Vatican criticizes GOP for ignoring pope on climate change
Vatican adviser Cardinal Peter Turkson urged Donald Trump style allies to heed Francis encyclical calling for drastic fossil fuel cuts. He said politicians who dismiss the pope are choosing freedom over science as Francis links man made warming to global consequences. Archbishop Kurtz emphasized the moral context of politics and economics.
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Kennewick Man DNA Links Ancient Skeletal Founder to Native Americans
DNA evidence reported in Nature links Kennewick Man to contemporary Native Americans including Colville tribe members. Carbon dating suggests he died about 8500 years ago after discovery in Washington state in 1996. Researchers sequenced bone DNA and compared it to Asian and Indigenous genomes.
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Senate EPA Defends Controversial Biofuels Program
The EPA faced a Senate hearing defending its new biofuels targets amid criticism of delays and lofty quotas for corn based ethanol. Lawmakers pressed for reform while oil interests and corn producers clash over price impacts and environmental benefits. The agency cautioned about possible target resets beyond 2017 as political pressure grows.
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