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Kyle G. Crider
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MPA. LEED AP ND. Just Communities AP. Story-teller. Gamer. Alabamian. Ally. Systemic change agent. Sporadic but prolific poster. All views are my own.
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www.alreporter.com/2025/11/18/a...
Alabama's largest mass timber project rising at Cheaha State Park
The 26,000-square-foot lodge exemplified how material innovation can honor place, heritage and ecology through modern mass timber construction.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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www.alreporter.com/2025/11/19/a...
Alabama offers $11M for abandoned mine land economic revitalization
Alabama made $11 million in federal grant funding available to reclaim abandoned mine lands, driving economic growth and community development.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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www.birminghamtimes.com/2025/11/afte...
After Backlash, Alabama Public Television Will Keep Paying for PBS
By Kim Chandler | Associated Press Facing a public backlash, the commission that oversees Alabama Public Television on Tuesday voted to continue paying its contract with PBS, rejecting an effort — …
www.birminghamtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
How did your representative vote on releasing the Epstein files?
US House today voted on the release of government files relating to Jeffrey Epstein. Find out how your representative voted
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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skepticalscience.com/super-pollut...
Super pollutants are trendy, but we should be careful how we use them
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink
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November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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allthatsinteresting.com/bellamy-salute
The Story Of The Nazi-Like Salute That All Americans Used To Do During The Pledge Of Allegiance
From 1892 until 1942, Americans used the Bellamy Salute to pledge allegiance to the flag — but the gesture was discarded during World War II.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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www.independent.co.uk/us/money/gre...
The ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ is underway. Experts explain why it matters
By mid-century, around $124 trillion will have been passed down
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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www.alreporter.com/2025/11/18/a...
APLS strips state funding from Fairhope Library amid ongoing review
More than half of Fairhope's annual state funding, about $22,000, was officially distributed to other libraries in Baldwin County after a missed deadline.
www.alreporter.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30 - Inside Climate News
The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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apnews.com/article/redi...
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms
A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
China May Already Be Outpacing the U.S. on Research Funding
A research advocacy organization says China was projected to outpace America in R&D funding even before Trump retook power. The government shutdown probably didn’t help.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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daily.jstor.org/the-promise-...
The Promise and Problems of Public Lands: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily
Discover key research on U.S. public lands through scholarly works exploring conservation, Indigenous knowledge, and public policy.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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www.openculture.com/2025/11/why-...
Why Overconfidence Is Our Most Dangerous Cognitive Bias
In the two-thousands, the magician-comedians Penn and Teller hosted a television series called Bullshit! In it, they took on a variety of cultural phenomena they regarded as worthy of the titular epit...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Rural Electric Cooperative Member-Owner Training Registration Form
This free organizing training hosted by the Rural Power Coalition (RPC) will include four weekly 1-hr sessions. All trainings will be virtual and held at 7PM Eastern/ 4PM Pacific. Organizing Around En...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I'm proud to have played a role in developing this resource! www.ruralpower.us/toolkit
Electric Cooperative Organizing Toolkit — Rural Power Coalition
www.ruralpower.us
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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www.alreporter.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | Lawmakers put Alabama’s first-in-the-nation public TV system at risk
Alabama created the nation’s first public TV network, yet political fear and extremist pressure now threaten APT’s future and its PBS partnership.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Two Birds, One Scone: Collaboration in Rights of Nature and Ecocide Jurisprudence
If we truly seek to create relations of accountability and peace with our larger environment(s), jurisprudence needs to evolve beyond our current anthropocentric lens, and we can make it so by encoura...
www.resilience.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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www.desmog.com/2025/11/12/n...
Nvidia CEO Praises Trump Energy Chief — a Climate Denier — and his 'Passion' for Science
Jensen Huang gives "a shout-out for Secretary Chris Wright" as Nvidia and Trump administration partner on a massive AI buildout.
www.desmog.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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spatialreserves.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/l...
Landsat Surface Temperature Web Mapping Application and Data Now Available
This Landsat Surface Temperature Web Mapping Application and data could be very useful in physical geography, environmental science, and GIS courses in instruction, and for research purposes: From …
spatialreserves.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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www.alreporter.com/2025/11/17/m...
Montgomery's Capri Theatre to show The Alabama Solution for free
This award-winning film was created from cell-phone footage taken by inmates and from interviews with prisoners and their families.
www.alreporter.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Why Trump Couldn’t Stop the Electric Vehicle Dream
We never got those promised EV chargers — but we did get a future for EVs.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM