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Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground

@BreaknNewsOctober 24, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 24, 2020013

Both Republicans and Democrats are pursuing laws to make it easier for people to fix cellphones, cars, even hospital ventilators. In Europe, the movement is further along. Source – For more click here...

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5 Policy Issues Where Trump and Biden Diverged at Final Debate

@BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 23, 202008

The 2020 presidential campaign has been many things. A measured back-and-forth over policy has not been one of them. That was until Thursday night, when the presence of a mute button and the imperative of conducting a focused discussion led President Trump to debate between the lines. If the churlish......

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In Colorado, It Feels Like a Fire Season Without End

@BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020020

“There’s no way they would have left,” Glenn Hileman said. There were flurries of conflicting posts on neighborhood social media groups about whether the couple had made it out as the fire grew by 100,000 acres that night. Firefighters told the family they had tried to take a bulldozer up......

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A Debate Pledge to ‘Transition’ From Oil Puts Climate at Center of Campaign Finale

@BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020010

WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden’s pledge Thursday night to “transition away from the oil industry” to address climate change put the issue on center stage for the final stretch of a campaign year in which the warming planet has played a larger role than ever before. Mr. Biden’s statement in......

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She Was in Labor. Floodwaters Were Rising. Then the Boat Tipped Over.

@BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020011

HANOI, Vietnam — It was no time to travel, but when Nguyen Dac Minh’s wife went into labor, he put her on his motorbike and rode toward the hospital. Floodwaters that had killed scores across Vietnam were rising ominously around their village. At a washed-out railway overpass, he hired a......

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James Redford, Documentarian and Environmentalist, Dies at 58

@BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020020

After two liver transplants, he founded an institute to increase awareness. He and his father, Robert Redford, also championed environmental films. Source – For more click here...

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HS2: Moving ancient woodland habitat for rail line flawed, ecologists say

@BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 23, 2020016

Soil is being “translocated” to new sites but ecologists question whether the process is effective. Source – For more click here...

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What Do Polls Say About the Issues on the Agenda for Tonight’s Debate?

@BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020018

The recent Times/Siena poll found that 50 percent of likely voters said they were actually better off than four years ago, while just a third said they were doing worse. But when asked about the country at large, 55 percent said things had grown worse. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal......

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The Final Debate Will Cover Six Main Issues. Here’s Where Trump and Biden Stand.

@BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020016

WASHINGTON — When they meet for their second and final debate on Thursday night, President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. are expected to face questions over issues of deep consequence like the coronavirus, climate change and national security. Their first debate did not lend itself to a particularly thoughtful......

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Late-Season Wildfires Rampage Through Colorado

@BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020023

FRASER, Colo. — Rocky Mountain National Park was burning. Once-tranquil mountain valleys and ranches were choked with smoke and flames. Thousands of cars jammed onto two-lane rural roads as new evacuation orders popped up by the minute. Scenes of panic and destruction played out across Northern Colorado on Thursday as......

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Norway funds satellite map of world’s tropical forests

@BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020015

Norway pays for a monthly satellite dataset to track the state of the world’s tropical forests. Source – For more click here...

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Trump and Biden’s Final Debate: What to Watch For

@BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020020

Hunter Biden in the cross hairs From the earliest days of this campaign, Mr. Trump has sought to damage Mr. Biden by disparaging the business dealings of his son Hunter and claiming that Mr. Biden, as vice president, embraced policies that allowed the younger Mr. Biden to enrich himself in......

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The Newest Thing in Fashion? Old Clothes

@BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 22, 2020020

There is no “just” about it, though. Such a development is the inverse of the former conventional wisdom, which held that if you didn’t inundate people with a constant stream of fresh products, addling their senses and saturating their judgment centers, you risked losing their attention — and wallet share.......

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Planners ‘must prepare’ for weather extremes – Met Office

@BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020025

Isabella O’Dowd from the green campaign group WWF, said: “These are not records we should be breaking. Weather the UK once classed as extreme is fast on its way to becoming the new normal. These predictions provide further evidence that the natural world is in freefall, and needs our urgent......

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What Cows Eat Affects Climate

@BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020029

Welcome to the Climate Fwd: newsletter. The New York Times climate team emails readers once a week with stories and insights about climate change. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. I don’t know exactly what I was expecting when I visited cattle feedlots in the Texas Panhandle......

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Satellites picture methane across the globe

@BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020021

The GHGSat company releases a tool to show how methane varies in the atmosphere across the world. Source – For more click here...

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What Topics Do Our Readers Want Trump and Biden to Debate?

@BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020017

This year’s presidential election has been shaped by crises: Protests over police brutality and systemic racism. Fears about safe voting and election integrity. And above all, the devastating human and economic toll of the coronavirus. Inevitably, many political issues have been overshadowed. We asked readers what topics they would like......

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Secrets of the ‘uncrushable’ beetle revealed

@BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020023

How a tiny insect with super-tough body armour can survive being stamped on or run over by a car. Source – For more click here...

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Climate change: ‘Cooling paint’ could cut emissions from buildings

@BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020019

“In one experiment where we put a painted surface outside under direct sunlight, the surface cooled 1.7C below the ambient temperature and during night time it even cooled up to 10C below the ambient temperature,” said Prof Xiulin Ruan, from Purdue University in Indiana, who’s an author on the study.......

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Water Infrastructure Investment Critical to Future Accessibility – Community

@BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020

by @BreaknNewsOctober 21, 2020042

(NewsUSA) – Clean, safe, reliable water is more important now than ever. With the global health emergency still posing challenges, clean water is essential for maintaining personal hygiene at home and in the community to help prevent the spread of illness. However, aging water infrastructure in the United States threatens......

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