2023 Annual Report

Publishing in social media means publishing a reference in Facebook at the New Progressive Alliance, Leftist Third Party and Independent Candidates, Green Party Discussion, Truth Bomb Activists, “Progressives, Real Greens, and Socialists of Colorado,” Washington Best Democracy, and “People, Planet, Peace.” On Facebook we run the sites at New Progressive Alliance, Leftist Third Party and Independent Candidates, Washington Best Democracy, and “People, Planet, Peace.” Because of problems with privacy and censorship on Facebook, we also publish on Twitter under New Progressive Alliance.

At the end of 2023 we had the following number of people following the social media sites where we publish.

New Progressive Alliance (1.4k)

Leftist Third Party and Independent Candidates (2.0k)

Green Party Discussion (155)

Truth Bomb Activists (428)

Progressives, Real Greens, and Socialists of Colorado (250)

People, Planet, Peace (126)

Washington Best Democracy (7)

Twitter (310)

In January we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the decline of labor over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has over 80 references.
In January we published “Policy, climate, war make 2022 ‘pivot year’ for clean energy.” 2023 will be a pivotal year for sustainable energy because of many reasons.
Julian Assange is a whistleblower that has been imprisoned for years for accurate journalism by the United States and the United Kingdom. In January the New Progressive Alliance published his address and asked readers to write him encouraging letters. We need to evaluate who our real heroes are. We need to acknowledge those who reveal a crime are not worse criminals than those who commit a crime. In addition to writing a letter of support to Julian Assange we also referenced the New Progressive Alliance article “The War on Whistleblowers” with over 520 references.
In January we published “The right-wing groups behind renewable energy misinformation” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Fossil Fuel Companies Lie” with over 100 references. These two articles show fossil fuel groups continue to lie.
In January we published “Can False Balance Kill You? It Sure Can” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Corrupt Media” with over 875 references. Though a democratic republic demands a free press to function properly, there has been an alarming decline in this area.

In January we published “The Democrats are Now the War Party - The Democratic Party has become the party of permanent war, fueling massive military spending which is hollowing out the country from the inside and flirting with nuclear war” by Chris Hedges. Both parties should be held accountable.
In January we published “More than 2,400 lives will be lost to bushfires in Australia over a decade” and “Cost of Environmental Destruction” with over 200 references. These two articles show environmental destruction means human lives lost.
In January we published “Here Are All the Positive Climate Stories From 2022” and the NPA article “We can power with renewable energy right now” with over 370 references. It is not too late to effectively fight climate destruction.
In January the New Progressive Alliance made Public Comment 245 to the US Department of Agriculture to stop a pipeline through the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests because of both environmental damage and unnecessarily enriching a fossil fuel company. Public Comment 245 may be found in full at http://www.newprogs.org/public_comments_2020_224
In January we added to our article on the environment a section on how banks contribute to environmental destruction by financing fossil fuels at the expense of renewable energy.
In February we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Corrupt Media” which describes the dramatic decrease in both the power and effectiveness of the public media. It has over 865 references.
In February we published “Ocean heat hit another record high in 2022, fueling extreme weather” and the NPA article “Danger to Our Oceans” with over 100 references.
In February we published “The U.S. had 18 different billion-dollar weather disasters in 2022 - Hurricane Ian ($113 billion in damage) and drought ($22 billion in damage) were the two most expensive U.S. weather disasters of 2022” and the NPA article “Cost of Environmental Destruction” with over 200 references. These two articles show the ever increasing environmental destruction we are facing.
In February we published more information about whistleblower Julian Assange. The New Progressive Alliance will never support Biden because of his prosecution of journalist Julian Assange for reporting war crimes.
In February we published “Big Oil peddled the big lie: UN chief slams energy giants for ignoring their own climate science.” The Big Lie continues.
In February we published “No miracles needed: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world.” We can stop climate destruction with present technology if we do not get distracted with false fossil fuel distractions.
In February we published “How companies greenwash their plastic pollution.” Plastics pose an ever increasing danger.
In February we published “How much of the worlds land mass we need to cover in solar” and the New Progressive Alliance article “We can power with renewable energy right now” with over 370 references. These two articles show there are many paths to preserving the environment and avoiding the worse of global warming. We are not doomed.
In February we published “The Progenitor of Inequalities—Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings.” Corporations and citizens are not on an equal playing field.
In February we published “A neuroscientist explains why stupidity is an existential threat to America.” It is about the Dunning-Kruger effect which combined with tribalism pose very real threats. I see it on both the left and the right. I have no easy answers.
In March we published a New Progressive Alliance article to help people and organizations make their progressive case by using documentation which is continuously updated.
In March we published “Record number of environmental activists murdered” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Killing and Harassment of Environmentalists is Increasing” with over 50 references. The jailing and killing of environmentalists is increasing.
In March we published “Elon Musk's Tesla Master Plan 3 in 22 Mins.” We can completely transfer to sustainable energy using only 60% of what we spend on fossil fuels. After the transition we will use 50% less energy. It is absolutely possible.
In March we published “Pete Buttigieg’s Transportation Department Is Skirting Safety Standards.” Neither Biden nor Buttigieg are covering themselves with glory here.
In March we published “Clean Energy Has a Tipping Point, and 87 Countries Have Reached It. Solar power, electric cars, grid-scale batteries, heat pumps—the world is crossing into a mass-adoption moment for green technologies.” Progress is being made.
In March we published the Australia Honest Government Ad “The Safeguard Mechanism.” This is eerily like the greenwashing tactics used in the United States.
In March we published “Big Oil’s trade group allies outspent clean energy groups by a whopping 27x, with billions in ads and lobbying to keep fossil fuels flowing” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Fossil Fuel Companies Lie” with over 100 references. These two articles show fossil fuel companies deliberately lie.
In March we published a talk by Chris Hedges “Rage Against the War Machine rally” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Continuous Wars” with over 1,300 references. These two articles show we are paying a heavy price for war.
In March we published “Climate change is increasing the risk of infectious diseases worldwide - From COVID to Lyme disease to various fungal afflictions, climate change has already worsened over 200 infectious diseases” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Environmental Degradation Means More Pandemics and Less Food.” Failure to deal with climate change means more diseases and more famine.
In March we published the two fine YouTube videos “How much land is needed for the US to be powered by wind & solar” and “Fossil fuels kill 9 million people every year. Why are we blind to the harms of oil & gas?” These two show both the effects of environmental destruction and the ease of going with renewable energy.
In April we published our NPA article on the environment which is continuously updated. Future generations will correctly regard the environment as the most important issue we faced. This article has over 2,500 references collected over the years and is being continually updated. It shows the science is settled and covers 21 different environmental aspects.
In April we published “Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late. IPCC report says only swift and drastic action can avert irrevocable damage to world.” Future generations may be very unforgiving.
In April we published “Lynching the Deplorables” by Chris Hedges. Those who used violence to riot and stop democracy on January 6 certainly deserve to be punished. Destroying civil and constitutional rights to exact revenge, however, leaves us all less safe and is a hollow victory.
In April we published “Toyota facing $50 million fine for lying about EV's, emissions & economy.” Toyota and ICE vehicles are not green.
In April the New Progressive Alliance welcomed Best Democracy which fights for election reform as an ally.
In April we published “Coal Power Plants Less Economically Feasible Compared to Renewables.” Level the playing field by eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and the path forward becomes clear.
In April we published “Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming.” This is a worsening trend.
In April we published “Canadian Government Ad™: Cleaning up the Oil Sands.” Unfortunately the lies are not confined to Canada.
In April we published “All the ways the most common bit of climate misinformation is wrong. We've looked at natural cycles and causes. None of them can produce this warming.” Unfortunately, science cannot always overcome a well-financed campaign of falsehoods by the fossil fuel industry.
In April we published an article by Kim Swift cautioning against expanding war in the Ukraine.
In May we published a New Progressive Alliance article which describes the dramatic increase in poverty over decades thanks to the policies of both parties. It has over 300 references.
In May we published four articles showing the New York Times and NPR are hardly beacons of truth.

· In May we published “Australian coal plants produce less power; but FAR more toxic pollution.” More pollution, more deaths, and less power are a bad combination.

In May we published “The Materials We Mine - The Truth about EV battery mining & The circularity gap report.” Going to a sustainable energy economy means 50% less energy and far less mining.
In May we published “Tax-Free Day for the Ultra-Wealthy.” There is increasing inequality in the United States.
In May we published “Air pollution from oil and gas production responsible for $77 billion in annual US health damages, study finds.” Far more than climate change is at stake.
In May we published “High speed trains are racing across the world. But not in America.” A nation that ignores its infrastructure cannot compete.
In May we published “Climate diplomacy is hopeless, says author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline.” Ignoring a problem and prosecuting environmentalists means increasing desperation and violence.
In May we published “What Biden and Trudeau’s Meeting Tells Us About Climate Hypocrisy.” The leaders of Canada and the United States are not the climate leaders they pretend to be.
In May we published “Plastic is already in blood, breast milk, and placentas. Now it may be in our brains.” Plastic pollution is much more serious than most people realize.
In May we published “Tesla accused of rigging crash tests when Toyota was actually doing it!” Toyota is not the environmental company it claims to be.
In May we published “The Democratic Party’s Crucifixion of Matt Taibbi.” Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them. Freedom of the press and media, a requirement for a democratic republic, is very much in danger.
In June we signed on with other organizations to support proposals for OIRA/OMB to modernize the regulatory process by making it easier for people to participate and to better assess costs and benefits.
In June we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Diminishing Transparency” with over 135 references.
In June we published “The United States of Paralysis.” The longer the corporate state erodes the social bonds that knit us to society and give us a sense of purpose and meaning the more inevitable an authoritarian state and Christianized fascism becomes.
In June we published “Biggest battery in UK history moves UK closer to 100% renewable energy.” Changing to sustainable energy is doable, affordable, and in progress.
In June we with other organizations supported the “Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act.”

· In June we published “The Enemy From Within.” Focusing on war does not make us safer.

· In June we published an “Honest Government Ad - Reserve Bank of Australia.” In the United States the FED (Head appointed by Trump and reappointed by Biden) is doing exactly the same thing with exactly the same result.

· In June we published “Thousands forced to evacuate as wildfires ravage western Canada.” This is happening worldwide, but the media is amazingly silent.

· In June we published “Chris Hedges: Julian Assange — A Fight We Must Not Lose.” Freedom of the press and media is at stake.

· In June we published “Canadian Government Ad™: Cleaning up the Oil Sands.” Canada also struggles with a government that only pretends to defend the environment.

· In June we published “Why scientists are using the word scary over the climate crisis.” We should be scared as well.

· Future generations will regard reduction of fossil fuels as our most important obligation. Some countries are responding better than others as this comparison shows. In June we published a Climate Scorecard that compares the progress of various countries.

· In June we published “The War on Terror led to over 4.5 million deaths: The new estimate highlights the deadly and ongoing impact of America’s post-9/11 wars.” Wars are easy to get into but have huge consequences.

· In June we published “Honest Government Ad | Anti-Protest Laws.” This is not just in Australia. Many states in the United States as well as many countries in Europe and Africa are taking similar anti-protest stances against environmentalists.

· In July we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Continuous Wars” with over 1,300 references. Continuous war is expensive in lives and money lost.

· In July we published “Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Killing and Harassment of Environmentalists is Increasing” with over 65 references. These two articles show there is an increasing trend of violence against environmentalists.

In July we published “The Democratic Party’s Crucifixion of Matt Taibbi - Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them.” The New Progressive Alliance experience is that Twitter, though still imperfect, has improved since Elon Musk purchased it. There remains censorship against anything opposing the status quo at Facebook and YouTube.

· In July we published “Black alliance for Peace.” Media is always eager for war.

· In July we published “Charging Domestic Terrorism Is Intended to Make the Cost of Protesting Too High.” This is an unfortunate worldwide trend in Australia, the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, and Africa.

· In July we published “Journalists Abandoned Julian Assange and Slit Their Own Throats - The failure by journalists to mount a campaign to free Julian Assange, or expose the vicious smear campaign against him, is one more catastrophic and self-defeating blunder by the news media.” This is a shameful failure by Biden and the mainstream news media.

· In July we published “As Ocean Oxygen Levels Dip, Fish Face an Uncertain Future - Global warming not only increases ocean temperatures, it triggers a cascade of effects that are stripping the seas of oxygen. Fish are already moving to new waters in search of oxygen, and scientists are warning of the long-term threat to fish species and marine ecosystems” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Danger to Our Oceans” with over 115 references. These two articles show there is a clear threat to our oceans which is a basis for life.

· In July we published “Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment.” We need to face hard choices and reality.

· In July we published “The new reality of a country on fire” and “Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment.” These two articles show the severe effects of continuing to ignore climate destruction.

· In July we published “13Million Dollars a Minute: government Subsidies Speed Climate Change, Degrade Natural Assets” and the New Progressive Alliance article with over 100 references “Cost of Fossil Fuel Subsidies.” These two articles show the amount we spend on fossil fuel subsidies far exceeds that of sustainable energy.

· In July we published “Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions - Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Cost of Environmental Destruction” with over 260 references. These two articles clearly show the continued and worsening effects of environmental destruction.

· In July we published “Cornel West and the Campaign to End Political Apartheid - The two ruling parties have destroyed our democracy. Voting for one or the other will not bring it back.” Blindly supporting the two main parties in the United States will not advance us.

· In August we published The New Progressive Alliance article “The War on Whistleblowers” which has over 520 references. We need to evaluate who our real heroes are. We need to acknowledge those who reveal a crime are not worse criminals than those who commit a crime.

· In August we published “Exxon Mobil publicly denied global warming for decades but accurately predicted it.” This is one of many examples of the deliberate falsehoods by fossil fuel companies.

· In August we published “IEA Anticipates Tony Seba's 'Crazy' Prediction to Happen Within 12 months.” The future looks good if we make the right decisions.

· In August we published from Australia “Honest Government Ad | COP31 Australia & the Pacific.” The United Nations COP climate meetings have become almost a joke.

· In August we published “World's biggest car companies are LYING about why they aren't making EVs.” Legacy Auto companies are being left behind.

· In August we published “Study documents huge health impacts of “natural” gas pollution” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Fracking and Natural Gas is Not the Answer” with over 1,405 references. These two articles show natural gas by fracking is still polluting fossil fuels.

In August we published “The world inches closer to feared global warming 'tipping points': 5 disastrous scenarios” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Cost of Environmental Destruction” with over 260 references. These two articles show there is a devastating and severe cost to continued environmental destruction.
In August we published “What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You To Know | Al Gore | TED” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Cost of Fossil Fuel Subsidies” with over 100 references. These two sources show the huge amount we pay to fossil fuel companies which far eclipses anything for renewable energy.
In August we published “How corporate power has neutered comedy” and the New Progressive Alliance article “Corrupt Media” with over 895 references. Though a democratic republic demands a free press to function properly, these two articles show there has been an alarming decline in this area.
In August we published “Q&A with Gary Swing |- Veteran minor party candidate advocates for proportional representation.” Many third party candidates either do not make a serious effort or know nothing about the electoral system. Gary Swing is an exception to both that the New Progressive Alliance has endorsed six times since 2012.
In September we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Widespread Police Misconduct and an Expanding Prison Population” with over 740 references.
In September we published “No SPOILERS” by Gary Swing. The United States needs to take a serious look at election reform.
In September we published “Is the US Headed Towards Another Civil War?” This TED talk raises serious concerns.
In September we published “Raid on Kansas Paper Shows Perilous State of Free Press.” This is an alarming trend.
In September we published “‘No miracles needed’: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world.” Present technology is here right now to solve the climate crisis. We should not wait for a fossil fuel miracle.
In September we published “10 Climate Change Myths Debunked.” The fossil fuel companies have spent a huge amount of money creating and promulgating demonstrably wrong myths that many otherwise intelligent people in academia and churches believe.
In September we published “Maui Fire Coverage Ignored Fossil Fuel Responsibility.” The main stream media refuse to connect the dots on climate change causing world wide disasters.
In September we published a reference to The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change by Geoff Dembicki. This book clearly documents the outrageous lies and bribery of the fossil fuel industry.

· In September we published “Hurricane Idalia could become 2023’s costliest climate disaster for the US.” The costs of climate change continue to mount.

In October we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Corporate Overreach” with over 450 references.

· In October we published “Ken Burns on why the Republican Party completely changed.” In the United States both the Republican and Democratic Parties have severely failed in their duties.

· In October we published “Honest Government Ad | Canada.” This is a great presentation that with humor in less than 5 minutes shows the environmental corruption which Canada shares with most other countries.

· In October we published “Cop Cities in a Militarized World.” This is a disturbing trend.

· In October we published the New Progressive Alliance article “Killing and Harassment of Environmentalists is Increasing” with over 65 references and “Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022.” These two articles show the violence against environmentalists continues.

· In October we published “Electrifying a Fraction of Vehicles in the Lower Great Lakes Could Save Over a Thousand Lives Annually.” Choices have consequences.

· In October we published “Business Is Booming.” The United States has a poor record of getting into wars for “humanitarian” purposes.

· In October we published references to the two books “Our Fragile Moment – How lessons from Earth’s past can help us survive the Climate Crisis” by Dr. Michael Mann and “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science – A Scientist’s Warning” by Dr. Peter Hotez. These two books illustrate the danger of ridiculing science and education.

· In October we published a Juice Media video about with a conversation with David Suzuki and his activist daughter. The United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom all seem to have two major parties.

-The “Shit Party” which openly backs the fossil fuel monopoly with laws and subsidies.

-The “Shit Lite Party” which pretends to be environmentalist but secretly backs the fossil fuel monopoly with laws and subsidies.

This video shows both the danger we are in and illustrates successful local efforts for change.

In October we published the YouTube video “eBay violates Clean Air Act selling engine devices that cause cancer.” Many people are either profoundly stupid or deliberately choose evil.
In November we published our NPA article “Civil Rights” with over 690 references. We do not become a safer or stronger nation through civil rights violations. We all should be concerned about the ever increasing number of rights we are losing that this article documents.

· In November we published the YouTube video “Mega Tesla battery in Australia helps shut down coal and gas power plants.” We have the means to transition to renewable energy right now for less than fossil fuel dependence.

In November we published the New Progressive Alliance Article “Continuing Middle East War Crimes.” Targeting civilians is wrong no matter who does it. War crimes are equally wrong if done by the United States as exposed by Julian Assange, by Israel, or by Hamas. Many believe it is a right based upon who is doing it.

· The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative is a global effort to foster international cooperation to accelerate a transition to clean energy for everyone, end the expansion of coal, oil and gas, and equitably phase out existing production in keeping with what science shows is needed to address the climate crisis. The New Progressive Alliance has endorsed this initiative.

· In November we published “How criminalization is being used to silence climate activists across the world.” This is a disturbing trend.

· In November we published “The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory.” This is an issue most media ignore.

· In November we published the YouTube video “Honest Government Ad | Israel & Gaza.” Progress will happen only when we can get beyond the good guy/bad guy dichotomy and recognize more than one truth.

· In November we published the two articles “Australians Call to End Long Persecution of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange” and the NPA article “The War on Whistleblowers” with over 590 references. We need to evaluate who our real heroes are. We need to acknowledge those who reveal a crime are not worse criminals than those who commit a crime.

In November we published the two articles “Poverty in America Has Strong Structural Roots That Some People Profit From” and the NPA article “Poverty is Getting Worse” with over 300 references. Poverty is getting much worse thanks to the policies of both parties. All indications are that poverty is not only getting worse, it is approaching third world status in many areas. We can ill afford to ignore these dangers.
In November we published the two articles “Wind and solar break records in Australia; Coal hits lowest point in 100 years” and the NPA article “We can power with renewable energy right now” with over 415 references. There are no technical, scientific, or financial obstacles to going with 100% sustainable energy.
In December we published “The Economy” with a companion article “Economic Graphs and Videos” with a combined total of over 1,750 references. Though economics is a dry subject, there is a very real human cost to getting economic policy wrong.
In December we published “The climate crisis has a price — and it is a $391 million a day” and the NPA article “Cost of Environmental Destruction” with over 275 references. There is a cost both monetarily and to humanity for environmental destruction.
The United Nations COP 28 was held from November 30 to December 12, 2023. The New Progressive Alliance joined with other organizations and as an organization in special consultative status to the United Nations to influence COP 28. We urged the COP 28 to focus on a fossil fuel phase out along with renewable energy and energy efficiency targets. We were not nearly as successful as we hoped to be. In December we published “The Sad History of the United Nations COP Meetings on Climate Change.” There is a long history here.
In December we published “Has Climate Made Up With Labor? (and Other Messy Conversations).” Environmentalists are tired of being told to go to the back of the bus until all other issues are fully satisfied to all.
In December we published the YouTube video “Solar energy on track to destroy fossil fuels as world passes ‘tipping point.’ We have the technology for sustainable energy right now.
As we closed out 2023 Annual Report we wish all a happy progressive 2024!

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