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SCOTUS Limits EPA`s Power to Combat Climate Change

The window for limiting global warming to relatively safe levels is rapidly closing.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - The Court ruled that in cases involving particularly consequential policy decisions, the agency must be able to point to clear congressional language allowing it to act.

Congress, of course, lacks the expertise, time, and ability to legislate in every area of need facing the nation.

OLCC Implores Congressional Representatives to Make Safe Banking a Top Priority Now

Cash-laden Cannabis Businesses targeted

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Outdated federal barriers to banking services continue to severely impact the legal cannabis industry in Oregon and nationwide. The problem isn’t just about the convenience of engaging in daily banking transactions like any other business, but is a direct safety issue as cannabis businesses are known to have large amounts of cash.

There is an urgent need to remove federal barriers that prevent legal cannabis businesses from obtaining access to banking.

Choice Without Shackles

Beyond the confiscation of women’s rights, I feel something else missing: a valuing — an understanding — of life itself.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - 11 states still allow the barbaric practice known as “shackling” within the system: handcuffing and chaining incarcerated pregnant women, including when they are, God help us, in labor.

The cruel absurdity of this practice is almost beyond comprehension.

Celebrate Safely this Independence Day Weekend

Before going into a forest, check fire danger level and public use restrictions.

(SPRINGFIELD, Ore.) - The Willamette National Forest Service wants everyone to enjoy a fun and safe time outdoors as we approach Independence Day weekend.

Visitors are reminded that all fireworks are prohibited on public lands at all times and we encourage visitors to keep fire safety practices in mind when vising the forest.

Supreme Court Further Erodes The Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution

If religious schools can receive tax dollars, maybe it's time for religions to pay some taxes.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - The Establishment Clause was intended to prohibit the federal government from declaring and financially supporting a national religion, such as existed in many other countries.

In 1802, Thomas Jefferson declared that when the American people adopted the Establishment Clause they built a “wall of separation" between the church and state.

Oregon will Receive Nearly $1 Million Settlement from BlockFi Cryptocurrency

BlockFi offered and sold securities in Oregon without being properly registered.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As part of its settlement with securities regulators, BlockFi agreed to pay a total of $100 million, half of which would go to the SEC and the other half to state securities regulators.

BlockFi further agreed to stop offering BlockFi Interest Accounts (BIAs) in the U.S.

25-Year-Old Inmate at Sheridan FCI Found Dead

Inmate Death at FCI Sheridan’s Satellite Camp

(SHERIDAN, Ore.) - At approximately 3:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2022, inmate Dylan Joseph Jardin was found unresponsive at the satellite camp adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Sheridan in Sheridan, Oregon.

Responding staff immediately initiated life-saving measures.

The Climate Front: People Who Live There - Dan Kammen Ph.D.

We're on a pace right now where when we get this done it'll be decades too late.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - It's really going to be this question of which utilities step up their game and become enablers of not only clean electricity, but also clean consumption.

There are huge profits for them if they enable electric vehicles.

Vow of Silence (but not quite yet)

A man's opinion on men's opinions on women's business.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Dear Fellow Men,

Time to let women speak their minds about the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade. Men have spoken, made rules, passed laws, literally pontificated, and generally exercised dominator control over women far far far too long.

The Surge

RADICAL PEACE presents the experiences of war resisters, deserters, and peace activists who are working to change our warrior culture.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - The "have a nice life" days are over in the USA. Conditions are getting inexorably worse. Americans are beginning to get the same treatment as people in the client states. As protest to this grows, the power elite will try to crush it.

But dissidents aren't causing these conditions, they're resisting them. The conditions are caused by the predatory nature of capitalism.