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'If we don't buy, they don't die': Tackling the global demand that's driving the illegal wildlife trade
Some endangered species are sought out as delicacies while others are coveted for their medicinal properties or decorative value Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/china-animal-trade-markets-wild-ivory-pangolins-a9594591.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out…
Airlines are gaming our political system for fossil-fuelled profit – on top of the multi-billion pound bailout
The climate column: If the aviation industry can have almost permanent access to the Treasury, transport ministers and the media, it is time climate protection…
Jeff Bezos Called to Testify for Amazon’s ‘Possibly Criminally False’ Statements to Congress
It appears Jeff Bezos’s streak as the only big tech robber baron not to be grilled by Congress is coming to a close. Read more……
Stockpile of US-manufactured ventilators sold overseas: report
A Pennsylvania company that received $13.8 million in tax dollars to produce cheap, portable ventilators is now selling them overseas as the U.S. scrambles to find…
'Trump's presidency is for enriching his corporate polluter friends': President set to gut Obama vehicle rule that tackled emissions and pollution
Opponents say the president is driven by the desire to undo Mr Obama’s work and the decision will kill several hundred more Americans a year…
Nikhil Goyal: Sanders Will Expose Trump’s Lies and Betrayal of the Working Class
“Trump wants to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and Sanders wants to expand Social Security and guarantee Medicare for All. Trump wants to send…
World debt rising to unprecedented levels
The world’s debt is rising to unprecedented levels. While politicians and the general public have seemingly lost interest, capital markets are beginning to show signs…
The poorest half of Americans have nothing left, so now the 1%’s growth comes from the upper middle class
The Fed’s latest figures on American household wealth paint a rosy picture — in the aggregate. US households now own a record-breaking $107T worth of…
Violent weekend protests break out around the world
Protests blazed across the world this weekend, as outrage over Chile’s economic situation boiled over, separatist Catalan activists again clashed with police, and tens of thousands…
Health care companies, especially pharma and hospitals, are raking in cash
The health care industry continued to rake in record-level profits in the second quarter, with its year-over-year earnings increasing by 23%, according to an Axios…
The oil industry vs. the electric car
The oil industry is trying to crush the booming electric car movement. Groups backed by industry giants like Exxon Mobil and the Koch empire are…
Trump reveals plan to hold next G7 summit at his financially struggling golf resort in Miami
President regularly promotes private properties while conducting political business Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-g7-summit-miami-doral-golf-club-resort-us-france-a9079201.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was…
Baltimore Takes Aim at the Predatory Capitalism that Spawned Trump
Baltimore is on the cusp of adopting policies that will turn the tables on the exploitative housing policies that devastated the city and fueled Donald…
Nine tonnes of elephant tusks and 12 tonnes of pangolin scales seized in Singapore
City-state is crucial transit point for illegal wildlife trade, WWF says Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/singapore-elephant-ivory-tusks-pangolin-trafficking-vietnam-a9018916.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The…
Zoos starve birds of prey to make them perform circus-style tricks, investigation finds
Food is withheld from falcons, hawks and eagles, and many are also deprived of clean drinking water, a report says Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/zoos-starve-birds-prey-train-tricks-falcons-hawks-eagles-owls-circuses-animal-rights-a8980521.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed…
Chris Hedges: No future for our grandchildren unless we ‘overthrow corporate power’ (VIDEO)
Corporations motivated by insatiable greed endanger us all and must be stopped before it’s too late, veteran journalist Chris Hedges told RT, warning that future…
House Democrats target Trump’s personal finances
House Democrats are planning to cross one of President Donald Trump’s red lines: investigating his personal finances. With special counsel Robert Mueller expected to wind…
Trump administration 'pushing Saudi nuclear deal' which could benefit company linked to Jared Kushner
Senior Trump administration officials pushed a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia over the objections of ethics officials, according to a congressional…
America’s most generous billionaires gave half as much to charity in 2018 as in the previous year
What gives? Tech billionaires have rarely fared better than they did in 2018 — taxes got low, stock prices generally stayed high, and the amount…
Russia claims no knowledge of plane sent to Venezuela ‘to extract 20 tonnes of gold’ from national bank
Russian authorities have moved to quash suspicions that 20 tonnes of gold are about to be moved from the Venezuela’s national bank to Moscow. Allegations that a…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says system that allows billionaires is 'immoral' after telling Stephen Colbert 'I give zero f****'
Comments made at event to honour Martin Luther King Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-stephen-colbert-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-billionaires-twitter-immoral-a8741266.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was…
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