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Recycling

At a growing number of coffee shops, getting a coffee to go means checking out a cup

If you buy a cup of coffee to go at Babette Café in Berkeley, California, later this month, you might not be able to get it in a disposable cup. The owners have one case of compostable cups left, and aren’t planning to buy more. Instead, anyone who doesn’t have…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Brown Coal

Merkel, state leaders agree terms of brown coal exit

Germany has reached an agreement with the regions most affected by a plan to phase out the use of brown coal, or lignite, for its power plants by providing about 40 billion euros ($45 billion) in aid, a document reviewed by Reuters showed. Chancellor Angela …

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Climate Change

Report: YouTube is running ads from major brands, including Samsung and Greenpeace, on climate change misinformation videos

A new report from global activism nonprofit Avaaz reveals that YouTube’s algorithms are running ads from major brands on climate-change misinformation videos. In total, Avaaz identified 108 brands that were having their ads associated with climate change misinformation videos, including Samsung, L’Oréal, Decathlon, Danone, Warner Bros., and Carrefour.Worse, Avaaz found…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Brown Coal

Merkel, state leaders agree terms of brown coal exit – document

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has reached an agreement with the regions most affected by a plan to phase out the use of brown coal, or lignite, for its power plants by providing about 40 billion euros ($45 billion) in aid, a document reviewed by Reuters showed. …

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Hrant Dink

New walking tour app spotlights multicultural Istanbul

ISTANBUL-Anadolu Agency Going beyond well-trodden hotspots, a new smartphone app will help visitors to Turkey's largest city discover the metropolis' rich multicultural legacy through guided walking tours. The app, called KarDes (“kardesh”) -- meaning “map” in Armenian and “sibling” in Turkish -- was launched last week by the Istanbul-based Hrant…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Xi Jinping

What to make of the new U.S.-China trade deal?

The U.S. has established its seriousness as a counterweight to China, something lacking since it largely overlooked Chinas various territorial encroachments in the 2010s. Whether in economics or foreign policy, China now can expect the U.S. to push back a ver…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Animal Protection

Beagle Freedom Bill provides for adoption after lab research is over

Theres an old expression: Be the person your mom and dog think you are. No one loves us as unconditionally as our moms or our pets. Our pets are family and the law has begun to recognize that to a greater extent. Every state in the union now bans animal…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

Robert Koehler on Nuclear Hubris

One thing that becomes clear to me when I wander into the world, and the minds, of geopolitical professionals – government people – is how limited and linear their thinking seems to be. When I do so, an internal distress signal starts beeping and won’t stop, especially when the issue…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Belt and Road

Lack of transparency in China’s Belt and Road projects: EU firms

Beijing (AFP) - A lack of information and transparency are top barriers for European companies seeking involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative, according to a survey published Thursday by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Only 20 out o…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Water Scarcity

Sealed Off and Forgotten: Israel’s ‘Firing Zones’ in the West Bank

A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: Israels so-called "firing zones" in the West Bank. "Israel has impounded the only vehicle available to…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

At a growing number of coffee shops, getting a coffee to go means checking out a cup

Merkel, state leaders agree terms of brown coal exit

Report: YouTube is running ads from major brands, including Samsung and Greenpeace, on climate change misinformation videos

Merkel, state leaders agree terms of brown coal exit – document

New walking tour app spotlights multicultural Istanbul

What to make of the new U.S.-China trade deal?

Beagle Freedom Bill provides for adoption after lab research is over

Robert Koehler on Nuclear Hubris

Lack of transparency in China’s Belt and Road projects: EU firms

Sealed Off and Forgotten: Israel’s ‘Firing Zones’ in the West Bank

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