PBC News & Comment: Coal Barons Lawyer Up to Fight Obama’s Coal Rules

Obama’s modest changes to coal emissions rules leads coal addicts to lawyer up, accusing Obama of radical, illegal power grab
-in our new in-depth interview, Norwegian psychologist/economist Per Espen Stoknes offers advice to climate change activists hoping to persuade deniers
--Senate rejects GOP measure to abort all funding to Planned Parenthood, but this phase of war on women is just getting started—Trump piles on
--as Trump opportunistically recalibrates to appeal to conservatives, Hillary is moving left, “doing the Clinton” as the Foremen sang
--GOP senators jump on Reuters report that State Dept fudged human trafficking reports to upgrade Cuba and Malaysia for political reasons
--in strong op-ed, Joe Cirincione argues that the biggest nuclear threats come from US and Russia, not North Korea and Iran
--Israel will use the “administrative detention” usually reserved for Palestinians on suspects in West Bank arson that killed 18-month old
--audiotape proves Alabama cop proposed killing a black man and staging evidence for “self-defense”
--Puerto Rico defaulted on its debt, next steps are unclear
--in Mexico, journalists are being slaughtered
--rare computer viruses aimed at Apple Computers are making the rounds