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Combating Climate Change: Germany Calls For A Ban On Combustion Engines By 2030

The German upper house of parliament passed a resolution calling for a ban on internal combustion engines by 2030. August diesel sales dropped 5% in Germany, 5.8% in France, 5.5% in Belgium and Luxembourg, and 12.9 percent in the Netherlands.

October 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Fact Checking the Second Presidential Debate

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ST. LOUIS — In a sometimes nasty second presidential debate, there were again several calls by the candidates for fact-checkers to referee competing statements, which we are happy to oblige.

October 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
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In Shocking Tape Trump Boasts of Sexually Assaulting Women: "When You're a Star…You Can Do Anything"

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Sunday’s presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump capped an extraordinary weekend that saw top Republicans call on Trump to end his presidential run following the release of a videotape showing

October 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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An Affordable Way to Bring Internet to Rural Areas

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AT&T is bringing reliable internet anywhere there are power lines.

October 8, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
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A Warming Globe: Methane Emissions Are Far Higher Than We Thought

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Actual measurements of methane emissions were 60 to 110 percent greater than estimates. This is yet another marker that there is much more to be done to combat the causes of climate change.

October 8, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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India’s Top Economist Announces His Support For Universal Basic Income

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India's chief economic advisor, Arvind Subramanian, says a universal basic income is being considered by the government and will be researched in an upcoming survey. Basic incomes could lift millions out of poverty and protect people economically from robots and AI that will replace their jobs.

October 8, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

A New Molecular Structure Could Help Us Deal With Nuclear Waste

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Researchers have developed a "supramolecule" born of two negatively charged molecules, defying the 250-year-old Coulomb's law. The technique used to create the "supramolecule" could strip sulfate molecules from nuclear waste to help protect water from contamination.

October 9, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
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The US Edges Dangerously Closer to War with Russia: What You Aren’t Being Told

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As hawkish as presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton may be, the fact the Obama administration is pressing for direct war in Syria before she even has a chance to be elected raises serious questions about the urgency underpinning the U.S. establishment’s push to unseat Syrian president Bashar al-Assad from power.

October 7, 2016
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Scientist Michael Mann: Trump & Pence are a Climate Change Denial Dream Team

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While 2016 is on pace to become the warmest year on record, climate change has been largely ignored at the presidential and vice-presidential debates so far. We look at Donald Trump’s

October 6, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Edwidge Danticat Predicts "Ongoing Disaster" in Impoverished Haiti After Hurricane Matthew

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As the death toll from Hurricane Matthew continues to rise to more 330, across the country some 15,000 have been displaced and 350,000 more are in need of assistance. The storm

October 7, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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