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First Thing: Democrats ‘too polite’ in fight against fossil fuel giants, says senator

The Guardian July 10, 2025

<p>Sheldon Whitehouse was giving his 300th climate speech to the Senate. Plus, the human chain that helped a bookstore relocate</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/sep/17/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed"><strong>Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>Good morning.</p><p>Democrats and the environmental movement have been “too cautious and polite” and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/sheldon-whitehouse-fossil-fuels">need to start loudly calling out</a> the “huge denial operation” of fossil fuel companies, the US senator Sheldon Whitehouse has said.</p><p><strong>What’s changed since he began giving these speeches?</strong> Whitehouse said he had shifted from discussing the facts of climate science to challenging “the fossil fuels’ massive climate denial operation”.</p><p><strong>How did Brazil’s president respond?</strong> Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected Trump’s demand, saying the charges against Bolsonaro, for allegedly plotting to stay in power after losing the election, fell exclusively under the jurisdiction of Brazil’s judicial branch.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/first-thing-democrats-too-polite-in-fight-against-fossil-fuel-giants-says-senator">Continue reading...</a>

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