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Chinese Sources Push Territorial Claims With Mistranslations

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 11:13:34 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/chinese-sources-push-territorial?r=60itk4>

"What happened: Pro-China sources are spreading manipulated videos
purportedly showing residents of the Japanese Ryukyu Islands saying they’re
Chinese, not Japanese, in an apparent effort to bolster Beijing’s territorial

State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 11:10:04 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-5633444/trump-content-moderation-visas-censorship>

“The State Department is instructing its staff to reject visa applications from
people who worked on fact-checking, content moderation or other activities the
Trump administration considers "censorship" of Americans' speech.

New Data Shows COVID-19 Infection Much Worse For Children Than the Vaccine

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 11:08:15 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/new-data-shows-covid-19-infection-much-worse-for-children-than-the-vaccine/>

"We’ve all heard variations of this conversation: “The virus isn’t that bad for
children, and the vaccine has its own risks. Isn’t it better to just skip it?”
It is a fair question, and one born of love and protection. Thanks to a

T1 Energy is betting big on all-American solar, even under Trump

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 11:07:08 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/t1-energy-texas-factory

"DALLAS — The automated machinery and bright, clean factory floor wouldn’t look
out of place in the solar manufacturing hub of Changzhou, China. But every so
often, the pristine industrial order was punctuated by, of all things, carrier

‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 04:11:26 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/trump-coal-country

"For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appalachia
great again.

We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 04:10:05 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/we-need-to-talk-about-the-billion-dollar-industry-holding-science-hostage/>

"The business model of most scientific publishers is so audacious it’s hard to
believe it works. Here’s the pitch: You get some of the smartest people on
Earth to create your product for free. Then, you get other experts, people to

Western climate litigants keep fighting

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 04:08:59 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://www.hcn.org/articles/western-climate-litigants-keep-fighting/

"Mario Atencio (Diné) always looked forward to visiting his grandmother in
Counselor, New Mexico. She lived what he describes as a “simple Navajo
lifestyle” in the small rural town, raising dozens of animals on her lush green

New grants scheme backs “trusted sources” to help households cut electricity bills

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 04:07:39 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/state-grants-scheme-targets-trusted-sources/>

"The New South Wales government has launched a new $5 million grant program
designed to support community energy groups and not-for-profit organisations to
help the state’s households get off gas, go solar and cut energy use.

Can an Imperiled Frog Stop Oil Drilling Near Denver Suburbs? Residents Hope So.

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 04:04:47 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://capitalandmain.com/can-an-imperiled-frog-stop-oil-drilling-near-denver-suburbs-residents-hope-so>

"A raccoon’s long-toed footprint adorned the muddy lakeshore. A killdeer
screeched overhead and a fluffy-tailed coyote loped through nearby grasslands.
Yet the animal that wildlife biologist Wendy Hanophy sought on a hot October

Gupta company tests scrap steel for Australian wind towers to cut emissions and materials

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 04:03:33 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://reneweconomy.com.au/gupta-company-tests-scrap-steel-for-australian-wind-towers-to-cut-emissions-and-materials/>

"A Sydney based steel company is testing a “sustainable” steel product made
from 100 per cent scrap that it hopes can deliver major savings in materials
and embodied emissions for wind turbines installed in Australia.