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COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action

Offering no new plans to cut fossil fuels, the UN’s climate conference failed to produce a roadmap to stop global warming.

New Britain Township Supervisor Bridget Kunakorn.
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How a Karate Class Propelled One Bucks County Resident Into Politics

“If I hadn’t been doing karate and had that mindset of ‘you can do things you didn’t think you were physically and mentally capable of,’ I’m not sure that I would have attempted to run,” said New Britain Township Supervisor Bridget Kunakorn.

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