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This is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue. The platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and inspiration as we take back our state from some of the most extreme Republicans in the...
by randallt
on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Imagine a court hearing where the plaintiff is not a person, but a damaged river, lake or mountain. The plaintiff is a sea turtle or a Mexican grey wolf. The plaintiff is nature itself. Imagine a world where nature, and all the living beings of the...
by populationmediacenter
on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 09:19 AM PDT
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It’s been a while since I blogged on here about stream water testing at Feather Run (the stream that runs in the easement behind my property in far southeast Indianapolis, Indiana) for Hoosier Riverwatch (this is Site #2885 in their database). I...
by Midwest Moongazer
on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 11:46 PM PDT
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WHAT IS EARTH OVERSHOOT? Earth Overshoot and overconsumption refer to critical concepts highlighting humanity’s unsustainable utilization of natural resources, surpassing the Earth’s capacity for regeneration. Earth Overshoot Day is a pivotal metric...
by populationmediacenter
on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 02:00 PM PST
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The eight counties that make up California’s San Joaquin Valley Air District form the nation’s most productive farming area. In 2022, it produced citrus, almonds, tomatoes, pistachios, walnuts, alfalfa, corn, winter wheat, rice, livestock, and other...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 09:09 PM PST
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Rod Lamberts wrote a decade ago: If there’s one thing decades of advertising, public relations, psychology research and science communication have taught us, it’s that throwing facts at opposing opinions with the hope of changing people’s minds is like...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
with 237 Recommends
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 09:17 PM PST
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It starts with an anecdote. I usually fly out of Salt Lake City, so that means Delta Airlines but recently I took a series of cross-country flights on Southwest. It was cheaper, and there were reasons. Don’t get me wrong, the flights were on on time,...
by martinjedlicka
on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 12:08 AM PST
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Ecocide The term ‘ecocide’ refers to the ‘devastation and destruction of the environment to the detriment of life’, but no legal definition between States has yet been agreed. This project promotes the discussion towards the criminalisation of ecocide....
by LaFeminista
on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 07:52 AM PST
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How the U.S. has fallen prey to a decade-long Russian intel op Also: Lindell owes $5 million for 2020 'election data' challenge Media ignore good Biden polling amid ill-considered bids to replace him... On today's BradCast: As of this week, if it...
by TheBradBlog
on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 06:50 PM PST
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We face a global epidemic of physical injuries; physical inactivity; and air pollution. 354,272; that is the number of U.S citizens who lost their lives in car accidents, with additional 17,5 million receiving injuries requiring medical attention...
by Neon Neo
on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM PST
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One of President Joe Biden’s endeavors that can be fairly described as awesome is his “30 by 30” initiative to conserve and protect 30% of America’s land and water by 2030. Currently, just 12% falls into the protected category. The key question: Where...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
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The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. Because of the...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 08:15 AM PST
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Scripps News has been following events at East Palestine with multiple reports ever since the catastrophic train wreck a year ago on February 3, 2023. (The list of reports at the link really cover the story in depth.) They have a followup report here...
by xaxnar
on Sun Feb 04, 2024 at 11:41 AM PST
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Where to begin. First, you all may see a spike in gas prices in the coming days. Second, now I know how much the district administration cares for its staff and students. Let me take a couple of ...
by zenbassoon
on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 07:00 PM PST
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In a world built by plutocrats, the powerful are protected while vengeful laws silence their critics George Monbiot — Link to the Guardian. Why are peaceful protesters treated like terrorists, while actual terrorists (especially on the far right, and...
by LaFeminista
on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 05:19 AM PST
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I have had a problem with my stomach for the last week or so. In addition, I have felt tired, wanted to sleep a lot, etc. Finally, Friday of last week, or Monday of this week, I realized that I had diarrhea, I mean explosive diarrhea. I figured that it...
by jwgarman
on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 08:42 PM PST
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Also: Trump loses in court again 10 GOP state Senators barred from OR's 2024 ballot U.S. House passes bipartisan bill; Biden Admin climate and clean energy triumphs you probably haven't heard about... Legislation is hard. It involves compromise and...
by TheBradBlog
on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 07:03 PM PST
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The estimated total plastic-attributable disease burden in the United States in 2018 [alone] cost the nation $249 billion, or 1.22% of the gross domestic product. according to the conclusion of a research write-up at Medscape [no paywall, but free...
by mettle fatigue
on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM PST
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