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Activists in three West Coast cities took to the streets on Earth Day to ask shipping to accelerate...

Activists in three West Coast cities took to the streets on Earth Day to ask shipping to accelerate...

Genetic modification using new technologies like CRISPR has been called a “weapon of mass destruction and proliferation."

Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) During Black History Month, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt tweeted, “We can never forget the tragedy that happened 100 years ago,” in reference to the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Okla. Advertisement On Friday, the same governor signed into law a bill that prohibits K-12 schools from teaching any race-based curriculum that causes “discomfort, guilt, anguish or psychological distress” to students. In other words, it’s a law that protects white students from w...

Plus: A rundown of this weeks real estate news. By Jeramey Jannene - Feb 14th, 2021 12:54 pm //end headline wrapper ?> 27th and Wisconsin development site. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. The proposal to develop a new office building for the State of Wisconsin at the southwest corner of N. 27th St. and W. Wisconsin Ave. took a major step forward this week. The state Building Commission approved funding to acquire the full-block, 2.63-acre site for $2 million and alloca...

Despite Slow Start, Paris Climate Accord Is Alive and Kicking On 5th Birthday Five years into the landmark agreement, governments and companies are pledging to cut emissions. By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, Dec 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — As the gavel went down on Dec. 12, 2015, signalling the adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change, 5,000 people in the room jumped to their feet crying, embracing, clapping, and stomping, then UN climate chief Christiana Figueres remembers. "I hav...