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Another hot day awaits but as water is always on tap thanks to the Glastonbury water aid connection, there should be no reason not to be safe and sound in body. As for the spirit, a great day of music awaits new and old stuff intertwined. Rick Astley opens the...

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  • June 25, 2023

Thousands enjoyed air shows, parades, stalls and all kinds of armed forces entertainment in Whitby, Scarborough and Bridlington on Saturday. Crowds enjoyed the sunshine up and down the Yorkshire Coast with armed forces, military charities, local cadet forces and much more involved on Armed Forces Day. Paddy, Nicky, Tom, Darren...

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  • June 25, 2023

During the pandemic, the FDA relaxed its standards for the production of hand sanitizers, resulting in the use of some dangerous ingredients like benzene. (Photo: Trinity Care Foundation, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) This week, Living on Earth Contributor Peter Dykstra joins host Aynsley O’Neill to discuss how a batch of...

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  • June 24, 2023

The cover of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. (Image: copyright Kate Beaton. Courtesy Drawn & Quarterly.) The Athabasca oil sands in Alberta; Canada ranks as one of the world’s most destructive crude oil operations. People laboring in the Athabasca oil sands often live in austere work camps, with...

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  • June 24, 2023

Deforestation in Brazil from palm oil development. (Photo: Miguel Pinheiro, CIFOR, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The European Union has enacted legislation aimed at reducing global deforestation with a ban on the sale of products made from cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soya, and wood, produced on land deforested after 2020....

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  • June 23, 2023

A Waved Albatross pair (Photo: Wildlife Travel, CC) Raising a chick is no small feat for Albatrosses and both parents play a vital role. BirdNote®’s Wenfei Tong describes the strong and unique bonds that help albatrosses raise their young. Transcript DOERING: The queerness in nature extends to birds, too. Wenfei...

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  • June 23, 2023