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White House Launches AI Action Plan and Executive Orders to Promote Innovation, Infrastructure, and International Diplomacy and Security
JD Supra - California
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July 25, 2025
On July 23, 2025, the White House released the much anticipated AI Action Plan (Action Plan), along with three accompanying Executive Orders (EO). Together, these actions underscore the Administration’s focus on facilitating AI innovation and...
Global Biodiversity Alliance deal inked
News Source Guyana
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July 24, 2025
Guyana, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Ecuador are among the first signatories to the Global Biodiversity Alliance. The signing marked the beginning of a global movement and a call to action for countries and...
White House launches efforts to accelerate artificial intelligence innovation, strengthen infrastructure, and lead international efforts
JD Supra - California
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July 25, 2025
On July 23, 2025, the Trump Administration released its AI Action Plan, in accordance with President Trump's January executive order on Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)...
Rouge National Urban Park celebrates 10 years of conservation and community
Timmins Today
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July 25, 2025
This summer marks a major milestone for one of Canada's most unique green spaces. Rouge National Urban Park is celebrating its tenth anniversary as the country’s first national urban park. This summer marks a milestone for Rouge National Urban...
India’s Efforts towards Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture through Genome Editing
The Diplomatist
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India is playing an increasingly important role in global discussions on climate action and sustainability, including at the recent G7 Summit held in Canada on June 16–17, 2025. Building resilience in agriculture has been identified as one of the...
Conservationists calls for environmental review before Banff community plan passed
Rocky Mountain Outlook
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“Environmental reviews help the public understand the impacts of a plan or project on their local environment and their communities." BANFF – Conservationists are worried about Banff council signing off on a community plan without knowledge of...
FG inaugurates working group to develop national carbon budget, reduce emissions
The Cable
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July 25, 2025
The federal government has inaugurated a technical working group to develop a national carbon budget to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria. Speaking on Thursday during a stakeholder engagement held in Abuja, Balarabe Lawal, minister of...
Artist Amy Sherald cancels National Portrait Gallery show over 'censorship' of transgender painting
Just the News
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July 25, 2025
Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her show at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery over what she called "censorship" of her transgender painting of the Statue of Liberty. Sherald, who became known for her 2018 portrait of former first lady...
DC Budgam chairs meet on Climate Change & Health
The Kashmir Monitor
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July 25, 2025
BUDGAM, JULY 25: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, who is also chairman of the District level Multi-Sectoral Task Force Committee (DLTFC) under the National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH), today...
UK fresh produce supply faces climate threat by 2050
Fresh Plaza
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July 25, 2025
A new report published today warns of serious risks to the UK's fresh food supply if retailers and importers fail to address the growing impact of climate change. In 2024, the UK imported 47% of its vegetables and 84% of its fruit, making it...
Armenia becomes global hub for innovation: Deputy Minister
PanARMENIAN.Net
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July 25, 2025 - 19:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia Ruben Simonyan stated that Armenia has firmly positioned itself as a global innovation hub, emphasizing that the country aims to establish innovation as a...
SAIMUN 2025 Breaks Records: Welcomes 23 Nations And 26 Schools On One Global Platform
Ommcom News
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July 25, 2025
Bhubaneswar: SAI International Education Group, one of India’s foremost educational institutions, proudly hosts the 13th edition of its flagship international diplomacy simulation – the SAI Model United Nations (SAIMUN) – on 25 and 26July 2025....
Chery Super Hybrid (CSH): Global-standard safety and outstanding performance for comfortable family mobility worldwide
Automotive World
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July 25, 2025
Amid the rapid transformation of the global new energy vehicle market, Chery Group has delivered outstanding results in the first half of 2025 Amid the rapid transformation of the global new energy vehicle market, Chery Group has delivered...
‘Climate action is too costly’: how the far right and big business are weaponising social instability to block progress
Vox Europ
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July 24, 2025
Claim to be verified: "Climate policies are too costly," is a reiterated mantra in the context of political discourse in Europe aimed at framing the ecological transition as burdensome and undesirable. They carry an even greater burden for society...
International Court of Justice pulls pin on climate grenade
The Spectator Australia
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July 24, 2025
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen may soon request Attorney General Michelle Rowland to brief the government’s legal team to draw up charges against China. Australia will accuse China of being in violation of international law by...
Opinion: How the right is waging war on climate-conscious investing
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Pumpjacks operate in the foreground while wind turbines at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rise in the distance, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kansas. (Charlie Riedel/AP) In January 2020, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock — the world’s largest...
Experts sound health alarm on algal bloom crisis, calling for climate action and comprehensive responses
Croakey Health Media
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July 25, 2025
The algal bloom crisis across South Australia should be treated as a disaster for health and a clear warning about the urgent need for real climate action, Alison Barrett reports. Alison Barrett writes: Health experts have called for governments...
Youth voices on climate
FBC News
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July 25, 2025
[Photo Credit: Supplied] To give young people a platform to share their personal experiences with climate change, the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association is launching a national essay competition for secondary school students in Fiji. The...
Climate Change Committee gets new chair after two-year search
Civil Service World
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July 24, 2025
The Climate Change Committee has appointed a new chair, bringing an end to a two-year search for a permanent successor to Conservative peer John Gummer. Nigel Topping has this week been appointed as chair of the CCC by energy secretary Ed Miliband...
Mariupol after the war – how Rinat Akhmetov and international partners are launching the city’s revival
Cyprus Mail
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July 25, 2025
Last year, a landmark workshop was held in Warsaw with representatives of the Ukrainian and international communities, dedicated to the economic revival of Mariupol. The discussion focused on the Mariupol Reborn initiative — Ukraine’s first...