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New York Is the First City to Require Building Owners to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City has announced ambitious new rules that set mandated fossil fuel caps for thousands of buildings. These rules will require building owners in the city to upgrade and increase the energy efficiency of their buildings.

September 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Climate Change

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Remembering Superstorm Sandy and Rising in the Streets

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As someone born and raised in New York City, Superstorm Sandy devastated places I loved. I remember watching places I’d grown up become disaster zones, and walking through dark streets where

September 20, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

5 Stories You’re Missing While Monster Hurricanes Cause a Media Frenzy

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Since the end of August, calamitous hurricanes have dominated the news cycle. From Harvey to Irma to Maria, which grew from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm in just half a day

September 20, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Too few antibiotics in pipeline to tackle global drug-resistance crisis, WHO warns

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Too few antibiotics are in the pipeline to tackle the global crisis of drug resistance, which is responsible for the rise of almost untreatable infections around the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warns.

September 20, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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New NASA Research Will Probe Inner Workings of Quantum Mechanics in Space

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In early 2018, NASA will send its Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL), worth $70 million, to the International Space Station (ISS). The fully automated rig will create Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) and conduct other cold atom

September 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Quantum Physics

Happy Birthday CIA: 7 Truly Terrible Things the Agency Has Done in 70 Years

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On Monday, President Trump tweeted birthday wishes to the Air Force and the CIA. Both became official organizations 70 years ago on September 18, 1947, with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947.

September 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

The Cybercrime Convention's New Protocol Needs to Uphold Human Rights

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As part of an ongoing attempt to help law enforcement obtain data across international borders, the Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Convention— finalized in the weeks following 9/11, and ratified by the United States

September 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Ambitious 1.5C Paris climate target is still possible, new analysis shows

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Goal to limit warming to 1.5C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change was seen as unreachable, but updated research suggests it could be met if strong action is taken

September 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

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CIA Whistleblower: Harvard Picks Torture Apologists Over Chelsea Manning

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Harvard's rescinding of Chelsea Manning's visiting fellowship -- following a backlash from current and former US officials -- is a 'disgrace,' says CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou

September 15, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Whistleblowers

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Real Media: Drones, Nationalism and the Future of Warfare

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Author of Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade Andrew Feinstein talks about the the future of warfare, the effects of drones on the military industrial complex and the role of nationalism in

September 17, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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