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"Colombia cuts deforestation by one-third as government targets Amazon and illegal mining"
#Colombia #Trees #Deforestation

Colombia cuts deforestation by one-third as government targets Amazon and illegal mining
Colombia’s environment ministry reported a 33% drop in deforestation during the first quarter of 2025, citing coordinated enforcement efforts and strengthened partnerships with local communities.Steven Grattan reports for The Associated Press.In short:Colombia’s deforestation fell from 40,219 hectar...

Detained Columbia protester asks judge to order his release after government misses appeal deadline (Philip Marcelo/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-protest-trump-immigration-d89cf3bdf995a85b4b499f74554834a6
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p79#a250613p79

Trump administration pulls US out of agreement to help restore salmon in the Columbia River | WTAJ - www.wtaj.com
https://www.wtaj.com/news/national-news/ap-trump-administration-pulls-us-out-of-agreement-to-help-restore-salmon-in-the-columbia-river/

With the 5th #AAS246 presser come the paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07262 (ALMA-JELLY I: High Resolution CO(2-1) Observations of Ongoing Ram Pressure Stripping in NGC 4858 Reveal Asymmetrical Gas Tail Formation and Fallback), the press release https://news.arizona.edu/news/belly-beast-massive-clumps-reveal-star-factories-bygone-era-cosmos (In the belly of the beast: massive clumps reveal star factories from a bygone era of the cosmos) and the papers https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ada8a6 (UNCOVERing the Faint End of the z ∼ 7 [O iii] Luminosity Function with JWST's F410M Medium Bandpass Filter) with the press release https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-uncovers-galaxy-population-driving-cosmic-renovation/ and https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06198 (The "Dark-Matter Dominated" Galaxy Segue 1 Modeled with a Black Hole and no Dark Halo) with the press release https://www.utsa.edu/today/2025/06/story/researchers-offer-alternative-to-dark-matter-model.html

I’ve long been a fan of the Check My Ads people. Now they’re launching a really ambitious-looking “Policy Platform” aimed at cleaning up the online-advertising business. My belief is that anyone who’s had much exposure to that business or to “AdTech” probably agrees that cleanup is called for. Check it out: https://checkmyads.org/policy/

The dollar sank to its lowest level in more than three years on Thursday
and the FTSE 100 closed at a record high as Donald Trump’s latest trade threats and the weakening economy appeared to bring forward interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
Foreign exchange traders sold the dollar in favour of the yen and the euro,
which both climbed by about 1% against the US currency to leave it almost 10% down on its value against a basket of currencies since the beginning of the …

Small-town newspapers are shutting down due to the lack of a succession plan, not financial issues, in nearly a dozen US states, a growing problem (Liam Scott/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/small-town-newspapers-aging-succession.ph…

Small-Town Newspapers Are Dying Because No One Wants to Run Them
And it’s not just about the money.

Good Mother Stallard beans in New Mexican Chile sauce with a poached egg, and bacon. Bike tour today, American Idiot musical tonight. Not sure if there will be another breakfast before our week in Columbus for Origins! #TogetherBreakfast
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RX89psp6pshFUUVJ6

Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/zohran-mamdani-climbs-to-top-of-poll-leading-andrew-cuomo-00401594
http://www.memeorandum.com/250611/p165#a250611p165

Trump Hides $40 Million for ‘Garden of Heroes’ Deep In House Budget Bill, Includes Oversized Christopher Columbus Statue That May Sit on Sacred Native American Land
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/06/09/trump-hides-40-million-for-garden-of-heroes-deep-in-house-budget-bill-includes-oversized-christopher-columbus-statue-that-may-sit-on-sacred-native-american-land/