Excellent and blood-boiling Matt Stoller on the extremely high career risks for prosecutors who take on top white-collar malefactors.

thebignewsletter.com/p/the-silver-o…

Today's must-read: As ski resort owners rake in record profits, organizers are trying to unionize ski patrollers across the West — and they’re winning.
by Robert Davis
capitalandmain.com/organizing-the…

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Wow, this NY Post front page…

What a bunch of ❄️ ❄️ and liars.

The reader context here completely undermines the alarmist Daily Caller tweet

I’ve been to hundreds of record stores in the US and around the world from Cuba to the Czech Republic… but it’s always a thrill to discover a great new one:

Decibel Music in DC’s Shaw neighborhood.

Great selection, friendly staff, awesome vibe.

NEW: Trump administration officials barred experts from warning members of Congress that they were about to write a loophole for 'forever chemicals' into law, EPA staffers alleged in newly revealed internal communications.
thehill.com/business/45836…

Must-read: Big Oil is quietly paying state legal officials to kill climate litigation
via j Arielle Samuelson Emily Atkin
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/b…

Investor nuns from New Jersey, in a new filing to the SEC, warn Citi shareholders that the bank 'continues to finance clients and projects with track records of egregious violations of Indigenous rights and expose the company to significant risk.”

sec.gov/Archives/edgar…

Zara & H&M claim their cloths are 'sustainable.'

But...if you trace their supply chain in Brazil, it turns out their cotton comes from land-grabbed farms, in a region plagued by deforestation.

Exclusive from my colleagues: Jack Graham & andré cabette fábio: context.news/nature/ngo-lin…

Very cool and calm red-tailed hawk in Prospect Park just now

NY isn’t alone in failing to collect millions in back wages owed to victims of wage theft.

In Washington state, workers are owed $5.4 million that the state hasn’t collected.

Last year, it recovered ZERO $ in back wages, per The Seattle Times…!!!

governing.com/workforce/wash…

NY isn’t alone in failing to collect millions in back wages owed to victims of wage theft.

In WA, workers are owed $5.4 million that the state hasn’t collected.

Last year, it recovered $0 in back wages, per The Seattle Times

governing.com/workforce/wash…

Leave it to the astroturf industry group Alliance for Consumers to trademark the term, “Progressive Lifestyle Choices”

#NotTheOnion

Went back home to the Rio Grande Valley to report on liquid methane gas export terminals.

They are as dirty as millions of cars and set to ship gas into the 2040s. As legal efforts fall short, residents are lobbying Europeans to reject gas from the U.S. capitalandmain.com/the-transatlan…

Nice to see my story on the huge potential climate impact of the ultimate down-ballot race — for a utility board in Arizona that attracts only about 7,000 voters — published in ⁦Fast Company⁩ fastcompany.com/91088889/elect…

If you're reporting on energy policy, you'll want to keep an eye on these down-the-ballot elections. From Marcus Baram at Capital & Main... #SharingLibrary bit.ly/4cKrLGB

'You can't talk people out of their real lived experience'

Celinda Lake nails it at Democracy Journal Redefining the Center conference when talking about the disconnect between the strong economy and working Americans' pessimism when interviewed by Democratic pollsters.

Must-read: The inside story on a billion-dollar chemical company’s fight to keep its secrets from the public muckrock.com/news/archives/… via @muckrock Derek Kravitz Jorge Martinez

Love this mural of Marvin Gaye in DC