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Shipping Is One of the World’s Dirtiest Industries — Could New Invention Clean Up Cargo Fleets? (Maria)

The author writes, “In industrial park alongside the River Lea in the London suburb of Chingford might not be the most obvious place for a quiet revolution to be taking place. But there, a team of entrepreneurs is tinkering with a modest looking steel container that could hold a solution to [cleaning up] one of the world’s dirtiest industries. Inside it are thousands of cherry-sized pellets made from quicklime. At one end, a diesel generator pipes fumes through the lime, which soaks up the carbon, triggering a chemical reaction that transforms it into limestone. With this invention, Seabound, the company behind it, hopes to … help clean up this strikingly polluting industry.”

Trump Explodes in Fury as Media Reveals Fresh Iran Fiasco (Reader Jim)

From The New Republic: “As Trump rages at criticism of his Iran bombing amid a stunning CNN report exposing big new failings in the mission, a shrewd observer of MAGA explains the real roots of his anger — and how Dems can exploit it.”

‘All of Ukraine Is Ours’: Putin’s Russian Imperialism Is Now on Full Display (Sean)

The author writes, “Russian President Vladimir Putin believes ‘all of Ukraine is ours,’ he declared last week. The Kremlin leader’s revealing statement is an indication of the increasingly confident mood in Moscow as Russia continues to make slow but steady progress on the Ukrainian battlefield against a backdrop of deepening Western disunity. It also serves as a timely reminder of the unapologetic Russian imperialism that is driving Europe’s largest invasion since World War II.”

What To Know About ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Florida’s Immigration Detention Site in the Everglades (Reader Steve)

From the AP: “An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational, federal officials said Tuesday. Florida officials are racing ahead with the construction of what they’ve dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to help carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, working to build a compound of heavy-duty tents, trailers and temporary buildings similar to sites used during natural disasters. The construction of the facility in the remote and ecologically sensitive wetland about 45 miles west of downtown Miami is alarming environmentalists, as well as human rights advocates who have slammed the plan as cruel and inhumane.”

Almost 40 Percent of World’s Glaciers Already Doomed Due to Climate Crisis (Laura)

From The Guardian: “Almost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found. The loss will soar to 75% if global heating reaches the 2.7C rise for which the world is currently on track. The massive loss of glaciers would push up sea levels, endangering millions of people and driving mass migration, profoundly affecting the billions reliant on glaciers to regulate the water used to grow food, the researchers said. However, slashing carbon emissions and limiting heating to the internationally agreed 1.5C target would save half of glacier ice.”

Jefferson and Madison Letters: Should a Constitution Last Forever? (Al)

The author writes, “One day in the late winter of 1788 in Paris, the Marquis de Lafayette and two other champions of republicanism, Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, held a little ‘convention of our own,’ according to Lafayette. They were discussing the latest news from America about the debates taking place over ratifying the Constitution of 1787. Jefferson missed the Constitutional Convention because at the time he was serving as US Minister to France. Although all three favored the Constitution’s adoption, reservations emerged. Jefferson and Paine objected to the abandonment of the principle of rotation in office embodied in the Articles of Confederation. … But lingering in Jefferson’s mind was a larger question, one he decided had not been addressed. The following year, on September 6, 1789, he penned a now well-known letter to James Madison with a question about the new Constitution. How long should it last?”

Archaeologist Reconstructs 2,000-Year-Old Roman Frescoes from Thousands of Fragments in ‘World’s Toughest Jigsaw’

The author writes, “What started as a pile of broken plaster fragments has become one of the most remarkable reconstruction projects in British archaeology. At a site in Southwark, where development firm Landsec is preparing the ground for the ‘Liberty’ project, archaeologists uncovered what appeared to be demolition waste from a Roman building—shattered pieces of painted plaster, forgotten for nearly 2,000 years. … It wasn’t until Senior Building Material Specialist Han Li from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) began the painstaking process of sorting and reassembling the pieces that the true significance of the discovery came to light: a massive collection of Roman frescoes, carefully reconstructed from thousands of jumbled fragments.”