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Podcast out of UVic uplifts Indigenous women leading the climate fight
Victoria News
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In a world of climate anxiety and despair, a new podcast out of the University of Victoria centres on the story of Inuk climate and human rights advocate Siila (Shelia) Watt-Cloutier and a message of hope. A Radical Act of Hope is a limited series...
Five Female Cancer Survivors Will Take Part In An Extreme Adventure Challenge In Costa Rica With Support Of ICT
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) Five Spanish women cancer survivors will participate from October 21st to November 4th in the tenth edition of the“Reto Pelayo Vida,” an extreme sports event held for the first time in Costa Rica, according to the...
Climate Futures: What’s Ahead for Our World Beyond 1.5°C of Warming?
The Good Men Project - California
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July 8, 2025
By Claire Asher This two-part Mongabay mini-series examines the current status of the climate emergency, how the global community is likely to respond and what lies ahead for Earth systems and humanity as the planet almost inevitably warms beyond...
Announcing the Winners of the First Aerial Photography Competition
Explorersweb
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July 8, 2025
A new competition dedicated to aerial photography has just released its winners. With a $5,000 cash prize for first place and publication of the top 101 images in a hardcover book, the International Aerial Photographer of the Year award attracted...
Trump calls China ‘fair’ while pushing tariffs to the brink
The Economic Times
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July 8, 2025
US President Donald Trump has been upbeat lately about his relationship with Beijing. In his words, “China has been very fair on our trade deal.” He also said, “I have had a really good relationship with China lately,” adding, “I speak with...
A Catholic challenge to American exceptionalism
America Magazine
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July 7, 2025
Editor's note: This essay is adapted from the McGinley Lecture delivered at Fordham University on April 9, 2025. While being a U.S. citizen includes many wonderful features and certainly accords many advantages, it also brings along some stigma...
Background Briefing: July 2, 2025
Background Briefing
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July 2, 2025
Another Big Media Company Caves to Trump’s Extortion We begin with another big media company caving in to Trump’s extortion with Paramount having settled Trump’s $20 billion nuisance lawsuit against CBS’s 60 Minutes for $16 million so that Shari...
The environmental impact of Trump’s massive tax and spending bill in the canadian Arctic region
Pressenza
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July 7, 2025
U.S. President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill planned to allocate more than US$8,6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker fleet in the Arctic, where Washington hopes to counter the possible rising Russian and Chinese dominance....
The new geopolitics of minerals
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 8, 2025
The recently concluded U.S.-Ukraine strategic minerals pact aims to counter China’s dominance, but challenges arise from contested territories and potential EU conflicts. The United States and Ukraine have struck a deal to exploit Ukraine’s rich...
Antarctica's Ocean Is Mysteriously Getting Saltier, Spelling End to Sea Ice
ScienceAlert
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July 2, 2025
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has lost sea ice similar to the size of Greenland. That ice hasn't returned, marking the largest...
‘Green growth,’ militarism merged
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones of wind turbines and electric vehicles, are now the prize in a geopolitical arms race. The trade agreement between Washington...
Trial over free speech on campus, and Trump’s student crackdown, begins
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. But lawyers for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, who are representing the associations, will argue at trial...
Trying to parlay football career into US Senate run is a tired play, even with Dooley name
Griffin Daily News - Georgia
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If I wanted a failed football coach as my U.S. senator, I’d move to Alabama. And I’m not moving to Alabama. Seriously, what in Derek Dooley’s resume makes him think his next job ought to be serving Georgia in the U.S. Senate? At age 57, his sole...
Diddy’s trial is more proof the legal system can’t handle domestic violence
The Guardian
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July 5, 2025
Laws are for the poors Wouldn’t it be nice if, just now and again, bad things happened to bad people? Wouldn’t it be refreshing if violence against women was taken seriously instead of being treated like one big joke? Yes, but alas, that is not...
Taking age to new depths: A Truckee resident is marking her own boundaries on the map of age
Tahoe Daily Tribune - California
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While traditionally frowned upon to ask a lady her age, that doesn’t stop some people from asking Louise Wholey. “The answer usually causes jaws to drop,” she says. When inquirers regain control of their jaw, a “What?” or “Really?” typically...
Critical Minerals of Peril and Power: The Five-Element Spine of the Modern Arsenal
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 7, 2025
The pilot slides his thumb across the F-35’s throttle and the jet answers with a whiplash of thrust, airframe flexing like a living blade. Hidden beneath that carbon-fiber skin is a cathedral of metals the color of dusk and midnight: magnets that...
What’s behind the North Atlantic ‘cold blob’? It’s not just ocean currents
Muser Press
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July 7, 2025
Summary: A persistent patch of cool water in the subpolar North Atlantic – often called the ‘cold blob’ – has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, new research published in Science Advances suggests the anomaly isn’t driven by ocean processes...
Water and ice may reveal where rare earth elements are hiding
Earth.com
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We hear about minerals all the time. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and rare earth elements appear in the news almost every week. These minerals power phones, electric cars, and military equipment. Countries want them, companies want them, and...
Embrace the chill: Scandinavian secrets to joyful winters for South Africans
IOL
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As winter takes hold in South Africa, many of us find ourselves dreaming of warmer days. However, for those living in some of the coldest cities in the world, such as Finland, Greenland, and Iceland, bitter temperatures can drop to a staggering...
On paving paradise with gold, or even with crystal
Patheos
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July 7, 2025
Reynolds Mountain, at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana For a long time, I found one of the prophecies of Isaiah quite distressing: Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be...