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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that environmentalists called a betrayal, the Biden administration has approved the construction of a deepwater oil export terminal off the Texas coast that would be the largest of its kind in the United States. The Sea Port Oil Terminal being developed off Freeport, Texas, will be able to load two supertankers at once, with an export capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil per day. The $1.8 billion project by Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners received a deepwater port license from the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration this week, the final step in a five-year federal review. Environmentalists denounced the license approval, saying it contradicted President Joe Biden's climate agenda and would lead to "disastrous" planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to nearly 90 coal-fired power plants. The action could jeopardize Biden's support from environmental allies and young voters already disenchanted by the Democratic administration's approval last year of the massive Willow oil project in Alaska. "Nothing about this project is in alignment with President Biden's climate and environmental justice goals,’' said Kelsey Crane, senior policy advocate at Earthworks, an environmental group that has long opposed the export terminal. "The communities that will be impacted by (the oil terminal) have once again been ignored and will be forced to live with the threat of more oil spills, explosions and pollution,’' Crane said. "The best way to protect the public and the climate from the harms of oil is to keep it in the ground.” In a statement after the license was approved, the Maritime Administration said the project meets a number of congressionally mandated requirements, including extensive environmental reviews and a federal determination that the port's operation is in the national interest.

https://www.cp24.com/news/ontarian-wins-legal-battle-for-public-funding-of-gender-affirming-surgery-argued-as-experimental-1.6843548 The Ontario resident, who identifies as she/her, feels she doesn't fit within the gender binary, and was not satisfied with the option of receiving regular vaginoplasty surgery. She took it to court and fought for her right to receive penile preserving vaginoplasty, which involves the creation of a neovagina in the perineum, the part of the body located between the anus and the scrotum. After two years of fighting for coverage from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), the Health Services and Review Board (HSARB) ruled against an appeal from OHIP who claimed the procedure was too experimental, and ordered OHIP to pay the legal costs of her court battle. "Such an interpretation would force transgender, non-binary people like K.S. to choose between having a surgery (penectomy) they do not want and which does not align with their gender expression to get state funding, on the one hand, and not having gender-affirming surgery at all, on the other. Such a choice would reinforce their disadvantaged position and would not promote their dignity and autonomy," Justice Breese Davies wrote in the decision, commenting on OHIP's "inconsistent" interpretation of the schedule of benefits. ... Further, the court decided that HSARB's conclusion that the term vaginoplasty includes this procedure is consistent with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care, the leading authority on gender-affirming medical and surgical care ... "We hope that OHIP decides to accept the decision of the Court rather than seeking leave to appeal so that K.S. can move forward with her surgery she has been trying to get for years now." K.S. and McIntyre said they hope the decision encourages Canadian clinics to start offering such procedures ... "With the vast push rightward stemming from the recent strong anti-equality ideology, it's been a second dark ages for us in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community of late, so this very appropriate and correct verdict is a breath of fresh air," K.S. said.

Reporters are getting arrested for trying to cover the story as well. EDIT: EDIT 2: -

Popular Twitter User with 100,000 that I've followed for years It seems like she killed the father of the kids in Woodland Hills, then drove the 2 kids on the 405 where she threw them out the car near the 90. The infant died and the 9 year old is in the hospital. She then drove to Redondo Beach, and fatally crashed her Porsche into a tree on Pacific Coast Highway. Her Twitter account over the past few days included a lot of dark posts over the solar eclipse. She called it "the epitome spiritual warfare" and told people they needed to "pick a side" and that something big was coming. NBC 4 LOS ANGELES - https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/woman-who-threw-her-daughters-onto-405-traffic-claimed-to-be-astrologer-i-team-confirms/3384844/

Terrible terrible terrible. Religion is such a menace to society. RIP to her & her baby they deserved so much better. Somalian, 22, 'strangles heavily pregnant girlfriend, 20, to death - also killing their unborn child' - in suspected honour killing in Sweden 'because his mother wouldn't approve of him dating a "white" girl from a different culture' Article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13271287/pregnant-woman-murdered-sweden-suspected-honour-killing.html

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From Consumer Reports: Lead is a metal that can be bad for our health. Just like how too much candy can give you a tummy ache, too much lead in your body can make you feel sick. Think about Taylor Swift's glittery microphones; if they had lead in them, it could be harmful to her and her fans. Now, what would you do if your favourite snack had lead in it?

Fears are growing that the H5N1 outbreak among cattle in the United States could have been caused by contaminated animal feed. In contrast to Britain and Europe, American farmers are still allowed to feed cattle and other farm animals ground-up waste from other animals including birds. Dairy cows across six US states – and at least one farm worker – have become infected with the highly pathogenic virus, which has already killed millions of animals across the globe since 2021. The farm worker, who is thought to have been exposed via infected cattle in Texas, is only the second recorded human H5N1 case in the US. Since February, the US has investigated and discounted a further 8,000 possible exposures, according to Dr Joshua Mott, WHO senior advisor on influenza. The development is of concern because it allows the virus, which has killed millions of birds and wild mammals around the world, more opportunities to mutate. Experts fear that H5N1, which was only first detected in cows a few weeks ago, may have been transmitted through a type of cattle feed called "poultry litter" – a mix of poultry excreta, spilled feed, feathers, and other waste scraped from the floors of industrial chicken and turkey production plants. In the UK and EU, feeding cows proteins from other animals has been tightly regulated since the outbreak of BSE – or 'mad cow disease' – 30 years ago. Experts are unsure but fear it could be the poultry litter feed used in the US that has passed the virus to cattle. "In the US, the feeding of poultry litter to beef cows is a known factor in the cause of botulism in cattle, and is a risk in the case of H5N1,” said Dr Steve Van Winden, Associate Professor in Population Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College. Dr Tom Peacock, a virologist and fellow at the Pirbright Institute agreed: "This latest case wouldn't be the first time there have been concerns H5N1 could be moving through different mammals via contaminated feed,” citing the outbreak of avian flu in cats in Poland last year, which experts suspected might have been transmitted through mink byproducts used in raw cat food. The US cattle industry is worth over $100 billion and regulations covering animal standards there have long been controversial in Europe – most famously over the use of hormones in the rearing of cattle for meat.

They asked users to send their eclipse vids so they could show them on live tv and then this happened TW: NSFW

For interactive map, go here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13275073/Average-*****-sizes-world-revealed-interactive-map.html For full list, go here: https://www.worlddata.info/average-penissize.php

American "democracy" is a farce.

A lot going on in the labor movement and they’re only getting stronger, so much that I feel there should be a generalized megathread for posterity. So here it is. Welcome to the official home for discussion of all global labor movements. This is the thread to chat and document news and ongoing development in workers and class struggle, from strike action to unionizing, protest, bargaining, law, theory, and history. Please feel free to contribute in any way you can.

First time in American history this has happened

Developing story: This is rich coming from Ecuador considering how in 2012 it granted political asylum to Julian Assange in their London embassy… and neither the US or the UK invaded their embassy.

Possible mammal to mammal transmission does not mean well for the future- cow to human transmission under investigation CDC issues statements one man infected "mild symptoms" 52% mortality rate since 2022

Time is passing like a solar eclipse! We're officially three weeks away from the "Great North American Solar Eclipse" in which some lucky cities across the US, Mexico and Canada will be able to witness the Moon casting a shadow on Earth, blocking the Sun completely during a few minutes. Have you bought your eclipse glasses yet? Where will you be watching from? Post your pics when the day comes, on April 8! Cities with 100% sun coverage: Find out start times and sun coverage percentage of your city: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8