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The White House honors “Champions of Change” who are helping to increase science-based understanding and awareness of current and future climate change, enhancing climate literacy in K-12 classrooms, on college and university campuses, and in parks and museums across the country.
See also: Open for Questions: Dr. Holdren Answers Your Questions
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In our news wrap Monday, New England got walloped with another winter storm. Boston broke a 30-day snowfall record and the governor of Massachusetts said the state was struggling to find places to dump more snow. Also, the Italian coast guard rescued another boat of migrants adrift near Libya in the middle of extreme weather, but dozens died of hypothermia while being transported to shore.
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New details have emerged on the global bank giant HSBC’s tax-sheltering and money-laundering services for wealthy and sometimes criminal clients. According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, HSBC used its private Swiss arm to hide more than $100 billion in accounts used by weapons dealers, tax dodgers, dictators and celebrities. Leaked files reportedly include evidence that HSBC helped its clients avoid taxes in their home countries. The documents have sparked criminal probes in several countries, including the United States. In 2012, HSBC reached a $1.9 billion settlement in the United States for a massive money-laundering scheme used by drug cartels and other illegal groups. Among other allegations, the bank reportedly supplied a billion dollars to a firm whose founder had ties to al-Qaeda and shipped billions in cash from Mexico to the United States despite warnings the money was coming from drug cartels.
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Who killed five American nuns in 1992, and why has no one been held responsible? FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate a mystery from the midst of Liberia’s bloody civil war, in which hundreds of thousands of Liberians died. The five sisters were on the front lines, tending to the sick and distributing medical supplies. “There are no problems in this world,” one of them liked to say. “Only challenges.”
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On February 7th, over 8,000 people came together in Oakland to call for a ban on fracking in California. Despite some much-needed rain, the March for Real Climate Leadership was one of the biggest climate rallies California has seen — and it was biggest action against fracking anywhere in US history.
This is time lapse footage of that march passing by 17th and Telegraph in downtown Oakland.
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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh urged patience Monday, as the third major winter storm in less than two weeks dumped up to two feet of fresh snow – and misery – onto the city. (Feb. 9)
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Thom Hartmann discusses climate change with Dahr Jamail, Investigative Journalist & Staff Reporter-Truthout / Author, latest (co-written w/William Rivers Pitt): The Mass Destruction of Iraq: The Disintegration of a Nation: Why It Is Happening, and Who Is Responsible
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Thom Hartmann debates Todd Gaziano, Executive Director-Pacific Legal Foundation’s Washington, DC Center & PLF Senior Fellow for constitutional law, Website: www.pacificlegal.org/dc-center, over the proposed definition of “Waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act.
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Thom Hartmann discusses the Keystone pipleline with Tyson Slocum, Director-Public Citizen’s Energy Program Website: www.citizen.org
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For the past two years, a grassroots movement has erupted to confront President Obama over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. On September 21st, 2013, we will draw the line on Keystone XL and the tar sands to tell him that keeping his climate promises means rejecting Keystone XL.
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