‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers ( www.theguardian.com )
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BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Finite Carbon, created in 2009 and bought by British multinational oil and gas giant BP in 2020, is responsible for more than a quarter of the US’s total carbon credits, which it says it generates from protecting more than 60 “high credibility, high integrity projects” across 1.6m hectares (4m acres)....
Urban heat island effect making temperatures 8F hotter in 65 US cities – study ( www.theguardian.com )
Nearly 34 million people in those cities, or 15% of the US population, experiencing temperatures higher than in surrounding areas...
Trump plans to block hearings in January 6 case before 2024 election ( www.theguardian.com )
Last I checked, Trump had no position in the government. Do we need another explicit law on the books to prevent non-representative collusion in the Senate? 🤦
Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17080384
Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill | A Carbon Tracker report shows the cost to safely shut down low-producing wells is $3bn more than what they earn ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump tells Logan Paul he used AI to ‘so beautifully’ rewrite a speech ( www.theguardian.com )
Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers ( www.theguardian.com )
Georgia becomes first state to require election law training for police ( www.theguardian.com )
The newly required course emphasizes de-escalation and non-threatening conduct for officers...
Millions face record-high temperatures as heat dome intensifies over US ( www.theguardian.com )
Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal...
Democrat Khanna: Biden is ‘running out of time’ with young voters over Gaza war ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump’s mass purge of state department likely to sow chaos, US diplomats say ( www.theguardian.com )
Project 2025 blueprint for second Trump term envisages replacing thousands of career staff with political loyalists...
US mountaineer buried by avalanche 22 years ago found preserved in ice, police say ( www.theguardian.com )
Should cuddling koalas be legal? Here’s why there’s a push to ban it in Queensland ( www.theguardian.com )
Tory student group condemned after video shows them ‘singing to Nazi song’ University of Warwick says video ‘troubling’ after footage shows students dancing at Conservative association dinner ( www.theguardian.com )
Only 60% of Australians accept ‘climate disruption’ is human-caused, global poll finds ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10807072...
‘What if there just is no solution?’ How we are all in denial about the climate crisis ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10713443...
The ‘weirdo progressive’ son of the Oath Keepers founder running for office in Montana ( www.theguardian.com )
UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief ( www.theguardian.com )
Night owls’ cognitive function ‘superior’ to early risers, study suggests ( www.theguardian.com )
We’re all feeling sequel fatigue – but Hollywood’s giving us Shrek 5 ( www.theguardian.com )
Streaming has meant it has never been easier for Hollywood to measure the power of nostalgia. They watch what we’re watching and rewatching and it means they bring back, to varying degrees of success: The Matrix, Scream, Top Gun, Indiana Jones, Mad Max, Hocus Pocus, Legally Blonde, Ghostbusters, Home Alone, Blade Runner, Kung...
Will The Rock’s Red One be the worst Christmas movie ever? ( www.theguardian.com )
Red One, the upcoming Christmas movie from Amazon, is arguably among the most talked-about of the year. However, until now, the conversation has had little to do with the film itself. Instead, Red One looks set to go down in history as the film that tanked Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s reputation....
International scheme to tax billionaires’ wealth technically feasible, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
The gardener who took a Canadian city to court for the right to not mow his lawn ( www.theguardian.com )
