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| | | Hello. After US President Donald Trump revoked a landmark Obama-era ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health on Thursday, Washington correspondent Daniel Bush takes a look at "one of the most far-reaching reversals of American climate policy yet". Ahead of Valentine's Day, science correspondent Pallab Ghosh delves into the science of soulmates. And finally, take a look at some serious stone-skimming skills. | | | | | | |
| TOP OF THE AGENDA | | Trump frames sweeping climate rollback as 'political win' | | | | | The Trump administration lauded the move as an assault on overbearing regulation. Credit: Reuters | | The removal of a scientific ruling that underpins US federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases "marks the culmination of a decade-long push" by the president to tear up climate policies, writes Daniel Bush. The US president argues that revoking the "endangerment finding" - which concluded that six gases including carbon dioxide and methane were a danger to human health - will lead to cheaper energy and car prices, claims many environmentalists are sceptical of. While polls indicate that a growing percentage of Americans are becoming concerned about global warming, Trump - who has called climate change a "hoax" - is framing the change as a "political win" over what he calls the Democrats' "radical" environmental agenda, Daniel adds. | | | | | | | | |
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| | | BEYOND THE HEADLINES | | Is there someone out there exactly right for you? | | | | | | | Across history, humans have always been drawn to the idea that love isn't random. Credit: Getty Images | | On Valentine's Day, there's the temptation to believe that somewhere out there is 'the one': a soulmate, a perfect match, the person you were meant to be with. It's an idea that shapes how love is understood. But is this just a story we've all come to believe? And could it actually be harming our relationships? | | | | | | |