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Getting away with Jamal Khashoggi murder

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

One year after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, world leaders have basically allowed Salafi Arabia's acting king to get away with it.

The recordings and transcripts of the bully's phone calls with the acting king of Salafi Arabia may conceal complicity in crime.

Renewable energy in universities

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

A campaign aims to pressure 150 US universities to commit to moving quickly to 100% renewable energy.

The universities themselves are responsible for a small fraction of US greenhouse gas emissions, but the campaign makes sense because they would influence the rest of society.

We need a similar campaign demanding universities move to free software.

Climate marketing

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

"Big food and agribusiness companies are desperate to portray themselves as part of the solution to the climate crisis."

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Their own initiatives, presented as ways to reduce greenhouse emissions, have failed to do so.

Global warming at workplace

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Even if the heat outside isn't enough to kill you, the heat in a factory or bakery can do it.

Revealed: Hundreds of Migrant Workers Dying of Heat Stress in Qatar Each Year. They are working outdoors, and heat stress can kill them even in the cooler parts of the year.

If you build a building in a place like Qatar, you're betting that global heating will be curbed and reversed. Will Qatar have the sense to try to cut down world greenhouse gas emissions?

Crimes at sea

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Crimes committed at sea, even murder, are hardly ever prosecuted.