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Environment 10 September 2020 By New Scientist and Press Association Frequent fliers could see higher taxes in the UKJub Rubjob/Getty Images Taxes on flights that increase when people fly further and more often should be introduced to help cut carbon emissions, the UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change has recommended. The final report from…

By Adam Vaughan People in the UK want to put climate action at the heart of the economic recoveryGuy Bell/Shutterstock Around four-fifths of a citizens’ assembly on climate change in the UK wants the government’s coronavirus economic recovery measures to also help the country meet its target of slashing carbon emissions to net zero. Further…

By KY3 Staff&nbsp|&nbsp Posted: Sat 7:16 PM, Jun 20, 2020 &nbsp|&nbsp Updated: Sat 7:40 PM, Jun 20, 2020 BOLIVAR, Mo. - A nurse on the medical/surgical unit for Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar has tested positive for COVID-19. Citizens Memorial Hospital administration says the nurse is at home recovering in quarantine. The source of infection…

Some people are willing to sacrifice rights for the greater good, according to a study by the University of Johannesburg in collaboration with the Human Sciences Research Council.The survey has found those who trust President Cyril Ramaphosa are more willing to sacrifice than those with no trust in him. As the support for the sale of alcohol…

Read | Ramaphosa threatened with possible litigation over constitutionality of council in charge of response to Covid-19Last week, advocates Nazeer Cassim and Erin Dianne Richards wrote to Ramaphosa, indicating their concern over the possible risk of constitutional and democratic malfunctioning.This, they said, arose from what appears to be the questionable establishment, structure and functions of the…