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[ad_1] New Zealand has declared a climate change emergency and committed to a carbon neutral government by 2025, in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called “one of the greatest challenges of our time.” A motion tabled in parliament on Wednesday recognized “the devastating impact the volatile and extreme climate in …

[ad_1] The UK has become the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for public use. On Wednesday, Pfizer and BioNTech said they had been given permission for emergency use of their vaccine. It means that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is the world’s first coronavirus vaccine backed by …

[ad_1] OPINION: In September 2019, my colleague Anna Kapinska gave a presentation showing interesting objects that she had found while browsing our new radio astronomical data. He had begun to notice very strange shapes that he could not easily fit into any known type of object. Among them, labeled by …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the commitments by declaring a climate emergency in New Zealand in the House today. Photo / Mark Mitchell The government will require that all its agencies and ministries exclusively purchase electric vehicles and will require that all public sector buildings meet an “green standard.” …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receives the Gleitsman International Activist Award via zoom today. Photo / Dean Purcell LIVE STREAM BELOW Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is being honored today with the 2020 Gleitsman International Activist Award, joining the illustrious company of previous winners, including Malala Yousafzai and Nelson Mandela. The …

[ad_1] OPINION: I fully understand why Jenny-May Clarkson’s voice faltered when she interviewed Carmen Parahi on Breakfast yesterday about Thingsapologize to the Maori for their legacy of racism. I absolutely understand why Carmen Parahi, the Pou Tiaki editor who led the project, broke down in tears while discussing it. When …

[ad_1] World Dec 1, 2020 01:15 AM3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Republican Trump-appointed justices have denied an appeal, yet the president is determined to take the fight to the Supreme Court. Video / CBS Dr. Scott Atlas, a …

[ad_1] Dr. Scott Atlas, a scientific adviser to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who was skeptical about measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his post at the White House. A White House official confirmed that the Stanford University neuroradiologist, who had no formal experience in …

[ad_1] SUPPLIED / Stuff The Ruahine Range has access problems that seem to be getting worse. As backyard tourism draws more people to the hills than ever before, access to some wilderness environments becomes more restricted as homeowners become frustrated by the abuses. Wanderers and hunters have long enjoyed the …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Opposition Leader Judith Collins confronted the Parliamentary Press Gallery in parliament ahead of the Labor and National Party caucus meetings this morning. Ardern spoke about the Whakaari / White Island tragedy and the controversy between China and Australia over an inflammatory post on social …