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AOC, The Squad, and Jayapal Join Revolt Against Manchin BillSeptember 3

A new report shows that switching to a new decarbonizing energy system in the U.S. could save over $500 billion a year and thousands of human lives. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Decarbonizing US Energy System Would Save 50,000 Lives and $600 Billion a Year: Study - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/17/decarbonizing-us-energy-system-would-save-50000-lives-and-600-billion-year-study "A new study adds to the case for urgent decarbonization of the U.S. energy system, finding that slashing air pollution emissions from energy-related sources would bring near-term public health gains including preventing over 50,000 premature deaths and save $608 billion in associated benefits annually. "Our work provides a sense of the scale of the air quality health benefits that could accompany deep decarbonization of the U.S. energy system," said Nick Mailloux, lead author of the study and a graduate student at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment in University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. "Shifting to clean energy sources," Mailloux said, "can provide enormous benefit for public health in the near term while mitigating climate change in the longer term."" ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 18

Economic justice and environmental justice are interconnected in numerous ways, both need to be addressed and can be impacted through the Green amendment. John Iadarola and Kerri Evelyn Harris break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Get Involved - https://midatlanticjustice.org/ "Your vision can define your community. Our regional initiative, MAJC Now, works towards solutions that address economic needs, toxic hazards, and community health. We assist impacted residents to envision the changes they want to see for their communities, identify and pursue funding sources, and track the implementation of the funding." ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 10

Conservative Democrat Senators Joe Manchin and Mark Kelly joined their Republican colleagues in blocking President Biden from declaring a national emergency from the effects of climate change. The Biden administration has been under pressure from environmentalists to declare the emergency from his first days in office and although the decision is non-binding, Manchin and Kelly have shown where their loyalties lie on climate issues.May 5

President Biden gets rid of Donald Trump's favored lighting choice, the incandescent lightbulb, which was largely inefficient for power and environmental standards. The end of the ancient lightbulb will save big on power bills for consumers in America. John Iadarola and Jordan Uhl break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Trump saved this old-fashioned lightbulb. Biden’s now phasing it out. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/04/26/biden-incandescent-lightbulb-ban-trump/ "The end has come for the old-fashioned incandescent lightbulb. The Energy Department finalized two rules Monday requiring manufacturers to sell energy-efficient lightbulbs, effectively putting a “sell-by” date on older, inefficient bulbs that don’t meet the new standards. The move will speed the pace of a lighting revolution that is already well underway, driving down electricity use, saving consumers money and slashing greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector." ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 27

Donald Trump is back at it fighting against windmills and turbines by claiming that they’re a waste to the economy since they kill birds and are too expensive to produce. Trump has been on this rampage for years and years now after a wind farm was built near one of his golf courses in Scotland. April 14

In a UK interview a young climate activist, Miranda Whelehan, campaigning for Just Stop Oil gets berated by hosts and the guest. The interview shockingly parallels a talk show scene from the Netflix movie, 'Don't Look Up.'John Iadarola and Nelini Stamp break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Life Imitates Art in UK Climate Activist's 'Don't Look Up' TV Interview - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/13/life-imitates-art-uk-climate-activists-dont-look-tv-interview "The deeply condescending treatment endured by a British climate activist during a Tuesday television interview bore what many observers are calling an eerie resemblance to a scene from the dystopian Netflix film Don't Look Up. "The budget for Don't Look Up was $75 million. Turns out, they could have saved all of that money by just playing this interview." "The parallels with scenes from Don't Look Up were hard to ignore in that shambles of an interview," the activist group Just Stop Oil (JSO) tweeted. "We're asking everyone to #LookUp and realize how our government [is] signing a death sentence for us all by approving new oil and gas projects in the U.K."" ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 14

As gas prices near record-high prices, executives from major oil and gas companies recently testified in front of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on whether the companies prioritize profits over domestic oil and gas production. Although this was a rare opportunity for lawmakers to press execs on their role in driving climate change, some GOP lawmakers like Dan Crenshaw encouraged the companies to continue with business as usual to continue the path towards irreversible climate change. April 8

Los Angeles Police Department bring a wall of cops to surround climate change protestors in DTLA, but not the right-wing Disney Land protestors? John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Climate change protest prompts large police presence in DTLA; Activists chain themselves to doors of Chase Bank - https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/climate-change-protests-prompts-large-police-presence-in-dtla/ "A nationwide climate change protest prompted a large law enforcement presence in Downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, after protestors were asked to leave on several instances but failed to do so. Protestors initially gathered in Pershing Park at around 1 p.m., just days after an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change analysis on how to address the climate emergency was released - and in the midst of another sudden heat wave in the middle of April." ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 8

John Iadarola and Wosny Lambre break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: IPCC: We can tackle climate change if big oil gets out of the way - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/05/ipcc-report-scientists-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels "The fossil fuel industry and its influence over policy was the major elephant in the room looming over the release of the third and final report, out this week, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading climate authority. The major source of contention: how do you talk about mitigating climate change without confronting the fossil fuel industry? “It’s like Star Wars without Darth Vader,” says environmental sociologist Robert Brulle, of Brown University. The first two reports, both released over the last year, highlighted the physical science on climate effects and countries’ vulnerability to further warming. But this third report deals more with the potential solutions, which have been a focal point of controversy in recent years for both the fossil fuel industry and the governments of oil-rich nations." ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 7

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court voted to reinstate a Trump-era pro-pollution amendment to the Clean Water Act, which limits states’ role in enforcing the Act. The Supreme Court made the decision without hearing oral arguments as well as not issuing any reasoning backing up their decision. April 6

Fox News guest and Daily Wire contributor Luke Rosiak took time out of his interview with Tucker Carlson to bully climate activist Greta Thunberg for having Asperger’s Syndrome. March 14

John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Study Warns of 'Profound' Consequences as Amazon Nears 'Tipping Point' - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/07/study-warns-profound-consequences-amazon-nears-tipping-point "The ability of the Amazon rainforest to recover from devastating droughts and wildfires has been declining over the past two decades, driving the crucial ecosystem to what authors of a study published Monday called a "critical transformation" with "profound" consequences. The research, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, revealed that the world's largest rainforest "has been losing resilience since the early 2000s, risking dieback with profound implications for biodiversity, carbon storage, and climate change at a global scale" as rainforest irreversibly transforms to savanna." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJohn Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Study Warns of 'Profound' Consequences as Amazon Nears 'Tipping Point' - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/07/study-warns-profound-consequences-amazon-nears-tipping-point "The ability of the Amazon rainforest to recover from devastating droughts and wildfires has been declining over the past two decades, driving the crucial ecosystem to what authors of a study published Monday called a "critical transformation" with "profound" consequences. The research, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, revealed that the world's largest rainforest "has been losing resilience since the early 2000s, risking dieback with profound implications for biodiversity, carbon storage, and climate change at a global scale" as rainforest irreversibly transforms to savanna." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 11

In an appearance on the Full Send Podcast with the Nelk Boys, Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to green energy, and in particular windmills. Trump ended up blaming Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on windmills, saying that they’re incredibly inefficient and destroy the beauty of natural landscapes.March 10

Ben Shapiro claims people living in poverty don't have any interest in climate change or environmental issues in general. John Iadarola and Ana Kasparian break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Ben Shapiro mocked for saying 4C of global warming not an ‘emergency’: ‘You better get good at swimming’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/ben-shapiro-global-warming-4c-b1831951.html "Right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro has been mocked online after saying the potential rise of global temperatures by 4C due to global warming is not an “emergency”. In a recent clip from The Ben Shapiro Show shared on Twitter, the commentator discussed the decision of Scientific American to begin using the phrase “climate emergency” over “climate change.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 10

The U.S. Navy’s leaking oil tanks that have been polluting Oahu, Hawaii’s drinking water are finally permanently shutting down. The WWII-era fuel storage tanks have been slowly contaminating the drinking water of thousands of nearby residents with petroleum for years.March 9

At a recent White House press conference, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy got absolutely wrecked by Jen Psaki on the current state of oil production and gas prices. Doocy is pushing for an increase in oil drilling and the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, even though the actual solution to the high gas prices is limiting U.S. oil exports and adopting green energy policies.March 8

The Marshall Islands have been U.S. territory since the end of WWII and have witnessed the testing and detonation of dozens of atomic bombs. Today, the Marshallese people are still being affected by the fallout of these tests as the U.S. government is trying to scale back their promised economic and infrastructural obligations.February 16

A wacky right-winger says the Nazis are living on Mars. Dr. Rashad Richey discusses on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below. VIDEO: https://www.instagram.com/p/CY6fr0rgfLR/ Hosts: Dr. Rashad Richey, Sen. Nina Turner Cast: Dr. Rashad Richey, Sen. Nina TurnerJanuary 20

A undercover cop working for the British state infiltrated the climate change movement around 10 years ago and proceeded to have a romantic relationship with Kate Wilson, a climate activism leader and organizer. Wilson had no idea her lover was using her, and at least 10 other women activists, to gather intelligence and sell the activists out to corporations and the UK government.January 19

Protesters of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline have been slapped with some extreme charges for arrests made at last year’s protests, like felony theft and felony attempted suicide. Prosecutors and Enbridge have been colluding to pursue these harsh charges for compensation.January 11

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul took to Fox News to blast CNN and the general media coverage about his hypocritical views on disaster relief. He previously openly criticized providing federal disaster relief to Puerto Rico and Texas on the Senate floor, and now he wants whatever funding is necessary to help his state after devastating tornadoes swept through large parts of Kentucky.December 15

Infowars host and notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is at it again, and this time he is claiming that “weather weapons”, designed and under the control of the U.S. government, are responsilbe for the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the southern midwest region. Jones also claims that President Biden is to blame for the mass power outages that plagued Texas during the winter of last year. December 14

The southern midwest region of the U.S. was plagued by severe storms and once-in-a-century tornadoes that ravaged communities, homes, and businesses.December 13

Former NFL star and Trump crony Herschel Walker’s son Christian Walker went on a ridiculous rant while filling up his Range Rover in a Givenchy hoodie. He claims that high gas prices are squarely on Joe Biden and that they are “divisive to my bank account” even though he has a handsomely wealthy family.December 13

Conservative legislators and fossil fuel extraction companies are teaming up to battle financial institutions and laws that are allegedly ‘discriminating’ against fossil fuel energy companies.December 8

Just before the end of the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom were spotted at the wedding of an heiress to the Getty oil fortune, with Pelosi even officiated the wedding. November 10

Americans typically don’t think all that much about where their recycled plastic waste goes, but they probably should since it often gets shipped overseas to Asia with the aid of criminal organizations.November 10

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Tweeted out a picture of the gas prices at a Washington DC gas station and he faced quite a bit of backlash after the fact.November 10

Journalist Abby Martin recently confronted Nancy Pelosi at the COP26 conference about the huge increase in the Pentagon budget while simultaneously championing climate change legislation.November 10