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Edition #1 - N° 3 Friday June 22nd, 2018 Washington DC Edition On-line: www.freedomnewsonline.com
Allergies, glaciers, and pikas: climate change in action
Canada–Mexico–United States 2026 FIFA World Cup bid
WASHINGTON >> You don’t just feel the heat of global warming, you can see it in action all around. Some examples of where climate change’s effects have been measured: —Glaciers across the globe are melting and retreating, with 279 billion tons of ice lost since 2002, according to NASA’s GRACE satellite. Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland is flowing faster than any other glacier on Earth. In 2012, it hit a record pace of about 75 inches per hour (1.9 meters). In 2017, it slowed down to 40 inches per hour (1 meter). The Portage Glacier in Alaska has retreated so much it cannot be seen from the visitor center that opened in 1986. —In the Rocky Mountains, the first robins of spring are arriving 10.5 days earlier than 30 years ago. The first larkspur wildflower is showing up eight days earlier and the marmots are coming out of hibernation five days earlier, according to data gathered by the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab.
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United 2026 was a successful joint bid, led by the United States Soccer Federation, to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, as well as sites in Canada and Mexico as co-hosts. While the soccer federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States had individually announced plans to field a bid for the 2026 World Cup, the concept of a joint bid among the three North American countries was first proposed in 2016. The
joint bid was officially unveiled on April 10, 2017, under which the tournament would be held at venues in all three countries. A shortlist of 23 candidate cities were named in the official bid, with 17 in the U.S., 3 in Canada, and 3 in Mexico. Ten U.S. candidate cities will join three Canadian candidate cities, and three Mexican candidate cities, to form the roster of 16 cities that will host the matches of this World Cup. Although a joint bid, the majority of the matches will be
held in the United States. Canada and Mexico will host 10 matches each, while the United States will host the other 60, including all matches from the quarterfinals onward.
Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. announced interest to submit a bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup years before the federations intended to unify their efforts.
On June 13, 2018, at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia, the United bid was selected by 134 votes to Morocco’s 65, while Iran voted for neither.
In July 2012, Canadian Soccer Association president Victor Montagliani confirmed plans for a Canadian bid, saying: “We have verbally told FIFA that when the bid process begins for the next available World Cup, which would be the 2026 World Cup, that the CSA will be one of the countries putting in a formal proposal”. At the time the bid was announced, Canada had hosted the men’s 1987 Under-16 World Championship and the U-20 World Cups for both men and women; the country has since hosted the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015. In October 2013, Montagliani confirmed Canada’s intention
Upon this selection, Canada will become the fifth country to host both the men’s and women’s World Cup, joining Sweden, the United States, Germany, and France. Mexico will become the first country to host three men’s World Cups, and the United States will become the first country to host both the men’s and women’s World Cup twice each. This will be the first World Cup to be hosted in three countries and the first since 2002 to have multiple host countries. The three soccer federations of
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