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Electoral College benefits whiter states, study shows

A congressional staffer opens the boxes containing the Electoral College ballots in January 2017. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call William Blake, University of Maryland, Baltimore County States can force members of the Electoral College to vote for the winner of the…

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Wooden skyscrapers could transform construction by trapping carbon emissions

The Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey mixed-use building constructed with engineered wood, overlooks Norway’s largest lake, in Brumunddal. (Woodify/YouTube) Warren Mabee, Queen’s University, Ontario All over the world, architects and engineers are crafting cutting-edge skyscrapers from one of the most renewable and…

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Rwanda extracts methane from Lake Kivu for electricity. How it works

Methane gas extraction on Lake Kivu. Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Natacha Tofield-Pasche, EPFL- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Lake Kivu lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of…

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Black Lives Matter must avoid being co-opted by American corporate philanthropy

Painting on Trump’s doorstep: Black Lives Matter is painted onto 5th Avenue, New York in early July as the painting began, the Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Trump could not shield his financial records from New York prosecutors. The initiative followed an…

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For Voters in all-Black neighborhoods, it takes a long time to vote

“No citizen should have to wait more than 30 minutes to vote,” declared a 2014 federal report on how to conduct elections. That report was responding to the long lines in the 2012 presidential election, when more than 5 million…

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Coconut oil production threatens five times more species than palm oil

Per volume of oil produced, coconut production affects more species than any other oil crop, including oil palm. Sri Lanka/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Erik Meijaard, University of Kent Born in the Netherlands and brought up in Germany, it wasn’t until I…

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The world endured 2 extra heatwave days per decade since 1950 – but the worst is yet to come

Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, UNSW The term “heatwave” is no stranger to Australians. Defined as when conditions are excessively hot for at least three days in a row, these extreme temperature events have always punctuated our climate. With many of us…

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A green stimulus to boost the energy transition?

The first floating offshore wind turbine “floatgen” is pictured off La Turballe, western France on September 28 2018. Sebastien Salom Gomis/AFP Sébastien Houde, Grenoble École de Management (GEM); Carine Sebi, Grenoble École de Management (GEM); Joachim Schleich, Grenoble École de Management…

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Hong Kong activists now face a choice: stay silent, or flee the city.

Sipa USA Willie Siau / SOPA Images/Sipa U Brendan Clift, University of Melbourne In recent days, the prime ministers of the UK and Australia each declared they are working toward providing safe haven visas for Hong Kong residents. In the…

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Police violence in the United States: what lies behind the ‘bad apples’ narrative

A protester holds a sign showing a black US flag during a demonstration in Denver, Colorado, on May 31, 2020. Jason Connolly/AFP Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières and Dana Lindaman, University of Minnesota Duluth The May…

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Electoral College benefits whiter states, study shows

Wooden skyscrapers could transform construction by trapping carbon emissions

Rwanda extracts methane from Lake Kivu for electricity. How it works

Black Lives Matter must avoid being co-opted by American corporate philanthropy

For Voters in all-Black neighborhoods, it takes a long time to vote

Coconut oil production threatens five times more species than palm oil

The world endured 2 extra heatwave days per decade since 1950 – but the worst is yet to come

A green stimulus to boost the energy transition?

Hong Kong activists now face a choice: stay silent, or flee the city.

Police violence in the United States: what lies behind the ‘bad apples’ narrative

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