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Biden signs major climate change and health care bill into law • FRANCE 24 English

Biden signs major climate change and health care bill into law • FRANCE 24 English

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a big climate change and health care spending bill, giving Democrats another boost ahead of midterm elections in which Republicans are suddenly less certain of their predicted crushing victory. #climate #USA #Biden 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE – Watch FRANCE …

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Flooding in America’s Heartland

Flooding in America’s Heartland

Miami may be the poster child of rising waters in the U.S., but further inland, states are grappling with torrential flooding that is becoming the new norm. Last year, flooding in the southeast killed 12 people and caused $20 billion in damages. This year’s rains have already driven Mississippi into …

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How Trump Continues to Gut America’s Climate Policies | NowThis

How Trump Continues to Gut America’s Climate Policies | NowThis

Environmental disasters are mounting and the climate crisis has arrived — but Pres. Trump continues to gut America’s climate policies. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis In US news and …

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A jail built on a landfill is at the center of America’s coronavirus outbreak

A jail built on a landfill is at the center of America’s coronavirus outbreak

[ad_1] News on climate in the time of coronavirus Subscribe today New York City is the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak — and perhaps nowhere is that outbreak more dangerous than in the city’s most notorious jail complex: Rikers Island. As of Tuesday morning, across the city 287 inmates …

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Rush to save rare duck spotted choking on plastic in Central Park

Rush to save rare duck spotted choking on plastic in Central Park

[ad_1] Initially, birdwatchers in New York’s Central Park rejoiced at the rare sighting of a common merganser, an elegant-looking duck with a regal auburn crest. But as photos of the duck spread quickly on social media, so did concern: a piece of discarded plastic appeared jammed in the duck’s distinctive narrow bill, …

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Trump administration approves permit to allow building of Keystone oil pipeline

Trump administration approves permit to allow building of Keystone oil pipeline

[ad_1] The Trump administration has approved a right-of-way to allow for the building the Keystone pipeline on US land in Montana, moving the controversial $8bn project closer to fruition just months after a damaging oil spill on another segment of the network. The approval — which would allow for access on …

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