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The Shift in Dating Culture
Dating today has drastically changed its shape and form from what it looked like when our parents were our age and the generations before them. People generally used to meet through friends, family, college, or work. Whereas today, dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble and Hinge are the most common ways that engaged couples have met (Hanlon, 2022). As someone who has used dating apps in the past for better or worse, I find the psychology behind them and just dating in general very interesting.
A New Approach to Making New Year’s Resolutions
I know that everyone has a different perspective on new year’s resolutions. Some people love them while others argue that if you want to change something about your life, why should you have to wait for a specific date? While I can see both sides, I personally really enjoy making new year’s resolutions. I feel that the new year is an opportunity for me to start fresh and leave all of the negatives behind in the past. This year, I have taken a different approach to my new year’s resolutions.
Travel Tips & Tricks
10 Post-secondary is a time where you might find yourself traveling more than you ever have before, whether it be for traveling between home and school, or for a fun trip during break. However, for someone who’s never traveled on their own, or at least not without the company of their parents, it can seem quite daunting and overwhelming.
Healing is Not Linear
10 Healing is one of the most uncomfortable and confusing things that one can go through. It comes in waves. Some days all your worries feel as light as a feather and that thing that you went through a few months ago doesn’t even graze your mind. And yet other days, it’s all that you can think about and at the very center of all your thoughts and actions.
how to save money in university
For some people, saving money comes a lot easier to them than it does to others. For me, I’m definitely in the group where it’s been easier to spend money than it has been to save money. While spending money is fun and necessary at times, it is an important skill to learn good money saving skills, especially in university. In this article, I am going to share some advice that I have learned recently for saving your money.
Creative Halloween Costume Ideas
10 Just as Halloween is around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about your costume. Halloween is my second favorite holiday to Christmas, so every year I try to ensure that my costume is even better than the year before. In this article, I have compiled a list of a few costume ideas in many different categories – from couples, to best friends, to groups. Hopefully there will be something on this list that speaks to you, especially if you haven’t solidified your plans just yet.
The Only Way To Go Is Up
When picking where I wanted to go for university, one of the reasons why I chose Dalhousie was because of its location; the beautiful east coast. I pictured that when I got here, it would be smooth sailing and as good as everyone online advertised it to be. Halifax is a great place to live, but unfortunately last year I was so wrapped up in my own problems that I was too distracted to notice it. Coming back this year, I have a newfound appreciation for this city and my life in it .
Trust the Process
For years, I have heard people around me preaching about how my university years would be some of the best years of my life. For that reason, I always looked forward to them and had such high expectations for this period of my life. I expected that when I got to university, I would have a huge group of friends, go to crazy parties every single weekend and meet an incredible boyfriend. I would love my degree, have perfect grades and life would be everything that it wasn’t in high school.
The Influence of Emma Chamberlain
From the ordinary teenage girl who began making YouTube videos in her childhood bedroom to the viral YouTuber, podcaster, coffee brand CEO, fashion icon and many more, put your hands together for the one and only, Emma Chamberlain. I discovered Emma’s YouTube channel almost four years ago when I was 15 years old. Since then, I have loved keeping up with every aspect of Emma’s online life.
The Platonic Love of a Best Friend
Valentine’s Day is most commonly celebrated as a romantic holiday. But if you don’t have a “bae” this February 14th, there is another type of love that can also be celebrated — the platonic love you feel for your best friends. The definition of a platonic relationship is, “a relationship in which people share a close bond but does not have a sexual or romantic component to it.” As someone who has experienced both romantic and platonic relationships, both can be very enriching.
Lessons to Learn from the Characters of HBO’s Euphoria
HBO’s hit show Euphoria has exploded in popularity after being released in 2019. Beloved by a diverse and dedicated fanbase, the complex characters in this series present valuable lessons for viewers. In honour of the second season, I am recounting some of the lessons that the characters taught us in season one. Rue Bennett: Healing is not linear Rue, the protagonist of the series, struggles with a drug addiction that began when she was just a young girl.
5 Ways Trump’s Latest Anti-Environmental Proposal Would Allow Fossil Fuel Companies to Bulldoze Communities
Last week, the Trump administration released a draft of its proposed changes to the regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)—the most important law that requires the federal government to consider the environmental impacts of its decisions and that gives the public a voice in federal decision-making.
The Trump Administration Is Poised to Gut Environmental Review. What’s at Stake?
In the coming weeks, the Trump administration is poised to make some major changes to how much—or more likely, how little—environmental review and public input is required for federal projects, including for roads and bridges, oil and gas development, and pipeline construction.
Hours After State Of The Union, Senate Targets National Parks
Just hours after President Obama’s State of the Union address highlighted the effort to protect more public lands and waters than any other administration, the U.S. Senate is poised to vote on a controversial and unpopular proposal that aims to block the protection of new parks, monuments, and historic sites around the country.
Climate Deniers in the 116th Congress
According to new analysis from the Center for American Progress Action Fund, there are 150 members of the 116th Congress—all Republicans—who do not believe in the scientific consensus that human activity is making the Earth’s climate change. Notably, since the previous Congress, the number of climate deniers has decreased by 30 members, in part because 47 former deniers retired, resigned, or were defeated in their 2018 re-election contests.
Utah Lawmaker Accused Of ‘Illegal Scheme’ To Seize America’s Public Lands
A watchdog organization filed complaints against a Utah state representative on Monday for allegedly leading “an illegal scheme to defraud local government officials out of taxpayer funds” to finance a campaign to seize America’s public lands. The complaints, filed by the Campaign for Accountability (CfA), request that the attorneys general of Utah, Arizona and Montana investigate state Rep.
Cutting Greenhouse Gas from Fossil-Fuel Extraction on Federal Lands and Waters - Center for American Progress
Since taking office, President Barack Obama and his administration have taken unprecedented action to address the threat of climate change.
Coal Companies Are Selling Coal To Themselves To Get More Government Subsidies
In what is being described as a fundamental shift in how the coal industry does business, over 40 percent of all coal produced in Wyoming is now being first sold not to a power plant or a utility, but to a subsidiary of the same company that mined the coal — a 17-fold increase since 2004 for the U.S.’s largest coal-producing state.
Interior Secretary Says Climate Change Must Factor Into Decisions To Drill On Public Lands
Secretary Sally Jewell yesterday called for reform to the way that the Department of the Interior manages America’s energy resources in order to address the causes of climate change. In a bold speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Secretary Jewell outlined the Department of the Interior’s energy priorities and laid out three goals of “safe and responsible energy development, good government, and encouraging innovation” in the final two years of the Obama Administration.
Want To Tackle The Childhood Obesity Epidemic? Then We Need To Build More Parks.
Mayors from across the country unanimously passed a resolution this week supporting new public parks and outdoor recreation programs to promote healthy urban areas and combat childhood obesity. The bipartisan resolution adopted at the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors supports full funding and reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a program designed to promote the establishment and protection of outdoor spaces.
5 Recent Environmental Safety Changes Threatening Children’s Health
Imagine learning that water from your tap might be harmful to your family’s health. Imagine that in addition to thinking about the food you feed your children—something you can try to control—you must worry about the water they use to brush their teeth and wash their faces before school. For the past three years, Amy Brown has done just that.
Every climate denier in Trump’s cabinet
The Trump cabinet contains more public climate science deniers than any administration in modern history. According to an analysis by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, at a full meeting of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, more than half the room denies the reality of climate science. (ThinkProgress is an editorially independent news site housed within CAP.) In addition to Trump, 12 of the 24 members represented at his cabinet table are climate deniers.
Obama Permanently Protects More Than One Million Acres Of Public Lands
Early Friday, President Obama announced that he will designate three new national monuments, permanently protecting more than one million acres of public lands. He designated pristine wilderness landscapes in Nevada as Basin and Range National Monument, scenic mountains in California as Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, and a fossil-rich site in Texas as Waco Mammoth National Monument.
Utah’s Insanely Expensive Plan To Seize Public Lands
A study released Monday by researchers at three Utah universities found that transferring national forests and other public lands to the state of Utah would cost taxpayers at least $280 million per year?—?a price tag that could only be paid if the state were able to increase drilling and mining, seize energy royalty payments that are owed to U.S. taxpayers, and, if energy prices remain low, raise taxes to pay for the shortfall.
The Climate Denier Caucus in Trump’s Washington – ThinkProgress
There are 180 climate deniers in Congress, and one in the White House. Click on a state to see how many climate deniers represent it and how much in campaign contributions they have received from the fossil fuel industry. Click on a member’s name to see the relevant quote.
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There are 180 climate deniers in Congress, and one in the White House.
The Climate Denier Caucus in Trump’s Washington
Donald Trump’s surprise victory last November swept a climate science denier into the nation’s highest office. And he’s not alone: in this new Washington, there are 180 members of Congress who deny the science behind climate change and have received more than $82 million from fossil fuel industries, according to new analysis from the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Trump’s Dangerous Environmental Rollback Could Cost Taxpayers More than $58 Billion By 2030
Editor’s note: This post is based on initial press reports and will be updated upon release of the final text of President Donald Trump’s executive order. Today, President Donald Trump is expected to sign a sweeping executive order that attacks critical environmental protections and rolls back programs aimed at safeguarding public health and combating climate change.
Who’s Pulling the Strings on President Trump’s Anti-Environmental Agenda? - Center for American Progress
In his first weeks in office, President Donald Trump’s approach to energy and environmental policy has favored the symbolic over the substantive and the transactional over the visionary. Whereas Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush each outlined broad energy plans in their first days in office, Trump put forward no energy policy ideas in his first address to a joint session of Congress.
Utah Congressman Vows To Kill America's Top Parks Program
Barely 24 hours after Pope Francis appealed to U.S. lawmakers to help protect “our common home,” Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) announced that he intends this week to kill the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which is known as America’s best parks program. The move — which is expected to succeed — places dozens of U.S. national parks at heightened risk of commercial development, including Grand Teton National Park and Gettysburg National Military Park.
Utah Congressman Vows To Kill America's Top Parks Program
Barely 24 hours after Pope Francis appealed to U.S. lawmakers to help protect “our common home,” Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) announced that he intends this week to kill the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which is known as America’s best parks program. The move — which is expected to succeed — places dozens of U.S. national parks at heightened risk of commercial development, including Grand Teton National Park and Gettysburg National Military Park.
New TV Ad Tries To Convince Americans That Smog Isn't A Problem
A powerful organization representing industrial polluters launched a misleading new television ad last week with images of pristine national parks that are, in fact, experiencing dangerous levels of air pollution caused by its own members.
Obama Permanently Protects More Than One Million Acres Of Public Lands
Early Friday, President Obama announced that he will designate three new national monuments, permanently protecting more than one million acres of public lands. He designated pristine wilderness landscapes in Nevada as Basin and Range National Monument, scenic mountains in California as Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, and a fossil-rich site in Texas as Waco Mammoth National Monument.
Koch-Backed Group Calls For No More National Parks | ThinkProgress
Just in time for the Fourth of July — when millions of people across the country will visit America’s national parks and other public lands — the Koch brothers are rolling out their latest campaign against these treasured places: pushing for no more national parks.
Koch-Backed Group Calls For No More National Parks
Just in time for the Fourth of July — when millions of people across the country will visit America’s national parks and other public lands — the Koch brothers are rolling out their latest campaign against these treasured places: pushing for no more national parks.
Rand Paul Wants To Sell Off America’s Public Lands
At a campaign stop in Nevada on Monday, Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul called for the federal government to sell off and privatize America’s national forests and other public lands. As part of his “Stand With Rand” tour, Sen. Paul told an audience in the Nevada town of Mesquite that the federal government is a “bully” and that national public lands should be under state and private control, as reported by CNN.
The U.S.’s Biggest Coal Company Can’t Pay To Clean Up Its Own Mines
A new investigation has found that the world’s largest private-sector coal company does not have adequate funds or insurance to clean up its own mining operations, increasing the risk that taxpayers will have to pay billions of dollars to clean up toxic coal mine sites across the country.
The U.S.'s Biggest Coal Company Can't Pay To Clean Up Its Own Mines | ThinkProgress
A new investigation has found that the world’s largest private-sector coal company does not have adequate funds or insurance to clean up its own mining operations, increasing the risk that taxpayers will have to pay billions of dollars to clean up toxic coal mine sites across the country.
Utah Lawmaker Accused Of 'Illegal Scheme' To Seize America's Public Lands | ThinkProgress
A watchdog organization filed complaints against a Utah state representative on Monday for allegedly leading “an illegal scheme to defraud local government officials out of taxpayer funds” to finance a campaign to seize America’s public lands.
The Government Just Released A Plan To Protect The Greater Sage Grouse. Here’s Why You Should Care.
The Department of the Interior Thursday released a long-awaited plan to protect the greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird that was once ubiquitous across the American West but that has seen its numbers plummet as the region’s open sagebrush lands have been lost to energy development, grazing, and catastrophic wildfires. The sage grouse’s U.S. population totaled about 16 million 100 years ago — now, the numbers ring in as low as 150,000.
The Six Craziest Arguments Politicians Are Making Against Protecting National Parks And Wildlife
When it comes to climate change, some politicians have a penchant for outrageous, headline-grabbing statements. “There isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows carbon dioxide is a harmful gas,” former Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) famously told the House of Representatives in 2009.
GOP House Leaders Create 'Action Group' To Seize And Sell America's Public Lands | ThinkProgress
A group of Republican congressmen this week took an aggressive step in a campaign to seize and sell off America’s national forests and other public lands.
GOP House Leaders Create 'Action Group' To Seize And Sell America’s Public Lands
A group of Republican congressmen this week took an aggressive step in a campaign to seize and sell off America’s national forests and other public lands. In launching what they are calling the “Federal Land Action Group,” Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) plan to develop a legislative framework for giving states control of America’s public lands. Calling the federal government a “lousy landlord for western states,” Rep.
On Earth Day, Congress Targets America’s Public Lands and Waters
President Obama traveled to Everglades National Park in Florida Wednesday to commemorate Earth Day and highlight the effects climate change is having on America’s public lands. But recent efforts from Senate Republicans are threatening the very program that helped protect the iconic national park and hundreds of others across the country.
With Fossil Fuels the Focus of First 100 Days, New Congress Has No Results to Show
With Fossil Fuels the Focus of First 100 Days, New Congress Has No Results to Show In the first 100 days of 2015, the new Congress has cast more roll call votes on energy and environmental issues than on any other legislative area, with the Senate casting 44 percent of its votes on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline; efforts to block action to reduce carbon pollution; proposals to sell America’s public lands; and other fossil-fuel and energy-related legislation.
How the Oil Industry's 'Dr. Evil' is Running a Campaign to Sell Off America's Public Lands
With a series of four nearly identical op-ed articles written by one of its front groups and published in western newspapers last week, the oil industry and its allies appear to be taking a more active and public role in a controversial campaign to seize and sell America’s national forests and public lands. The op-eds were written by the director of a group called the Environmental Policy Alliance, a front group for the public relations firm of Richard Berman.
Senate Votes To Help States Sell Off Public Lands
The new chair of the powerful Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee secured a vote Thursday afternoon in the U.S. Senate on a controversial proposal to sell off America’s national forests and other public lands. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) amendment, which passed by a vote of 51 to 49, is now part of the Senate’s nonbinding budget resolution. The proposal would support and fund state efforts — which many argue are unconstitutional — to seize and sell America’s public lands.
The Quiet Plan To Sell Off America’s National Forests
A proposal to seize and sell off America’s national forests and other public lands could make its way into the House GOP’s budget resolution when it is announced this week. In a recent memo to the House Budget Committee, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, proposed that America’s public lands be transferred to state control.
Hours After State Of The Union, Senate Targets National Parks
Just hours after President Obama’s State of the Union address highlighted the effort to protect more public lands and waters than any other administration, the U.S. Senate is poised to vote on a controversial and unpopular proposal that aims to block the protection of new parks, monuments, and historic sites around the country.
The Government Should Begin to Measure America’s Powerful Outdoor Economy
A shopper looks at a wall of kayaks at the L.L. Bean store at Ross Park Mall in Ross Township, Pennsylvania. When the U.S. National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2016, no mountain peaks will be renamed for railroad mogul Louis W. Hill, no statues will be unveiled for E. H. Harriman of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and no plaques will be dedicated to Southern California auto clubs.
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