Thursday, November 2, 2023

Reading archive 2023-11-02

Australian woman charged in suspected mushroom poisoning deaths

As climate disasters mount, the world isn’t spending nearly enough to adapt: This so-called “adaptation finance gap” is between $194 billion and $366 billion per year, United Nations experts said in a new report

Scientists have found a ‘sleeping giant’ of environmental problems: Earth is getting saltier: Salt used to de-ice roads is the single biggest source of salt in the U.S. - "From 2013 to 2017, road salt made up 44 percent of the country’s entire salt consumption."

Beet it, beet it, beet it, beet it: Then the snow will be defeated (on D.C. roads)

Senate Republicans erupt in anger over Tuberville’s military freeze: A surprising public confrontation made clear that some of Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s colleagues have hit their limit as hundreds of senior military promotions remain stalled

Years into a climate disaster, these people are eating the unthinkable: In South Sudan, war and semi-permanent flooding have left people to scavenge for food, with long-term consequences for their health

Virginia parents are over Youngkin’s old classroom culture war playbook: They want to address teacher shortages, mental health and learning loss when they go to the polls next week

Critics blast plan to remove 1,200 trees from Rock Creek Park golf course: Proposal would seriously damage ecosystem, environmentalists say

Who's tracking the weapons and money the U.S. is sending to Ukraine? "60 Minutes" went to find out.

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