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This Earth Day, we must stop the fossil fuel money pipeline | Bill McKibben

Taking down the fossil fuel industry requires taking on the institutions that finance it. Even during a pandemic, this movement is gaining steam

1970 was a simpler time. (February was a simpler time too, but for a moment let’s think outside the pandemic bubble.)

Simpler because our environmental troubles could be easily seen. The air above our cities was filthy, and the water in our lakes and streams was gross. There was nothing subtle about it. In New York City, the environmental lawyer Albert Butzel described a permanently yellow horizon: “I not only saw the pollution, I wiped it off my windowsills.” Or consider the testimony of a city medical examiner: “The person who spent his life in the Adirondacks has nice pink lungs. The city dweller’s are black as coal.” You’ve probably heard of Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River catching fire, but here’s how the former New York governor Nelson Rockefeller described the Hudson south of Albany: “One great septic tank that has been rendered nearly useless for water supply, for swimming, or to support the rich fish life that once abounded there.” Everything that people say about the air and water in China and India right now was said of America’s cities then.

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Keystone XL: police discussed stopping anti-pipeline activists 'by any means'

Revealed: records show law enforcement has called demonstrators possible ‘domestic terrorism’ threats

US law enforcement officials preparing for fresh Keystone XL pipeline protests have privately discussed tactics to stop activists “by any means” and have labeled demonstrators potential “domestic terrorism” threats, records reveal.

Internal government documents seen by the Guardian show that police and local authorities in Montana and the surrounding region have been preparing a coordinated response in the event of a new wave of protests opposing the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which would carry crude oil from Canada to Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska.

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Why Warmer Weather Probably Won’t Stop COVID-19

Yes, most infectious diseases are seasonal. But waiting for COVID-19 to wane on its own is a bad idea




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A Coronavirus Spread Through U.S. Pigs in 2013. Here’s How It Was Stopped

The containment practices of outbreaks past could have lessons for modern epidemics




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Bill Gates condemns Trump's 'dangerous' decision to stop WHO funding during coronavirus crisis

Read our live updates on coronavirus HERE Coronavirus: The symptoms




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Sir David Attenborough issues emotive plea for world to 'stop waste and cherish our planet'

Sir David Attenborough warned humans had a "last chance" to change their behaviour and save the planet as he urged people to "stop waste of any kind".




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Moment dad watches birth of first child on Zoom after social distancing rules stopped him being with wife during labour

This is the heartwarming moment a new dad watched the birth of his first child on Zoom after coronavirus social distancing rules stopped him from being in hospital with his wife.




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Four police officers killed by truck in Australia after stopping speeding Porsche driver

Four police officers have died after being hit by a truck when they stopped to detain a speeding driver on an Australian motorway, officials said.




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London bus stop transformed into children's art gallery to lift spirits during lockdown

A west London bus stop has been transformed into a "fabulous" children's art gallery to brighten the drudgery of life under the coronavirus lockdown.




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Food For London Now: Take your seats to help feed city with star cast in classic Stoppard play

You can donate at virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW




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Social gatherings could be limited to fewer than 10 people until 2021 to stop coronavirus spreading, scientists say

Social gatherings could be limited to 10 people until 2021 to prevent a second wave of coronavirus infections in the UK, scientists have warned.




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You can't stop coronavirus, warns top UK scientist as he says lockdown 'risks even more deaths'

Boris Johnson's top scientist has defended the Government's battleplan against Covid-19 and said "you can't stop it".




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Californian law might stop Elon Musk and Grimes calling newborn son X Æ A-12

Grimes and her boyfriend Elon Musk want to call their newborn son X Æ A-12 Musk, but California law might prevent it.






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Coronavirus app could help stop spread of covid-19 – but many people will need to use it, Oxford experts say

Widespread and quick use would be key to battling spread of virus, study says




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Coronavirus: 'Intensive' contract-tracing and social distancing key to stopping spread of virus, study finds

Researchers say evidence from China 'may demonstrate the huge scale of testing and contact tracing that's needed to reduce the virus spreading'




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RiteAid BonusCash rewards for Apr 5-11, 2020 ... 20% ROI on Xbox, GameStop, Apple, Google, Netflix, Nike, Panera, Fandango, AMC, & Regal GC's

It's a bumper crop of BonusCash at your local Rite-Aid this week, with not 1, 2, 3, but 4 gaming GC's, and 1 of those gives you even more options!

  • Nike, GameStop, Netflix ... $5 BonusCash when you buy $25 of these items.*
  • Google Play, AMC Theatres, Apple AppStore/iTunes, Fandango, XBOX, Panera Bread, Regal Theatres ... $6 BonusCash when you buy $30 of these items.*

FYI, "GameStop" is a big win, because not only can you purchase (additional) XBOX, PSN, Nintendo, and Steam credit there, but you order the GC credit from their website, and get a redemption code instantly after checkout.
 
For those who are new to the "Rite-Aid wellness+ reward BonusCash" program, you'll receive the $$$ amount when you purchase the minimum amount specified. Gift-cards within the same bullet-point share the same "limit 2 offers per customer", but you can earn rewards on the other bullet-point lines as well. For example, you can purchase $25 each of GameStop & Netflix (or $50 of GameStop) ... and still be able to purchase another $60 mix of Google & Apple & XBOX, and can stagger your 4 GC purchases throughout the week.

Screenshot of 2 separate GC offers (bullet points) included here:

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Small print (at bottom of weekly ad) and BonusCash T&C's included here:
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FYI ... the limit of "2 offers per customer" is tracked by your "wellness+ rewards" account, so you'll need to limit yourself to 2 offers per line item throughout the week, and not just "2 per transaction" or "2 per day". At the time of purchase, your printed receipt will indicate how many of the "limit 2" you've met, but neither the website nor register will indicate ...

  • if you've met the limit of 2 items per BonusCash group with the current transaction, or
  • if the transaction you're about to complete exceeds the limit of 2 per week, or
  • when your BonusCash rewards will expire.

Luckily the mobile RiteAid app (and website) list your individual accumulation & cashing out on a per transaction basis, so that's a good way to keep tabs on the expiration dates, since you only get 30 days to spend the BonusCash once earned. Good luck!

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    GameStop Pro Day - 4/18 - Not Just for Pro Members Anymore

    GameStop’s Pro Day Sale

     

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    For 4/18 only, Pro Deals for ALL at GameStop.com

    On Saturday only, if you aren't a Pro Member, score 5,000 bonus points when you become a Power Up Rewards member and Pro Members score 2x points per dollar spent. See some of the top offers below!

     

    Top Offers:

    • Save $70 on a Pre-Owned 1TB PlayStation 4 Pro System only $269.99
    • Save $100 on the limited edition Xbox One X 1TB NBA 2K20 Console only $299.99
    • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle only $16.99 (over 70% off)
    • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint only $14.99 (75% off)
    • Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order only $38.99 (35% off)
    • $10 off Madden 20 only $19.99
    • $40 off NBA 2K20 only $19.99
    • Mortal Kombat only $18.99 (52% off)
    • $40 off Borderlands 3 only $19.99
    • Buy 2 Get 1 Free All $11.99 Pop! Figures
    • Save $30 on Red Dead Redemption II now only $29.99
    • Save $80 on Arcade1Up Mortal Kombat Arcade Cabinet with Riser now only $299.99
    • Just Dance 2020 only $18.99 (52% off)
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    GameStop’s Pro Day Sale

     

     

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    Gamestop 20%/30%/40%/50% Off, One Day Flash Sale - Update Extended through 5/9




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    Inflation reflects growth dynamics in India: Christopher Wood

    India has inflation and it reflects the fundamental growth, Christopher Wood, equity strategist, CLSA, said at ET Now Mkt Summit-2010.




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    The coronavirus pandemic has taught me to stop waiting to live my best life

    The coronavirus pandemic canceled a lot of our plans and reinforced that we need to stop waiting for a right time to do the things we want.

          




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    I told my ex I would never be a swinger. Now he won’t stop texting me

    I am not that kind of person and have made it clear I don’t want to hear from him. What more can I do?

    Before the lockdown, I had a boyfriend with whom I had been for 16 months. He said he wanted to experiment sexually with another couple, which I found shocking. I am not that kind of person, so I broke up with him. Despite the breakup, he is still constantly texting me, even though I stopped texting him a while back and made it clear I don’t want to see him. The situation hurts me so much, and any help you could offer would be much appreciated.

    Joining another couple for erotic fun is not uncommon; many people enjoy it. In fact, there are many communities of people who regularly participate in this sexual style. But it is not for everyone, and jealousies and insecurities can arise no matter how sexually open a person is. “Swinging” is advanced sexual play that requires a couple to be well bonded and requires each partner to be psychologically stable as well as sexually mature.

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    Government website for key workers to book coronavirus tests stops taking applications just hours after launch

    "You can select a regional test site drive-through appointment or home test kit.




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    People Can’t Stop Obsessing Over Connell’s Chain in Normal People

    A silver chain has taken center stage in Hulu's adaptation of Sally Rooney's "Normal People"




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    New regulations to protect killer whales ask fishermen to stop fishing near whales year round

    For the second year in a row, the Government of Canada is enacting restrictions to help protect the southern resident killer whale population.



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    What is the future of dystopian television during a global pandemic?

    The producers of 'The Handmaid's Tale', 'Westworld' and others talk to Dave Itzkoff about their invented nightmares – and how and whether they should respond to a crisis in the real world




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    Steph McGovern stops daily Channel 4 show so family can get 'our home back'

    TV host joked she may still be wearing slippers when show returns to Channel 4 studio in the coming months




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    Andrew Scott took Fleabag role to stop being typecast as a villain

    Scott was best known for playing Moriarty opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in 'Sherlock'




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    Australian government stops listing major threats to species under environment laws

    Exclusive: Documents show department has stopped recommending assessment of ‘key threatening processes’ affecting native wildlife

    The federal government has stopped listing major threats to species under national environment laws, and plans to address listed threats are often years out of date or have not been done at all.

    Environment department documents released under freedom of information laws show the government has stopped assessing what are known as “key threatening processes”, which are major threats to the survival of native wildlife.

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    Noel Gallagher releases 'lost' Oasis song Don't Stop...

    The musician discovered the song while searching through unmarked CDs at his home




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    Nicole Scherzinger joins Gary Barlow for show-stopping Grease singalong on Instagram

    The pair got into character as Sandy and Danny for Barlow's latest Crooner Sessions video




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    Nearly half of all UK insurance companies stop selling travel insurance amid coronavirus crisis

    Many insurers either no longer sell travel insurance or have amended existing policies, a Which? report has found




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    Travel is hardwired into our souls — this virus won't stop us for long

    There's a nerdy website that I sometimes look at when I'm bored. It's called routesonline.com, and in staccato sentences it lists every schedule change by almost every airline around the world. "Air Senegal adds London to Freetown Service from late June 2020" — that sort of thing.




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    Hair loss prevention: How to stop it falling out and thinning with stress

    Causes, prevention and treatment... we speak to an award-winning hair doctor to get some advice on preserving your precious locks




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    Canada Goose to stop buying new fur by 2022

    The brand will however continue to use fur it has reclaimed from customers through a buy-back scheme





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    Australian politicians won't stop dropping references to Taylor Swift

    Taylor Swift is currently sending Australia into Tay Tay fever as she tours the country, and it seems the nation's politicians aren't immune.

    Take Treasurer Scott Morrison. The minister was responding to media questions Monday regarding whether he had been offered the treasury job by current Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in February, months before the dumping of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott

    We won't bore you with the details, but please note the part where the Liberal Party member told reporters to "shake it off" in regards to these events.

    More about Video, Videos, Australia, Taylor Swift, and Watercooler




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    Liverpool success and football stoppage may convince Jurgen Klopp to delay retirement, says Guillem Balague

    Liverpool's success combined with the current enforced break from football may have convinced Jurgen Klopp to prolong any future retirement plans, according to football journalist Guillem Balague.




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    The world stopped another Chernobyl by working together. Coronavirus demands the same | Serhii Plokhy

    The pandemic reminds me of a different invisible enemy. Once again, coordinated action is the only effective response

    Deja vu. In recent days I’ve had that sense more than once. Every time I come home, remove my mask and wash my hands, I start thinking whether it is safe to keep on wearing the clothes that I had on outside. What if they are contaminated by the virus? Well, I can change clothes, but what if the particles have already jumped somewhere else, and are now in my home? Some would call it paranoia. I call it deja vu. I recognise those thoughts and remember the feelings.

    That is because I first experienced them more than 30 years ago, in May 1986, on a trip to Kyiv, then the capital of Soviet Ukraine. It was a few weeks after the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, and I was in the city – about 100km from the disaster area – on a business trip. We already knew that there was radiation in the air. Water trucks were spraying the streets, foreign students were leaving the city, and overseas broadcasters like the BBC were telling us to stay inside. But our own government was sending confusing and distressing messages: there is absolutely no danger, but make sure you keep children inside, and pregnant women too. Oh, and close your windows when you are at home.

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    Forest fire season is coming. How can we stop the Amazon burning?

    The Guardian investigates fire in the state of Pará - to reveal the loopholes that allow deforestation to be legitimised

    We found the first fire without looking, crackling and roaring on farmland beside the busy Amazon highway, the flames consuming a road sign with its name – BR-163 – lying in the grass. Trucks thundered past, ferrying soya and corn from the agricultural heartlands of Brazil’s central-west to the ports of Santarém and Miritituba. Nobody was around.

    Every year fires roar across the Amazon, and in just a few months they will be here again. But last August the number of blazes reached a nine-year high, and sparked an international crisis for Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. Months later, their traces hung over the forests in the Amazon state of Pará, leaving blackened logs and charred tree stumps where there was once rainforest.

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    ‘Murder Hornets’ in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet

    Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.




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    Qantas flight makes history by touching down in Sydney after flying 19 hours non-stop from New York

    The Qantas flight, which landed in Sydney on Sunday morning, is the first in a series of trials of "ultra" long-haul trips which could become reality by 2022.



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    If police stop and search you, do you know your basic rights?

    Whether you are dealing with a noise complaint or being asked for ID, having a grasp of your basic rights when dealing with the police can help.




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    Black State Legislator Says He Was Unfairly Stopped By Cop



    Rep. Kam Buckner wants this to be a teachable moment.