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  • Prof Patty
  • September 30, 2020

An oil giant’s epiphany on climate change

BP’s slow shift to clean energy since the Deepwater Horizon spill is picking up speed, perhaps setting an example for the petroleum industry. By the Monitor’s Editorial Board One of the pa

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NY Times

  • Kouri Richins Found Guilty of Poisoning Her Husband in Utah Murder Trial
  • Trump Administration Seeks to Remove Cuba’s President From Power During Negotiations
  • Airport Security Lines Grow as TSA Goes Unpaid in Partial Shutdown
  • How Trump Destroyed the Aura of the Wartime President
  • Richard Grenell: From Trump Cabinet Hopeful to Ex-Kennedy Center Manager

NPR

  • Why the driest place in North America is seeing an explosion of wildflowers
  • Texas's state animals, armadillos, are making North Carolina their home
  • Master gardener Jessica Damiano explains seed packet lingo to aid successful gardening
  • In layers of melting glacier ice, scientists find a story of pre-industrial pollution
  • NASA targets Artemis II crewed moon mission for April 1 launch

The Progressive

  • How Movements Survive
  • The Caregiver Who Can’t Afford Health Care
  • Silence Is Surrender
  • Why We Need Leaders Like Frances Perkins
  • The Fight for Palestine in Higher Education Continues, Despite Institutional Backlash

FactCheck.org

  • No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions
  • How Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz Affects the U.S.
  • Is the U.S. at ‘War’? Politicians Disagree
  • Trump’s Claim About the Obama Nuclear Deal and Iran’s Nuclear Development
  • Without Providing Evidence, Trump Pins School Bombing on Iran

Snopes.com

  • Don't believe rumor Trump told Pope Leo to 'sit down' amid Iran war debate
  • Did Erika Kirk work for Epstein? The truth behind claim her voice is in 'DOJ wiretap audio'
  • Unraveling claims about video showing police response to Michigan synagogue attack
  • Inspecting claim 'vaccine for pedophiles' was written on Iranian missile
  • Unpacking claims Trump bought shoes for Cabinet members

Tradeoffs

  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
  • 'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
  • As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction

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