Covid-19 has not made people any less concerned about climate change - despite the pandemic disrupting and dominating many aspects of their lives, a study suggests. Over a period of 14 months - including the first three months of the Covid-19 lockdown - neither concern about climate change nor belief in the severity of the problem declined in the UK, the research found.
NASCAR's Steve O'Donnell and John Patalak discuss how safety and the culture around safety have changed since Dale Earnhardt's death.
(TNS) - Tesla Motors will install superchargers in the city of San Fernando, Calif., expanding its network of thousands of stations strategically placed near major freeways. Fourteen Tesla stations will sit on a parking lot in the downtown area, allowing customers to charge their cars while strolling along the row of restaurants and bridal shops.
Some fans of Gina Carano have started a petition for Disney to rehire her on The Mandalorian following her termination from the Lucasfilm series last week. The ex-MMA fighter was dismissed from her role as Cara Dune after an offensive social media post in a move that has outraged conservatives.
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Child care workers can now get the covid vaccine in Kentucky. Governor Andy Beshear made the announcement Monday. "We are making a change in that we are moving child care workers to group 1B, the priority group we are currently in," Beshear said.
A petition demanding the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. rescind its Golden Globe nominations for Sia's film, "Music," has amassed more than 45,000 signatures. Launched recently by members of the autism community, the Change.org campaign states that Sia's feature directorial debut - which stars neurotypical actress Maddie Ziegler as a nonverbal autistic teen - "is severely ableist and contributes to harmful stereotypes of autistic people."
ENGLEWOOD - Rob Kruzel hopes that persistence does pay off. Kruzel, president of what was the nonprofit Tringali Hockey and Sports League, is now working with Charlotte County staff on an acceptable proposal to restore the county's damaged and defunct skate hockey rink at Tringali Recreation Center.
The U.S. Attorney should promptly resolve the charges by, at a bare minimum, agreeing to adjourn them in contemplation of dismissal, if not dismissing them outright. Failing that just outcome, President Biden should consider a pardon for The Boss. Why not?
CONCORD - A petition calling for the bridge at I-85 and Bruton Smith Boulevard to be named in honor of Concord Police Officer Jason Shuping who died in the line of duty Dec. 16 had accumulated 5,650 signatures as of Tuesday morning on Change.org.
Reopening schools: A Change.org petition is circulating asking Sonoma Valley Unified School District to reopen for hybrid learning as soon as possible. Most specifically, the petition asks the school board and district to reopen schools for grades 7-12 within 5 days of Sonoma County returning to the red tier as allowed by state guidelines.
Katie Price's son Harvey is obsessed with his family's pet horses. The TV star's 18-year-old son - who lives with septo-optic dysplasia, which causes blindness and growth hormone deficiency, Prader-Willi syndrome, ADHD and autism - loves to spend time with the various animals that his mother Katie has, but his favourite two are the horses Bobby and Wallace.
"It was never my intention to see Chris Harrison step aside but it was my intention for others to see and hear this interview," Lindsay told on February 15. "It's important to further and highlight these discussions.
Over 650 Port Washington residents have signed a Change.org petition against a proposed apartment and marina development. The estimated $120 million development is being shepherded by Southern Land Co., which filed a petition to rezone a 7.17-acre parcel at 145 West Shore Road, currently housing the construction supply wholesaler Bay Aggregates, from "Residence-AAA" to "Multiple [...]
ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Alison Beard. Bill Gates is tone of the world's best-known entrepreneurs and philanthropists. After founding Microsoft and leading it for 25 years, he stepped down as CEO of in 2000 to focus on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
SUMMERVILLE - A controversial rental housing development is still coming to the town, and officials and residents said they feel blindsided. American Homes 4 Rent is developing 23 rental homes between Germantown Road and Waring Street. New rentals Following complaints by residents and officials, American Homes 4 Rent is continuing with plans to build several rental properties near the Germantown area of Summerville.
In the fight against climate change, there is often a false assumption that we are all equally responsible for environmental devastation and that individual lifestyle changes alone are enough to avert ecological collapse. In reality, the wealthiest 1 percent of people are responsible for more than double the emissions of the poorest 50 percent, and just 100 corporations are responsible for 71 percent of total global emissions.
Twin brothers Max and Austin Egna last took the court for the Union College men's tennis team in the fall of their junior season - both were in singles action Oct. 5-6, 2019 in a tournament at Hamilton College, and they'd played as a doubles team two weeks early in a winning effort against Bard College.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - The Las Vegas City Council is set to review a December decision by the Planning Commission on Wednesday that would allow a food truck lot to take shape in the Arts District and opposing petitions on Change.Org are gaining signatures.
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"The will of the people has been heard," said President Joe Biden in his inaugural address on January 20, "and the will of the people has been heeded." Later in the speech, Biden told us that "the American story" depends on "'We the People' who seek a more perfect union."