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• Montana Blocks Bill to Ban Gender Affirming Surgery in Youth

  21-04-2021 15:58 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe Montana Senate has voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would have banned gender affirming surgery for transgender minors, effectively killing the proposal. The measure had faced significant opposition from medical experts, transgender people and human rights advocates, who testified earlier this year that gender affirming surgery is rarely undertaken by minors, but medical decisions should be left up to families.
  
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• European Union to Cut CO2 Emissions by 55% by 2030

  21-04-2021 15:58 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - EuropeThe EU has adopted ambitious new targets to curb climate change, with a pledge to make them legally binding. Under a new law agreed between member states and the EU Parliament, the bloc will cut carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels. "Our political commitment to becoming the first climate neutral continent by 2050 is now also a legal one," said EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.
  
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• "Comfort Women" Lose Case Against Japan in South Korean Court

  21-04-2021 15:58 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsA South Korean court on Wednesday ruled against a group of comfort women who sought damages against Japan for wartime sex slavery, citing Tokyo's claim of state immunity against being sued in a foreign court. The decision comes after a different chamber of the same court ruled in favor of 12 plaintiffs in January. That landmark verdict ordered Japan to pay $91,900 to each of the five surviving plaintiffs and the family members of those who had...
  
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• In U.S., People of Color Three Times More Likely to Live in Polluted Places

  21-04-2021 15:00 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: CNN - Top StoriesClimate change has continued to decimate air quality in the United States, and a new report has found that more than 40% of Americans live in areas with unhealthy air quality, with people of color being the most negatively affected. The American Lung Association's "State of the Air"' report, released on Wednesday, found that people of color were 61% more likely than White people to live in a county with a failing grade for at least one pollutant.
  
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• As Extreme Weather Increases, Climate Misinformation Adapts

  21-04-2021 15:00 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: ABC News - Science and TechnologyClimate scientists have warned for years that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like the one that walloped Texas in February, knocking out power and leaving millions in a deep freeze. Yet as the snow fell and wind howled, the conservative website The Gateway Pundit made the false claim that President Joe Biden's energy policies prevented Texas from generating the power the state needed and "led to Texans literally freezing to...
  
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• Shipping Industry Calls for New Global Carbon Tax

  21-04-2021 14:59 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBCNews - BusinessThe global shipping industry is calling on the world's governments to tax its carbon emissions. Groups that represent more than 90% of the global fleet say the measure is needed to tackle climate change. The shipping sector is one of the big carbon emitters, and is responsible for more than 2% of global emissions. If the industry were a country, it would be the sixth biggest polluter, above Germany.
  
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• Climate Change Obvious As NOAA Prepares to Release New "Normals"

  21-04-2021 14:59 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: CNN - Top StoriesAs weather experts and climatologists discussed the new climate normals being released next month, they came to a conclusion: "Climate change is clearly seen in these new normals," said Mike Palecki, a project manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) 1991-2020 climate normals.
  
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