LEVER WEEKLY: When Big Oil Kills Your Family
What The Lever Published This Week:
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.
Toxic Harvest
New research finds pesticides may be as bad for you as smoking — so why is Congress poised to shield the industry from liability?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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The Lever In The News:
- Rising — Lois Parshley joined the show to discuss her reporting on the new homicide charges being brought against Big Oil for their role in climate-related deaths.
- CNN — David Sirota appeared on the network to explain why the next Democratic President should embrace working-class populist economics and change U.S.-Israel policy.
- Environmental Health News — The site republished our reporting on the groundbreaking links between pesticides and community health metrics.
- Microsoft News — The site republished our reporting on the new crop of homicide cases that advocates are bringing against Big Oil.
- Sunday Long Read — The site highlighted our story on the new homicide cases being brought against Big Oil, among the week’s top features.