Friday, March 21, 2025

Tag: marine ecosystems

Fossil fuel footprint: Corals reveal industrial pollution’s deep sea impact

New study uncovers historical pollutants from burning fossil fuels in Mediterranean corals, highlighting human influence on marine ecosystems.

GOP-controlled House passes bill to eviscerate nation’s marine ecosystems, fisheries

If the bill becomes law, it "would reverse decades of bipartisan progress towards preventing overfishing and rebuilding fish populations, harming the health of our marine ecosystems and the coastal communities who depend on them."

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Millions face delays as Trump administration ends Social Security phone verification

A new policy eliminating phone verification for Social Security benefits threatens to overwhelm field offices, cut off vulnerable recipients, and accelerate efforts to privatize the system.

Why ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ advocates cling to genocide denial

But very few members of Congress dare to acknowledge that reality, while their silence and denials scream out complicity.

Greenpeace ordered to pay $660 million in Dakota Access Pipeline case in landmark ruling...

The North Dakota jury’s decision against Greenpeace raises concerns over SLAPP lawsuits, corporate influence on the courts, and the broader threat to free speech and peaceful protest in the U.S.

Judge blocks Trump EPA from clawing back $14 billion in climate grants

Judge Chutkan said the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.”

ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying all along

This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.