Month: October 2020

Click:endless sling Citing the glaring gaps between his sometimes encouraging rhetoric and the realities of his fossil fuel-laden policies, eighteen environmental, environmental justice, and public health advocacy organizations have written a pointed letter (pdf) to President Obama slamming his “all of the above” energy strategy as a “compromised” approach that “future generations can’t afford.” The …

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A localized protest movement against the failed privatization of key state-owned companies in Bosnia appears to be growing across the country as anger spreads over workers were left unpaid when the new owners declared bankruptcy and closed their doors. What began in the city of Tuzla earlier this week as a small-scale protest by workers …

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Luxury label Moncler has said it will go carbon neutral by 2021 as part of its new sustainability pledge. The up-market outerwear brand’s new ‘Moncler Born to Protect Sustainability Plan’ focuses on five key areas: climate action, circular economy, fair sourcing, enhancing diversity, and giving back to local communities. On the climate front, the label …

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Food sovereignty within several African countries is on the verge of a complete neo-colonial take-over, critics of a recent agricultural initiative being developed by a new G8 alliance warn. According to a Guardian report published Tuesday, the G8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition initiative, supported by the Obama administration, has connected African leaders …

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A UN counter-terrorism expert has published the second report of his year-long investigation into drone strikes, highlighting 30 strikes where civilians are reported to have been killed. The report, by British lawyer Ben Emmerson QC, identifies 30 attacks between 2006 and 2013 that show sufficient indications of civilian deaths to demand a ‘public explanation of the …

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Top executives from Comcast and Time Warner faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as they tried to argue that U.S. customers would somehow benefit from the $45 billion merger of the two cable giants, but critics of the deal are doing everything they can to warn lawmakers, the Justice Department, the FCC, …

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The future of religion in U.S. politics lies not with conservatives but rather with religious progressives, social scientists here are suggesting, with a faith-based movement potentially able to provide momentum to a new movement for social justice. According to a new report from the Brookings Institute, a think tank here, the current religious social justice …

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F1 super-sub Nico Hulkenberg is present at Portimão, ready to fill in for Lance Stroll just in case the Racing Point driver fails another COVID-19 test. Stroll tested positive for the coronavirus after the Eifel GP, a race from which the Canadian withdrew on Saturday morning after feeling flu-like symptoms that prevented him from driving. …

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British fashion designer Stella McCartney is highlighting breast cancer survivors in a new campaign featuring portraits of 12 courageous women with the disease. To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the campaign, ‘A Letter To My Loved One’s’ was shot by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario and filmed by Alice Aedy. It features a portrait series …

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Jon Moxley retained the AEW World Championship in the main event of last night’s first anniversary episode of Dynamite. Moxley defeated Lance Archer with a crucifix after eating Archer’s Blackout finishing move. After the match, Archer attacked Moxley. Eddie Kingston, who was at the commentary desk with The Lucha Bros, sent Penta El Zero M …

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