Juan Cole | In Epochal Shift, California Votes for 100% Green Electricity by 2045

01 September 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Juan Cole | In Epochal Shift, California Votes for 100% Green Electricity by 2045  Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "This week, the California state legislature voted to mandate that all the state's electricity come from non-carbon sources (chiefly wind, solar and hydro) by 2045." READ MORE Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia) A DOJ Lawyer Was Told Russia Had Trump 'Over a Barrel' Eric Tucker and Chad Day, Associated Press Excerpt: "A senior Justice Department lawyer says a former British spy told him at a breakfast meeting two years ago that Russian intelligence believed it had Donald Trump 'over a barrel,' according to multiple people familiar with the encounter." READ MORE Immigrant children in a detention center. (photo: Ross D. Franklin) Most Undocumented Parents Whose Kids Are Still Detained Were Already Deported Libby Watson, Splinter News Watson writes: "Hundreds of undocumented children are still separated from their parents, and as MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff reported last night, the latest government court filings show that of the 497 children still separated from their parents, 322 of those kids' parents have already been deported." READ MORE Businessmen on Wall Street. (photo: AP) Welfare, But for CEOs: A New Report Shows How the US Is Lining Corporate Executives' Pockets With Tax Dollars Meagan Day, Jacobin Day writes: "Twitter users knew something was up last week when they noticed a bunch of accounts with names like 'Amazon FC Ambassador' in their display names, saying things like 'I actually do make a decent living working at Amazon' and 'I can use the restroom anytime I want!' Suspicion was warranted: Amazon confirmed this week that it's been giving perks to warehouse workers who tweet positive things about their employer." READ MORE The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has long advised the Department of Energy on safety problems at high-risk facilities around the country, like Hanford Nuclear Reservation, pictured. But a new federal order could limit the board's oversight. (photo: Jeff T. Green/Getty Images) Nuclear Safety Board Slams Energy Department Plan to Weaken Oversight Rebecca Moss, ProPublica Moss writes: "A new Department of Energy order that could be used to withhold information from a federal nuclear safety board and prevent the board from overseeing worker safety at nuclear facilities appears to violate longstanding provisions in the U.S. Atomic Energy Act, the board's members said Tuesday." READ MORE Thousands of Sahrawi men, women and children set up Gdeim Izik, a protest camp, in an act of mass protest against their continuing marginalization under the decades-long Moroccan occupation of their land. (photo: ACCORD) Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara: A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony Democracy Now!  Excerpt: "In this exclusive broadcast, Democracy Now! breaks the media blockade and goes to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdown." READ MORE It appears that hundreds of Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles died after they became entangled in an illegal fishing net. (photo: PROFEPA) Hundreds of Decomposing Sea Turtles Were Found Off the Mexican Coast Mitch McCluskey and Nicole Chavez, CNN Excerpt: "More than 300 endangered sea turtles were found dead near the southern coast of Mexico, the country's environmental officials said." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation