Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's largest drug manufacturers, has gone on trial in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit in the US. Prosecutors accuse the firm of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying addiction risks, fuelling an "opioid epidemic"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48437082
It was 84 degrees near the Arctic Ocean this weekend as carbon dioxide hit its highest level in human history
https://m.sfgate.com/news/article/It-was-84-degrees-near-the-Arctic-Ocean-this-13843781.php
Scientists declare Earth has entered the 'Age of Man' | Influential panel votes to recognise the start of the Anthropocene epoch - The term means 'Age of man' and its origin will be back-dated to the middle of the 20th-century to mark when humans started irrevocably damaging the planet
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7074409/Scientists-declare-Earth-entered-Age-Man.html
Amazon deforestation up 20% in past year, environmental watchdog says | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amazon-rainforest-loss-20-per-cent-climate-change-1.5151950
"End fossil fuel subsidies, and stop using taxpayers’ money to destroy the world" UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the World Summit of the R20 Coalition on Tuesday
https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/05/1039241
For the second time in less than a week, the House on Tuesday failed to pass the Senate-passed $19 billion disaster aid bill after a lone Republican objected to the measure. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., objected to a request to pass the measure by unanimous consent during a pro forma session. If the bill had passed, it would have gone straight to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature. Most lawmakers are back home in their districts this week for a weeklong Memorial Day recess.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-fails-pass-disaster-aid-bill-after-second-gop-lawmaker-n1010966
Children are the most neglected and vulnerable stakeholders in climate change
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/445776-children-are-the-most-neglected-and-vulnerable-stakeholders-in-climate
Trump’s Orwellian plan to ruin our children’s health and erase their future ; Trump appointee directs USGS to stop looking at any climate change impacts after the year 2040.
https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-orwellian-environmental-plan-hurts-children-27b40ff2de3f/
Seth Moulton discloses PTSD, unveils military mental health proposal
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/seth-moulton-ptsd-mental-health-1345848
Clarence Thomas Pens Screed Comparing Women Who Obtain Abortions to Eugenicists
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/clarence-thomas-indiana-abortion-eugenics-nondiscrimination.html
The latest head to roll in President Trump’s continued purge of top Homeland Security officials is that of Lee Francis Cissna, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-lee-francis-cissna-trump-fire-homeland-security-purge-20190528-story.html
Trump’s Foxconn boondoggle could end up being a big liability
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/28/trumps-foxconn-boondoggle-could-end-up-being-big-liability/
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