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While headlines focus on tech billionaires, a quieter, dirtier group of puppetmasters are pulling the strings behind Donald Trump’s second term.

Five songs for reflection, resistance, and reconnecting with the planet.

After years of fossil fuel companies raking in record profits while climate disasters ravage communities, states like Vermont and New York have taken matters into their own hands. Their climate superfund laws represent a practical application of the "polluter pays" principle that has governed environmental legislation for decades. But now, these legally sound state initiatives face an attack from the Trump administration, ironically in the name of federalism.

As 71 million Americans across the Midwest and South brace for potentially catastrophic flooding and tornadoes this week, they're doing so with significantly reduced support from federal disaster agencies. The National Weather Service warns of "significant, life-threatening flash flooding," while the federal agencies responsible for tracking these storms and coordinating emergency response are being systematically dismantled.

Most Americans don’t realize that scientists who worked for Big Oil companies like ExxonMobil warned more than half a century ago that continued exploitation of fossil fuels will cause climate catastrophe. Big Oil knew this to be true, but lied anyway. But it gets even worse. And if we don’t act now, we’ll suffer the continued consequences of Big Oil’s climate destruction. Let’s Address This.