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If Solar Panels Are So Clean, Why Do They Produce So Much Toxic Waste?

Click here: Solar panels often contain lead, cadmium, and other toxic chemicals that cannot be removed without breaking apart the entire panel. “Approximately 90% of most PV modules are made up of glass,” notes San Jose State environmental studies professor Dustin Mulvaney. “However, this glass often cannot be recycled as float glass due to impurities. Common problematic impurities in glass include plastics, lead, cadmium and antimony.”

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Iowa man convicted of plotting to steal domain name at gunpoint

Click here: An Iowa man who founded a social media company highlighting young adults engaging in “crude behavior, drunkenness, and nudity” was convicted of plotting to rob a man at gunpoint over a domain name, prosecutors said.

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Earth’s Magnetic Field is Weakening Faster than Previously Thought.

Click her: Earth’s magnetic field is getting significantly weaker, the magnetic north pole is shifting at an accelerating pace, and scientists readily admit that a sudden pole shift could potentially cause “trillions of dollars” in damage.

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Stossel: Enough Crony Capitalism!

Established businesses, like Facebook, use government to limit competition. John Stossel explains in this short 4-minute video.

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Pew Research: U.S. Home to Nearly 20% of World’s Migrant Population

Click here: The Pew Research Center reveals in a new study that the U.S. has admitted more foreign nationals than any other country in the world.

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Three Reasons Why We Need the Electoral College (in one minute)

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Democrats Scramble for Plan B After Mueller Says No Russia Collusion

Click here: Robert Mueller’s final report derailed the Democrats fantasy for a devastating blow to President Donald Trump. The Democrats, after defending the special counsel’s integrity for more than a year, have little room to challenge Mueller’s conclusion there was no conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.

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Vegan YouTube Stars Are Imploding

Click here: Rawvana, Bonny Rebecca and Stella Rae are eating animal products, triggering outrage and an identity crisis.

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GPS Flaw: Security Expert Says He Won’t Fly April 6

Click here: Don’t look now, but there’s another Y2K-like computer-calendar problem on the way, and this one arrives in just one month: April 6, 2019.

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Can You Go a Day Without Fossil Fuels?

Got a minute and 45-seconds? Find out what life would be like without products derived from fossil fuels.