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COP30 News Getting Nerve-Racking? We’ve Got Tips to Tackle Your Climate Anxiety. (Maria)

The author writes, “Every autumn, news feeds get flooded with stories about climate change. That’s because around this time each year, global leaders gather to discuss collective efforts to limit our emissions of planet-warming gases. … That sense of dread, doom, fear or hopelessness gets lumped into a single term: climate anxiety. Surveys from the American Psychiatric Association have repeatedly shown that a significant number of Americans experience climate anxiety. Dealing with it is an ongoing process. Here’s how to get started.”

Chuck Schumer Faces Growing Calls to Resign. Here’s Who Could Replace Him (Dana)

From Newsweek: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing criticism and calls to resign because of his handling of the government shutdown. … While Schumer opposed Sunday’s deal, some Democrats raised concerns that he might compromise with the Republicans on healthcare in the future. The deal included a promise that Republicans will hold a vote on the expiring subsidies by mid-December. Others said he did not sufficiently rally Democrats against Republicans during the shutdown and that he should have been aware of Democrats working with Republicans.”

Further Evidence Emerges of Israel’s Mossad Links to Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein (Sean)

From Middle East Monitor: “In what many view as further evidence of links between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Mossad, leaked emails show Israeli spy stayed in his Manhattan home. Newly leaked emails reveal that a senior Israeli intelligence officer with ties to the Israeli military and Mossad stayed at Epstein’s Manhattan residence on multiple occasions between 2013 and 2016. The documents, reported by Drop Site News, add to growing evidence that Epstein was a key facilitator of sexual exploitation, elite political access, and international espionage on behalf of Israeli intelligence interests. According to the investigation, Yoni Koren — a long-time aide to former Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ehud Barak and a figure with deep ties to Israeli military intelligence — was hosted by Epstein for weeks at a time.”

A Kansas County Agrees To Pay $3 Million and Apologize Over a Raid on a Small-Town Newspaper (Reader Steve)

The author writes, “A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom. Marion County sheriff’s officers were involved in the raid on the Marion County Record and helped draft search warrants used by Marion city police to enter the newspaper’s offices, the publisher’s home, and the home of a local city council member. ‘They intentionally wanted to harass us for reporting the news, and you’re not supposed to do that in a democracy,’ the editor and publisher, Eric Meyer, said Tuesday. He added he hoped the payment was large enough to discourage similar actions against other news organizations in the future.”

The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse. (Laura)

From ProPublica: “For decades, noxious, cancer-causing gases poured from some of the nation’s largest industrial polluters, seeping invisibly from cracks in antiquated pipes or billowing out of smokestacks in plumes that choked the communities nearby. And for decades, the Environmental Protection Agency tracked those emissions not by monitoring the air but by relying on a kind of honor system. Companies were allowed to estimate their chemical pollution using methods that even the EPA conceded were often unreliable.”

Want a Younger Brain? Harvard Researchers Say Eat Like This (Mili)

The author writes, “Researchers have shown that a green-Mediterranean diet can help slow brain aging. By analyzing data from the DIRECT PLUS trial, scientists found reduced levels of proteins tied to faster brain decline among those consuming green tea and Mankai. The results point to anti-inflammatory compounds as key protectors of brain health. This diet may be a powerful tool for preserving cognitive function.”