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What green card and visa holders should know before traveling abroad
Juliana Kim Traveling or returning to the U.S. from abroad has become increasingly risky for some — even for people with valid visas and green cards. In recent weeks, international tourists, visa holders and lawful permanent residents — also known as green card holders — have been facing tougher scrutiny at airports and border crossings.…
For one former logging company, nature’s green is gold
Editor’s note: In the fight against climate change and wildlife extinction, businesses have to a key role to play. But how? Conservation International’s investment fund, CI Ventures, is helping startup companies fund new business models founded on the protection of nature. Here is one of them. The Amazon rainforest faced another difficult year in 2024,…
John Green on His New Nonfiction Book Everything Is Tuberculosis
Author John Green on How Tuberculosis Shaped Our Modern World Novelist John Green talks about his new nonfiction book, Everything is Tuberculosis, and the inequities in treatment for the highly infectious disease. By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Naeem Amarsy & Alex Sugiura Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. If you’re familiar…
Starting with Rep. Al Green, Democrats protest against Trump’s speech to Congress
By Elena Moore , Deirdre Walsh NPR is bringing you the latest from President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. For more updates, get our or listen to The NPR Politics Podcast. Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green was removed from the House chamber after heckling President Trump during his first address to a joint session of…
Congressman Al Green Removed During Trump’s Speech to “Goodbye” Chants
Congressman Al Green—a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives—was removed from the Capitol chamber by the sergeant at arms after interrupting President Donald Trump’s speech. President Donald Trump‘s latest address in the U.S. Capitol has experienced a slight hiccup. Rep. Al Green—an 11-term Democrat from Texas—was ejected from the chamber floor for verbally interrupting…
Replacement ‘green’ ferry emits more CO2 than old diesel ship
The carbon footprint of a long-delayed new “green” ferry will be far larger than the 31-year-old diesel ship that usually serves the route between the Scottish mainland and the island of Arran. An emissions analysis by CalMac has calculated MV Glen Sannox will emit 10,391 equivalent tonnes of CO2 a year compared with 7,732 for…