LEVER WEEKLY: When Big Oil Kills Your Family
Advocates are charging Big Oil for climate-related deaths, and more from The Lever this week.
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Game On For Workers
Plus, cancer-causing chemicals might get banned, landlords can’t use tech to jack up rent, and climate-minded investors win a legal battle.
When Will The Climate Killers See Their Day In Court?
After an unprecedented wave of deaths caused by climate extremes, advocates are trying to convince courts that fossil fuel companies are criminally responsible for homicide.
How Harris Left Medicare For All Behind
Kamala Harris once championed a true universal health care plan, only to walk it back. Now, nobody knows where she stands.
Airlines Are Still Fighting To Keep Your Money
Airlines turned a new chapter in their ongoing battle against automatic refunds.
J.D. Vance Fought Health Protections For Steelworkers And Their Communities
The Republican VP nominee pressured regulators to weaken limits on cancer-causing emissions from steel industry manufacturing.
Welcome To The Crypto Election
The crypto industry is spending big money on the election to sway policy in their favor — and this is what they want.
Taking The Climate Killers To Court
As deaths mount from extreme heat and other climate disasters, legal and scientific experts are joining forces on a bold new tactic: Charging polluters with homicide.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Good Things Are Yap-pening
Plus, it’s game over for noncompetes, farmers quit spraying around, people get a vote on progressive measures, and climate change measures score big bucks.
FTC Chair Lina Khan Responds To Pushback
“Monopolies not only have economic power, but use that power to buy political power,” she tells The Lever’s David Sirota.