Many of the Loop’s editors are news junkies–and we can’t cover it all for ourselves! We collect here interesting articles which received light coverage in mainstream USA media.
Previous entries in this feature can be found at this archive: https://vashonloop.com/wordpress/index.php/news-you-may-have-missed-archives/
January 2025
WA could import almost 50% of its energy by 2050 https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/washington-could-rely-other-states-almost-half-its-energy-2050 A US military base on the Galapagos Islands? https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/12/from-global-nature-reserve-to-us-military-base-the-quiet-plans-for-the-galapogos-islands.html The war against headlight brightness https://www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/tech/headlight-brightness-cars-accidents Record Canadian assisted deaths--5% of all mortality https://aleteia.org/2024/12/19/canada-saw-more-assisted-deaths-than-ever-in-2023/ Russian government launches cultural outreach https://www.rt.com/about-us/press-releases/multimedia-project-gateway-russia/ Some cooking oils are safer than others https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/cooking-oils-used-millions-linked-cancer-second-study-week Climate change and greening trends https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/01/01/scientists-report-a-striking-global-greening-trend-over-the-last-42-years/ The cost of a single bureaucrat https://brownstone.org/articles/every-bureaucrat-destroys-138-jobs/ Yemen hypersonic missile defeats Israel's Iron Dome https://en.mehrnews.com/news/226092/Yemen-confirms-its-hypersonic-missiles-hit-Israeli-targets Immigrant crossing to Canary Islands has almost 20% fatality rate https://rmx.news/article/immigration-wave-record-number-of-illegal-migrants-land-on-spanish-canary-islands/