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Good News for Lefties and America. Hello, Hello, Hello, and
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thank you for joining another episode of Good News for
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left East. I'm Baowulf Ackland, your host, ready to help
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you swap out doom and gloom for some genuine hope
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with uplifting stories for democracy defenders, progressives, liberal socialists, leftists,
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and anyone who believes in making America a better place
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for everyone. Today's troubling headlines often overwhelm us, and I'm
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sure if you follow the news, you'll read or hear
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about some of them today. All the bad news makes
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it easy to lose sight of hope, and that's exactly
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why it's vital to highlight the positive progressive wins happening
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every day in the United States of America. To help
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us spread the positivity. If you enjoy the show, please
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rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your
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podcast platform of choice. It helps more lefties like you
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hear more good news stories and stay positive and motivated
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for the days ahead. Now, let's get to some good
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news headlines designed to brighten your day. Amazon's two point
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five billion dollar settlement with the Federal Trade Commission marks
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a notable win for consumer rights and showcases the growing
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power of effective government oversight. The FTC's action, sparked by
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widespread complaints of consumers being signed up for Amazon Prime
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without clear consent and then getting ensnared in a needlessly
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complex cancellation process, holds one of the world's largest corporations
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directly accountable for its choices. Millions of everyday Americans who
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were swept into Prime subscriptions without genuinely opting in can
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now expect a share of the one point five billion
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dollar fund set aside for restitution, promising direct financial relief
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for as many as thirty five million customers. This outcome
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signals a step forward in ensuring that tech giants operate
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on terms that respect fair treatment of people, not just
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profit margins. The settlement doesn't just offer restitution, It forces
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Amazon to overhaul its sign up and cancelation systems, requiring
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clear opt out choices and straightforward cancelation pathways. These meaningful
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improvements are expected to make Prime membership genuinely voluntary and
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fully under customer control going forward for the broader movement
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toward adjust economy. The case illustrates the importance and real
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impact of government intervention under the FTC's news instructions. Amazon
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is prohibited from using manipulative online tactics that quietly enroll
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people in paid services. These changes were driven by persistent
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advocacy and organizing that forced open the black box of
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corporate tech interfaces. No longer can platforms rely on design
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tricks or foot dragging bureaucracy to lock in subscribers against
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their will. While Amazon still faces additional legal challenges over
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its monopolistic behavior, the present settlement builds momentum for greater
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accountability across the tech sector. Progressive pressure is working. More
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and more regulators are standing up for people's rights online
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and putting consumer choice at the heart of the digital marketplace.
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Rhode Island and Connecticut are taking a stand for clean
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energy and good jobs, suing the Trump administration for its
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abrupt halt of the nearly completed Revolution Wind project. Both
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states alleged the administration acted unlawfully when it attempted to
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derail a project that was already eighty per cent built
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and fully permitted after years of rigorous environmental and national
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security reviews. State official stress that this reckless order jeopardizes
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thousands of union jobs, affordable electricity for hundreds of thousands
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of homes and billions of dollars in investment that would
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help the region fight the climate crisis. Leaders from both
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states have made it clear the administration's backward pivot on
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offshore Wind is a direct attack on working families, economic progress,
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and responsible climate action. Connecticut Attorney General William Tung called
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the federal move erratic and reckless, while Rhode Island's Senator
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Sheldon Whitehouse described it as fueling higher energy costs than
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accelerating climate threats, all to appease fossil fuel backers. Even
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Republican leaning union workers who helped build Revolution Wind have
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voiced outrage, saying the shutdown tramples both jobs and community trust.
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Legal filings highlight that the stop work order was issued
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without real evidence or statutory authority, just vague references to
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unsubstantiated national security concerns both orsted and skyborne renewables. The
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project's developers immediately sued for an injunction, warning that delays
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could escalate costs by over one billion dollars in risk
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project cancelation. A federal judge promptly sided with the developers,
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slamming the administration's move as arbitrary and capricious and ordering
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work on the project to resume. This case is now
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a pivotal fight for the future of renewables in America.
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Rhode Island and Connecticut are demonstrating the power of persistent
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people first advocacy to overcome politically motivated obstacles and secure
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a cleaner, more affordable energy future. For New England, the
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tide is turning against the fossil fuel lobby, with courts
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citing squarely with public interest and renewable innovation. Before we
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get back to the news, I want to tell you
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about an important podcast called This Week Again, hosted by
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Suzanne Posele. It takes a humorous look at politics and
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current events one week at a time. It's a funny, angry, progressive, sarcastic,
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hilarious podcast that drops every Sunday and, in my opinion,
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is the largest single repository of creatively insulting names for
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Donald Trump. Mango Mussolini and Orange Julius Caesar are just
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week and you want a laugh into the bargain, listen
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pos e L This Week Again, Listen, Laugh, Repeat. George
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Takay has been named the honorary chair of Banned Book
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Weeks twenty twenty five, a national campaign that celebrates the
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right to read and shines a spotlight on efforts to
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remove books from libraries and schools. The American Library Association
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selected the veteran actor and activist who has powerfully shared
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his experiences both as a childhood survivor of Japanese American
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incarceration during World War II and is a gay man
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who came out later in life. Tokay's own acclaimed graphic
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memoir They Called Us Enemy, has been a frequent target
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of censors, underscoring the urgent need for this year's campaign.
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Takay's mission for Banned Books Week draws on his deeply
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personal memories of isolation and hunger for understanding, first as
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a child behind barbed wire, then as a young man
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searching for lg GBTQ representation in literature. He has urged
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Americans to stand together against the wave of censorship sweeping
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the country, noting that books are critical to nurturing informed,
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empathetic societies. Please stand with me in opposing censorship, to
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Kay said, so that we all can find ourselves and
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each other in books. Banned Books Week running October fifth
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through eleventh, is now in its forty third year and
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centers on the theme censorship is So nineteen eighty four
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Read Your Rights to Kay's appointment highlights how bands continue
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to target works by and about LGBTQ people and communities
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of color. His latest memoir, at Rhymes with Decay is
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expected to provoke further important conversations about identity, oppression, and
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resilience in the face of injustice. Ta Ka will share
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his leadership with Honorary Youth Chair Iris Mogul, an anti
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banning activist and college student. Together they'll call on on readers,
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writers and librarians to resist efforts to keep marginalized stories
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off shelves and to champion the transformative power of reading,
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especially in challenging times. A mid century Manhattan co op
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has become a trailblazer for energy efficiency, embracing a fully
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electric future that's already paying off for its residents and
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the climate. The thirteen story, one hundred and ten unit
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building at four to twenty Beakman Hill, once powered by
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gas fueled steam, has replaced its outdated system with state
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of the art heat pumps, slashing utility bills and shrinking
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its carbon footprint. The move enabled the building to meet
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New York City's ambitious emissions targets twenty five years ahead
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of schedule, setting a new sustainability standard under local Law
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ninety seven. Residents, led by architect and board member Randy Gerder,
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rally behind the vision to ditch fossil fuels, leveraging public
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incentives and grants to make the three point eight million
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dollar retrofit viable. They secured over one million dollars from
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con Edison plus help from New York's energy programs, demonstrating
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how strategic leadership and city support can empower older buildings
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to modernize without financial hardship. Even during construction, daily life
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went uninterrupted and residents maintained full access to heating and cooling,
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proving such transitions can be painless and practical. The project's
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technical success went beyond just swapping out equipment. Engineers designed
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a system that not only provides individual climate comfort with
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rooftop heat pumps, but also recycles excess heat in summer
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to produce hot water more efficiently. A smart monitoring setup
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insures reliability and fair use across the building, while community
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engagement and transparent decision making built resident trust throughout the process. Today,
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the building's utility caststs have dropped by forty percent, residents
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are enjoying more comfortable homes, and the greenhouse gas emissions
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have fallen by over seventy five percent, With most co
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op apartments still below Midtown's median price. Beakman's Hill overhaul
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stands as proof that bold, climate friendly upgrades can boost
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value and affordability, while inspiring other New Yorkers to join
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the clean energy movement. Up next, a listener suggested story
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back in a minute, and now, a listener suggested story
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from ingrid in Bozeman, Montana. A federal judge in Montana
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has delivered a vital wind for wildlife conservation, striking down
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a plan to expand livestock grazing in key grizzly bear
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habitat just north of Yellowstone National Park. The court found
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that the US Forest Service had failed to properly assess
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the broad impacts on grizzly connectivity, as required by environmental
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law and ordered officials to revisit the East Paradise grazing
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proposal with a more rigorous analysis before authorizing any future expansion.
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Conservation groups argued, and the judge agreed that putting more
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cattle into core recovery areas would undermine recovery have threatened
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grizzlies by increasing risks of deadly conflicts and fragmenting the
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crucial pathways these bears need to move, mate, and thrive.
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The court's decision noted that habitat connectivity is essential to
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the long term viability of grizzlies in the lower forty
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eight states. While the Forest Service correctly described the current
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baseline for grizzly populations, it failed to weigh cumulative grazing
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impacts and neglected to prepare a full environmental impact statement.
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Both serious legal oversights advocates and wildlife attorneys welcome the ruling,
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emphasizing that federal agencies must rely on the best available
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science and prioritize er cutovery over short term commercial interests.
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This case shines a spotline on the need for responsible
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management of public lands where stewardship of endangered species must
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take precedence. The Judges directives now protect important corridors for
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genetic exchange between Yellowstone and Glacier area bears, a goal
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scientists say is fundamental to restoring healthy populations. The Judges
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directives now protect important corridors for genetic exchange between Yellowstone
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National Park and Glacier National Park Area bears, a goal
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scientists say is fundamental to restoring healthy populations. While Rancher
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has expressed disappointment over lost grazing allotments, conservation voices insisted
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that public lands are not just for profit, their home
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to irreplaceable wildlife and natural heritage. With this precedent, the
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Forest Service is required to reconsider its decision. Grisley recovery
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a much needed boost and reaffirming the principle that America's
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wild spaces must serve ecological and community needs first. Thank
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you so much for that story, ingrid. If you have thoughts, ideas,
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a DEVOTED maga supporter and, activist has turned his personal
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that often demands loyalty above all. Else logis's journey from
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understanding instead of. Judgment Leaving maga has grown into a
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logis describes the work as an unlikely accidental activism rooted
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to prohibit most law enforcement, officers including federal immigration, agents
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from wearing masks or face coverings while carrying out official.
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Duties Governor Gavin newsom signed the measure On, saturday declaring
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that the state has a responsibility to ensure residents can
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Los angeles earlier this, year where federal agents and masks
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conducted sweeping arrests that sparked community outrage and. Protests advocates
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californians a basic level of. Accountability civil rights groups pray
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to move as a recognition that transparency in policing is
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National guard troops and marines into the, city an unprecedented
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deployment that critics say militarize to civil enforcement. Action in,
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immigrant communities and residents from secretive enforcement. Tactics by banning
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face coverings for, Officers california has taken another step in
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supporters say residents should always know who is policing their,
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Good News for Lefties and America. Hello, Hello, Hello, and
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thank you for joining another episode of Good News for
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left East. I'm Baowulf Ackland, your host, ready to help
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you swap out doom and gloom for some genuine hope
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with uplifting stories for democracy defenders, progressives, liberal socialists, leftists,
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and anyone who believes in making America a better place
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for everyone. Today's troubling headlines often overwhelm us, and I'm
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sure if you follow the news, you'll read or hear
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about some of them today. All the bad news makes
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it easy to lose sight of hope, and that's exactly
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why it's vital to highlight the positive progressive wins happening
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every day in the United States of America. To help
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us spread the positivity. If you enjoy the show, please
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rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your
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podcast platform of choice. It helps more lefties like you
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hear more good news stories and stay positive and motivated
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for the days ahead. Now, let's get to some good
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news headlines designed to brighten your day. Amazon's two point
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five billion dollar settlement with the Federal Trade Commission marks
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a notable win for consumer rights and showcases the growing
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power of effective government oversight. The FTC's action, sparked by
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widespread complaints of consumers being signed up for Amazon Prime
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without clear consent and then getting ensnared in a needlessly
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complex cancellation process, holds one of the world's largest corporations
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directly accountable for its choices. Millions of everyday Americans who
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were swept into Prime subscriptions without genuinely opting in can
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now expect a share of the one point five billion
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dollar fund set aside for restitution, promising direct financial relief
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for as many as thirty five million customers. This outcome
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signals a step forward in ensuring that tech giants operate
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on terms that respect fair treatment of people, not just
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profit margins. The settlement doesn't just offer restitution, It forces
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Amazon to overhaul its sign up and cancelation systems, requiring
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clear opt out choices and straightforward cancelation pathways. These meaningful
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improvements are expected to make Prime membership genuinely voluntary and
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fully under customer control going forward for the broader movement
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toward adjust economy. The case illustrates the importance and real
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impact of government intervention under the FTC's news instructions. Amazon
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is prohibited from using manipulative online tactics that quietly enroll
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people in paid services. These changes were driven by persistent
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advocacy and organizing that forced open the black box of
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corporate tech interfaces. No longer can platforms rely on design
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tricks or foot dragging bureaucracy to lock in subscribers against
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their will. While Amazon still faces additional legal challenges over
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its monopolistic behavior, the present settlement builds momentum for greater
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accountability across the tech sector. Progressive pressure is working. More
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and more regulators are standing up for people's rights online
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and putting consumer choice at the heart of the digital marketplace.
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Rhode Island and Connecticut are taking a stand for clean
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energy and good jobs, suing the Trump administration for its
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abrupt halt of the nearly completed Revolution Wind project. Both
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states alleged the administration acted unlawfully when it attempted to
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derail a project that was already eighty per cent built
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and fully permitted after years of rigorous environmental and national
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security reviews. State official stress that this reckless order jeopardizes
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thousands of union jobs, affordable electricity for hundreds of thousands
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of homes and billions of dollars in investment that would
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help the region fight the climate crisis. Leaders from both
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states have made it clear the administration's backward pivot on
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offshore Wind is a direct attack on working families, economic progress,
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and responsible climate action. Connecticut Attorney General William Tung called
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the federal move erratic and reckless, while Rhode Island's Senator
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Sheldon Whitehouse described it as fueling higher energy costs than
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accelerating climate threats, all to appease fossil fuel backers. Even
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Republican leaning union workers who helped build Revolution Wind have
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voiced outrage, saying the shutdown tramples both jobs and community trust.
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Legal filings highlight that the stop work order was issued
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without real evidence or statutory authority, just vague references to
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unsubstantiated national security concerns both orsted and skyborne renewables. The
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project's developers immediately sued for an injunction, warning that delays
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could escalate costs by over one billion dollars in risk
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project cancelation. A federal judge promptly sided with the developers,
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slamming the administration's move as arbitrary and capricious and ordering
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work on the project to resume. This case is now
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a pivotal fight for the future of renewables in America.
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Rhode Island and Connecticut are demonstrating the power of persistent
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people first advocacy to overcome politically motivated obstacles and secure
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a cleaner, more affordable energy future. For New England, the
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tide is turning against the fossil fuel lobby, with courts
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citing squarely with public interest and renewable innovation. Before we
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get back to the news, I want to tell you
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about an important podcast called This Week Again, hosted by
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Suzanne Posele. It takes a humorous look at politics and
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current events one week at a time. It's a funny, angry, progressive, sarcastic,
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hilarious podcast that drops every Sunday and, in my opinion,
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is the largest single repository of creatively insulting names for
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Donald Trump. Mango Mussolini and Orange Julius Caesar are just
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the beginning. So if you want to recap of the
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week and you want a laugh into the bargain, listen
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to This Week Again with Suzanne Posele on this platform
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pos e L This Week Again, Listen, Laugh, Repeat. George
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Takay has been named the honorary chair of Banned Book
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Weeks twenty twenty five, a national campaign that celebrates the
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right to read and shines a spotlight on efforts to
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remove books from libraries and schools. The American Library Association
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selected the veteran actor and activist who has powerfully shared
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his experiences both as a childhood survivor of Japanese American
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incarceration during World War II and is a gay man
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who came out later in life. Tokay's own acclaimed graphic
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memoir They Called Us Enemy, has been a frequent target
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of censors, underscoring the urgent need for this year's campaign.
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Takay's mission for Banned Books Week draws on his deeply
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personal memories of isolation and hunger for understanding, first as
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a child behind barbed wire, then as a young man
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searching for lg GBTQ representation in literature. He has urged
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Americans to stand together against the wave of censorship sweeping
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the country, noting that books are critical to nurturing informed,
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empathetic societies. Please stand with me in opposing censorship, to
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Kay said, so that we all can find ourselves and
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each other in books. Banned Books Week running October fifth
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through eleventh, is now in its forty third year and
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centers on the theme censorship is So nineteen eighty four
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Read Your Rights to Kay's appointment highlights how bands continue
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to target works by and about LGBTQ people and communities
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of color. His latest memoir, at Rhymes with Decay is
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expected to provoke further important conversations about identity, oppression, and
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resilience in the face of injustice. Ta Ka will share
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his leadership with Honorary Youth Chair Iris Mogul, an anti
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banning activist and college student. Together they'll call on on readers,
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writers and librarians to resist efforts to keep marginalized stories
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off shelves and to champion the transformative power of reading,
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especially in challenging times. A mid century Manhattan co op
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has become a trailblazer for energy efficiency, embracing a fully
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electric future that's already paying off for its residents and
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the climate. The thirteen story, one hundred and ten unit
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building at four to twenty Beakman Hill, once powered by
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gas fueled steam, has replaced its outdated system with state
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of the art heat pumps, slashing utility bills and shrinking
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its carbon footprint. The move enabled the building to meet
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New York City's ambitious emissions targets twenty five years ahead
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of schedule, setting a new sustainability standard under local Law
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ninety seven. Residents, led by architect and board member Randy Gerder,
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rally behind the vision to ditch fossil fuels, leveraging public
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incentives and grants to make the three point eight million
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dollar retrofit viable. They secured over one million dollars from
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con Edison plus help from New York's energy programs, demonstrating
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how strategic leadership and city support can empower older buildings
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to modernize without financial hardship. Even during construction, daily life
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went uninterrupted and residents maintained full access to heating and cooling,
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proving such transitions can be painless and practical. The project's
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technical success went beyond just swapping out equipment. Engineers designed
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a system that not only provides individual climate comfort with
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rooftop heat pumps, but also recycles excess heat in summer
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to produce hot water more efficiently. A smart monitoring setup
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insures reliability and fair use across the building, while community
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engagement and transparent decision making built resident trust throughout the process. Today,
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the building's utility caststs have dropped by forty percent, residents
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are enjoying more comfortable homes, and the greenhouse gas emissions
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have fallen by over seventy five percent, With most co
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op apartments still below Midtown's median price. Beakman's Hill overhaul
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stands as proof that bold, climate friendly upgrades can boost
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value and affordability, while inspiring other New Yorkers to join
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the clean energy movement. Up next, a listener suggested story
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back in a minute, and now, a listener suggested story
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from ingrid in Bozeman, Montana. A federal judge in Montana
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has delivered a vital wind for wildlife conservation, striking down
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a plan to expand livestock grazing in key grizzly bear
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habitat just north of Yellowstone National Park. The court found
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that the US Forest Service had failed to properly assess
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the broad impacts on grizzly connectivity, as required by environmental
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law and ordered officials to revisit the East Paradise grazing
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proposal with a more rigorous analysis before authorizing any future expansion.
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Conservation groups argued, and the judge agreed that putting more
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cattle into core recovery areas would undermine recovery have threatened
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grizzlies by increasing risks of deadly conflicts and fragmenting the
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crucial pathways these bears need to move, mate, and thrive.
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The court's decision noted that habitat connectivity is essential to
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the long term viability of grizzlies in the lower forty
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eight states. While the Forest Service correctly described the current
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baseline for grizzly populations, it failed to weigh cumulative grazing
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impacts and neglected to prepare a full environmental impact statement.
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Both serious legal oversights advocates and wildlife attorneys welcome the ruling,
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emphasizing that federal agencies must rely on the best available
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science and prioritize er cutovery over short term commercial interests.
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This case shines a spotline on the need for responsible
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management of public lands where stewardship of endangered species must
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take precedence. The Judges directives now protect important corridors for
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genetic exchange between Yellowstone and Glacier area bears, a goal
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scientists say is fundamental to restoring healthy populations. The Judges
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directives now protect important corridors for genetic exchange between Yellowstone
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National Park and Glacier National Park Area bears, a goal
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scientists say is fundamental to restoring healthy populations. While Rancher
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that public lands are not just for profit, their home
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to irreplaceable wildlife and natural heritage. With this precedent, the
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Forest Service is required to reconsider its decision. Grisley recovery
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a much needed boost and reaffirming the principle that America's
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wild spaces must serve ecological and community needs first. Thank
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America here's what you've been missing on The Stephanie Miller
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United, states with minimal responsibility over. There and now it's
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about Maybe i'll just go make my money off Of.
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Ukraine and he really Thinks putin is you want to
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say it's whoever he talks to, last because he's such
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a dunce because he talked To. Zelensky All putin has
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to do is threaten him or or you, know suck
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wrote that up for.
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his friend's.
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Headline california has become the first state in the nation
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to prohibit most law enforcement, officers including federal immigration, agents
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from wearing masks or face coverings while carrying out official.
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Duties Governor Gavin newsom signed the measure On, saturday declaring
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that the state has a responsibility to ensure residents can
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identify those wielding state and federal. Power the new law
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comes in direct response to heavily criticized immigration raids In
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Los angeles earlier this, year where federal agents and masks
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conducted sweeping arrests that sparked community outrage and. Protests advocates
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argued the practice created a fear and intimidation while Denying
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californians a basic level of. Accountability civil rights groups pray
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to move as a recognition that transparency in policing is
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essential to building trust between officers and the communities they.
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Serve during the, Raids Donald trump escalated tensions by Sending
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National guard troops and marines into the, city an unprecedented
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deployment that critics say militarize to civil enforcement. Action in,
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Contrast california leaders pushed back with legislation meant to protect
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immigrant communities and residents from secretive enforcement. Tactics by banning
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face coverings for, Officers california has taken another step in
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setting a national standard for civil rights and community. Trust
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supporters say residents should always know who is policing their,
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neighborhoods and the change reflects a vision of public safety
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that is, open, accountable and respectful of democratic. Values
