In many ways, this COP was different from previous years. For the first time, fossil fuels were explicitly mentioned in writing during COP proceedings. Nearly 200 countries approved a global pact that will focus on “transitioning away from fossil fuels.”
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Back when I was a student majoring in the determinedly non-vocational humanities, I thought of college as a place to sharpen my reasoning and writing skills, expand my knowledge of the world and have some fun along the way. Coming from a comfortable home headed by two college-educated professionals, I didn’t think much about higher education as a path to a livelihood.
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At 139 square miles, Detroit is more than a thousand times bigger than the tiny north Jersey enclave of Free Acres, which straddles the line between Union and Somerset counties. But in an effort to rejuvenate his much-maligned city, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has proposed a tax system with roots in the same intellectual soil that spawned Free Acres more than a century ago—the economic theories of Henry George, who died in 1897.
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The goal of the Eco Ambassador program is to encourage young people to engage with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a list of urgent actions all countries have agreed to work toward. Eco Ambassadors focus on Target 4.7 concerning climate change education toward a just and peaceful society.
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Merriam-Webster defines the word poll as, “a questioning or canvassing of persons selected at random or by quota to obtain information or opinions to be analyzed.”
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