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As extreme weather worsens, FEMA Review Council recommendations weaken federal disaster response and shift costs to states   WASHINGTON, D.C. —  The Trump Administration’s FEMA Review Council released yesterday its final report of recommendations to overhaul FEMA. These recommendations, which include privatizing the National Flood Insurance Program, increasing qualifying thresholds for disaster aid, and responding […]

The post Trump’s FEMA Reform Proposal Would Leave Communities to Face Climate Disasters Alone appeared first on Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

Maryland Public Service Commission asked staff to conduct further analysis despite evidence that ending gas line extension allowances would provide $1 billion in savings to gas customers over next decade   BALTIMORE, MD —The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) today delayed finalizing regulations to end gas line extension allowances (LEAs), preventing gas customers from having […]

The post Advocates Warn Utility Regulators’ Decision to Delay Puts Customer Savings at Risk appeared first on Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

Whenever gold returns to the center of global geopolitics, the Amazon comes back into the crosshairs. The war between the United States and Iran has put the metal back on the radar of markets, investors, and the extractive industry.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2026 Lansing, Mich. — Today in the Michigan Senate, Sen. Sam Singh (D-28) introduced legislation to address Michigan’s persistent, underfunded water infrastructure needs and support safe, affordable drinking water for all Michigan residents. MWTFA Fact Sheet (PDF) Email your Senator The Michigan Water Trust Fund Act (SB 950 & 951)... Read more »

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WSPA and Chevron led oil lobbying against California’s Cap-and-Invest program.  Sacramento, Calif. — Oil and gas corporations spent $10.3 million on California state lobbying […]

The post Big Oil spends record $10 million on lobbying to kill common sense climate and polluter accountability policy appeared first on Last Chance Alliance.

On Earth Day — a time meant to focus on protecting our water and natural resources—the House Natural Resources and Tourism Committee held a hearing on a package of wetland bills, including HB 5501, 5502, 5536, 5556, and 5082. Instead of strengthening protections, these bills would weaken safeguards that have been in place for decades. Just... Read more »

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May 2026 Newsletter This is the monthly newsletter by the Montgomery County Branch of the Metro DC Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (MoCo DSA). Interested in building a socialist future? Join DSA. Want up-to-the-minute updates? Follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, Twitter, and Facebook.  Sign up for weekly updates (and see the archives) from
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The following event and its organizing are an important part of moving forward CSAN’s mission and principles. It is the active convergence of combative elements in the unions with an anti-capitalist perspective, coming together to fight against the wave of collaborationism with the boss and government that has had the intent of stamping out the […]

The post International Workers’ Day 2026! Event Announcement: A Militant Critique of Labor Notes: For a Fighting Workers Movement  first appeared on Class Struggle Action Network.

This month's Mutual Aid General Fund support goes to Decarcerate Sacramento, a community organization working to prevent jail expansions, decrease jail populations, and shift county funds away from policing and incarceration. 

The post Mutual Aid General Fund – April 2026 Recipient: Decarcerate Sacramento appeared first on A Radical Guide. by Jason Bayless