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'Russia experienced a multitude of environmental disasters in 2020 — both sudden, manmade catastrophes as well as those stemming from the mounting long-term effects of climate change.
From forest fires larger than some European countries to historic oil spills, these disasters have brought renewed attention and concern toward the ecosystems of the world’s largest country.
If climate
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Project C '..untold number of local government and private sector systems at "grave risk." .. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Friday called President Donald Trump's lack of response "extraordinary" as the country faces the modern equivalent of "Russian bombers reportedly flying undetected over the entire country."
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Once within a network, the code attacked Microso
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Project C 'If there is an initial question for the incoming Biden-Harris Administration and America’s allies, it is this: Is the sharing of cybersecurity threat intelligence today better or worse than it was for terrorist threats before 9/11? .. we need to strengthen international rules to put reckless nation-state behavior out of bounds and ensure that domestic laws thwart the rise of the cyberattack
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Project C 'Most countries don’t take it seriously enough and aren’t doing enough given the scale of the harm that air pollution is doing to all of our health.'
- Beth Gardiner (Quoted, context: '..wood burning is the single largest source of hazardous particle pollution during winter, creating even more particle pollution than vehicles and industry.')
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Project C ‘Fusion energy can make possible a fundamental global transformation to the next stage of human history. The first part of that transformation would be the elimination of want. Today, the majority of humanity lacks decent housing, good quality healthcare, clean air, clean water, and healthy food..’
- (Global Healing 2020 - 2050)(Fusion Energy) - Total Transformation - '..the elimination o
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Project C '..If you create an enabling environment, then things can grow and happen. It will change the behaviour of the people who are working in this environment. If you stay in the same environment, it is much more difficult to change behaviour. You can do culture programmes and other things, but I don’t believe in that approach.
If you want a more radical change, you need to create another envi
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Project C 'The Federal Trade Commission, in particular, is seeking a permanent injunction in federal court that could, among other things, require the company to divest assets, including Instagram and WhatsApp, effectively breaking up Facebook as we know it. The states are also calling for the company to be broken up, if necessary.'
'(CNN Business) - Dozens of states and the federal gover
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Project C 'Even more costly are the approximately 515,000 people killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, including more than 260,000 civilians. And for what? .. I recognize that shame is not a very American trait but with it comes humility. Sadly, my generation had to relearn the lessons of Vietnam in Iraq and Afghanistan. But in coming to grips with our defeat, we have a chance to ensure that we do
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Project C 'SSAB is taking the lead in decarbonizing the steel industry, which today generates 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. HYBRIT is a new revolutionary steelmaking technology.
With HYBRIT technology, SSAB aims to be the first steel company in the world to bring fossil-free steel to the market already in 2026. SSAB will be practically fossil free by 2045.
Together with our partners and
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Project C 'ZETA’s formation recognizes a pivotal moment for national leadership and reflects the will of the growing clean transportation sector. The next decade will be critical in implementing federal policies that accelerate the transition to zero emissions vehicles and help address these problems head-on. The clean vehicle sector already boasts hundreds of thousands of jobs but, if we encourage it
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Project C 'The automakers that have gone all in on EVs have received affirmation of their strategy from the largest U.S. car market. In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order outlawing the sale of gas and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035. Last week, New Jersey’s environmental regulator recommended that state do the same.
This momentum is reinforced internationally b
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Project C '..The lack of transparency in our campaign finance system, combined with extensive foreign money laundering, creates a significant vulnerability. We need to close the loopholes that corrupt our democracy.'
'..the United States is prepared to lead .. with the power of our example.
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..a comprehensive four-year, $4 billion regional strategy that requires countries to con
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Project C 'As Space News has reported recently, new papers in peer-reviewed astrophysical journals propose that powerful electric currents flow in extra-galactic jets and that the jets themselves are “fundamentally electromagnetic structures.” However, if you follow science news and media, it’s likely that you’ve not noticed any attempt to contextualize the development as significant for astrophysics.
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Project C 'Energy from fusion will provide clean power for everyone that's safe, affordable, and limitless. Fusion will be a new source of clean energy that will meet our growing energy demands and combat climate change. The U.S. could be in position to lead this new industry if it can combine its resources, both public and private, to demonstrate and commercialize fusion energy. This amendment w
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Project C 'More than a century ago, China missed an opportunity to turn into a constitutional democracy through peaceful transition, sending the Chinese nation into a protracted struggle marked by revolution, turmoil, and suffering. The Republic of China, with its hopes for a market economy and democratic system, didn’t last long before totalitarian politics were revived and reached extremes during th
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Project C 'Critics say the legislation further erodes the wide-ranging freedoms promised to Hong Kong on its return to Chinese rule in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” agreement.
At that time, China agreed to uphold the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Hong Kong - a landmark treaty that it has signed but has not ratified for the mainland.
“There is an explicit set o
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Project C '..Mariana insists on another very important idea: he says that natural law is vastly superior to the power of each king or ruler. This is an essential idea that is still perfectly applicable today..'
- Jesús Huerta de Soto, (Spanish, English, Chinese) - The Values: 'You only have to read one book, "The History of Spain" by Father Juan de Mariana.' - Thomas Jeffer
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Project C '..Chinese political warfare and a warning of its effects on democracy .. the courage to defend democracy against the predations of a ruthless authoritarian regime..'
'A new book released on July 30 takes a close look at the agencies and mechanisms of CCP ‘sharp power’ in eight democracies around the world. For many of the authors, the study of Chinese influence operations has
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Project C 'What can other countries do about all this? The answer begins with defending the principle of human rights. Germany has correctly offered asylum to Mr Navalny. Its doctors can explain what was done to him—and be believed by ordinary Russians. The European Union and America have properly declined to recognise the results of Mr Lukashenko’s stolen election. Their refusal may be spun by propag
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Project C 'The past few days have been something of a whirlwind for Sione Filipe Totau.
The 73-year-old Tongan, who is commonly known as Mano, was living quietly in the Australian city of Brisbane, when this week he was catapulted into the global spotlight, after the story of how he and five of his friends survived for more than a year on a deserted Pacific island became a runaway hit.
The artic
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Project C 'Just two generations ago governments in Britain, the US, and elsewhere engaged in widespread price-fixing, including of fuel, wages, and consumer goods. The abject failure of those policies was a painful lesson to learn, but the most important lesson of all will soon be delivered—interest rates, like other prices in a capitalist economy, should be set by the market rather than by central pl
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Project C 'Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius on August 17 said that Russian military help in Belarus would constitute "an invasion.”
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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz warned against Russia becoming involved.
"Military interference in other states is not acceptable at all and breaks all the rules we have set ourselves under international law,” he said in an interview
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Project C '..Lukashenka could be prosecuted for international crimes, for instance including torture, enforced disappearances, crimes against humanity, murder, sexual and gender-based violence, and others, in German courts, or in Norwegian or Swedish ones.'
- To help Belarus, recognize Tsikhanouskaya as the legitimate president-elect, August 15, 2020
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Thousands In Russia'
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Project C 'Thousands of protesters have marched in Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, where rallies against President Vladimir Putin's role in a regional political crisis have been held for over a month.
Some of the protesters chanted "Long live Belarus!" as they marched through Khabarovsk on August 15, voicing support for demonstrations against the disputed presidential v
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Project C 'The Belarusian Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich has condemned brutal police violence against demonstrators across Belarus, saying "the authorities have declared war on their people" and the President Alyaksandr Lukashenka should step down from power to prevent a bloody civil war.'
- Nobel Laureate Alexievich Says Lukashenka 'Declared War' On Belarus
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Project C 'China is an ideal setting for an experiment in total surveillance. Its population is extremely online..
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Until recently, it was difficult to imagine how China could integrate all of these data into a single surveillance system, but no longer. In 2018, a cybersecurity activist hacked into a facial-recognition system that appeared to be connected to the government and was synthesizing
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Project C 'By combating desertification in the area, the regions have begun to see increased rainfall as well as more resilient and fertile agricultural spaces.
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After decades of international aid programmes struggling to result in any meaningful change across the Sahel region, perhaps the success of the Great Green Wall can be used as a blueprint for future eco-development projects around the
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Project C 'The expectation was that China would cooperate with the West to preserve the present liberal order of global politics. This approach was a profound mistake: In a historically unprecedented act, the West actively contributed to the creation of its most formidable peer competitor. China hid behind a false promise to abide by Western rules and norms to forestall balancing against it, while it
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Project C 'The discussion that follows is not intended to be alarming, but I do want it to wake you up, because it’s a real risk. The only thing that prevents the worst outcomes below is that humans are capable of changing their behavior, and I would expect that we would do so in response to an emerging second wave. Given the needless politicization of even basic containment measures like masks, I’m n
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Project C Paul van Dyk - Duality
'They believe that creativity and imagination is necessary in the lab to think of new ways to solve a problem and an analytic mind helps so much in the studio when perfecting a move.'
'Light is both wave and particle until it is observed and then it is detected as one or the either. As a physicist, who recently graduated with a PhD in Quantum Optics fro
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