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The holy mantra of health professionals was coined about 2,500 years ago by the Greek physician Hippocrates: “Do no harm.”
Of course, that was before corporate healthcare took charge and asserted a new guiding ethic: “Jack up profits.”
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Behemoth is the first of God's conquests. Its maker approaches it with his sword. Job 40:19 (GWT)
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After decades of denying that climate change is real, Canada’s big polluters and their investors (like the financial and fossil fuel giants) have clued in that consumers want greener products. But instead of pivoting to greener, cleaner products, these companies have simply turned the page in their playbook: to misleading the public with claims that they’re making the changes necessary to protect the planet — when they’re not.
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Despite promises of a “robust conversation” from the moderator, a panel discussion titled “Examining the Impact of Bill C-59” concluded that Canada’s efforts to clamp down on false advertising in the fossil fuel sector is part of a broad conspiracy to silence the energy industry.
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A state of calamity has been declared in Portugal after 100 wildfires left seven dead and endangered 210,000 people.
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Sunny day, saltwater, or tidal flooding has become part of life for us here in South Florida, but we are not alone.
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Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU - The Guardian
Emergency crews battle to reinforce defences around Wrocław in Poland amid devastating rainfallSoldiers, emergency workers and volunteers battled through the night to reinforce defences around Wrocław, Poland’s third biggest city, as the EU said flooding in central Europe happening simultaneously alongside wildfires in Portugal showed climate breakdown in action.
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Oil prices started the week with a gain after slumping to the lowest in nearly three years, with analysts of a mostly unanimous opinion that bearish factors are stronger than bullish ones
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Russia's oil export revenue has significantly decreased despite rising export volumes due to a sharp decline in global oil prices.
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Global South loses $600bn yearly to fossil fuel and agribusiness subsidies, overshadowing climate finance needs, says ActionAid.
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Thinktank says funding from oil and gas firms is attempt to ‘divert attention from their role in fuelling the climate crisis’
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More than 3,600 chemicals used in food packaging or preparation have been detected in human bodies, some of which are hazardous to health, while little is known about others, a study said Tuesday. Around 100 of these chemicals are considered to be of "high concern" to human health...
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Greenpeace urges European leaders to show courage like first responders in catastrophic flooding and make fossil fuel giants pay for climate damages. Will they listen and end support for fossil fuels? Extreme weather events are escalating, and the fossil fuel industry is to blame.
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Tens of millions of people in Shanghai and across China's densely populated east coast hunkered indoors Monday as the strongest storm to hit since 1949 swept in, downing trees and disrupting transport across the region. Typhoon Bebinca landed early Monday morning in the city's eastern coastal area...
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Student-led analyses raise concerns of conflict of interest at six universities, including Princeton, Columbia and Cornell
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A look at the largest fossil-fuel-free funds in the US and globally.
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Students across the U.S. are demanding universities cut ties with the fossil fuel industry. Research shows millions in funding from oil giants, influencing biased research.
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Homes are being evacuated in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna as Storm Boris, which has killed at least 24 people in central and eastern Europe since last week, swept into the country, causing severe flooding and landslides.
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France, Greece, Italy and Spain have sent eight water-bombing planes through the EU’s mutual assistance mechanism.
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Amid a record-breaking drought, major river basins in the Amazon Rainforest are reaching their lowest levels ever recorded, some running dry.
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Russia's oil refining capacity has dropped by 14.5% due to a combination of Ukrainian drone attacks and planned and unplanned technical outages.
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