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  The ship, chartered by US shipping firm Cargill, has been retrofitted with two WindWings – large steel sails 37.5 meters (123 foot) tall, designed by UK company BAR Technologies and produced by industrialization partner Yara Marine Technologies.

=====The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do=====

[https://www.vox.com/policy/23972827/us-aca-enrollment-universal-health-insurance by Dylan Scott 26/11/23 VOX]

  Overall, the number of uninsured Americans has fallen from 46.5 million in 2010, the year President Barack Obama signed his signature health care law, to about 26 million today. The US health system still has plenty of flaws — beyond the 8 percent of the population who are uninsured, far higher than in peer countries, many of the people who technically have health insurance still find it difficult to cover their share of their medical bills. Nevertheless, more people enjoy some financial protection against health care expenses than in any previous period in US history.

=====How to harvest water from clouds of fog=====

[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1203891520/drought-climate-change-fog-harvesting by Kat Lonsdorf, Claire Harbage npr]

  LAARE, Kenya – Jacob Murungi and his wife don't sleep much. Instead, they spend their nights in the local forest high in the mountains of central Kenya collecting water — from the trees.

=====8' Folding Kayak=====

[https://www.instructables.com/8-Folding-Kayak/ by Wizgirl AUTODESK Instructables]

  The kayak is made of plywood and canvas, and is bonded together with contact cement. The entire boat is coated in latex primer and paint, which waterproofs it. It folds up for easy storage, and is relatively easy to carry short distances.

=====Calculating the amount companies owe for causing global warming=====

[https://phys.org/news/2023-05-amount-companies-owe-global.amp by Bob Yirka 23/5/23 PHYS ORG]

  A pair of sociologists, one with the University of Milan-Bicocca, the other with the Climate Accountability Institute, has used survey data to calculate the amount companies should be paying in reparations to compensate for activities that have led to global warming.

=====Buoyancy-driven hybrid energy platform moves to full-scale pilot=====

[https://newatlas.com/energy/noviocean-wave-solar-wind-offshore-energy/ by Loz Blain 8/10/24 NEW ATLAS]