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We must ensure that the issue is dealt with effectively and support victim-survivors. We can't have victims of this appalling Human Rights violation falling through the cracks. CL
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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'Extremely traumatising': Modern slavery victims let down by police, courts
A new national report prepared for the office of the Australian anti-slavery commissioner finds modern slavery victims are being let down by the justice system.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-09/modern-slavery-victims-let-down-gaps-australian-justice-system/106745078?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈
about 24 hours ago
Exactly. And it won't take long to remove his name from everything once a Democrat is back in the White House.
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Rather than trying to bring change to Cuba by force, the Trump administration should use its leverage to engage in diplomacy. Doing so may not immediately transform the island into a democracy, but it could set the stage for a sustained national recovery.
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/day-aft...
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The Day After in Cuba
What American military force can and cannot do.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/day-after-cuba
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The US Chamber of Commerce also sued, in federal court in Washington DC, and has appealed a denial of a summary judgement against the fee hike.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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Judge blocks Trump's $142,000 H-1B skilled worker visa fee
The Trump administration's planned fee for the H-1B visa was announced to prevent foreign workers from taking American jobs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-09/trump-immigration-fed-judge-visa-h1b-100k-court-ruling/106775100?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link
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Biodiversity is declining across nearly every marine habitat. Marine life is under severe stress, with 80% decline in Caribbean coral reefs since the 1970s. 90% of global coral reefs may disappear if warming exceeds 1.5°C above industrial levels.
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Humanity’s future depends on protecting the rapidly changing ocean
The ocean covers more than 70 per cent of the planet and regulates climate, sustains biodiversity, and supports economies and cultures worldwide. It’s the foundation of life on Earth.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167654
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"However, compared to the kinds of analysis that Climateworks has carried out about what opportunities are available, Australia is still not making the most of those opportunities." Cradle to Cradle ♻️ principles within a circular economy are important too. CL 🌎
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Emissions drop again, fuelling hopes Australia's hit a tipping point
Emissions are at their lowest point since the COVID pandemic shut down the economy, dropping 2.1 per cent over the year to December 2025.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-05/australias-emissions-drop-as-renewable-energy-batteries-surge/106751294?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link
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Let’s join their calls and help them deliver a massive victory for nature. When we hit 500,000 signatures, we'll make sure Prime Minister Edi Rama sees it and demands a total halt to the project.
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URGENT: Save this island from the Trump family!
Albanians are standing up for their pristine island – join now to stand with them!
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/protect_sazan_island_from_the_trump_family_loc/?copy&utm_source=copy&utm_medium=social_share&utm_campaign=58161&share_location=post_action
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Happy Pride Month! 🌈
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How healthy is the environment. Is the EPA doing its job? 🌍
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On June 1, the Tumbleweed project in California’s Kern County became the first major battery installation in the U.S. that can discharge power for up to eight hours at a time — twice as long as typical energy-storage facilities.
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Pioneering grid battery nudges California closer to 24/7 clean energy
The Tumbleweed installation just went online in Kern County. It can store clean energy and discharge it for eight hours straight, a harbinger of what’s to…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/long-duration-energy-storage/pioneering-grid-battery-california
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Why is Massachusetts sitting on $64M in EV-charger funding? @CanaryMediaInc
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Why is Massachusetts sitting on $64M in EV-charger funding?
Despite the state’s political embrace of EVs, it has built zero chargers nearly four years after receiving federal funds from the Biden administration.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-charging/massachusetts-sitting-on-ev-charger-funding
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The Jackdaw plucking fur off a moulting deer the bird gather soft warm nesting material, and the deer gets a free, highly appreciated, grooming that removes itchy, loose winter hair and ticks
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Southern Poverty Law Center
about 22 hours ago
Fair maps ensure ALL communities have a voice in elections. That voice is under threat after the Louisiana v.
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decision further gutted aspects of the
#VRA
& opened the door to attempts to weaken Black and Brown political power. 📢Learn how we can
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https://bit.ly/4v1qq6W
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The collective bargaining approach has succeeded in the past. Nonprofit Solar United Neighbors has led similar group buys for rooftop solar since 2007, helping thousands of households net deals on installations.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
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Want a deal on a heat pump? Team up with your neighbors.
Bulk buying is a tried-and-true way to get discounts on rooftop solar. Now programs aimed at heat pumps are popping up too, helping people save thousands…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/heat-pump-deal-neighbors
about 22 hours ago
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Robert Reich
about 22 hours ago
The Trump administration is planning to axe an ocean monitoring system that provides critical early warning signs of major storms and weather. The entire globe is facing an historic El Nino year, with dangerous extreme weather expected. Trump is putting us all at risk.
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Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’
Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/05/trump-plan-ocean-monitoring-system-concern-scientists
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Producing more millionaires is a sign of economic dynamism. Convincing them to keep more of their capital at home is the more important test.
www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
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🟡 Semafor Africa: ‘Shared ownership’ | Semafor
In this edition: WHO launches $500M push to fight Ebola, Ramaphosa vows to crack down on undocumented migrants, and MTN wants to share the cost of digital infrastructure development.
https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/06/08/2026/who-launches-500m-push-to-fight-ebola-ramaphosa-vows-to-crack-down-on-undocumented-migrants-and-mtn-wants-to-share-the-cost-of-digital-infrastructure-development?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=africa&utm_campaign=SemaforSpotlight#l
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David Suzuki Foundation
4 days ago
Some belated good news for World Environment Day 🌊 The establishment of Mia-yaltwa Ha’lidzogm hoon uplifts the generational work of the Nations who have been stewarding the marine environment of the Central Coast for millennia.
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David Suzuki Foundation
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Ottawa is gutting key laws that protect the ocean in the name of the "public interest." This World Ocean Day, add your voice: Tell the feds that expedited approvals of projects like pipelines and ports are not in the public interest — healthy waters and communities are.
https://ow.ly/Kgat50Z8Bku
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Greenpeace International 🌍
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2/8 Energy Transfer tried to dodge accountability by asking the Amsterdam District Court to dismiss Greenpeace International’s anti-SLAPP case. And if that failed, they wanted the whole thing suspended until the final outcome of the North Dakota cases. The court said no. Entirely.
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Support Greenpeace. 🌍
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about 22 hours ago
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How did Fox keep their license? Does anybody know? 💻🎙️😎
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about 23 hours ago
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Congratulations to all those people working so hard on the issues.🌍🐢
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Protect our oceans and save biodiversity🌎
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Announcing UN World Oceans Day 2026: Reimagine
YouTube video by United Nations World Oceans Day
https://youtu.be/lTTW178kXlc
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Trump betrayed farmers. Now real signs of anger show. Last year, America’s crop farmers lost $34.6 billion, and farm bankruptcies surged to numbers not seen since 2020, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Trump betrayed farmers. Now real signs of anger show.
Hurt by the war in Iran and war on trade, will farmers still vote red?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/01/trump-might-be-losing-farm-vote-over-trade-iran/
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A great reverse migration is shifting power in the U.S. Disenfranchised after Reconstruction, by 1901, there were no longer any Black members of Congress. By the time the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed, 53% of the Black population remained.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | A great reverse migration is shifting the balance of power in the U.S.
Republicans in Southern states are gerrymandering the return of Black voters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/03/southern-states-are-gerrymandering-return-black-voters/
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Support the amazing work of UNICEF 😎
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The CSIRO invented and patented wireless local area network (WLAN) technology in the 1990s – a breakthrough that underpins modern Wi-Fi and has transformed how the world connects without wires. 💻
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Earth.com
3 days ago
Coffee hides caffeine’s bitterness in a surprising way
#EarthDotCom
#EarthSnap
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Coffee hides caffeine’s bitterness in a surprising way
Anyone who has tasted pure caffeine knows how unpleasant it can be. The bitterness is immediate and medicinal, more like a drug than a drink. Coffee contains plenty of caffeine, yet that harsh flavor is surprisingly difficult to find in a typical cup. The concentration in a typical brew sits well above what your tongue
https://www.earth.com/news/coffee-hides-caffeines-bitterness-in-a-surprising-way/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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My sister’s boss said I’d been under surveillance for months and was now going to be detained. He said they’d proved that I, her brother, was heading down the wrong path, that I was part of a subversive project.
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
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I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles began
The long read: My friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogated
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/04/cuba-first-independent-magazine-sneeze-troubles-began-state-security?CMP=share_btn_url
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“I believe that we see what they saw in caves,” said Barkai. “Our subconscious is inherited from theirs, and we share the same feelings as they did when entering those spaces.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings
The long read: For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took ...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/02/journey-into-spain-palaeolithic-cave-paintings-altamira?CMP=share_btn_url
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“This lease sale certainly fits the broader pattern of putting drilling and development and extraction interests ahead of conservation and public access and long-term stewardship,” said Gregg DeBie, a senior staff attorney at the Wilderness Society.
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Major oil firms skip Trump’s auction of Arctic wildlife refuge drilling leases
The sale of 72,000 acres in leases is nonetheless a step toward extraction in the wilderness home to caribou and polar bears.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/06/05/trump-holds-oil-lease-auction-alaska-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/
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What’s maybe less well known is the deterioration of Americans’ savings and obligations to lenders as they try to maintain their standards of living. Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner has the charts to break it all down.
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Steve Rattner: American’s savings hitting ROCK BOTTOM
YouTube video by MS NOW
https://youtu.be/DmzY7qKIfO0?si=J42SXHkyR25k1ZGd
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A record-breaking 28% of new cars sold this year will be battery-powered, according to new data from the IEA. That’s a big deal: Driving around in gas-guzzling vehicles spews tons of planet-warming and health-harming pollution into the atmosphere.🌍
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
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Electric cars are starting to take over the world
Despite sluggish EV sales in the U.S., it’s full steam ahead for electric vehicles in most other regions.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/electric-vehicles/electric-cars-starting-take-over-world
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“It’s a lot of inexpensive power that we don’t have available to us. And it means fewer choices for consumers,” Tom Bullock, E.D. for the Citizens Utility Board of Ohio. “Boy, would that come in handy right now when electricity prices keep going up, up, up.”
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Ohio has blocked a lot of wind and solar. Its residents pay the price.
The clean energy projects thwarted by state lawmakers could have gone a long way toward meeting spiking energy demand, lowering bills, and eliminating…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/ohio-blocked-wind-solar
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Mozambique will take a 15% stake in domestic mining ventures and push for minerals to be processed locally by prohibiting companies from exporting non-processed resources.
www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
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🟡 Semafor Africa: An abrupt ending | Semafor
In this edition: South Africa launches diplomatic push amid xenophobic violence, Kenya’s growing Ebola quarantine controversy, and Mozambique rolls out new mining laws.
https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/06/05/2026/south-africa-launches-diplomatic-push-amid-xenophobic-violence?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=africa&utm_campaign=SemaforSpotlight#k
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I just wrote a
waforests.bsky.social
letter: 14 days to tell the Minister: No Alcoa exemption! Write one here:
endforestmining.org.au/alcoa-exemption
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WA Forest Alliance (@waforests.bsky.social)
Working towards protection for WA's Southwest forests. Find us everywhere @waforests or at wafa.org.au Authorised by Jess Boyce, WA Forest Alliance, 2 Delhi St, West Perth, WA, 6005.
https://waforests.bsky.social
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Amazon Watch
4 days ago
This World Environment Day, Chapra Nation President Olivia Bisa Tirko shares how Indigenous courage and global solidarity can challenge the systems driving destruction. 🎥 Watch her story and stand with Indigenous leadership.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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Protected area targets face potential pitfalls 🌿 Frontiers in Science article: “the top priority should be preventing the loss of intact biomes, ecosystems, natural processes, and species assemblages, as they are irreplaceable and cannot be quickly restored.”🌍
davidsuzuki.org/story/protec...
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Protected area targets face potential pitfalls
Protected areas can be islands of green in seas of development and extraction, lacking connectivity, often surrounded by deteriorated areas where wildlife that moves beyond the boundaries becomes thre...
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/protected-area-targets-face-potential-pitfalls/
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This trajectory has emphasized a difficult truth: modern wars are seldom swift affairs. Instead, they are generally long, and they rarely end decisively. They drain munitions stockpiles and test their participants’ resolve. Public approval has declined.
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The Transatlantic Crucible
The crisis between Washington and Europe may be a blessing in disguise.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/transatlantic-crucible-europe-nato
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Honour the Earth 🌏
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The Revelator
7 days ago
Illegal trade in rare ornamental plants is booming — fueled by weak enforcement and a changing climate. But the theft of 1,000 cacti from the Chilean desert has led to a landmark court case in Italy.
https://therevelator.org/a-cactus-in-court/
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A Cactus in Court • The Revelator
Illegal trade in rare ornamental plants is booming — fueled by weak enforcement and a changing climate. But the theft of 1,000 cacti from the Chilean desert has led to a landmark court case in Italy.
https://therevelator.org/a-cactus-in-court/
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Center for Biological Diversity
7 days ago
Panhandle vs. Petrochemicals Communities in the Florida Panhandle are working to stop petrochemicals along this biodiversity hotspot. Learn more about these efforts. ⬇️
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Protect This Place: The Florida Panhandle vs. Petrochemicals • The Revelator
In this video edition, see how Panhandle communities work to stop petrochemicals along this biodiversity hotspot.
https://therevelator.org/protect-florida-panhandle/
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Center for Biological Diversity
5 days ago
Yesterday, a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsut that challenged the U.S. Forest Service’s removal of illegal feral cattle from endangered species habitat in the Gila Wilderness, the nation’s first designated wilderness area. More information:
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Center for Biological Diversity
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Bad news: The House Appropriations Committee just passed a funding bill that includes a historic number of anti-wildlife poison pill riders that would undermine the Endangered Species Act and other safeguards for the nation’s most vulnerable wildlife. Details:
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Nature at its best! I love this one! An octopus getting an UBER ride on a turtle!!🙂
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Why don't you do something about that coal ash? 🔥
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Is this the return of Voice of America? CL Brooking said. “This is how you build these sorts of networks. But the content is lazy, the AI is bad, and the required disclosures make the whole thing a farce.”@sambiddle.com
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The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America
La Tilde publishes an unusual mix of personal finance guides and articles extolling American military efforts in Latin America.
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/02/la-tilde-propaganda-latin-america-pentagon/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
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Women became infected with Ebola because, “they washed soiled clothes by ungloved hand at home, bathed relatives with fever, with no medical PPE gear,” he says.
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Why the DRC Ebola outbreak is worse for women
Nature Health - Women’s roles as caregivers, healthcare workers and traditional healers put them at increased risk of infection.
https://rdcu.be/fmvPm
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“Last year, global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity, more than all but 10 countries of the world,” The Associated Press writes, citing a new United Nations report.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/c...
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How One Company Plans to Mine the Bottom of the Sea
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/climate/deep-sea-mining-metals-company.html?smid=bs-share
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The Eagle Chase battery is among three storage systems in Wake Electric’s territory. The second, in Wake Forest, is a 1-megawatt-hour battery paired with a 500-kilowatt solar farm; its purpose is to dispatch solar electrons when the sun doesn’t shine.
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Why North Carolina’s electric co-ops are turning to grid batteries
From the suburbs to the barrier islands, the state’s local cooperatives are using aggregated battery systems to weather outages and protect consumers’…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/north-carolina-electric-co-ops-grid-batteries
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