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Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025 Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and

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US envoy suggests it would be ‘fine’ if Israel expands across Middle East 'It would be fine if they took it all,' Mike Huckabee says when asked about expanding Israel from Nile to Euphrates.

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Trump administration appeals order to restore George Washington slavery exhibit in Philadelphia The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s order to restore a Philadelphia exhibit on the nine people enslaved by George Washington at his former home on Independence Mall.

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Ford says students must be focused on ‘jobs of the future’ and not ‘basket-weaving courses’ Ontario Premier Doug Ford is standing behind his government’s decision to lift a freeze on college and university tuition, telling reporters that some institutions could have been forced to close with...

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Alberta spending $400M for new water bombers amid growing wildfire risk, demand for aircraft Alberta is moving to expand its aerial firefighting capacity with a major purchase of new water bombers.

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Trump is recruiting thousands of local officers to aid immigration effort. Some states are saying no New laws in some Democratic-led states are forcing local sheriffs to stop cooperating with President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement efforts.

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Obama compares 'rogue' ICE actions to authoritarian countries Former President Barack Obama compared the actions of federal agents under the Trump administration to behavior previously seen under dictatorships.

Obama compares 'rogue' ICE actions to authoritarian countries

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Top US prosecutor appointed to New York Albany office by judges is immediately ousted A lawyer appointed by judges to be the U.S. attorney for northern New York has been fired by the Justice Department in the latest clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the proc...

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Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.

T. Rump is the biggest danger to public and US democratic health ..

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Trump orders Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal Trump's order is the latest move by US administration to boost fossil fuel industry despite climate change concerns.

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In Cuba, people go without food and power as U.S. squeezes oil supply and tourists flee | CBC News Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has reached a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. squeezing the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines suspe...

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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

The attack on climate action in the US continues as efforts to revoke the endangerment finding get close to the finish line. At that point, ALL federal climate policies in the US will basically be cancelled. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

A line chart going from Jan 2009 to Jan 2026 showing very few cases until Trump’s second term, where the line takes off nearly vertically, showing more than 6,600 cases in Jan 2026 alone.

Habeas cases filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have taken off to levels we have never seen before. Just look at that chart.

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Watchdog warns against worsening corruption in democracies around the world Transparency International says the average global score in its report is at its lowest level in more than a decade.

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Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement Bills mandate ICE cooperation, school status checks and criminalize information release, testing constitutional lines

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UN chief urges Gaza aid as Israel blocks most medical evacuees at Rafah Al-Shifa Hospital director says blocking medical evacuations through Rafah crossing could be 'death sentence' for many.

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Trump suggests Republicans should ‘take over’ elections to protect the party President claims idea to ‘nationalize’ elections in 15 states before midterms is to prevent rare noncitizen voting

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World is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy' Countries have spent beyond their sustainable water budgets for so long that critical assets are depleted and the world faces huge economic, social and environmental costs

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Conservationists warn DFO facility closures could risk future of endangered salmon | CBC News Two salmon conservation organizations and an Indigenous water protector say the decision to close federal biodiversity facilities in the Maritimes could be the final nail in the coffin for an endanger...

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Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington A massive pipe rupture has sent sewage spilling into the Potomac River. The spill of about 40 million gallons of sewage a day is turning part of the river gray upriver of Washington, D.C.

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US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order

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Blaming ‘wine moms’ for ICE protest violence is another baseless, misogynist myth Rather than causing societal problems, mothers have a long history of trying to fix them.

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Democrats are campaigning as if the 2026 election will be fair. That’s a mistake | Austin Sarat Trump’s remarks and Project 2025’s proposals have made the plan clear. Democrats must focus on stopping it

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Trump made many statements on US economy. Most are untrue In address to media on Tuesday, US president made many false claims, including that there was 'no inflation' in the US.

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Feel like the world is on fire right now? 2025 was, too | CBC Climate Change News 2025 ranked as the third hottest year on record, barely behind the last two years, and one where regions of the world still saw dangerous and deadly heatwaves.

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The US Administration is doing an amazing job of keeping the Epstein files out of the news.

‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’ President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority

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Terrifying from someone with personal gain as their sole moral compass..

So, T. Rump is going to war his way out of the Epstein files. Thought it would be mostly internal to the US.