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Tackling Contrails Could Avoid 10 Years of Aviation-Related Climate Warming — New Research

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Contrails, the white lines left by planes, contribute to global warming at a similar level to aviation’s CO₂ emissions, despite being produced by only a small share of flights. A new report by Klima Consulting, commissioned by T&E and authored by former IPCC scientist Olivier Boucher, finds that preventing their … [continued]

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Montana Anti-Citizens United Bill Is A Form Of Soft Secession

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Montana may seem like a solidly red state, but its people tend to be pragmatic rather than dogmatic in their views. For instance, Section I of Article IX of the Montana Constitution reads: The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for … [continued]

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China Is Doing About 30 Times More Agricultural Drone Work Than The U.S.

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Agricultural spray drones are no longer an emerging technology in China. They are ordinary farm machinery at extraordinary scale. China entered 2026 with about 309,000 plant-protection drones, and those aircraft performed roughly 203 million hectare-treatments during 2025. A hectare treated three times counts as three hectare-treatments, so that figure measures … [continued]

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