⚠️ The Fossil Lobby Is Winning: 45 Climate Policy Reversals in One Year

Last week I wrote on LinkedIn: I have been following climate politics for a long time. I do not think I have ever felt this upset. As the climate crisis accelerates, our leaders are not accelerating c...

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Long Presumed Dead, a Thriving Coral Reef Is Discovered in West Africa

Sixty years after surveyors first uncovered evidence of a sprawling coral reef off the West African nation of Benin, scientists have at last found the reef. In the 1960s, fishing surveyors off West Africa’s Benin coast hauled up heads of coral in their nets. Employed by local governments to assess fish diversity and discover potentially trawlable seabeds in the sandy-bottomed Gulf of Guinea, the researchers shrugged off the discovery at the time, burying the find in a brief paragraph in a 130-something-page report. With no surveys since, the scientists who followed had lost track of exactly where the reefs might lie. And as mass bleaching events and overfishing slashed the world’s coral reef area by more than 50 percent since the 1950s, local oceanographers had written off any remnants of a possible reef as dead. More than six decades on, the mystery has been solved as a team of Beninese scientists rediscovered the healthy reef teeming with marine life. At least eight coral types and eight fish species have formed a thriving ecosystem on this long-forgotten site. “I was guided by hope. A hope that sometimes there are species or ecosystems which kind of defeat time, or are trying to...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should run for president | Bhaskar Sunkara

The congresswoman can run a serious national campaign on the left and pull a movement in behind it. She should get in early

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Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds

Top Democrat says findings show public ‘way ahead of the politicians’ as Trump dismisses global heating as ‘hoax’

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US public still favours action on climate change despite Trump’s fossil fuel drive

Two-thirds of Americans say they are worried about climate but level of media coverage does not reflect this

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65 Organizations Urge FDA to End Routine Antibiotic Use in Livestock Operations

Today, 65 organizations representing millions of Americans filed a rulemaking petition urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw approval for the unsafe use of antibiotics for disease prevention in food-producing animals. Every year, antibiotic-resistant bacteria contribute to approximately 35,000 deaths and 2.8 million illnesses in the U.S. — a public health crisis driven partly by livestock operations. Unnecessary use of antibiotics in animals breeds antibiotic-resistant bacteria and is transferable to humans in many ways, including through food, air, and water. [Read an executive summary and the full petition.] “For decades, pharmaceutical and meat corporations have prioritized profit and hidden the consequences of their practices on human health, animal welfare, and the environment. The FDA is obligated to ensure that drugs given to animals do not harm humans. Yet, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, the FDA has allowed this practice to continue,” said Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice Sustainable Food and Farming. “Antibiotic use enables crowded livestock operations with poor hygiene. There are many farmers and ranchers that successfully raise livestock in better, safer, and cleaner environments — without the unnecessary use of antibiotics. We can’t continue risking the effectiveness of our medicines to boost industry profits.” Each year, 34...

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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.

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US Senate blocks Trump’s SAVE America Act, thwarting restrictions on voting • NC Newsline

The SAVE America Act would require voters to offer documents, such as a birth certificate or passport, proving their citizenship when registering to vote. It would also mandate voters show photo ID wh...

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Study: Hurricane Helene caused spike in homelessness in North Carolina

National, state reactions to the latest annual US report on homelessness vary widely

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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

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One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible.

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ICE Boycott List 2026: Companies to Avoid That Support ICE

Updated 2026 list of companies supporting ICE. Interactive map + sources included. Learn how these banks, tech companies, and other corporations are backing ICE.

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What Happens When the World Is Motherless

On the CNN "rape academy" story, the ten thousand year erasure of the Mother, and what we do now.

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Inside the Interstitium, the Human Body’s Hidden Pathways (Gift Article)

The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications.

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