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Fate of Accountability for Undergraduate Certificates to Loom Over Ed Talks

The post Fate of Accountability for Undergraduate Certificates to Loom Over Ed Talks appeared first on The Century Foundation.

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Trump’s Energy Secretary Wants to Bigfoot Tribes’ Stewardship of Their Land

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The mesa’s steep drop offered id…

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Despite Moore’s Reversal on Climate Funding, Legislature Must Override RENEW Veto

Legislature must ensure legitimacy of study and codify critical requirements and timeline by overriding Governor’s veto
The post Despite Moore’s Reversal on Climate Funding, Legislature Must Override RENEW Veto appeared first on Food & Water Watch.

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In Attack on Clean Water, House Passes Dangerous PERMIT Act

Legislation would enable factory farm pollution and speed fossil fuel pipeline construction
The post In Attack on Clean Water, House Passes Dangerous PERMIT Act appeared first on Food & Water Watch.

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SPEED Act passes in House despite changes that threaten clean power projects

The bill would significantly curtail scope of the federal environmental review process.

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As Mamdani Leaves Queens for the Upper East Side, a Cool Welcome Awaits

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani loves his Astoria, Queens, neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. But voters who live near Gracie Mansion, his new home, really wanted his opponent to win.

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MAGA media mess deepens at Turning Point convention

PHOENIX — MAGA speakers torched each other as pompous, cancerous cowards at this weekend's 30,000-person Turning Point USA AmericaFest, accelerating the right's media meltdown over Israel, hate speech and more. Why it matters: The MAGA movement — so lockstep when President Trump was running, and lar…

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D.C. pipe bomb suspect confessed, believed 2020 election was tampered with, DOJ says

The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021, told investigators he believed the 2020 election was tampered with and he felt "someone needs to speak up," the Justice Department said in a court filing Sunday. CBS News jus…

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Resonant laser ablation selectively destroys pancreatic tumours

A mid-infrared femtosecond laser tuned to the collagen absorption peak can ablate pancreatic cancer while preserving healthy pancreatic tissues
The post Resonant laser ablation selectively destroys pancreatic tumours appeared first on Physics World.

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Kimmel slams Trump in U.K. Christmas message: "Tyranny is booming"

Jimmy Kimmel used his Christmas Day message to U.K. viewers Thursday to declare victory for free speech over President Trump's calls to cancel his talk show.The big picture: British public broadcaster Channel 4 selects a high-profile figure to deliver an alternative to the British monarch's annual C…

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Kimmel Tells U.K. Viewers ‘Tyranny Is Booming’ in America

Chosen by a British TV station to give an “alternative” to the king’s speech, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been a great year for the U.S. “from a fascism perspective.”