Baboons 'carrying knives and chainsaw' spotted in safari park

Baboons at Knowsley Safari Park in Merseyside have been spotted by park workers with knives and screwdrivers, as well as a chainsaw.
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Taylor Swift sells 1.3m copies of new album Folklore in 24 hours

Taylor Swift sold 1.3 million equivalent copies of her new album within 24 hours of its release, according to her label, Republic Records. Swift surprised the world this week with the announcement of her eighth album, Folklore, which appeared on streaming services less than 17 hours later.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-folklore-album-copies-sold-24-hours-a9638311.html?source=Snapzu

Bishop Believes Coronavirus is "a Sign from God" and Proof that "Science is always Precarious", then Dies of it - Breaking Wide

Bishop believes coronavirus is “a sign from God” and proof that “science is always precarious”, then dies of it. Faith has led many downplay the dangers pose by the novel coronavirus, the pandemic (COVID-19) is caused by a new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has not been previously identified in humans.
Read more: https://breakingwide.com/bishop-believes-coronavirus-sign-god-proof-science-precarious/?source=Snapzu

Congress has a million-plus documents from Big Tech antitrust investigation, and are ready to grill big-name CEOs

For more than a year, the federal government has circled Big Tech and its business practices. On Wednesday, members of the House of Representatives will roll out evidence their staffs have found and put pressure directly on some of the most prominent executives in the world.
Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/congress-has-a-million-plus-documents-from-big-tech-antitrust-investigation-and-are-ready-to-grill-big-name-ceos-2020-07-25?source=Snapzu

Biden plots $2tn green revolution but faces wind and solar backlash

Joe Biden’s $2tn plan to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions from the US electricity grid within 15 years has been applauded by climate campaigners, but the enormous overhaul will have to pick its way through a minefield of community as well as lobbyist opposition.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/25/biden-clean-energy-renewable-wind-solar-backlash?source=Snapzu

They spent millions to protect polluters. Then they got busted by the FBI.

A year ago, the Ohio legislature rammed through a law to save four unprofitable nuclear and coal-fired power plants from retirement, while it rolled back energy efficiency and renewable targets and passed on the $1.3 billion cost to customers. Opponents of the HB6 law, which included an unlikely alliance of environmentalists and the natural gas industry, began to organize a referendum to repeal it, saying it amounted to a corporate bailout for the utility player FirstEnergy.
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/07/they-spent-millions-to-protect-polluters-then-they-got-busted-by-the-fbi/?source=Snapzu

Amid Trump’s rollbacks, 15 states rev up plans for electric trucks and vans

The world enjoyed cleaner air and clearer skies earlier this year as streets and highways largely emptied during coronavirus-related lockdowns. The sharp decline of oil-burning vehicles gave a glimpse into a world without pollution-spewing tailpipes and fewer growling 18-wheelers, school buses, and other large vehicles.
Read more: https://grist.org/energy/daimler-electric-truck-amazon-van-trump-fuel-economy/?source=Snapzu