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Coronavirus, racial reckoning, money woes: It’s been quite a first week for Rutgers’ new president
That he now leads an institution named for a slaveholder is not personally painful to him, Jonathan Holloway said. “If I were to walk around feeling bludgeoned by every name that I see that has a connection to racial slavery, I couldn’t get out of...
The U.S. Is Repeating Its Deadliest Pandemic Mistake
More than 40 percent of all coronavirus deaths have been in nursing homes. Here’s how it got so bad, and why there might still be more to come as cases surge in the Sun Belt.
Dakota Access Shutdown, Dominion Pipeline Decision Show Failures of Trump’s Fossil Fuel Agenda
Grassroots movements are winning the battles against dirty energy corporations
Dakota Access Pipeline Is Closing Down, Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project Canceled
A judge ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline to shut down; and the energy companies behind the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project have completely canceled it.
Trump Camp Vows to Protect Brazil’s Most Iconic Statue From Left Wing Mobs
A new ad warns that the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro is under threat. It’s unclear if this is even true or how the president would actually save it.
Ten principles for building back better to create wellbeing economies post-covid - Wellbeing Economy Alliance
The covid-19 pandemic has made the inequalities and absurdities of our current economic systems clearer than ever. Economic policies are oriented towards emergency response and meeting basic needs, and there is no longer an economic status quo...
Large inequality in international and intranational energy footprints between income groups and across consumption categories
Detailed measures of energy use inequality globally and within countries are essential to ensure a just energy transition. Estimating embedded energy in goods and services used by different income groups, Oswald et al. measure the large inequality...
It starts at home? Climate policies targeting household consumption and behavioral decisions are key to low-carbon futures
Through their consumption behavior, households are responsible for 72% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, they are key actors in reaching the 1…
Tax the Rich and Their Heirs
How to tax inheritances more fairly.
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Building a green stimulus for Covid-19
A recovery plan for a greener, fairer future
As coach, Tommy Tuberville handed a one-game suspension to player charged with rape of 15-year-old
When Clifton Robinson, the short but quick receiver from Naples, Florida, returned to the Auburn University football team in August 1999 after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor to avoid going to trial after being charged...
Know the risks of investing in forests | @theU
Use of forests to offset carbon emissions requires an understanding of the risks
Climate risks to forests
Forests can absorb a lot of carbon dioxide so some governments are investing in forests to offset climate change. But as with any investment, it’s important ...
Which trees face death in drought? | UNews
Two hundred-twenty-five million trees dead in the southwest in a 2002 drought. Three hundred million trees in Texas in 2011. Twelve million this past year in California. Throughout the world, large numbers of trees are dying in extreme heat and...
Australia closes state border for first time in 100 years to halt coronavirus
Australian officials are closing the border between Australia's two most populous states from Tuesday for an indefinite period as they scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne.