Demand End to New Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Operations in Cancer Alley Source: Black Residents of Louisiana File Landmark Lawsuit | Human Rights Watch
Monthly Archives: March 2023
Harvesting Robot Helps Grow Crops Under Solar Panels | Food Manufacturing
Thai Veggie Pizza – Vegetarian & Vegan – Oh My Veggies!
Debt Forgiveness for Cape Verde: A Climate Deal that Could Become a Model for Others – DER SPIEGEL
Cape Verde signed a deal with former colonial power Portugal. Some 140 million euros of debt owed to Lisbon is to be gradually cancelled – on the condition that the entire amount is invested in a climate fund. That fund is then to be used to finance the Environment Ministry plans, though the precise shape of those plans is still under negotiation.
Source: Debt Forgiveness for Cape Verde: A Climate Deal that Could Become a Model for Others – DER SPIEGEL
The Threat of TikTok – The New York Times
(Me: in terms of influence, I do not see how this software is any different than Facebook, Twitter or Instagram… they all do harm and spread disinformation)
Woman Who Stormed Pelosi’s Office on Jan. 6 Is Sentenced to Three Years – The New York Times
How can nature-killing agriculture be more sustainable? – DW – 12/16/2022
The farming system that feeds the world is the biggest killer of biodiversity. It does so by destroying habitats, overusing fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, and creating vast monocultures. But there are solutions.
— Read on www.dw.com/en/agriculture-is-a-nature-killer-what-can-we-do-about-it/a-64110200
BREAKING: Utah first state to pass social media regulations aimed at protecting minors
Utah is the first state in the nation to begin restricting how minors can use social media apps. Gov. Spencer Cox signed a pair of bills on Thursday that will regulate when and how minors in Utah can use of social media and aims to stop those companies from designing addicting features.
— Read on www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/03/23/breaking-utah-first-state-pass/
(Utah GOP destroys social media use by youth – so much for small government and freedom of speech and association)
Black Man Who Spoke Up at Critical Race Theory Workshop Asked To Be Removed
A Black man who spoke up at the workshop shared that a white woman told him to leave the country, and in response, a trustee asked him to be removed instead.
Source: Black Man Who Spoke Up at Critical Race Theory Workshop Asked To Be Removed
Why Are Police Seizing People’s Cars on Memphis?
Ralph Jones, a 70-year-old welder, told the New York Times that Memphis police seized his truck after accusing him of trying to “solicit a prostitute.” The charges were dropped, but police kept his truck and work tools impounded for six weeks before he could get his items returned in exchange for a $750 fee. “It’s nothing but a racket,” Jones told The New York Times.
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