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Mars Incorporated Criticizes Trump's Decision To Leave Paris Climate Accord

5:14pm June 01, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Andy Pharoah, vice president for corporate affairs at Mars Incorporated, about why the company is such an avid backer of the Paris Climate Agreement.

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FEMA Confronts Financial Uncertainty Heading Into Active Hurricane Season

5:14pm June 01, 2017

by Greg Allen

As we head into what's forecast to be a more active than normal hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is in an uncertain position. The agency that responds to disasters still doesn't have a director, and some key programs are slated for big cuts under the Trump budget.

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Noose Finding At Smithsonian Marks Latest In String Of Hate Incidents

5:14pm June 01, 2017

Museum visitors discovered nooses hanging on Smithsonian grounds in the same week that two men were killed by a white supremacist in Portland and LeBron James' Los Angeles home was vandalized. Carol Anderson, the chair of African-American studies at Emory University, shares how she is thinking about this moment in our country, and offers her thoughts on the most constructive path forward.

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Eight different real faces were shown to a monkey. The images were then reconstructed using analyzing electrical activity from 205 neurons recorded while the monkey was viewing the faces.

Cracking The Code That Lets The Brain ID Any Face, Fast

5:14pm June 01, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

People and other primates have an amazing ability to instantly recognize faces. Scientists at Caltech found that we do that by having 205 specialized brain cells divvy up the task.

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China Steps Forward As Unlikely Leader In Fight Against Climate Change

5:14pm June 01, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Robert Daly of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson Center about China's new commitment to green energy and fighting climate change.

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California State Senator Doubles Down On Efforts To Fight Climate Change

5:14pm June 01, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with California's Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon about his reactions to Trump's decision on the Paris climate accord. The Democrat has worked on legislation that would insulate California from federal environmental rollbacks.

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President Trump Decides To Remove U.S. From Paris Climate Accord

5:14pm June 01, 2017

by Mara Liasson

President Trump announced his decision on Thursday for the U.S. to leave the Paris climate accord. The decision is likely to have environmental and international implications.

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U.S. Intelligence Warns Against Security Implications Of Leaving Paris Accord

5:14pm June 01, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

U.S. intelligence experts warn that climate change can produce political instability, as crop failures, drought and rising sea levels prompt population shifts.

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Montana Town Exemplifies Coal Country's Uncertain Future

5:14pm June 01, 2017

by Nathan Rott

The Trump administration has declared an end to the "war on coal," but Colstrip, Mont., is still feeling besieged. The town is a good example of how complicated the future is for coal country.

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Maduro Opponents Denounce Goldman Sachs' Purchase Of Venezuelan Bonds

5:14pm June 01, 2017

by Charles Lane

Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro are accusing Goldman Sachs of propping up the Maduro government with its recent purchase of Venezuelan bonds. Goldman bought the bonds at a steep discount and stands to make a lot of money if the country stabilizes. But it's not clear the money Venezuela received will ease food and medicine shortages.

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