Underworld Turns

China Leads the World on Renewables, But It’s Still Addicted to Burning Rocks

China Leads the World on Renewables, But It’s Still Addicted to Burning Rocks

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This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2021, China’s leader Xi Jinping made two important promises intended to signal China‘s commitment to fighting climate change. At the Leaders Climate Summit in that April, he announced that China would “strictly control” coal generation until 2025 when it would […]
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Remains of missing woman found in remote Southern California ravine identified more than 45 years later

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Four decades after the case went cold, investigators have now identified a woman whose body was found in a remote Southern California ravine. On Feb. 18, 1980, drivers spotted the woman’s body about 35 feet down a ravine off Highway 74, just south of Cahuilla in an unincorporated area near Palm Desert. At the time, […]
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HHS Directly Gives Crisis Pregnancy Centers Millions of Dollars

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The US Department of Health and Human Services gave at least $34 million directly to 16 crisis pregnancy centers between 2018 and 2024, according to a US Government Accountability Office report publicly released on Wednesday. Crisis pregnancy centers, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, are “facilities that represent themselves as legitimate reproductive […]
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Hold off on Celebrating Trump’s Proposal to Increase Disability Education Funding

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On Friday, President Donald Trump released his budget proposal for the fiscal year 2027. Surprisingly, given the cuts that would be necessary to fund the $1.5 trillion the Trump administration is asking for military spending, the budget also included over $500 million more funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, for a total of […]
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Springs Fire in Riverside County continues to burn; crews reach 45% containment

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Firefighters are continuing to battle the Springs Fire in Riverside County on Saturday.   Authorities were first alerted to reports a brush fire in the 15900 Gilman Springs Road near Moreno Valley around 11 a.m. Friday, according to Cal Fire.   The wind-driven blaze, by Friday afternoon, extended well past Gilman Hot Springs and continued burning just north of Lake […]
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Border Wall Blasting Begins on New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey, Cherished by Catholics

Border Wall Blasting Begins on New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey, Cherished by Catholics

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News in partnership with Puente News Collaborative and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a Saturday morning in March, high school students, mountain bikers and soldiers from a nearby Army base climbed the winding path up Mount Cristo Rey. From the summit, they could see most of El […]
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