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On April 8, the moon will photobomb our view of the sun, creating a rare total solar eclipse that will be seen in Mexico, across the eastern half of the United States and as far north as Newfoundland, Canada. The beauty of the celestial event is enough reason to document it, but scientists have also […]
There’s just something about corporate chieftains meeting at a ski resort to save the world that seems to get people’s backs up. It could be the jargon – among the buzzwords at last year’s Davos conference was “mattering”, which I’m afraid is a noun. Or it could be the confident attitude of some of the […]
A team of scientists drove hundreds of miles through the steppes of Kazakhstan in search of what may be one of the largest and most diverse fungi ecosystems on Earth. The Washington Post believes their efforts “could help make the planet more resilient to climate change.” When these underground fungi come together, they form sophisticated […]
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images Do you work more for more money? Or work less for more time? For some, this is the ultimate economic choice. Every single worker in the European Union is guaranteed four weeks of paid vacation. No matter how long they’ve been at a company. No […]
Relentless heat bakes several parts of the planet the1a.org Source link
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A mixed jobs report today. A month after the Black unemployment rate hit a historic low, May’s data show that almost half of newly unemployed workers were Black. Today on the show, we make sense of that shift. We’ll talk about how recent data on Black employment is both […]
What if a new world leader came on the scene who could potentially free up trillions to help developing countries cope with climate change? That’s essentially what could be happening soon at the World Bank. The bank’s mission is to help countries develop sustainably and reduce poverty. The bank advises countries on what they need […]
Amsterdam — Gas companies are driving government policies that lock the US and Europe into hazardous new liquefied gas (LNG) commitments. Public investments into private operators, such as Fluxys in Belgium, show the scale of the US and Europe’s betrayal of global climate targets, while affecting the health of neighbouring communities living near production sites […]
Medved pointed to the OurCrowd efforts that direct a percentage of profits toward improving health care for the poor. Like a lot of people worried about climate change, he says there’s no time to waste. He thinks spending money on building new solar and wind farms is important, but he has his money on climate […]
I’ve had a recurring nightmare lately. In the dream, my seven-year-old son comes home from school and asks, “Daddy, can you buy me [insert video game console of choice], it’s on sale for Black Friday”. I start telling him why he’s not gonna get it, and then everything goes dark – and I wake up […]