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Jamaica Leads Call of Island Nations for Urgent Action at COP30 Climate Summit
Jamaica Leads Call of Island Nations for Urgent Action at COP30 Climate Summit
At the COP30 climate summit, Jamaica is leading calls from vulnerable nations, like Mauritius and Cuba…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Jamaica Leads Call of Island Nations for Urgent Action at COP30 Climate Summit
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Larry Summers Says He’s “Deeply Ashamed” as Emails Reveal Ties to Jeffry Epstein
Larry Summers Says He's “Deeply Ashamed” as Emails Reveal Ties to Jeffry Epstein
House Republicans released 20,000 files from Epstein's estate last week, putting a spotlight on the late convicted sex offender's connections with wealthy and powerful men, such as former Harvard president and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. Summers had tried to forge a secret…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Larry Summers Says He’s “Deeply Ashamed” as Emails Reveal Ties to Jeffry Epstein
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Dutch climate envoy Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme says the U.S. cannot ignore the climate crisis, even though the Trump administration is boycotting the #COP30 summit in Brazil. He also says Trump calling the climate crisis a "hoax" is akin to ignoring a doctor who tells you that you're sick.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Dutch climate envoy Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme says the U.S. cannot ignore the climate crisis, even though the Trump administration is boycotting the #COP30 summit in Brazil. He also says Trump calling the climate crisis a "hoax" is akin to ignoring a doctor who tells you that you're sick.
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See all our coverage from the U.N. climate talks in Belém, Brazil: democracynow.org/cop30
Democracy Now! covers COP30 Climate Summit
Democracy Now! stories, posts and pages that relate to COP30 Climate Summit.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
See all our coverage from the U.N. climate talks in Belém, Brazil: democracynow.org/cop30
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Kumi Naidoo on U.S. Skipping COP30, Why Rich Nations Must Pay a Climate Debt, Gaza, Sudan & More
Kumi Naidoo on COP30, Why Rich Nations Must Pay a “Climate Debt” & Trump’s Gaza Plan
As Democracy Now! broadcasts from the COP30 U.N. climate summit, we speak with Kumi Naidoo, the longtime South African human rights and environmental justice activist who is president of the Fossil Fu...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Kumi Naidoo on U.S. Skipping COP30, Why Rich Nations Must Pay a Climate Debt, Gaza, Sudan & More
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Indigenous Leaders Converge in Belém, Brazil, Demanding Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
Indigenous Leaders Demand Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
We speak with one of the Indigenous leaders at the U.N. climate summit in Belém for the climate negotiations, in greater numbers than ever before, taking center stage at COP30. They are calling “to en...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Indigenous Leaders Converge in Belém, Brazil, Demanding Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
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Brazil’s Contradictory Climate Policies: Lula Gov’t Reduces Deforestation, Boosts Oil & Gas Production
Brazil’s Climate Record: Lula Gov’t Reduces Deforestation, Boosts Oil & Gas Production
As we broadcast from the United Nations climate summit in Belém, we look at Brazil’s contradictory climate policies. The Lula government has reduced deforestation in the Amazon while also approving oi...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Brazil’s Contradictory Climate Policies: Lula Gov’t Reduces Deforestation, Boosts Oil & Gas Production
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We're broadcasting all week from the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. See all of our coverage: democracynow.org/cop30
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We're broadcasting all week from the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. See all of our coverage: democracynow.org/cop30
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There are over 1,200 fossil fuel lobbyists at the U.N. climate summit in Brazil, more people than some entire countries have sent to the #COP30 talks.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/climate_plunder
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/climate_plunder
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There are over 1,200 fossil fuel lobbyists at the U.N. climate summit in Brazil, more people than some entire countries have sent to the #COP30 talks.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/climate_plunder
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/climate_plunder
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Thousands of people protested for climate action in Belém, the Brazilian city hosting this year's #COP30 climate summit.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/cop30_protest
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/cop30_protest
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Thousands of people protested for climate action in Belém, the Brazilian city hosting this year's #COP30 climate summit.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/cop30_protest
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/cop30_protest
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The annual United Nations climate summit is taking place in Belém, Brazil. Democracy Now! is at #COP30, where financing a just transition away from fossil fuels remains a key issue.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/asad_rehman
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/asad_rehman
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The annual United Nations climate summit is taking place in Belém, Brazil. Democracy Now! is at #COP30, where financing a just transition away from fossil fuels remains a key issue.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/asad_rehman
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/asad_rehman
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“Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here" traces the recent history of racial justice protests in the United States, as well as the reactionary rise of white nationalism and Donald Trump.
How We Got Here: Jelani Cobb on Rise of Trump & White Nationalism After Push for Racial Justice
Jelani Cobb, the acclaimed journalist and dean of the Columbia Journalism School, has just published a new collection of essays, “Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here.” The book collects ...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here" traces the recent history of racial justice protests in the United States, as well as the reactionary rise of white nationalism and Donald Trump.
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“How do you celebrate 10 years of Paris, 30 years of COP, to show that, actually, multilateralism matters and implementation matters?”
We speak to Friends of the Earth's Asad Rehman at the U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil.
We speak to Friends of the Earth's Asad Rehman at the U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil.
“Just Transition”: Polluting Countries Must Take Responsibility for Extreme Climate Change
With negotiations in their second week here at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil, we get an update on the United Nations talks from Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth. He...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“How do you celebrate 10 years of Paris, 30 years of COP, to show that, actually, multilateralism matters and implementation matters?”
We speak to Friends of the Earth's Asad Rehman at the U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil.
We speak to Friends of the Earth's Asad Rehman at the U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil.
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Indigenous communities in the Amazon are demanding protection of their rights at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.
Protect the Amazon, Tax the Polluters: Climate Activists Demand Action at COP30 in Belém, Brazilq
Democracy Now! is broadcasting from the U.N. climate summit in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River, where the COP30 summit has entered its second week of negotia...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Indigenous communities in the Amazon are demanding protection of their rights at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.
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We spoke to Indigenous protesters at The Great People’s March as thousands gathered to demand urgent climate action outside #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Report from COP30: Thousands March in Indigenous-Led Protest at Brazil Climate Talks “in Defense of Life”
To kick off our week of coverage from the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, we play video of a major protest that took place Saturday, when tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the host ci...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We spoke to Indigenous protesters at The Great People’s March as thousands gathered to demand urgent climate action outside #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
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COP30 is taking place against a backdrop of rising far-right authoritarianism, climate denial, and genocide in Gaza, which are all testing the "rules-based system" underpinning the U.N. climate framework.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
COP30 is taking place against a backdrop of rising far-right authoritarianism, climate denial, and genocide in Gaza, which are all testing the "rules-based system" underpinning the U.N. climate framework.
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Democracy Now! was on the streets in Belém, Brazil at the first major climate protest at a United Nations climate conference since 2021.
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Democracy Now! was on the streets in Belém, Brazil at the first major climate protest at a United Nations climate conference since 2021.
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"The prospect of 400 kg of enriched uranium disappearing into the desert of a failed state is the kind of nightmare that should keep you up at night."
Fallout
Trump lied. Iran’s nuclear program wasn’t “completely and totally obliterated” So now what?
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June 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The prospect of 400 kg of enriched uranium disappearing into the desert of a failed state is the kind of nightmare that should keep you up at night."
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He wants poor kids to go hungry even if he wouldn't have to pay to feed them.
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a budget line item late Sunday that would have brought in an estimated $450 million in federal dollars to fund a summer food aid program for low-income children.
Abbott vetoes summer food aid program, forgoing $450M in federal funds
Texas is one of a dozen states that doesn't participate in the Summer EBT program that gives low-income children meals when school is out.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
He wants poor kids to go hungry even if he wouldn't have to pay to feed them.
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Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough dealt big-time blows to GOP priorities this weekend when she ruled that chunks of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" violate the chamber's rules, complicating their ability to pass it before Trump's July 4 deadline.
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Trump's "big, beautiful bill:" What's in, what's out
A provision to pass food aid costs on to states is out, along with a modified version of the REINS Act.
www.axios.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough dealt big-time blows to GOP priorities this weekend when she ruled that chunks of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" violate the chamber's rules, complicating their ability to pass it before Trump's July 4 deadline.
www.axios.com/2025/06/23/s...
www.axios.com/2025/06/23/s...
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🚨We’re seeing Trump’s alarming plans for our military come to life—a push to sideline experienced Generals, reward loyalty over expertise, and potentially use our military to enforce his will.
This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.
This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.
November 18, 2024 at 10:08 PM
🚨We’re seeing Trump’s alarming plans for our military come to life—a push to sideline experienced Generals, reward loyalty over expertise, and potentially use our military to enforce his will.
This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.
This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.
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VoteVets Senior Advisor Max Rose on Trump's sudden interest in the Panama Canal:
"It's gonna be Panama Canal this week, then the weeks thereafter, it will be another pet project of the billionaire class. This speaks to what the actual truth of this second iteration of the Trump presidency will be."
"It's gonna be Panama Canal this week, then the weeks thereafter, it will be another pet project of the billionaire class. This speaks to what the actual truth of this second iteration of the Trump presidency will be."
December 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
VoteVets Senior Advisor Max Rose on Trump's sudden interest in the Panama Canal:
"It's gonna be Panama Canal this week, then the weeks thereafter, it will be another pet project of the billionaire class. This speaks to what the actual truth of this second iteration of the Trump presidency will be."
"It's gonna be Panama Canal this week, then the weeks thereafter, it will be another pet project of the billionaire class. This speaks to what the actual truth of this second iteration of the Trump presidency will be."
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Trying to make sure the Troops don’t get paid right before Christmas is a special type of evil. But it’s Trump, so being awful to those who serve perfectly tracks.
December 20, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Trying to make sure the Troops don’t get paid right before Christmas is a special type of evil. But it’s Trump, so being awful to those who serve perfectly tracks.
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🚨Speaker Johnson, it's time to step up and show some backbone. A shutdown is a threat to our national security, Veterans, and Armed Forces who are bravely serving and counting on you.
DO. YOUR. JOB.
DO. YOUR. JOB.
December 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
🚨Speaker Johnson, it's time to step up and show some backbone. A shutdown is a threat to our national security, Veterans, and Armed Forces who are bravely serving and counting on you.
DO. YOUR. JOB.
DO. YOUR. JOB.