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A vision of the future with self-driving cars, drones, hyperloops and infinite suburbia
The roads are all one-way and teardrop shaped, full of autonomous cars while the skies are full of drones.
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Slave Labor Widespread at ICE Detention Centers, Lawyers Say
A growing body of legal experts says paying people in detention centers $1 per day to work violates minimum wage laws and the Constitution.
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UK green energy expensive? Not any more. From now on it’s cheap | Business | The Guardian
A record low price set for offshore wind power is good for UK jobs, the taxpayer and household bills. It is bad news for Hinkley C and the nuclear industry
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The 2017 Best for the World Honorees
The full list of companies setting the gold standard by no longer competing to be best in the world, but best for the world.
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Irma turns Caribbean islands brown
Wow. Check out these satellite images of Caribbean islands before and after Hurricane Irma
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There’s an organization bringing light to refugees | Fusion
Dr. Alison Thompson runs Third Wave Volunteers, a nonprofit helping people in disasters around the world. Thompson and her volunteers have been responding to the fallout from one persistent man-made disaster—the war in Syria. In addition to settling people into their temporary homes, Thompson brings them solar lights, a necessity, but also a beacon of hope.
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Income and Wealth Inequality
Wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, the great economic issue of our time, and the great political issue of our time.
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Global Energy Transitions – Rocky Mountain Institute
If every nation followed the development path of the U.S., Earth’s climate would heat beyond all saving. To save our planet from all those coal, oil, and gas emissions while powering human development, people around the world must leapfrog straight to the clean energy revolution.
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Disaster Relief Needs Oversight to Stop Waste and Fraud
As Congress contemplates funding billions of dollars in disaster aid, it should ensure the money is overseen adequately.