Britain’s most iconic waterways, including the jewel in the crown of its freshwater lakes, are “dying” say leading campaigners, because government agencies are failing to crack down on sewage and slurry polluters, posing a risk to health and wildlife. Campaigners say years of swingeing cuts have fatally weakened the environment agency’s role in protecting England’s…
Chinese Regime Killed Falun Gong Adherent for His Liver, Says Former Japanese Gang Member
June 28, 2022
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A former Japanese criminal gang member said he was witness to China’s live organ trade, having seen an anesthetized Falun Gong adherent—with tendons cut to prevent his flight—shortly before the man was placed on an operating table to have his liver carved out. That was 15 years ago in August 2008 when Ushio Sugawara, now…
Move to Conserve 30 Percent of US Land Sparks Eminent Domain Fear for Those Living Near Federal Lands
June 28, 2022
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America the Beautiful is more than a famed patriotic song; it is the name of a national environmental effort to “restore, connect, and conserve” 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. Sometimes called the 30×30 plan, it is part of an executive order that President Joe Biden signed on his first day in…
Deep-Sea Mining Rejected by Palau, Fiji, and Samoa
The Pacific nations of Palau, Fiji, and Samoa have formed a new alliance to call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, citing the industry’s potential hazards to ocean ecology. “We believe it is not worth the risk. We ask all of you to support that deep-sea mining increases the vulnerability of the seabed floor and…
Stunning Roman Mosaics Return Home to New Israeli Museum
JERUSALEM—A series of exceptional 1,700-year-old Roman mosaics have returned home to Israel, where the collection went on public display for the first time Monday after more than a decade touring the world’s top museums. The mosaics were first discovered in the central city of Lod in 1996 but the Israel Antiquities Authority only fully unearthed…
New Yorkers May Be Forced to ‘Electrify Everything’ From 2030
June 27, 2022
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According to a proposed scoping plan, New York residents might be forced to—as early as 2030—replace their boilers with electric heat pumps, drive electric cars, and switch to electric appliances for cooking, drying clothes, or heating water. Environmental advocates staunchly support the draft scoping plan. But the plan has drawn widespread criticism from residents, energy…
Explorers Find WWII Navy Destroyer, Deepest Wreck Discovered
MANILA, Philippines—A U.S. Navy destroyer that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines has become the deepest wreck to be discovered, according to explorers. The USS Samuel B. Roberts, popularly known as the “Sammy B,” was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a…
NASA Asteroid Mission on Hold Due to Late Software Delivery
NASA put an asteroid mission on hold Friday, blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software. The Psyche mission to a strange metal asteroid of the same name was supposed to launch this September or October. But the agency’s Jet Propulsion Lab was several months late delivering its software for navigation, guidance, and control—a…
Loss of Social Bonds Leads to Mass Formation, Rise of Totalitarian State: Mattias Desmet
June 26, 2022
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When many people feel disconnected from their social environment they become prone to fanatical belief in an unreasonable narrative, creating favorable conditions for the emergence of a totalitarian state, said Mattias Desmet, a professor of clinical psychology. The psychological phenomenon where individuals who feel disconnected from their natural and social environment and experience purposelessness in…
Urgent Action Needed for English Bulldog Breeding to Improve Health, Vets Say
Vets are calling for urgent change to English bulldog breeding, as a new study suggests that the dog’s signature traits are causing the breed to be significantly less healthy than other breeds. “These findings suggest that the overall health of the English Bulldog is much lower than that of other dogs,” said study author Dan…
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