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3 tips for employees to manage their wellbeing in a challenging job environment, from EY's Chief Wellbeing Officer
Insider
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August 17, 2025
2025-08-17T09:31:02Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app The job market is rough, companies are going "hardcore," and the...
Professor: 'It's hard to reassure international researchers about their safety in Ireland'
The Journal
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August 17, 2025
IRELAND HAS LONG been admired for its warmth, openness and commitment to peace. A small island nation with a rich cultural legacy, Ireland has successfully navigated its place in the global landscape by cultivating a reputation for hospitality and...
NGODA: Include voice of Non-State Actors in Africa’s climate agenda at Addis Summit
Star
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Dismas Ngoda is the head of research and data analyst at Green Communication Institute African states are gearing up for the second African Climate Summit (ACS-II), which will take place two years after the inaugural gathering held in Nairobi in...
Nepal set to raise issues of climate change impacts in ...
República
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KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Nepal is all set to put forth the issues of protection of the Himalayas along with climate finance, carbon trade, climate adaptation and minimization and climate change-triggered losses in the COP-30 scheduled for November 10 to...
New Director of Urban Planning and Environment for GSLR
The Review
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On Tuesday, August 12, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge (GSLR) council approved the hiring of Claudy St-Onge as the municipality’s new Director of Urban Planning and Environment. Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Director of Urban Planning and Environment Claudy...
Littwin: There’s new research out on kids and access to guns in Colorado. Read it while you can.
The Colorado Sun
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August 17, 2025
Despite what Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have you believe, research matters. It’s a strongly held MAGA tenet that experts are unreliable and that people should do their own research — you know, like on the best way to treat your...
'Delhi Shining Example Of Development': PM Modi Inaugurates Two Major Highways In Big Push To Delhi-NCR Infra
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated two major highway projects -- the Delhi sections of the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) and the Dwarka Expressway, built with an investment of Rs 11,000...
Researchers issue warning over health threat lurking in common auto parts: 'We will still need stricter regulations'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
The research team used a real-time detection system. by Geri MilevaAugust 16, 2025 If you live in a busy city, you may be breathing in more than just vehicle exhaust fumes. A study has uncovered a surprising health threat hidden in plain sight —...
Study: Climate choices often misguided
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 17, 2025
It turns out many Americans aren't great at identifying which personal decisions contribute most to climate change. A study recently published by the National Academy of Sciences found that when asked to rank actions, such as swapping a car that...
Cloudburst in Kathua triggers landslide, flash floods: 7 dead, trains disrupted, CM announces ex-gratia – top developments
The Times of India
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August 17, 2025
NEW DELHI: A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district has left at least seven people dead and several others injured, triggering landslides, flash floods and large-scale disruption. The incident, which occurred late Saturday night in Jodh...
Caught between myth and climate change: Can 'Mahabali' save this frog from extinction?
Onmanorama
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August 17, 2025
Legend has it that the mythical monarch Mahabali, the just ruler who made even the gods envious, returns to Kerala from the nether world every year in Onam. Up in the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats, his four-legged namesake emerges from its...
Environmental group works to preserve undeveloped land in Englewood neighborhood
Fox 4 - Florida
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August 17, 2025
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — A nonprofit is working to save a piece of undeveloped land in an Englewood neighborhood that is home to a rich variety of wildlife, including one species that is threatened. The Environmental Conservancy of North Port is trying...
Research reveals why more US homeowners are at risk of losing insurance: 'Insuring properties is a gamble'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
As the heating planet leads to shifts in the climate and increased occurrences of severe weather events, homeowners in vulnerable counties face the risk of being dropped from their insurance policies, according to the Daily Yonder. What's...
Ocean’s Tiny Architects Are Struggling to Survive Climate Change
Asianet Newsable
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August 17, 2025
A study reveals that climate change, specifically ocean warming and acidification, is negatively impacting bryozoans, tiny sea creatures crucial for marine ecosystems. The researchers study how it could affect the marine ecosystem. Let's read...
Most Air Purifier Claims Lack Real-Life Testing, Warn Researchers
Daily Excelsior
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August 17, 2025
NEW DELHI, Aug 17: Planning to purchase that sleek air purifier for your home or office You may want to think twice. While these devices—from sleek designer models to compact plug-and-play gadgets— are widely marketed as solutions for cleaner,...
Xizang writes a new chapter in economic development
CGTN
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Editor's note: Liu Chunsheng, a special commentator on current affairs for CGTN, is an associate professor at the Beijing-based Central University of Finance and Economics. The article reflects the author's opinion and not necessarily the views of...
Drought to floods: Climate crisis hits Pietermaritzburg hard
Food For Mzansi
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August 17, 2025
Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa’s city of Pietermaritzburg, four low-income urban communities have experienced drought, heatwaves, severe hailstorms, devastating...
A happy marriage between development and growth
The Malta Independent
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The other day, I had a healthy discussion with a friend of mine regarding the government's proposed changes to planning regulations. Both of us started from the premise that development is key to growth and change in our social, political, and...
Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds
The Conversation
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August 17, 2025
Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Africa is also very vulnerable to climate change, even though it has contributed less than 5%...
An Irish woman in Barcelona: ‘Climate change has made the summer months difficult’
The Irish Times
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August 17, 2025
When Ann King left school in the early 1970s, Ireland was just about to enter the old EEC – the European Economic Community, forerunner to the European Union. “My strength was languages, and I did a one-year course in the Language Centre of...