UPI: Lunchables pulled from school lunch programs due to low demand
The federally assisted National School Lunch Program, which provides low-cost lunches to nearly 30 million children, showed reduced demand for Lunchables after Consumer Reports found high levels of sodium, lead and cadmium in the kits earlier this year.
“We’re pleased that Heinz Kraft has pulled Lunchables from the school lunch program,” Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports, said in a statement.
Engineering with Rosie (YouTube): How Does Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Work?
Thereâs a Paradox in the way that people talk about battery minerals. On the one hand, weâre convinced thereâs not going to be enough critical minerals so there will be shortages and prices will rise sky high. And on the other hand, they also think we wonât be bothered to recycle.
People always say that we are a âthrow it in the rubbishâ kind of society but that is such⌠rubbish. Iâve never seen someone just drive their old car into landfill and walk away, have you? When people think of batteries getting thrown away willy nilly, theyâre thinking of small stuff like phones and walkmans. So thatâs certainly wasteful, and we shouldnât do that either, but even if we throw all of that away the amount of battery waste from small products like that is very small compared to the total amount of car and stationary energy batteries that weâre going to have to deal with from say 2030 onwards.
I personally donât think we need to be so pessimistic about this. In this video Iâm going to run through the technologies we have available to recycle batteries, and the main obstacles to scaling this industry up even faster.
NYT: Senate Republicans Alarmed by Trump Nominating Matt Gaetz for Attorney General
Senate Republicans reacted with alarm and dismay to President-elect Donald J. Trumpâs decision to nominate Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, for attorney general, and several said they were skeptical that he would be able to secure enough votes for confirmation.
âHeâs got his work really cut out for him,â Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa, said, chuckling as she spoke.
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But Mr. Gaetz, who was just re-elected to a fifth term, remains under ethics investigation for his conduct, which includes allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use; sharing inappropriate images or videos on the House floor; misusing state identification records; converting campaign funds to personal use; and accepting impermissible gifts under House rules. Mr. Gaetz has denied the allegations as political payback and said they are built on lies.
NYT: What Are Seed Oils and Are They Actually Bad For You?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others claim theyâre harming our health, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
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Decades of research have shown that consuming seed oils is associated with better health, said Christopher Gardner, a professor of medicine at Stanford University.
Gear Patrol: 6 Simple Tricks to Extend Your Apple Watch’s Battery Life
In recent years, Apple has given its smartwatches several features to combat this issue, such as faster charging and introducing a low-power mode. However, when compared to other smartwatches, an Apple Watchâs battery life still leaves something to be desired.
That said, there are a few settings you can change, as well as some best practices, that could help extend the battery life of your Apple Watch. Most arenât game-changers and some, admittedly, limit what the smartwatch can do.
But if extending your Apple Watchâs battery life is your ultimate goal, these will definitely help.
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Low Power mode is different from Power Reserve mode because, instead of disabling most features (which turns your Apple Watch into a simple digital timepiece), it simply turns off battery-killing features like always-on display and heart rate detections – so still keeps track of fitness metrics and workouts.
SMH: Western Green Energy Hub submits plans for worldâs biggest renewable project
Plans for a $100 billion wind and solar project â the biggest of its kind â in the Australian desert have raised hopes that US President-elect Donald Trumpâs anti-green agenda could shift major investment from the United States to the rest of the world.
The Western Green Energy Hub would build 3000 wind turbines and 6 million solar panels in Western Australia, starting at the South Australian border and stretching west for hundreds of kilometres.
The project would take decades to build and, if completed, would deliver 70 gigawatts of renewable energy generation â about the same capacity as the entire eastern seaboardâs electricity grid.
It would also produce 3.5 million tonnes a year of green hydrogen via an emissions-free process that uses renewable energy to release hydrogen from water. The fuel could replace fossil fuels in industries such as transport and electricity generation.
Edmonton Journal: Alberta considering adding citizenship to driver’s licences
The office for Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said the move is under consideration and no final decisions have been made.
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“One of the things that we’re looking at is how we can put citizenship on the driver’s licence. So that when people come to vote we can make sure they are a Canadian citizen,” Nally said.
That comment was teed up by remarks by Smith who cited potential Chinese interference in elections as justification for “us to have more integrity in our elections, more trust in our elections.”
âWe’ll just run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.â
Last Updated: 13.Nov.2024 23:38 EST
