Campaigners in Montana have secured enough signatures to force a November ballot measure aimed at blocking corporations from funding state elections. The initiative, dubbed the Montana Plan, seeks to challenge the long-standing legal precedent that grants companies broad influence over the political process through unlimited spending.
Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to directly challenge the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United, with Governor Josh Green signing legislation that reclassifies corporations as artificial persons without a constitutional right to make political donations.
Extreme monsoon rainfall triggered a series of lethal flash floods and landslides across Pakistan on Friday, killing nearly 200 people. Among the casualties were five members of a helicopter rescue crew, marking a devastating escalation in a season defined by increasingly unpredictable and violent weather patterns.
Across Asia, hundreds of millions are enduring a brutal heatwave that has shattered all-time temperature records from Thailand to China. Climatologists warn the event is the worst in regional history, as extreme conditions force school closures, melt road surfaces, and push human physiological limits to the brink.
With global temperatures consistently shattering historical norms, 2025 has cemented its place as one of the hottest years on record. Researchers at World Weather Attribution confirm that for the first time, the three-year running average has surpassed the critical 1.5°C warming limit established by the Paris climate agreement.
The Trump administration on Thursday dismantled Biden-era regulations that shielded 13 million acres of the western Arctic from fossil fuel development. Led by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the move effectively reverses protections for more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, drawing sharp condemnation from environmental advocates and conservation groups.
A new report from the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification identifies current drought events as among the most widespread and damaging in history, warning that climate-driven heat and evaporation are transforming regional water shortages into a slow-moving global catastrophe.
A landmark study published in Nature has established a direct causal link between the emissions of major fossil fuel producers and the increased intensity of global heatwaves, providing a powerful new evidentiary tool for activists and lawyers seeking to hold corporations and states accountable for climate-related damages.
Hurricane Milton struck Florida as a Category 3 storm, but new research from World Weather Attribution suggests the disaster would have been significantly milder without human-induced climate change. Scientists argue that warming temperatures increased the storm’s wind speeds by 10% and intensified its rainfall by up to 30%.
A coalition of six environmental organizations has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the approval of BP’s $5 billion Kaskida oil field project. The plaintiffs argue that the federal government failed to account for the extreme risks of drilling at depths exceeding 5,600 feet off the Louisiana coast.
At least 69 people have died in Texas following catastrophic flash flooding, with 11 girls from Camp Mystic still reported missing. As recovery efforts continue, climate scientists are pointing to the disaster as a clear manifestation of an intensifying global climate emergency fueled by human-driven fossil fuel consumption.
With 2.4 billion children on Earth, the vast majority now live in the crosshairs of the climate crisis. A new report from UNICEF reveals that nearly every child worldwide is exposed to at least one major environmental threat, from intense heatwaves and severe flooding to persistent, life-altering drought.
As the US-Israeli war on Iran sends global oil prices soaring, France-based TotalEnergies has reported $5.8 billion in first-quarter profits for 2026. The energy giant plans to reward shareholders with increased dividends and stock buybacks, even as household energy bills climb globally due to market volatility.
Six European oil giants recorded a combined $22 billion in profits during the first quarter of 2026, a 43% surge driven by market volatility stemming from the US-Israeli war on Iran. While energy companies celebrate record windfalls, advocacy groups warn that the resulting price spikes are placing unprecedented financial burdens on households worldwide.
Political leadership at the Department of Justice abruptly halted a months-long antitrust investigation into the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, issuing a formal clearance statement before career attorneys could finalize their recommendation to block the deal on the grounds that it violates competition law.
Roger Alford, a former deputy assistant attorney general, has accused leadership within the Department of Justice of allowing corporate lobbyists to hijack antitrust enforcement. Ousted in July after opposing a settlement in the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks merger, Alford claims the agency now prioritizes political access over the rule of law.
The Trump Justice Department has reached a tentative settlement with Live Nation, effectively abandoning a Biden-era push to dismantle the entertainment giant. The deal, which leaves the company intact, blindsided the government's own lead litigator and sparked immediate outcry from state attorneys general and industry watchdogs.
As President Donald Trump secures an interim peace deal with Iran, two U.S. senators are pressing fossil fuel executives to justify record-breaking pump prices. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse allege that the industry has leveraged the conflict to inflate profits while American households struggle with surging energy costs.
During an April dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump presented a transactional ultimatum to top fossil fuel executives: raise $1 billion for his presidential campaign, and he will dismantle the Biden administration's climate agenda upon taking office.
As the conflict in Iran drives global oil prices toward record highs, congressional Democrats have reintroduced legislation aimed at clawing back excess profits from major energy corporations. The proposed excise tax seeks to redistribute gains to American families struggling with rapidly escalating fuel costs at the pump.
A congressional panel on Thursday rejected an effort to strike a controversial provision from the upcoming Pentagon funding bill, opting instead to preserve a plan for closer military and technological ties with Israel. The measure, known as Section 224, seeks to formalize joint defense cooperation under the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
A super PAC aligned with Senator Susan Collins has deployed nearly $2 million in attack ads against Democratic primary leader Graham Platner. The massive spending, funded by a coalition of Wall Street titans and tech executives, arrives just weeks before the June 9 primary in a high-stakes bid to halt his momentum.
A massive infusion of outside cash is flooding Maine’s Senate race, where five-term incumbent Susan Collins faces a formidable challenge from Democrat Graham Platner. With total projected spending hitting $384 million, the contest has become a national battleground, pitting billionaire-backed super PACs against a grassroots-driven campaign.
Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s policies on Iran and the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files, lost his primary bid Tuesday. Former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein secured the seat by 10 points, propelled by significant backing from Trump, the Pentagon, and massive AIPAC-funded political action committees.
The International Criminal Court on Thursday formally issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, citing reasonable grounds to believe the three men bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since October 2023.
With just 16% of Americans supporting unrestricted arms shipments to Israel, Senator Bernie Sanders is leading a push to excise a controversial provision from the fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill that would formalize a deep, long-term military and technological merger between the two nations.
Only 14% of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025 had been charged with or convicted of violent crimes, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document. The data contradicts administration rhetoric asserting that deportation efforts are primarily targeting the most dangerous undocumented individuals.
Federal immigration agents deployed pepper spray and tactical maneuvers against demonstrators and a sitting US senator on Monday outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark. The clash erupted as protesters rallied to support detained migrants currently staging a hunger strike over reported medical neglect and inedible food conditions.
Four senior officials in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division resigned this week after Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon blocked a federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration agent in Minneapolis, marking a sharp departure from standard oversight of law enforcement use of force.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators across the United States staged a national shutdown on Friday, shuttering businesses and walking out of classrooms to protest federal immigration enforcement. The wave of mobilization followed the killings of four individuals by federal agents, fueling calls for an immediate end to ongoing deportation operations.
