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'Pollution is the largest environmental cause of multiple mental and physical diseases, and of premature deaths, especially among children, people with certain medical conditions and the elderly. People who live in more deprived areas often live close to contaminated sites, or in areas where there is a very high flow of traffic. A toxic-free environment is also crucial to protect our biodive
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Project C ' goes on to highlight how the Minuteman I ICBM program met or exceeded all its expectations and objectives, delivering 800 three stage solid fuel rocket ICBMs, silos to put them in, and a very elaborate command and control architecture in just five years at a cost of $17B in today's dollars—and none of it had been done before. Now, even with all we have learned over more than half a ce
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Project C 'Particle pollution from burning both wood and coal is emitted right in the middle of our densely populated towns and cities, and the smoke from even small numbers of homes can dominate the pollution in a neighbourhood or across a city.
As an air pollution researcher, lots of people have begun to write to me worried that their children's bedrooms are being filled by wood smoke from t
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Project C 'The new documentary, from Ali and Lucy Tabrizi, as well as Kip Anderson, the maker of Cowspiracy and What the Health, is documenting the "dark truth about the global fishing industry and its impact on our planet."
"Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species—and uncovers alarming global corruption," its offi
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Project C 'In 2020, we passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, to protect Uyghurs living in this country from extradition and harassment. We need to hold true to that. We need to make sure that Uyghurs who have fled persecution are not persecuted. And I think we need to stand strong against the Chinese government and against the CCP. It's not enough to say that there are differences of culture
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Project C 'Violence not only has a direct impact on the economy, but it also reduces the positive benefits that peacefulness has on the macroeconomic performance of countries. Since 2000, countries that have improved in peacefulness have seen an average 1.4 percentage points higher GDP per capita growth when compared to countries that have become less peaceful as measured by the Global Peace Index (GP
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Project C 'The European Commission has signalled that it will be reviewing the role of wood as a form of renewable energy, both as part of the biodiversity strategy and as part of the reopening of the renewable energy directive.
This is welcome since, as the European Science Academies have frequently highlighted, “serious mismatches exist between science and policy in bioenergy”.
Denmark and the
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Project C 'Let's start with the pioneers. More 'corporate rebels' have agreed to share their insights. Here's those who have joined, so far:
<blockquote>Buurtzorg
ner group
Haier
K2K
Viisi
Morning Star
Centigo
Nearsoft
Happy Ltd
United Welsh
BvdV
Tony's Chocolonely
Belgian Federal Office of Social Affairs
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Project C 'Medical researchers still don’t know whether patients with post acute Covid syndrome will be dealing with the effects for the rest of their lives, or just a matter of months.'
'About 10 to 30% of all Covid patients will suffer from long-haul symptoms, according to the latest research from Mt. Sinai's Center for Post-Covid Care. Those numbers should be a "wake-up call&
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Project C 'Women in China's "re-education" camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, according to detailed new accounts obtained by the BBC.'
- BBC, 'Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape, February 3, 2021
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'..China has committed genocide and crimes against humanity
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Project C 'Germany thinks it can criticize Russia on human rights while going ahead with the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that will fill Putin's pockets with cash and his military's guns with bullets. Those bullets are used against Europeans in Ukraine and, God forbid, against Russians in the streets. Europe thinks it can separate business and politics, but to Putin it's all the same: bus
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Project C "The decline of lions is a devastating testament to our destruction and exploitation of the natural world.
"Apart from the need to salvage our own consciences, there are many crucial reasons to save lions.
"As an apex predator, lions play a key role by helping control the herbivore population.
"Lions prey mainly on herd animals, often taking the weakest.
"This
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Project C 'Many modern companies seem to be great at one thing: wasting. Wasting time, attention, money, energy.
Out of the 60, 70, 80 hours a week many are expected to pour into work, how many of those hours are really spent on the work itself? And how many are tossed away in meetings, lost to distraction, and withered away by inefficient business practices? The bulk.
The answer isn’t more hour
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Project C 'GDP measures new output, but it has no capability of subtracting from the output measure the destruction of wealth caused by the pandemic and the economic shutdown response. Achieving the level of precrisis activity will in fact require years, owing to the wealth destruction. This economic point was clearly made more than a century ago by French economist Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) in his
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Project C 'This example of timeless learning had an impact on the intellect, the body, emotions, and spirit.'
'As a teacher, I have become more aware of my students and their feelings in the class. Instead of rushing through the day’s events, I take the time to enjoy our day’s experiences and opportune moments. The students have commented that I seem happier. I do tend to laugh more and I
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Project C '..Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, an early 2020 candidate for president, had cited Benjamin Franklin’s renowned (and probably actually uttered) words: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
Barely an hour later, chaos had the floor.'
'The United States on Wednesday seemed at risk of becoming the very kind of country it has so often insisted it was helping: a fragile democracy.
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Project C 'The former vice president said that for demonstrators to storm the Capitol, smash windows, occupy offices, invade the halls of Congress and threaten the safety of duly elected officials: “It’s not a protest, it’s insurrection.”
“I call on this mob to pull back and allow the work of democracy to go forward,” Biden added, urging Trump to go on national television to demand “an end to this
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Project C 'With U.S. and Chinese Credit systems having come completely off the rails, Credit became unhinged around the globe – “developed” and “developing.” The ECB’s balance sheet expanded $3.2 TN in the final nine months of 2020 to $8.553 TN. In Japan, central bank assets jumped $1.5 TN to $6.888 TN. According to Bloomberg data, “G4” (Fed, ECB, BOJ and Bank of England) central bank balance sheets i
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Project C 'The world’s largest country faces an accelerating emergency as warming weather sparks more environmental disasters with ever more damaging consequences.
Russia came under siege from climate change in 2020, and experts warn that Arctic heatwaves, fires and melting permafrost could be worse this year.
The year began with the warmest winter in 140 years of recorded meteorological data,
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Project C '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.')
''Energy from
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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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