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Hands-on: Incase x BIONIC collection turns recovered ocean plastics into high quality backpacks and cases Plastic Pollution

Hands-on: Incase x BIONIC collection turns recovered ocean plastics into high quality backpacks and cases

Incase and BIONIC have teamed up to bring a new collection of backpacks, MacBook sleeves, and organizers to help combat the 8 million metric tons of plastic that end up in the ocean. 91% of plastic is not recycled and just discarded due to poor recycling practices. For this reason,…
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August 8, 2020
Disposable face masks creating new plastic pollution crisis, experts warn Plastic Pollution

Disposable face masks creating new plastic pollution crisis, experts warn

Single use personal protective equipment (PPE) is significantly adding to the already serious plastic pollution crisis, experts have warned.An estimated 194 billion disposable masks and gloves are being used worldwide every month as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study in Environmental Science and Technology. Most single…
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August 8, 2020
Homeless men are seen sharing swigs of liquor and urinating outside luxury Upper West Side hotels Homeless

Homeless men are seen sharing swigs of liquor and urinating outside luxury Upper West Side hotels

Residents of Manhattan's Upper West Side are again raising safety concerns about the hundreds of homeless people being housed by the city in three luxury hotels there, after groups were spotted drinking and urinating, and records revealed that six convicted pedophiles appear to have been illegally housed near an elementary-school…
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August 8, 2020
Overcoming a Fatal Flaw: Lasers on Earth Can Now Detect Space Debris in Daylight Space Debris

Overcoming a Fatal Flaw: Lasers on Earth Can Now Detect Space Debris in Daylight

A visible green laser shone from ESA’s Optical Ground Station (OGS). Part of Teide Observatory, the OGS located 2400 m above sea level on the volcanic island of Tenerife, used for the development of optical communication systems for space as well as space debris and near-Earth orbject surveys and quantum…
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August 8, 2020
As the pandemic has made clear, America has no welfare state — but we sure have a warfare state Pandemic

As the pandemic has made clear, America has no welfare state — but we sure have a warfare state

The animating force of American government is war. Every year, the United States bombs multiple countries, conducts special forces raids across several continents and spends hundreds of billions of dollars to maintain a military presence in 70-plus countries, either in the form of occupying armies or large bases. Now that…
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August 8, 2020
Trump weighing executive order to force insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, something Obamacare does Obamacare

Trump weighing executive order to force insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, something Obamacare does

Jason Lalljee USA TODAYPublished 11:54 AM EDT Aug 8, 2020President Donald Trump said Friday he will be pursuing an executive order requiring health insurers to cover all pre-existing conditions, a stipulation already made by the Affordable Care Act. "Over the next two weeks I’ll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to…
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August 8, 2020