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Global Warming Isn't Funny -- Except In The Hands Of These Comedians

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00am

Esteban Gast performs during Stand Up For Climate, a comedy show at Flappers Comedy on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Burbank, Calif.
(Ethan Swope / AP Photo)

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Esteban Gast remembered a feeling of shame he had in high school while calculating how much carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, his daily activities created, known as a carbon footprint.

“Have you ever driven a car or flown in an airplane?” were among the long list of questions posed by the calculator.

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Thousands In Memorial Park Protest Federal Actions As Part Of National ‘Hands Off!’ Protests

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/09/2025 - 7:00am

Protesters gather in central Omaha’s Memorial Park, across Dodge Street from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
(Courtesy of Lucy Mason / The Gateway)

OMAHA — Thousands of protesters took to Dodge Street and Memorial Park in a wave of national demonstrations Saturday and a companion protest in Lincoln opposing the recent actions of the federal government with the hope of instilling change locally and nationally.

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Timber, Pollen And Mass Bee Death

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/09/2025 - 6:00am

From an early age in our schools, children are taught about, “Environmental absolutes.” They are not titled so, rather that is a term I have just come up with to better conceptualize their necessity. Trees (especially old-growth trees) provide oxygen to all living things. They provide homes to many small creatures and a plethora of bugs, moss, and vines; as well as maintaining erosion with widespread roots, providing shade and ultraviolet-light protection to that which grows and lives on the ground.

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At Nebraska’s Native American Boarding School, Location Of Child Graves And Closure Prove Elusive

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00am

A photo from 1924 shows Fiscus‘ grandmother, Laura Eliza DeCora (left), and her aunt Mildred Lowe.
(Rebecca S. Gratz / Flatwater Free Press)

Carolyn Fiscus knows where her aunt, Mildred Lowe, spent her final days.

She knows the 12-year-old Winnebago girl became gravely ill in the winter of 1930 at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial Boarding School. She knows Mildred died.

She does not know where her aunt was buried.

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Nebraska Suicide Mortality Review Team Proposal, With Emphasis On Veterans, Advances

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/09/2025 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — State lawmakers are looking to boost action by recent governors to combat suicide in Nebraska through new legislation with an extra focus on veterans and their families.

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Housing Advocates Converge At Capitol, Praise Bostar Law That Helps Ward Off Investors

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 7:00am

Amanda Brewer, chief executive of Habitat for Humanity of Omaha introduces Habitat homeowner Autumn Austin during a “Homeownership Matters” rally at the State Capitol Thursday.
(Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity)

LINCOLN — Habitat for Humanity of Omaha calls it the “equity promise.”

It’s new, and essentially a “pay-it-forward” pact in which the nonprofit’s homebuyer clients who receive downpayment and other assistance agree to certain resale restrictions designed to keep a house affordable for generations to come.

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Don’t Kill Tenure; Make It Work For Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 6:00am

Across the country, states like Texas, North Carolina, and Florida have sought to weaken or eliminate tenure in public higher education.

Now, Nebraska is considering Legislative Bill 551, a bill that would abolish tenure at public colleges and universities statewide. Supporters argue that tenure hinders flexibility, protects underperforming faculty and suppresses ideological diversity.

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Want To Stay Healthier And Fulfilled Later In Life? Try Volunteering

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00am

As gerontologists – social scientists who study aging populations – we envision a future in which older people leave a doctor’s visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something.

Does that sound far-fetched? There’s scientific research backing it up.

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Scientists Shielding Farming From Climate Change Need More Public Funding. But They're Getting Less

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/02/2025 - 3:00am

A villager tends to his vegetable garden in a plot that is part of a climate-smart agriculture program funded by the United States Agency for International Development in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, Sept. 19, 2024.
(Aaron Ufumeli / AP Photo)

Erin McGuire spent years cultivating fruits and vegetables like onions, peppers and tomatoes as a scientist and later director of a lab at the University of California-Davis. She collaborated with hundreds of people to breed drought-resistant varieties, develop new ways to cool fresh produce and find ways to make more money for small farmers at home and overseas.