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• United Nations Experts Say UK Report Could "Fuel Racism"

  19-04-2021 15:08 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - UK PoliticsThe United Nations working group on people of African descent criticized a recent UK government report's conclusion on institutional racism, calling it "an attempt to normalize white supremacy." The British government claimed the group "misrepresented" the report's findings.
  
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• After Critical Year for COVID and Climate, Earth Day Arrives Thursday

  19-04-2021 15:08 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: USA Today - World NewsOur planet's very own holiday is coming later this week. And in a year in which a deadly pandemic has had the globe in its grip and climate change helped spark a cascade of calamities from raging wildfires to a ferocious hurricane season, the focus of this year's Earth Day couldn't be more timely. "At the heart of Earth Day’s 2021 theme, Restore Our Earth, is optimism," said Kathleen Rogers, president of EarthDay.org.
  
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• The "Ghostbusters" Who Are Helping Tackle Climate Change

  19-04-2021 15:07 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - Science and EnvironmentAround the world, there are teams of people who are working to track down and destroy hidden sources of greenhouse gases—stopping them from harming the planet. Some of the gases, which are used in refrigeration, have many times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. These teams are jokingly referred to as "ghostbusters," because their cinematic counterparts gathered up troublesome phantoms and stored them together in large containment...
  
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• Groups Push for Easier Student Loan Relief for the Disabled

  19-04-2021 15:07 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportAdvocates for disabled people are pressing the U.S. administration to cancel student debt for Americans who have disabilities that make them eligible them for debt forgiveness but haven't received the benefit. Using a rarely pursued federal petition process, three federal advocacy groups on Monday asked the U.S. Education Department to ease debt for nearly 400,000 people with severe disabilities and streamline the debt forgiveness program.
  
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• UK Government to Speed Up Climate Change Target

  19-04-2021 15:06 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - UK PoliticsRadical new climate change commitments are to become law in the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson will announce this week. The prime minister will say carbon emissions will be cut by 78% by 2035—almost 15 years earlier than previously planned—which would be a world-leading position. And for the first time the climate law would be extended to cover international aviation and shipping.
  
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• Under-30s less compliant with Covid rules, UK data shows

  19-04-2021 13:10 via theguardian.com
  
  While most followed restrictions, one in seven admitted to decreasing levels of complianceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople under 30 were less compliant with Covid rules over the past year, according to survey data from more than 50,000 adults in the UK.While the still to be peer-reviewed analysis suggests most people followed lockdown and social distancing rules, one in seven – about 15% – reported decreasing levels of compliance over time, par
  
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