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Recycling

Recycling robots raise millions from top venture firms to rescue an industry in turmoil

The problem of how to find the potential treasure trove hidden in millions of pounds of trash is getting a high-tech answer as investors funnel $16 million into the recycling robots built by Denver-based AMP Robotics. For recyclers, the commercialization of …

bubmagNovember 15, 2019

Global Warming

Trump and His Party of Pollution

We dont know exactly how this will play out, but it seems safe to say that if Trump stays in office, a lot more Americans will die as a result of his anti-environmental policies than the total number who are murdered, let alone murdered by the immigrants Trum…

bubmagNovember 15, 2019

Christianity

Japan’s ageing ‘Hidden Christians’ fear they may be their religion’s last generation

IKITSUKI ISLAND/NAGASAKI CITY, Japan (Reuters) - His face weathered from years at sea, kimono-clad Japanese fisherman Masaichi Kawasaki kneels before an altar adorned with images of the Virgin Mary, crossing himself as he softly intones chants handed down thr…

bubmagNovember 15, 2019

Putin

Putin: Russia hopes Trump will visit Moscow for Victory Day (‘May Day’)

It would be the right (thing). But its not up to us to decide, Putin said. Let him go. They can have him. Russian President Vladimir Putin today said that he and the state of Russia hope that Donald Trump, who is undergoing an historic impeachment inquiry, …

bubmagNovember 15, 2019

Astroturfing

This ride-hailing PR pitch shows platforms and digital campaign ‘dark arts’ want democracy to be pay to play

A UK PR firm pitching to run an account for Ola has proposed running a campaign to politicize ride-hailing as a tactic to shift regulations in its favor. The approach suggests that, despite the appearance of ride-hailing platforms taking a more conciliatory …

bubmagNovember 15, 2019

NATO

Trump impeachment inquiry: Why Ukraine is so important to the US

Image copyrightGetty Images Did President Donald Trump withhold military aid from ally Ukraine for his own political reasons? That is the big question at the heart of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry. Ukraine is not in Nato and it has struggled with yea…

bubmagNovember 15, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk says Neuralink can ‘solve’ autism with a brain chip. We call BS

Elon Musks back on the podcast scene and causing mayhem as usual. Instead of smoking cannabis with Joe Rogan an activity thats illegal at the federal level, where Musk holds a security clearance hes making outlandish claims about the capabilities of a brain c…

bubmagNovember 15, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Venice Regional Council Floods After It Kills Measures To Combat Climate Change

Venice is reeling from some of the worst flooding in 50 years, driven in part by sea level rise. The high water has put the city under a state of emergency and, in theory, should be a huge wakeup call that its all hands on deck to combat climate change.…

bubmagNovember 14, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump Admin. Prepares Court Filings to Seize Private Land in Texas for Border Wall: Report

Construction crews work on a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in El Paso, Texas, September 26, 2018.(Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters) The Trump administration is preparing to submit court filings as early as next week as a necessary step toward seizing priv…

bubmagNovember 14, 2019

Donald Trump

Trump asks SCOTUS to block subpoena for his tax returns

(CNN)President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court Thursday to block a Manhattan grand jury subpoena for copies of his financial records and tax returns, teeing up a test of Trump's expansive claims of immunity. The case marks the first time lawyers for the…

bubmagNovember 14, 2019

Recycling robots raise millions from top venture firms to rescue an industry in turmoil

Trump and His Party of Pollution

Japan’s ageing ‘Hidden Christians’ fear they may be their religion’s last generation

Putin: Russia hopes Trump will visit Moscow for Victory Day (‘May Day’)

This ride-hailing PR pitch shows platforms and digital campaign ‘dark arts’ want democracy to be pay to play

Trump impeachment inquiry: Why Ukraine is so important to the US

Elon Musk says Neuralink can ‘solve’ autism with a brain chip. We call BS

Venice Regional Council Floods After It Kills Measures To Combat Climate Change

Trump Admin. Prepares Court Filings to Seize Private Land in Texas for Border Wall: Report

Trump asks SCOTUS to block subpoena for his tax returns

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