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EU is investing record €7 billion in sustainable, safe and smart transport infrastructure - #European #Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

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#EU #GreenDeal #sustainable

EU invests record €7 billion in sustainable, safe and smart transport infrastructure

The EU will support the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy by allocating over €7 billion to 134 projects that will contribute to delivering a sustain...

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The #News Agents: #ZackPolanski on #populism, #patriotism and #poverty

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#UK #politics

Daily News Podcast | The News Agents

Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. and beyond with Lewis Goodall, Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel. Read, Listen & Watch.

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November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM

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Huberman Lab: How Your Thoughts Are Built & How You Can Shape Them | Dr. Jennifer Groh

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#science #neuroScience #psychology #biology #health

How Your Thoughts Are Built & How You Can Shape Them | Dr. Jennifer Groh

Discover how your brain encodes sights and sounds, shapes thoughts, and rewires focus. Dr. Jennifer Groh explains how to improve attention and happiness.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM

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The Global Story: Why #Trump is threatening to go 'guns a-blazing' into #Nigeria

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#news #politics #religion #religiousity #Christian #Muslim

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Why Trump is threatening to go 'guns a-blazing' into Nigeria

How true are the claims that there is a persecution of Christians in Nigeria?

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November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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Green MP calls on chancellor to end £2.7bn tax breaks for #FossilFuel companies after #BP posts $2.21 billion quarterly profit - #GreenParty

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#politics #climate

Green MP calls on chancellor to end £2.7bn tax breaks for fossil fuel companies after BP posts $2.21 billion quarterly profit - Green Party

Green MP Carla Denyer has called on Rachel Reeves to end tax breaks for fossil fuel companies amounting to £2.7 billion a year and instead fund a ‘jobs guarantee’ to support workers currently employed...

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November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM

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Love Factually: Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

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#science #psychology #movies #anime

Episode 36: Howl's Moving Castle

What happens when our self-esteem is tied to our looks?

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November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM

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TED Talks Daily: 3 tips to make your world beautifully #wild | Isabella Tree

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#nature #Rewilding #gardening

3 tips to make your world beautifully wild

When conservationists talk about rewilding, most people picture wolves and bison roaming endless landscapes — but Isabella Tree discovered the real revolution is happening in ordinary backyards. She s...

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November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM

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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .

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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM

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Rich folk in positions of authority acting like sociopaths (not emotionally mature adults). Musk could have wrote"l disagree" & explained why.

#ElonMusk calls acting #NASA chief ‘Sean Dummy’ as #SpaceX #moon contract hangs in the balance | #CNN

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Elon Musk calls acting NASA chief ‘Sean Dummy’ as SpaceX moon contract hangs in the balance | CNN

Elon Musk lashed out at Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on X Tuesday, after Duffy suggested NASA may sideline SpaceX from its moon mission.

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November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM

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ZOE #Science & #Nutrition: How learning to savour flavour can transform your health | Spencer Hyman

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#health #food

ZOE — Feel healthier. In weeks.

ZOE helps you improve your health with at-home tests, personalized food scores, and expert nutrition advice. Thrive with ZOE’s science-backed program!

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November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM

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Some folk, perhaps many folk, misinterpret events because, for example, they don't consider probability & #scientific knowledge, & do already believe in #superstition (inc. A #God)

The Michael Shermer Show: Weird Experiences

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#Reason #logic

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November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM

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Carbon Brief

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What’s happened this week in climate change? 🌎

DeBriefed | Belém COP begins; UN warns of 1.5C breach; changing roles of climate scientists

✍️ Written Roz Pidcock
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DeBriefed 7 November 2025: Belém COP begins; UN warns of 1.5C breach; changing roles of climate scientists - Carbon Brief

A gathering of world leaders kicked off in Belém, Brazil, ahead of the official opening of COP30 next week, and more climate news from the week.

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November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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I’m afraid I’ve heard enough to take this seriously - No.10 is thinking of abolishing ECO, the main source of funding for upgrading fuel poor homes.

There’s no way to sugar coat this: it would be a disaster.
And it would mean this government spending less on upgrading homes than the last one

Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 6d

To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦‍♂️

…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️

Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills

Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’

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November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM

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The world, the universe and us: #COP30: The world's #climate future hinges on this meeting

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#science #politics

New Scientist | Science news, articles, and features

Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

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November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM

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#Comedy of the Week: Carbon Lifeforms

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#bbc #Environment

BBC Radio 4 - Comedy of the Week, Carbon Lifeforms

Jon Long and Dr Tara Shine are joined by Chris McCausland to tackle the topic of Tech.

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November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM

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The world, the universe and us: How #mRNA #vaccines teach your body to kill #cancer; Grim state of #climate action; Why #birds sing the dawn chorus

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#science

New Scientist | Science news, articles, and features

Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

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November 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM

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Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of #ClimateChange: #COP30: Caught Between An Electrostate and A Petrostate | Ep230: Rachel Kyte

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#environment #politics

COP30: Caught Between An Electrostate and A Petrostate | Ep230: Rachel Kyte | Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change

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October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM

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The #Climate Denier's Playbook: These Protesters Are Protesting Wrong!

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#comedy #satire

The Climate Denier's Playbook

From the minds that brought you Climate Town, comes… a podcast that's suspiciously similar to Climate Town. Rollie Williams (Climate Town) and Nicole Conlan (The Daily Show) are two comedians with Ma...

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October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM

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> So Your Parents Are Old: Self-Care While Letting Go with Leeza Gibbons

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#family #care #Healthcare #health #money #politics

About — Campside Media

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October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM

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Love Factually: Bonus Episode: Paul and Eli on the Speaking of #Psychology Podcast with Kim Mills

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#science #film #movie

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October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM

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> The Conversation Weekly: The hidden sources of forever chemicals

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#polution #Liverpool #UK

The hidden sources of forever chemicals leaking into rivers – and what to do about them

Water scientist Patrick Byrne tells The Conversation Weekly podcast what testing rivers can reveal about the biggest, often hidden, sources of PFAS pollution.

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October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM

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The Dissenter: #1163 Herman Pontzer: How to Understand Human Biological Variation: "Race", Height, Gender, and More

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#race #gender #science #biology #evolution

#1163 Herman Pontzer: How to Understand Human Biological Variation: "Race", Height, Gender, and More by The Dissenter

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October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM