Democratic candidate Lindsay Powell just won her state house special election in Pennsylvania which means Democrats have retaken control of the State House. Hell yes!!!
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XR Boston plays basketball in halls of MA State House to demand Governor ban new fossil fuel infrastructure
On Monday September 18, more than 30 climate activists from Extinction Rebellion Boston (XR) played a creative version of basketball in the halls of the Massachusetts State House, to demand that Governor Maura Healey "stop playing games with our future." The activists split into two "teams," one team representing the government (with sponsorship logos for fossil fuel companies on their jerseys) and the other team representing "New Fossil Fuels". On the second floor outside Governor Healey's office, activists made raucous throwing and dribbling motions, while shouting as if in game-play. Meanwhile, other activists playing the role of Massachusetts residents as spectators carried banners and shouted for the game to end. Spectator chants included: "Commonwealth, you’re breaking the rules, don’t pass the ball to Fossil Fuels! You’re our home team, we must win! It’s our planet, go all-in! Fossil fuels, aren’t you ashamed? It’s our future, not a game! We see your fouls to make a basket, there’s no games on a dead planet!"
These activists managed to disrupt business as usual for a full afternoon. After a long game, the crowd of activists occupied the Governor's Constituents office for two hours until eight arrests were made. During the occupation, they chanted together and sang protest songs in high spirits. As arrestees were led away, their cohorts sang "Courage [activist's name], you do not walk alone, we will walk with you, and sing your spirit home."
These activists managed to disrupt business as usual for a full afternoon. After a long game, the crowd of activists occupied the Governor's Constituents office for two hours until nine arrests were made. During the occupation, they chanted together and sang protest songs in high spirits. As arrestees were led away, their cohorts sang "Courage my friend, you do not walk alone, we will walk with you, and sing your spirit home."
Extinction Rebellion Boston's demand is No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure in Massachusetts.
Banning new fossil fuel infrastructure includes:
NO new fossil fuel power plants
NO new residential or commercial gas connections
NO new or expanded natural gas distribution pipelines, transmission pipelines, or compressor stations
NO new liquified natural gas production facilities, storage facilities, or terminals
NO new gas stations or other gasoline and diesel infrastructure
NO new airports or airfield expansions
Stopping new fossil fuel infrastructure under development includes:
MMWEC’s Peaker Plant in Peabody
NEC’s Liquified Natural Gas Facility in Charlton
LNG expansion to Douglas
L.G. Hanscom Airfield's North Airfield Development in Bedford
"Modernization" projects in Lowell and Worcester
"Reliability" projects in Western Mass. and Sharon-to-Brockton
The Hopkinton-Ashland Transfer Line
Meter stations in Longmeadow and Charlton
Why are we using creative disruption? Asking nicely hasn't kept humanity safe from the effects of climate change, neither has writing letters and petitions, neither has hopes and prayers. The global average temperature for July 2023 is confirmed to be the highest on record for any month, and August 2023 was the hottest August in recorded history. We gasp through wildfire smoke, and our neighbors to the north wade through floodwaters. What more will it take before our government takes action?
Full article here: https://xrboston.org/news/xr-boston-plays-basketball-in-halls-of-ma-state-house-to-demand-healey-administration-ban-new-fossil-fuel-infrastructure/
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Museveni, traders reach truce after Friday State House meeting
Museveni, traders reach truce after Friday State House meeting #Kampala #Statehouse #top #URA
President Yoweri Museveni
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday met and held discussions with the leadership of traders in Kampala and upcountry districts at State House Entebbe.
The meeting followed a strike by traders who closed their businesses, expressing their discontent against the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)’s implementation of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and…
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UG State House Aide on the Senior Citizens Talk
Princess Pauline Nassolo Kiyimba, Newly appointed Senior Presidential Advisor on the Elderly in Uganda is on #SeniorCitizens Talk with Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin. Watch and Subscribe as she discusses; Tackling Plastic Pollution Projects Empowering Women & Elderly How President Museveni Recruited Her Balancing Work And Family Identifying A Right Family For Marriage
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TN House Advances Bill Requiring Local Officers to aid US Immigration Authorities
TN House advances bill requiring local officers to aid US immigration authorities...
The Republican-led Tennessee House advanced a proposal Thursday that would require law enforcement agencies in the state to communicate with federal immigration authorities if they discover people are in the the country illegally, and would broadly mandate cooperation in the process of identifying, catching, detaining and deporting them.
The House vote coincides with efforts in other…
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Economic Realities Over Political Rhetoric: A Critical Analysis of the State House Press Release on Nigeria's Foreign Exchange Crisis
The press release issued by the State House yesterday [https://twitter.com/aonanuga1956/status/1759294860727566785?t=DjBVz7JsMrCjI7L7Z5Q7Ew&s=19] by Bayo Onanuga, in response to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s comments on the foreign exchange crisis in Nigeria is simply a very big waste of time, and raises several concerns and prompts an analysis of the government’s economic policies. This…
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