashnik, Reader Supported News
Excerpt: "We cannot continue struggling separately for myriad causes, while social progress is reversed piecemeal and democracy itself dismantled. Unless we organize to preserve the ability of the people to shape public policy, it is crystal clear that there will be no justice, no peace, no ecological sustainability, no amelioration of climate change and no end to poverty and economic oppression."
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Bianca Jagger | The World Cup Exposes Brazil's Injustices
Bianca Jagger, Reader Supported News
Jagger writes: "The demonstrators condemn the 15 billion dollars spent on the tournament which could have gone towards social services and improving living standards for the poor of Brazil. It's the latest in a long line of demonstrations."
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Hillary Clinton on Running for President: I Have a Decision to Make
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Hillary Clinton says she knows she has a decision to make about running to become the first female US president, and believes 'we need to break down that highest, hardest glass ceiling in American politics.'"
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How Obama's Climate Plan Accommodates Coal States
Ari Phillips, ThinkProgress
Phillips reports: "States that are currently the most intense emitters - those that create the most carbon pollution from each unit of electricity produced - have some of the most relaxed reduction targets."
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