As wars grind on in Ukraine and Gaza, another location ravaged by conflict is taking steps to implement a historic peace agreement. From the mid-1960s through 2016, Colombia was torn by conflict between the government, leftist guerrilla movements and right-wing paramilitary groups. Now the government and rebels are working to carry out a sweeping accord that addresses many critical sectors, including environmental damages and restoration. University of Notre Dame researchers Richard...
We’ve spent 40 years putting together an apparatus to protect public health and environment from a lot of different pollutants. [Former EPA administrator Scott} Pruitt is pulling the whole apparatus down. – William Ruckelshaus, the EPA’s first administrator, regarding former president Trump’s first EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. One of President Joe Biden’s greatest accomplishments over More
A study shows by BloombergNEF found that electric vehicles emit far less heat-trapping pollution than regular gas powered cars. You can read all the details here: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/electric-vehicles/chart-evs-are-definitely-cleaner-than-gas-cars-over-their-lifetime Categories: Weather Blog
Tyler Takeda/The Madera TribuneThe Madera County Farm Bureau announced its 2024 scholarship recipients at its annual scholarship fundraiser on Sunday. Back row, from left, are Emily Robles, Gunreet Mahil, Jose Santiago Ramirez, Jaclyn Schnoor, Makenna Vlot, Halle Deniz and Samuel Price. Front row, from left, are Madison Jackson, Leslie Rendon Acosta, Anita Giron Cortes, Susana Sousa, Sayra Agustin Karate, Jesus Salgado Guzman, Bella Waag, MCFB President Laura Gutile and MCFB Executive Director...
Berlin, May 10, 2024 – LibreOffice 7.6.7 Community, the last minor release of the 7.6 line, is available from https://www.libreoffice.org/download for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is the most thoroughly tested version, for deployments by individuals, small and medium businesses, and other organizations in productivity environments. This new minor release fixes bugs and regressions which […]
The failure of the Bureau of Prisons to implement two major federal laws mandating sentence reductions for nonviolent and first-time offenders costs taxpayers billions of dollars annually.
This story was originally published by Grist and Fast Company and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many began questioning those hours they had spent commuting to work. All those rushed mornings stuck in traffic could […]
Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to addressing the root causes of ecological challenges across the country to safeguard lives and properties. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, while commissioning the Koton Karfe Flood Control Project in Kogi State; assured Nigerians of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President for the welfare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer groups are praising the Supreme Court’s rejection of a conservative-led attack that could’ve
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Using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), Argentinian astronomers have investigated the environment of a galactic globular cluster known as NGC 6355. The study, presented in a paper published May 2 on the pre-print server arXiv, found that the cluster has several extra-tidal features.
Severe thunderstorms, bringing with them large hail, are possible in