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A new study led by Jarmo Kikstra, a research scholar in the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, explores whether reducing production and consumption growth could make a significant contribution to resolving the climate crisis. As the effects of climate change become more severe and the scale of environmental damage gains magnitude, some researchers disagree about the desirability and feasibility of further economic growth in high-income countries. More recently, the case has been made for exploring a "degrowth" (or post-growth) strategy. Such a strategy would entail reducing less necessary forms of production and consumption (rather than growing them) with the...

A clown ‘police officer’ is a regular fixture at Jerusalem demonstrations, where she aims to connect with the hearts of people from all sectors.Public protests don’t seem like the obvious setting for the distribution of love and hearts. But for one performance artist, that’s exactly what they are. “Hashoteret Az-Oolay” (Policewoman Then-Maybe) has been a regular fixture at Israeli street demonstrations for the last three or so years. In her big shoes, old-fashioned police uniform and red nose, adorned with flowers and hearts, she has become an inherent part of all sorts of crowds: anti-government protesters, Jewish ultra-Orthodox protesters, Palestinian...

When President Biden proposed an additional $24 billion in supplemental funding for Ukraine in August, Moscow spin doctors working for the Kremlin were ready to try to undermine public support for the bill, internal Kremlin documents show. In an ongoing campaign that seeks to influence congressional and other political debates to stoke anti-Ukraine sentiment, Kremlin-linked political strategists and trolls have written thousands of fabricated news articles, social media posts and comments that promote American isolationism, stir fear over the United States’ border security and attempt to amplify U.S. economic and racial tensions, according to a trove of internal Kremlin documents...

VIDEO Remember when we were told that electing Donald Trump would lead to World War III and that electing Joe Biden would be a "return to normalcy" since the adults would be back in charge? How's that working out especially in the light of Biden's puppet masters bringing us to the brink of WW III due to involving us in the incredibly AVOIDABLE Ukraine War? And even though they walked us into the entirely unnecessary Ukraine war they were mercifully given an out when a few weeks into the war Ukraine and Russia agreed to a peace deal contingent on...

Welcome here we are on what is considered a Holy Week culminating on Easter Sunday the Resurrection Of Christ and lets bring in Russell Brand... One can say the name of "the Lord" proclaim it loudly but in the end one must do what Jesus would do act like "the Lord"... "As soon as we begin to implement these destructive thoughts about the fact that everyone else is strangers here, we will ruin the country, and the main victims will the Russian people..."... "The well-being of the people of both countries, as well as the future and destiny of humanity,...

VIDEOGood Friday wasn't such a Good Friday for Nicole Wallace because that's when it suddenly dawned on her that President Trump keeps winning, winning, WINNING despite all the politically weaponized lawfare thrown at him. It was at that moment of realization that Nicole's frustrations boiled over into an epic meltdown. Oh, and her fellow MSNBC guests, including Michael Luttig whose Trump ballot denial scheme was UNANIMOUSLY laughed out of the Supreme Court, shared in her deep funereal TDS grief.

The 76-year-old was found by neighbours with her 'severely malnourished' dog beside herA dog was heartbreakingly discovered cuddling into the side of its owner a week after she died suddenly at home. The 76-year-old was found dead at her home in West Cross, Swansea on March 24 by her neighbours, who went to check on her after they became concerned after not seeing her for some time. Christie Powell and the pensioner were neighbours, and she was also a dog groomer for her dog Poppy. Miss Powell explained how she went to knock on her neighbour's door, but uncharacteristically did...

A 2021 clip of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg discussing “racist” highway designs is being shared online as if it shows his response to the March 2024 bridge collapse in Baltimore. On March 26, a container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse. Afterward, a 28-second video, opens new tab surfaced on social media showing Buttigieg standing before a podium in the White House discussing the architecture of highway bridges, saying: “If an underpass was constructed such that a bus carrying mostly Black and Puerto Rican kids to a beach, or...

There was an attack warning tonight in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen...The US Central Command reports... The Palestinian Authority appointing a new prime minister... In Buenos Aires tonight Argentina's Senate voting against a sweeping decree from President Javier Milei... The Russian Ambassador in the United States Anatoly Antonov expects provocations associated with Russia's Presidential Election... Tonight, French President Emmanuel Macron saying France will not lead on Ukraine policy but follow the... Dutch Mediator Pushing Towards New Government With Bureaucratic Cabinet Ministers Not Led By Geert Wilders... A major disruption of the internet affecting African nations... The United...

Ukraine destroyed a Russian tanker that Moscow used for surveillance and for deploying first-person-view (FPV) drones in southern Ukraine, according to Kyiv's military. Ukraine's air force conducted a "successful strike" on the Russian-flagged Mechanik Pogodin on Tuesday, Kyiv's navy said in a statement. Ukraine said Russia's military was using the vessel as a command center, with the ship serving to launch FPV drones and to carry electronic warfare (EW) equipment. Kyiv said the use of the vessel for surveillance and control made the tanker a legitimate military target. A brief video posted by Ukraine's armed forces appeared to show the...

SUMMARIES: • Ukraine launches mass drone attack • Fire at NORSI refinery, drone downed near Kirishi • NORSI is badly damaged - sources • Russia says it repels cross-border attack by Ukrainian proxies

If a person can’t do third grade math, they shouldn’t be admitted to college. Or high school, for that matter. https://apnews.com/article/college-math-test-help-6cca6a5e873d5aeb5e75b4f94125d48c #Homeschooling #Math #MathEducation #MathIlliteracy #DumbingDown #Woke #Meritocracy #Education #College

The Centrist Liberal Capitalist movement of President Emmanuel Macron trying to contain taxes and inflation for the moment. The Macron faction hoping to maintain a plurality of support from the French electorate in the upcoming June 7th European Parliament elections. Social issues emphasized to suck in voters further to the Left as the Right in France solidifies behind notions ranging from peace in Ukraine to limits on immigration and an end to disintegration of French culture and tradition... ...a unanimous vote in France's National Assembly this week for legislation to pay reparations to 10,000 gay people discriminated against by laws...

You can't help but notice that Joe Biden has suddenly discovered black people. With the election looming Biden had dinner with a black family and has used them as a foil for his reelection bid. They are merely tools for Biden and it's been noticed: DEVELOPING: Joe Biden invited this young Black man to the White House to spend some time with him and Jill Biden so they can show him how Democrats pander to his race every four years. Kamala Harris recently invited HBCU students to the White House for a party playing Sexyy… pic.twitter.com/M4xuc9BP7L— Dom Lucre | Breaker...

VIDEOIs this the scenario that will play out at the 2024 State Of The Union speech? The more I think about it the more likely'it seems it will happen. And the shouting might not be coming just from the gallery. I wouldn't doubt if it comes from the chamber itself with various members of the Squad doing the shouting. If this scenario does play out then don't be surprised if the media somehow blames Trump for it.

(NEXSTAR) – As the clock ticks down toward a potential partial shutdown of the federal government this week, millions who rely on federal assistance for food could be left in the balance. If Congress fails to reach a deal to fund the government, a partial government shutdown would be triggered on March 1. That partial shutdown would impact several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which manages SNAP and WIC food assistance. SNAP, which stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, used to be called the Food Stamp Program. The program helps low-income and no-income families buy groceries...

The US Army in Europe and Africa is spending its budget to train Ukrainian soldiers... In Stockholm, Sweden a gas smell incident at the headquarters of the Swedish Security Service... Russian authorities report a fire at metallurgical plant...may have been caused by a drone... ...balloon tracked over the Western United States... Two Mississippi National Guard members killed in a helicopter crash... A New York jury finding the National Rifle Association and its longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre liable for lavish spending... President Trump calling for 'immediate action" in Alabama to reverse...Supreme Court decision affirming the humanity... An investigator for President Donald...

“Be Evil” should be Google’s new motto these days. The anti-free speech Big Tech giant has continued its sordid habit of suppressing right-leaning media sources while inundating users with left-leaning content. A new analysis from media solutions company AllSides once again found that Google News is overwhelmingly elevating news media from “the left” while burying news media from “the right.” AllSides monitored Google News' homepage over a two-week period in 2023 and uncovered that a whopping 63 percent of 494 articles came from sources “on the left.” By contrast, only a negligible six percent came from sources “on the right.”...

<p>1) When in control of the Senate, demand the end of the filibuster; when not, don’t.</p><p>2) Call for the end of the Electoral College–but only if it appears to recently favor the candidate of the opposition.</p><p>3) In an election year, change any state balloting laws deemed unhelpful through administrative fiat or court order to favor your political candidate.</p>

Five years ago, 95-year-old Hilbert Margol offered a bit of optimism, having recently renewed his driver’s license. The examiner “renewed my license until 2026,” he told me, flashing a grin as we sat in the parlor of his Dunwoody home. “I hope he knows something.” Well, so far, so good. It’s 2024 and we again sat at the same table with the century mark arriving. He turns 100 on Thursday.