Governor Newsom Stands Up To Big Oil
In a strong move to hold oil companies responsible for the economic and public health dangers of oil wells left...
Category: Betterment
Pharma lobby furious over wildly popular effort to curb drug prices
Predictably, the pharmaceutical lobby responded with outrage on Tuesday after the Biden administration took its first, modest step toward directly...
Biden Admin Proposes ‘Much-Needed’ Overtime Protections for 3.6 Million Workers
Labor rights advocates within and beyond Congress celebrated on Wednesday after the Biden administration proposed a federal rule to restore...
Biden Admin to Protect Wildlife From Pesticides
The Center for Biological Diversity said Tuesday that a legal agreement it has reached with two federal agencies will help...
Biden Administration Announces It’s Forgiving Student Debt for 800,000 Borrowers
On Friday, the Education Department announced that it is going to cancel student debt for over 800,000 borrowers who previously...
Inflation Reduction Act Already Lowering US Greenhouse Gas Emissions
For those of us following the cleantech industry closely, we already know this: the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is...
Analysts Say Solar Is Saving Texans From Widespread Power Outages Amid Extreme Heat
A sweltering heatwave has gripped Texas over the last two weeks, pushing temperatures to 115 degrees F in parts of...
Huge Drop in Oil Demand as Electric Vehicle Sales Rise
We focus a lot on electric cars here at CleanTechnica, but while replacing conventional cars with battery-electric ones will help reduce...
To End ‘Disgrace’ of Poverty Wages, Sanders Bill Would Hike Federal Minimum to $17
Decrying the “national disgrace” of poverty wages in the world’s richest country, Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday introduced legislation that...
How union workers are breaking new barriers
The device failed to turn on, so Sapien picked up another. When it also failed, he reached for a third....
Biden Plans To Shore Up Medicare By Making The Rich Pay Their Share
President Biden’s plan to save Medicare raises taxes on the wealthy and eliminates a loophole that allows the rich to...
‘Biggest conservation victory ever!’ Global ocean protection treaty terms established
Ocean conservationists expressed elation late Saturday after it was announced—following nearly two decades of consideration and effort—that delegates from around...
Senator Raphael Warnock’s re-election is a victory for Social Security
Social Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock’s re-election is a win...
Harvesting Solar Energy Is a Big Win for Farmers
America’s solar industry has boomed in recent years, and is slated for a big boost from the Democrats’ recently passed climate bill....
California’s newest law is historic progress for fast food workers
On Labor Day morning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 257, regulating fast food workers’ rights. The bill, otherwise known...
‘New form of capitalism’: Why Patagonia’s billionaire founder donated his company to fight climate change
The 83-year-old founder of the outdoor-themed clothing brand Patagonia and his family have given away ownership of the three-billion-dollar conglomerate so that...
Unionized employees are leading the fight for safer workplaces
A worker at the International Paper mill in Prattville, Alabama, was performing routine maintenance on a paper-making machine in mid-June...
‘This Will Save Lives’: California Answers Insulin Crisis With Plan to Make Its Own
Healthcare advocates on Thursday cheered an announcement that California will take on Big Pharma greed and the insulin affordability crisis...
Apple Store Workers In Maryland Become First To Unionize
Workers at an Apple store outside Baltimore have formed the tech giant’s first retail union in the U.S., marking another...
Solar power for free? This nonprofit offers installation, panels, and maintenance at no cost
For most homeowners in the U.S., it will take roughly eight years to break even on a solar power investment....
Biden Administration Proposes Obamacare Tweak That Could Help 1.2 Million
The Biden administration is proposing a major policy change that it believes will help 200,000 uninsured Americans get comprehensive health plans while making coverage...
‘David Beats Goliath’: Workers in New York Vote to Form Amazon’s First-Ever Union in US
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York won their election Friday to form the retail giant’s first-ever union in the...
Grassroots energy projects are taking back power from utility companies
From solar power that cuts NYC energy bills and powers streetlights in Detroit to affordable high-speed internet throughout the United...
Thanks to the Infrastructure bill, the US will be replacing all lead water pipes
15 billion of federal money from the Infrastructure bill will go to funding a project that would replace all old...
Majority of World’s Oil and Gas Workers Want to Seek Employment in Renewable Energy Industry
More than half of workers in the global oil and gas sector say they are interested in pursuing employment in...
President Biden Raises Minimum Wage for All Federal Contract Workers to $15
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Pramila Jayapal celebrated Monday’s announcement from the U.S. Labor Department that all federal contract...
Solar job numbers keep rising
The ongoing ravages of Covid-19 last year, and related solar power price inflation, failed to dent the photovoltaic industry’s ability...
Voters really like Biden’s Build Back Better Act — and are happy to tax the rich for it
The $3.5 trillion dollar Build Back Better Act of 2021, in its current form, faces opposition in Congress not only...
‘Incredible’: Covid Stimulus Funds Reduced Overall US Poverty in 2020
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing spike in unemployment, poverty in the U.S. declined by roughly 2.6% from 2019 to...
Senate Democrats fighting to tax billionaires and pass bill to invest in working families
The collective wealth of the top billionaires in the U.S. has increased by nearly two-thirds during the pandemic, not only...
26 million workers have gotten a raise thanks to the Fight for $15
The Fight for $15 kicked off in November 2012, with a relatively small—yet also historically large—group of New York City...
Police Departments Invest In Teslas To Save Fuel $$
Cities looking to do right by their communities on climate are greening their expenditures, and that goal is made a...
Democrats’ child tax credit payments will hit bank accounts soon
Back in March, when Democrats were still working to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan into law,...
Biden targets big tech in executive order aimed at anti-competitive practices
Joe Biden has signed an executive order targeting anti-competitive practices across the economy that could have major ramifications for America’s...
Record High Number of Americans Now Get Their Coverage Through ‘Obamacare’
More people than ever are getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, providing new proof of the law’s value...
Report Shows Stimulus Checks Significantly Reduced Hardship for Families
A new report finds that the direct relief checks that were sent out as part of the stimulus packages passed...
Biden pledges to restore the IRS and crack down on rich tax cheats
In what is a ridiculously long overdue proposal, President Joe Biden is advocating doubling the size of the IRS, adding tens...
Administration Releases “America The Beautiful” Conservation Plan
The Biden administration laid out its plan on Thursday to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. The report seeks...
U.S. Department Of Energy Spurs Solar Deployment In Underserved Communities
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a slate of new efforts, including $15.5 million in new funding, to...
Biden Order Will Raise Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers to $15 an Hour
President Joe Biden on Tuesday plans to sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for workers under federal contracts...
Report Says Electric Cars Will Save Americans $2.7 Trillion, Create 2 Million Jobs
A new report by the University of California at Berkeley makes several bold claims. First, it says all new cars and trucks...
Corporate taxes can’t stay low while America crumbles
The days since President Joe Biden introduced his infrastructure plan have seen an all-hands push from his economic team to convince the...
Biden Administration Takes Out The Trump Trash By Getting Rid Of 40 Trump EPA Appointees
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan has dismissed more than 40 key science advisers appointed by former President Donald Trump, a move...
Bernie Sanders Introduces Bills to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
A head of a subcommittee hearing on the “soaring” cost of prescription drugs in the U.S., Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont),...
Biden To Raise Taxes On The Rich After Cutting Child Poverty In Half
President Biden cut child poverty in half with the American Rescue Plan, and he is following it up by making...
Nearly 60% of Americans Support A $15/Hour Minimum Living Wage
The idea of raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025 from its current $7.25 is broadly popular, a Reuters/Ipsos...
