Climate Change and Sustainability

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Bill Gates pledges $1.5 billion for infrastructure plan's climate projects

Bill Gates pledges $1.5 billion for climate change projects if Congress passes infrastructure bill

Gates's fund, run by his firm Breakthrough Energy, would spend the money over three years on initiatives to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/22/we-are-fiddling-while-world-burns-floods-chokes/?s=09

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NYTimes: That Heat Dome? Yeah, It’s Climate Change.

That Heat Dome? Yeah, It’s Climate Change. https://nyti.ms/3h4Xsj2

Opinion | That Heat Dome? Yeah, It’s Climate Change.

And there are fewer and fewer places to escape from the hot weather.

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NYTimes: Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say

Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say https://nyti.ms/3wrzcNo

Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say

Declining infection rates overall masked a rise in more contagious forms of the coronavirus. Vaccines will stop the spread, if Americans pos

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BBC News: Learning to code 'will seriously change your life'

BBC News - Learning to code 'will seriously change your life'

Learning to code 'will seriously change your life'

Software developers are in high demand and well paid, but how do you break into the industry?

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NYTimes: I Got My Covid Vaccine. Now Can I Hug My Mom?

I Got My Covid Vaccine. Now Can I Hug My Mom? https://nyti.ms/38VWWPO

Opinion | I Got My Covid Vaccine. Now Can I Hug My Mom?

Three experts respond to questions from readers about what they can do after getting vaccinated.

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BBC News: Moderna begins testing Covid-19 vaccine on babies and young children

BBC News - Moderna begins testing Covid-19 vaccine on babies and young children

Moderna begins testing Covid-19 vaccine on babies and young children

Infants as young as six months are taking part in the Covid-19 jab study.

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Will this be the first European city to ban cars? - BBC Reel

Paris is rethinking its future. Ideas range from a ban on cars to a new '15-minute city'.

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NYTimes: A Drunken Hazing, a Fatal Fall and a Cornell Fraternity’s Silence

A Drunken Hazing, a Fatal Fall and a Cornell Fraternity’s Silence https://nyti.ms/3vnR1ga

A Drunken Hazing, a Fatal Fall and a Cornell Fraternity’s Silence

Antonio Tsialas was thriving in his first year at college. Then he was found dead in a gorge, and the fraternity that recruited him closed r

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Here’s a show for you… Renegades: Born in the USA #America #Society #Culture #Racism #BlackLivesMatter

Renegades: Born in the USA

Listen to Renegades: Born in the USA on Spotify. Renegades: Born in the USA is a series of conversations between President Barack Obama and

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Video: Opinion | Hysterical Girl

Op-Docs is premiering one of SXSW’s picks, which re-examines Freud through the lens of his female subject.

Hysterical Girl

The New York Times

March 20, 2020

By Kate Novack

#Freud #Dora #HystericalGirl

#MeToo #SexualAbuse #Rape

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NYTimes: Despair Deepens for Young People as Pandemic Drags On

Despair Deepens for Young People as Pandemic Drags On https://nyti.ms/3u0lWOT

‘What’s the Point?’ Young People’s Despair Deepens as Covid-19 Crisis Drags On

Experts paint a grim picture of the struggle with lockdown isolation — a “mental health pandemic” that should be treated as seriously as con

The New York Times

February 14, 2021

By Isabella Kwai and Elian Peltier

#Youth #Covid #Pandemic #MentalHealth #Loneliness #Anxiety #Despair #Depression #Suicide #Psychotherapy #ChildPsychiatry #Neuropsychiatry #Psychology

Arkadius Kyllendahl #Psychotherapy

Robert Vermeiren #ChildPsychiatry

Stefano Vicari #Neuropsychiatry

Catherine Seymour @ Mental Health Foundation

Konstanze Schoeps

Silvia Schneider Fox #Psychology

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BBC News: Slalom: Film director 'was afraid' to tell story of abuse on the slopes

BBC News - Slalom: Film director 'was afraid' to tell story of abuse on the slopes

Slalom: Film director 'was afraid' to tell story of abuse on the slopes

A director draws on her own experiences in this story of a talented teen groomed by her ski coach.

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BBC News: Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize

BBC News - Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize

Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize

Organisers of the Olof Palme prize praise the group for promoting "peaceful civil disobedience".

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BBC News: Vandana Shiva on why the food we eat matters

BBC News - Vandana Shiva on why the food we eat matters

Vandana Shiva on why the food we eat matters

For decades, Vandana Shiva has been leading a one-woman crusade to remind the world that "food is the currency of life".

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BBC News - Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly' ... concerns about two variants that emerged in South Africa and Brazil

#Health #Covid #Covid19 #COVIDー19 #Covid_19 #Coronavirus #SARSCOV2 #CoronavirusPandemic #CoronavirusUpdates

BBC News - Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly'

Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly'

Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.

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BBC News: Biden inauguration: Amanda Gorman's poem The Hill We Climb in full

BBC News - Biden inauguration: Amanda Gorman's poem The Hill We Climb in full