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New Offshore Drilling Plan Gets Bipartisan Pushback This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at the fuzzy prospects for Tesla’s electric Cybercab and using AI to optimize residential battery and solar systems

New Offshore Drilling Plan Gets Bipartisan Pushback

DOJ Tries To Block Musk Deposition In Lawsuit Over USAID Cuts The US Agency for International Development, which provided foreign aid for other countries, was shut down over the summer following an effort by Musk to shutter it, with its few remaining functions being absorbed by the State Department.

The US Agency for International Development, which provided foreign aid for other countries, was shut down over the summer following an effort by Musk to shutter it, with its few remaining functions being absorbed by the State Department.

If the Star can acknowledge that all of Carney’s work is “most assuredly #elbowsup” maybe we can all move on to actually looking at things like the 12 trade agreements in 6 months etc

Trump Amplified Foreign-Based Accounts This Weekend One account boosted by Trump promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.

Trump reposted on Truth Social multiple accounts from X this weekend who have been identified as foreigners posing as American MAGA supporters. meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...

GOP Sen. Jim Justice to pay over $5M in unpaid taxes to settle DOJ suit The DOJ filed the suit against the former West Virginia governor and his wife over alleged unpaid taxes from the 2009 tax period.

Republican Sen. Jim Justice settled a lawsuit from the federal government over alleged unpaid taxes from the 2009 tax period for $5.16 million soon after it was filed today.

Correction: Date- aug. 16/2925 Should read Aug. 16/2025.
Appologies for typing error

Ottawa investit 35 M$ supplémentaires pour l’accès aux soins dentaires La ministre de la Santé du Canada Marjorie Michel a annoncé un financement de plus de 35 M$ pour améliorer l’accès aux soins dentaires au pays.

Ottawa investit 35 M$ supplémentaires pour l’accès aux soins dentaires

PM Carney has been clear about investing in another pipeline.
Three criteria must be met:
1. Private Investors
2. BC support
3. Indigenous support
NONE of those criteria have been met.
Smith is misleading Albertans and Canada. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/11/14/b... #cdnpoli #abpoli

You can travel between Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne for as little as $10 on affordable bus Flix - but at what cost? European budget travel brand FlixBus promises low prices and a better experience, but will it be enough to get Australians off planes and out of their cars?

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Climate heating has reached even deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water from Greenland

www.newscientist.com/article/2505...

We're going to spoil everything.

Every last little bit.

Aren't we?

#Environment

EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.

Simply despicable:

EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food

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A car was dropped from a plane for an ad—but the parachute failed | CBC Radio A red MGB. An airplane. A parachute. A stunt driver. A nervous advertising manager. And a disaster. Or was it?

I remember this ad.
Interesting story with a Canadian connection, the plane used to carry and drop the MGB was a Canadian made Caribou.
The video is poor quality but I'll link it below.
www.cbc.ca/radio/undert...

Panic is spreading across Russian monitoring channels as reports claim a massive drone wave, up to 150 UAVs, is heading toward occupied Crimea from the sea, launched from the direction of Odesa.

Alerts are being issued for Sevastopol and surrounding areas, fearing a coordinated swarm attack.

Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names. When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.

Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.

But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.

With @adn.com

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The reveal: my homemade BOSTON CREAM PIE ice cream! Hot dang is it delicious!✨ #boston #bostoncreampie #icecream

🍽️ 🍜 🎥 📸 #food #foodie #foodsky #foodiesky #foodvideo
#foodporn #videooftheday #trending #trendingvideo #homemadeicecream #bakingsky #baking #dessert #dessertsky #todayimade #eats #zoom

Noem ends temporary protected status for Myanmar migrants Nearly 4,000 Burmese nationals living in the United States will soon no longer have temporary protected status, avoiding deportation, after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated those pro...

Noem ends temporary protected status for Myanmar migrants

ground.news/article/us-e.... Piece of shit she is. #News

Canadian Dental Care Plan reaches new milestone as Government of Canada strengthens access to oral health care Today, the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, announced that close to six million Canadians are now covered under the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) and can receive the dental care they...

www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

This dental student piece is very important

G20 Leaders’ Summit: PM Carney Holds News Conference Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he is attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit. (November 23, 2025) (no interpretation)

Sorry to come back to this one again but the news and social media, I probably missed it, hasn't mentioned what I think is a very important part of the Q&A.
In replying to a question about the budget passing PM Carney talks about how every party Except the Bloc was
1/2
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Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.

NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.

Ukrainian drones target Russian military aircraft manufacturer in reported strikes In Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, a fire reportedly broke out at the Beriev Aircraft Company, which produces Russian amphibious seaplanes and the rare A-50 spy plane.

⚡️Ukrainian drones target Russian military aircraft manufacturer in reported strikes.

In Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, a fire reportedly broke out at the Beriev Aircraft Company, which produces Russian amphibious seaplanes and the rare A-50 spy plane.

Nvidia Is Advertising Partnerships With Firms Partly Owned By The Chinese Communist Party The chipmaker’s website touts its work with companies like ZTE, which has been effectively banned from selling its products in the U.S. over national security concerns.

The chipmaker’s website touts its work with companies like ZTE, which has been effectively banned from selling its products in the U.S. for years over national security concerns.

Deplorable!

MIAMI — picking up on the open racism Trump has unleashed, racist lady blocks brown Americans from leaving a garage and tries to wait for ICE to get there

Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind What really happened when he logged out of Washington.

#U.S. #DOGE #Staff #Dissolution #Discords #Drama #Fate

👉🏻 the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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DOGE is dead: What did it actually save? Even by its own—often inflated—estimates, DOGE fell far short of its targeted savings.

#U.S. #DOGE #Disolved

👉🏻DOGE is Dead: What Did It Actually Save?👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

www.newsweek.com/doge-is-dead...

It is a great idea.
I remember a few years ago there was a project to get some of the Indigenous languages put into web dictionaries that could be used by websites like Google, FB and X.
I don't know what happened to it.

Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review WASHINGTON – American industries ranging from whiskey makers and Wisconsin dairy producers to steel and automobile associations have weighed in on the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement...

#Cusma #U.S. #Canada #Mexico #Industries

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👉🏻Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review American industries ranging from whiskey makers and Wisconsin dairy producers to steel and automobile associations are weighing in on the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade.

#CUSMA #U.S. #Canada #Mexico #Industries

👉🏻Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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