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Gender-Based Violence on the Rise As Climate Crisis Intensifies
Earth.Org
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July 8, 2025
Without urgent action to limit global warming, women and girls around the world are at risk of increased and more extreme forms of violence. — Climate change is fueling gender-based violence around the world, according to a new issue brief by the...
Trump Administration Wants to Close Key Weather Labs Across the U.S.
The Assembly - North Carolina
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July 7, 2025
This story is published through our partnership with NOTUS. The Trump administration is looking to make sweeping cuts at the nation’s weather agencies, including the closure of all federally funded meteorology labs. The cuts also come as deadly...
Hurricane Relief Made Simple for Hawaii Condo Owners
Live Insurance News
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July 2, 2025
What if your condo association couldn’t get hurricane insurance? Scary, right? For many condo associations, that nightmare was becoming a reality. Insurers were walking away or hiking premiums to unmanageable levels. But here’s the good...
Oregon Enacts Legislation Providing Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers
JD Supra - California
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July 7, 2025
Key Takeaways Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 916, making Oregon the latest state to enact legislation permitting striking works to collect unemployment insurance (UI) during labor disputes, on June 24, 2025. The law repeals Oregon’s previous...
Where could drivers find the cheapest gas in cities within Honolulu County in week ending June 28?
Honolulu Reporter - Hawaii
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July 2, 2025
There were two gas stations in cities across Honolulu County selling regular gas at the lowest price of $3.67 per gallon in the week ending June 28, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.com. The average reported cost of regular gas...
6 gas stations in cities throughout Honolulu County had the cheapest premium gas in week ending June 28
Honolulu Reporter - Hawaii
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July 2, 2025
There were six gas stations in cities across Honolulu County selling premium gas at the lowest price of $4.09 per gallon in the week ending June 28, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.com. The average reported cost of premium gas...
To Make ‘Jurassic Park: Rebirth,’ Gareth Edwards Had to Set a Production Speed Record
IndieWire
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July 2, 2025
David Koepp handed Universal his “Jurassic World: Rebirth” script in December 2023. In March 2024, director Gareth Edwards met with producers Frank Marshall and Steven Spielberg. Production began three months later, on June 13, 2024, and wrapped...
Partnership Gives High-Speed Internet to Hawaii Public Housing
Government Technology
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July 2, 2025
(TNS) — More than 45, 000 residents living in Hawaii’s public housing communities soon will have access to high-speed fiber internet under a new public-private partnership between the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawaiian Telcom. The $6...
International Gemini Observatory and SOAR Discover Surprising Link Between Fast X-ray Transients and the Explosive Death of Massive Stars
Newswise
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July 7, 2025
BYLINE: NSF NOIRLab Newswise — Since their first detection, powerful bursts of X-rays from distant galaxies, known as fast X-ray transients (FXTs), have mystified astronomers. FXTs have historically been elusive events, occurring at vast distances...
Whales and dolphins discovered in proposed deep-sea mining zone
Cosmos
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July 2, 2025
Plans to mine the ocean floor in one of the most remote stretches of the Pacific are facing renewed scrutiny, following the discovery of whales and dolphins — including an endangered sperm whale — in the area. The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a...
Logistics costs remain alarmingly high: DCCI
Daily Star
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June 29, 2025
Logistics costs in Bangladesh remain high, at an estimated 15 percent to 20 percent of the GDP, far above the global average of 8 percent to 10 percent, according to the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI). "The logistics sector in...
Hawaii Green Business Awards Program honors local businesses for sustainability
Hawaii News Now
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June 29, 2025
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Dozens of Hawaii businesses were celebrated for their sustainability efforts on Friday by Governor Green. The 45 awardees representing six islands were recognized during the annual Hawaii Green Business Program awards...
This $2,000-a-night Resort Is on a Remote Island That Just Opened to Tourists—and It's One of the Best New Hotels in the World
Travel + Leisure
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Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, was named to T+L's 2025 It List of the best new hotels of the year. From private pools and butler service to telescopes for stargazing and toiletries by Diptyque, the villas offer...
This resort with overwater bungalows is on an island that just opened to tourists
AOL
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Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve Aerial view of the Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in the Red Sea, Ummahat Islands, Saudi Arabia. Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, was named to T+L's 2025 It List of the best new hotels...
Popular sunscreen brands Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sued over ‘reef friendly’ claims
Seven News
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July 2, 2025
Two of Australia’s biggest sunscreen brands are under fire, accused of misleading the public with claims their products were “reef friendly”. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has taken aim at Edgewell Personal Care...
Māmaki tea industry goes under new regulation
Hawaii Public Radio
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July 1, 2025
A law to regulate māmaki tea went into effect today, despite worries that it will hurt, not help, the industry. Some expected the measure to be vetoed by Gov. Josh Green after farmers and tea makers voiced concerns that the bill went too far in...
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From Slave to Superpower – How The U.S. Rose From Colony To Global Warlord
Zee News
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New Delhi: The United States now sits at the head of the global table. It calls the shots, launches wars, controls currencies and decides who gets sanctioned. But rewind the clock by 250 years, and this self-declared leader of the free world was...
Governor says Hawaii can handle federal cuts -- for now
Hawaii News Now
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July 2, 2025
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Governor Josh Green said last minute changes to the Senate version of the tax bill will make it easier for Hawaii to respond to cutbacks in Medicaid, and local Republicans say many residents will benefit from the tax...
Eleventh Annual Native American Youth in Agriculture Leadership Summit
University of Arkansas
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Arvcuken Noquisi Summit attendee, Chris Aguilar (San Felipe Pueblo), enjoys the Fayetteville Farmer's Market as part of the 2024 Native Youth in Food and Agriculture Leadership Summit. The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative is hosting the...
Touted As “Greatest Threat” To U.S. Military, Why Is Trump Turning A Blind Eye To Biden’s Green Military Plan?
The Eurasian Times
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July 7, 2025
With U.S. President Donald Trump signing the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ into law on July 4, questions are being raised about one of its fallouts on the American military’s ‘clean energy mission,’ which was promoted with great intensity under the...