Eco warriors and politics

• Top two Tennessee House Democrats retain caucus leadership (TN Lookout)
• Expecting challenges, blue states vow to create ‘firewall’ of abortion protections (TN Lookout)
• Community coalition issues demands for BlueOval City benefits, calls on Ford to negotiate (TN Lookout)
• Stockard on the Stump: Buy your hemp sticks before they clean the shelves (TN Lookout)
• Lawmaker accuses private-prison operator of celebrating potential boost in inmate population (TN Lookout)
• Federal agencies illegally okayed river dredging to restore railroad lost in Helene flooding (TN Lookout)
• Gov. Lee signs order to conserve Duck River, a ‘scenic treasure’ at risk (TN Lookout)
• John Cole’s Tennessee: One big turkey (TN Lookout)

Science and stuff

• Refurbished heart pacemakers work like new (Science News Daily)
• Ancient Central Americans built a massive fish-trapping system (Science News Daily)
• Satellite space junk might wreak havoc on the stratosphere (Science News Daily)
• Scientists identify a long-sought by-product of some drinking water treatments (Science News Daily)
• For adult chimps, playing may be more important than previously thought (Science News Daily)
• This is the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy (Science News Daily)
• Mars’ potato-shaped moons could be the remains of a shredded asteroid (Science News Daily)
• Here’s why turning to AI to train future AIs may be a bad idea (Science News Daily)
• Climate change has amped up hurricane wind speeds by 29 kph on average (Science News Daily)
• Einstein’s gravity endures despite a dark energy puzzle  (Science News Daily)

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• How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
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To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.

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