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Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution: Beach cleaner quits ‘losing battle’

Image copyrightLaura TrueloveImage caption Alan Cookson, second from right, estimates he has helped clear 5,000kg of plastic off Wales' beaches An environmentalist who dedicated himself to cleaning beaches is hanging up his litter picker because of a "losi…

bubmagJune 23, 2019

Palestine

Kushner’s economic plan for Mideast peace faces broad Arab rejection

RIYADH/AMMAN/CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic vision as part of the wider plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was met with contempt, repudiation and exasperation in the Arab world, even as some in the Gulf called for it to…

bubmagJune 23, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Climate protestors storm Garzweiler coal mine in Germany

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Hundreds of protesters joined forces to break into the mine and march through it Hundreds of climate change activists have stormed an open cast coal mine in western Germany to campaign against fossil fuels. The protesters …

bubmagJune 23, 2019

Monsanto

Encore Casino Boston opens its doors to the public Sunday morning – The Union Leader

EVERETT, Mass. At 10 a.m. Sunday, amid fanfare and tourists angling to see it, Encore Boston Harbor the largest casino resort in the Northeast and likely its most luxurious opens in this industrial city on the north lip of Boston, on the former site of a Mons…

bubmagJune 23, 2019

Holocaust

Feinstein 54 Below: Your Sinatra Promotion Is On A Wikipedia Article About The Holocaust?

Today I was finishing 'Auschwitz,' a granular history of the place and the camp, how a no place became a notorious place, and an inside look at the ironies of history. (Auschwitz started by deporting Jews.)In the final pages I came across a reference to Topf …

bubmagJune 23, 2019

Brexit

Bogus Brexit murder plot and other lies planted online by Russian accounts: study

LONDON (Reuters) - In August 2018, Spanish authorities uncovered a plot by anti-Brexit campaigners to assassinate leading Brexiteer and now favorite to be Britain’s next prime minister, Boris Johnson. Or did they? That story and others like it were created …

bubmagJune 23, 2019

Water Pollution

How Many Times Does a River Have to Burn Before It Matters?

The mayors connections were also important. One year after the fire, Carl Stokess brother, Louis, who represented several Cleveland neighborhoods in Congress, supported a water-pollution bill in the House and used the Cuyahoga River to defend it. The rape of…

bubmagJune 23, 2019

Palestine

‘Trump’s $50-billion Middle East plan is a win-win for Israel & a loss for Palestine’

The so-called “opportunity of the century,” which US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, presented to media on Saturday, is entitled to create a million jobs in the West Bank and Gaza, while doubling Palestine’s GDP in 10 years. It would be ac…

bubmagJune 22, 2019

New York City

Mermaid Parade 2019 revelry celebrated Pride, panned Trump, and looked fabulous

It's June 22, the first Saturday after the official start of the summer season. And just like they do every year, revelers gathered in New York's Coney Island for another round of Mermaid Parade celebrations. Since 1983, the annual Mermaid Parade has come to…

bubmagJune 22, 2019

Fortnite

Season 10 of Fortnite onward will require at least DirectX 11

In a statement from The Fortnite Team over at Epic Games, it’s been announced that as of Season 10, the PC version of Fortnite will require players to have a graphics card that can support Microsoft DirectX 11. Over the years, a DirectX 11-capable graphics c…

bubmagJune 22, 2019

Plastic pollution: Beach cleaner quits ‘losing battle’

Kushner’s economic plan for Mideast peace faces broad Arab rejection

Climate protestors storm Garzweiler coal mine in Germany

Encore Casino Boston opens its doors to the public Sunday morning – The Union Leader

Feinstein 54 Below: Your Sinatra Promotion Is On A Wikipedia Article About The Holocaust?

Bogus Brexit murder plot and other lies planted online by Russian accounts: study

How Many Times Does a River Have to Burn Before It Matters?

‘Trump’s $50-billion Middle East plan is a win-win for Israel & a loss for Palestine’

Mermaid Parade 2019 revelry celebrated Pride, panned Trump, and looked fabulous

Season 10 of Fortnite onward will require at least DirectX 11

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