Friday, April 19, 2024

Next generation of GMOs escapes regulation

There is virtually no regulation of GMOs 2.0 techniques in the U.S.

EPA reportedly helped Paris agreement opponents place op-eds in newspapers

Conservative op-eds argued wrongly that China and India are not taking action.

Kabul bomb blast kills at least 90 people. We need to know their names

We may never know who is to blame, nor, sadly, are we likely to learn the names and the life stories of the victims.

World’s first commercial carbon sucking machine turns greenhouse gas into fertilizer

“It is clear today that we won't be able to achieve zero gigatonnes by the end of the century without the use of carbon removal technologies.”

Newly leaked documents reveal insane counterterrorism tactics used against Standing Rock water protectors

Surveillance tactics used by the company include social media information harvesting, aerial surveillance and radio eavesdropping and infiltration of camps and activist circles.
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Coal is in a death spiral as India cancels new plants and solar prices...

The renewable energy sector in India already accounts for 60,000 jobs, and will add a similar number by 2022.

Officer who killed Tamir Rice fired for lying on job application

City officials and the police department insist that the officers were punished for administrative violations – not for the killing of a 12-year-old boy.

Electric trains everywhere: A solution to crumbling roads and climate crisis

Transportation accounts for nearly a third of the country’s carbon emissions.

Third parties’ only hope: a new anti-duopoly Occupy

What’s now needed is not merely a movement devoted to a single group or issue, but a movement of movements embracing all the groups and interests stymied by bipartisan political corruption.

Snake vomiting bottle highlights world’s plastic problem

Recent government estimates show that more than 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste is generated in India each day, in which 6,000 tonnes go uncollected and littered.