Three days after Sen. McConnell’s “cardiac event” his wife, Elaine Chao, met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing on June 17. Prolly swapping vacation photos or recipes…

We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:

🐝 Most insects aren't pests-- they're essential. Wasps control crop pests, dragonflies eat mosquitoes, bees pollinate and countless species keep ecosystems healthy. CBC Radio explores why it's time to rethink our fear of bugs. 🦋🌿

Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals apple.news/A4bdRVIjAS_u...

🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage appears to have breached MP rules after failing to declare that convicted criminal George Cottrell paid for his staff, security and social media output before 2024 election

Public satisfaction with the NHS stood at a record high of 70% when Labour left power in 2010. When the Tories left in 2024, satisfaction had fallen to a record low of 21%. In 2025, 51% were dissatisfied, down from 59%. The largest fall in dissatisfaction in over 25 years. —British Social Attitudes

As more scandals emerge surrounding the ex DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, this revelation about "Dark Money" in 2016 might raise calls to revisit the Russian Report - famously buried by Boris Johnson & Co. TL;DR: "the UK ended up with a DUP-shaped Brexit, sponsored by dark actors". 1/6

GDP completely ignores ecological debt. We are burning through our planet's capital and calling it revenue. We desperately need new measures of progress that value human and planetary well-being. 📊🌱 #Degrowth #GreenEconomy

A massive Georgia data center drained nearly 30 million gallons of water, sparking outrage among local residents asked to conserve water during a drought. Residents of Fayetteville, Georgia, first noticed something was wrong when their home water pressure mysteriously plummeted.

There’s a very good reason Reform aren’t active on #BlueSky because here moderators have a zero tolerance approach towards Bots 90% of Reform’s supporting comments on X are Bots - here they’d be swamped with real a/cs highlighting their dodgy funding, hypocrisy, racism, & BS @bsky.app #StopTheBots

1/ Cities need trees to cool the streets. 2/ Farms need trees to hold the soil and the rain. 3/ The planet needs forests to stabilize the climate. This isn't charity, it's survival infrastructure. Make it mandatory worldwide. RT if you agree.

With existing technology, it is possible to reduce aircon's GHG emissions by 97% by 2050. We just gotta do it.

Shocking stats: The Amazon has lost 17% of its forests (that's 1 million hectares in 2023 alone), pushing it toward a dangerous tipping point. Meanwhile, the Congo Basin shed 352,000 km² from 1990-2020, with projections of another 174,000-204,000 km² gone by 2050 if trends continue.

How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy The oil giant sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels, handpicking scientists aligned with their interests.

Jezus: UK's Reform Party has gotten two-thirds of its funding from fossil fuel interests.

lol does this article really not mention that Clarence Thomas was in house counsel for Monsanto, the Roundup manufacturer?

Musk and the billionaires successfully got rid of the British Prime Minister.

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BAYER'S BID TO LIMIT LAWSUITS IN STATE COURT CLAIMING ITS ROUNDUP WEEDKILLER CAUSES CANCER

UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)

'Former water boss Susan Davy has been handed a £270,000 bonus despite a parasite outbreak that contaminated drinking water, left over 140 people ill, and triggered a public health scandal in the South West. The outbreak affected around 17,000 homes and lasted 54 days.' www.lbc.co.uk/article/wate...

“If you take the deal, you’re going to be exploited. If you don’t take it, you’re going to die,” said attorney Frank Ssekamwa about the U.S. demand to access the health data of millions of Ugandans. “It’s the essence of digital colonialism.”

The UAE is storing solar electricity as heat inside molten salt at 565 degrees — generating power through the night without burning a single molecule of gas. Photovoltaic for daytime baseload, concentrated solar thermal for evening and night dispatch, battery storage for rapid response #ActOnClimate

Undermining scientific expertise and endangering public health and the environment seems very popular everywhere: The House of Commons and the Senate in Canada passed a bill that empowers the cabinet to authorize the use of pesticides that Health Canada has deemed unsafe.

"In the 51 years I've worked on pesticides in this country, this is the single most regressive proposal I've ever seen," Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said." www.cbc.ca/news/politic... WTF @liberalca.bsky.social !! #cdnpoli

🇫🇷 🌍🌎🌏 The Aqua Solaire vessel covers its entire upper deck with 1,200 square meters of flexible bifacial solar panels generating 840 kilowatts, powering onboard reverse osmosis desalination systems capable of producing up to 500,000 liters of WHO-standard drinking water daily #France

My dad is on a mission to combat climate change through bee farming.With his expert craftsmanship,he's building bee hives that provide a nurturing environment for these important pollinators.Join us in promoting environmental sustainability and protecting our fragile ecosystems.

Least Surprising Headline of the Year contender... 'Dozens of countries have called out growing "coordinated attacks" by fossil fuel interests aimed at undermining the role of climate science in the UN negotiations at the mid-year talks in Bonn.' www.climatechangenews.com/2026/06/17/s...

I wrote about the fog of secrecy surrounding the expansion of Billy Bishop airport. When even the mayor doesn't have the whole picture, you know there's trouble www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.

All those visiting Vancouver for the #WorldCup and cheering our public transit, walkable downtown, & vibrant waterfront, might be interested to know that almost everything noteworthy about our city-building began with the turning point rejection of the freeways that lobotomized so many other cities.

Indigenous group seeking consultation, records on Billy Bishop expansion plans

🌳 BREAKING: Cameroon just added 15 new timber species to its log export ban, bringing total protected species to 91! This is a massive leap toward the full log export ban set for January 2028. The Congo Basin rainforest—Earth's second green lung—just gained crucial breathing room.

Russia behind fake far right groups designed to fuel unrest in the U.K. 😒 Source: ukfactcheck.com www.ukfactcheck.com/article/288/...

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

5/13 Almost a century later, a Canadian court ruled the original land still belonged to the Squamish. The government returned 10 acres of prime real estate. Instead of building sprawling single-family homes or a mall, the Nation decided to build a better version of Vancouver.

Decades of research said organic farming builds soil better. A study of 3,000 actual farms says: not so fast. It's not organic vs. conventional — it's about biomass inputs, nitrogen, and tillage. The practices matter, not the label. My latest... csanr.wsu.edu/what-actuall...

A since-deleted tweet by UFC commentator Daniel Cormier, showing DM's he recieved from Eric Trump in which Eric asks about insider info on the UFC Freedom 250 fights and alludes to doing insider trading betting

Monsanto wanted its growth hormone in every glass of Canadian milk. One government scientist stood in the way and his own bosses spent 14 years trying to destroy him for it. His name was Dr. Shiv Chopra. Canadians owe him a lot. Pt 1

The CEO of Anthropic just warned AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs in 5 years Now he says AI companies need to be taxed to fund UBI. We have two choices: 1. The Easy Way: Tax AI companies, fund UBI, and keep society running. 2. The Hard Way: Mass layoffs, hunger, and riots.

The transcript of this 911 call is horrific and I will not force that upon anyone. What is notable from this article is that nearly 40% of homicides in Columbus for 2025 were related to domestic violence. And makes domestic violence more deadly? A gun. Also. 1/ www.dispatch.com/story/news/c...

As millions arrive for the World Cup, Toronto and Vancouver are expanding wastewater monitoring for measles, norovirus, mpox and more. CBC is reporting on the public health systems most people never see until there's a crisis. That's why public-interest journalism matters.

“Consultations on the future of the Toronto island airport will go ahead without detailed plans on a possible expansion.” How can you have consultations without seeing the plan? Would you sign a blank cheque ESPECIALLY when what’s involved is Premier Ford selling our waterfront to USA business? Why?

Every suburb survives on subsidies. It is a lifestyle that would be impossible if not for the tax revenue generated by the urban areas suburbanites hate & want to "escape."

A California state court judge denied motions by Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube seeking a new trial after a jury found them liable for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people.

www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-far... 23775/ This is the fourth article I’ve seen in a week about solar farms boosting biodiversity and/or helping agriculture. Solar is really proving to be a win-win solution #Conservation