Regional News
Local Activists Take To The Suburbs To Make Chauvin Verdict, Floyd Legacy Stick
One day afterthe guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin came down in the murder of George Floyd, Connecticut activists took to the streets looking to address people in the suburbs.
White House
Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50% Cut
President Biden opened a global summit on climate change Thursday morning by announcing that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, based on 2005 levels, by the end of the decade. That aggressive 2030 goal, which the White House is framing as a "50-52 percent reduction," will be formalized in a document called a "nationally determined contribution," or NDC. The NDC is a public commitment to address climate change made by each country that signed on to the 2015...
Emissions
Governors Urge Biden To Order 100% Zero-Emission Car Sales By 2035
Governors from a dozen states are asking President Biden to ban the sale of cars and light trucks that emit greenhouse gases by 2035. In a letter to the president, the governors of California, New York, North Carolina and nine other states — all but one a Democrat — asked for the change ahead of a White House climate summit, scheduled to begin Thursday. "By establishing a clear regulatory path to ensuring that all vehicles sold in the United States are zero-emission, we can finally clear the...
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YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH
Therapist Shortage Fuels Ongoing Crisis In Youth Mental Health
Gretchen Emond and Anna Dellarosa have a relationship forged from years of common experience.
Energy
As New England Wind Power Grows, Local Activists Try To Halt Natural Gas Projects
The fight against fossil fuel expansion in New England has a new front in Killingly, Connecticut. Climate activists want the state to reject a proposed natural gas plant there, which is tied to the company behind a controversial pipeline development currently underway in Minnesota and a recently completed natural gas line in New England.
Commentary
Creating At-Home Rituals To Help Deal With The Pandemic's Uncertainties
I have been living with the pandemic for about a year, and the tempered hope of a vaccine for a few months. I’m extremely low-priority in the vaccine line, and I ought to be. I’m a 35-year-old woman, with no risk factors, who can — but doesn’t have to — work from home.
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'We Need To Be Nurtured, Too': Many Teachers Say They're Reaching A Breaking Point
To say Leah Juelke is an award-winning teacher is a bit of an understatement. She was a top 10 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize in 2020; she was North Dakota's Teacher of the Year in 2018; and she was awarded an NEA Foundation award for teaching excellence in 2019. But Juelke, who teaches high school English learners in Fargo, N.D., says nothing prepared her for teaching during the coronavirus pandemic. "The level of stress is exponentially higher. It's like nothing I've experienced...
