"Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai Is Convicted of National Security Charges" [1]
"The former publisher of a pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison."
Source: CJR [2], 12/16/2025
"The former publisher of a pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison."
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"A new report from UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council found nearly a quarter of Colorado River water is basically provided for free by the federal government."
"President Donald Trump’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking."
"Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by every measure of history and memory, thousands should have crossed by now. But the tundra is empty, save for the mountains looming on the horizon — the Gates of the Arctic National Park."
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[2] https://www.cjr.org/news/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-apple-daily-convicted-national-security-sedition-democracy-china.php
[3] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/realty-risk-data-pulled-web-alternatives-are-ready
[4] https://www.sej.org/publications/inside-story/town-derailed-trust-obtained
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fda-moves-approve-new-sunscreen-ingredient-used-asia-and-europe
[6] https://wapo.st/4iYNo9F
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/green-california-s-big-oil-problem
[8] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12122025/california-oil-field-spills/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/firstenergy-bribery-scheme-sank-lake-erie-offshore-wind-lawsuit-says
[10] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/firstenergy-bribery-lawsuit-icebreaker-lake-erie
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/colorado-river-water-too-cheap-particularly-agricultural-users
[12] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11122025/colorado-river-water-too-cheap/
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-fws-delays-decision-federal-protections-monarch-butterflies
[14] https://apnews.com/article/monarch-butterfly-endangered-list-trump-delay-5bf6501d2ecc605aa25b42164e396923
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-new-mining-may-push-alaska-s-arctic-past-brink
[16] https://apnews.com/article/ambler-access-road-alaska-trump-inupiaq-576396b002d65700b12a063b10569e90
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hundreds-quarantined-south-carolina-measles-outbreak-accelerates
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