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A Plant 1,000 Times More Efficient at CO2 Removal Than Photosynthesis Is Now Active

The world's first commercial carbon capture plant is now online in Switzerland. Its operators emphasize that both carbon capture systems and a low-carbon economy are essential to meeting climate change goals.

June 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Advocates: Trump Pulling Out of Paris Climate Accord Is "Suicide Note to the World"

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President Donald Trump says he will make his announcement today on whether to pull the United States out of the landmark Paris climate accord, a decision environmentalists warn would be a

June 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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We Are Ripe for Fascism

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In this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, Yale history professor Timothy Snyder talks to Jeff Schechtman about what he sees as the very real possibility that our republic will go the

May 31, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

U.S. Doesn’t Need Trump to Honor Paris Climate Agreement

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American cities have already spent billions of dollars on climate action and are committed to environmental goals that go beyond the Paris accord.

June 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Denying Trade Deficit Problem Is Almost Like Climate Change Denial

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CEPR co-director Dean Baker explains that Trump's attention to the link between trade deficit and loss of manufacturing jobs is legitimate, even though many pundits continue to deny it. However, Trump's solutions probably

June 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Military Firm Used "War on Terror" Tactics Against Standing Rock Protest

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Leaked documents reveal that the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, hired the private security firm TigerSwan to target Native water protectors at Standing Rock. We talk to Will Parrish, one of three

June 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Amnesty International: Did $1 Billion Worth of Lost U.S. Weapons End Up in the Hands of ISIS?

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A newly declassified Pentagon audit shows the U.S. Army failed to keep track of more than $1 billion worth of weapons and military equipment sent to Iraq and Kuwait, including tens

May 31, 2017
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Category: Politics

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The Intercept: As the U.S. Ramps Up Airstrikes on ISIS, Are Syrian Civilians Paying the Price?

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A civilian monitoring group says U.S.-led airstrikes killed more than 100 civilians—including 47 children—on Thursday and Friday in the ISIS-held town of Al Mayadeen in eastern Syria. This comes as

May 31, 2017
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Category: Politics

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Private Mercenary Firm TigerSwan Compares Anti-DAPL Water Protectors to "Jihadist Insurgency"

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An explosive new investigation by The Intercept reveals how international private security firm TigerSwan targeted Dakota Access water protectors with military-style counterterrorism measures. TigerSwan began as a U.S. military and State Department contractor.

May 31, 2017
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Category: Justice

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First Amendment: Freedom to Hate?

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Free speech protests continue to pop up on campuses across the United States, and everyone is getting a say on the issue, even former President Barack Obama.

May 31, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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