Month: October 2020

The FBI has unexpectedly backed off its privacy battle with Apple, as the agency cancelled a hearing set for Tuesday in its ongoing effort to force the tech company to break into one of the suspected San Bernardino shooter’s iPhones, telling the court it had found a potential new way to access the data. Until Monday, the government had insisted—under oath—that it needed Apple’s help in unlocking Syed Farook’s phone, a claim which Apple has…

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Amid the presidential election and with renewed public scrutiny over its role in the decades-long suppression of climate science, oil giant ExxonMobil is going to court in Texas over a subpoena issued by the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands in an attempt to avoid answering questions. Exxon on Wednesday filed a petition in Fort Worth after Attorney General Claude Earl Walker and his counterpart from Massachusetts announced they would join the effort, along…

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The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a series of measures aimed at boosting access to solar energy—a move one environmental group hailed as “a win-win for people and for our climate.” It’s called the Clean Energy Savings for All Americans Initiative, and, according to Rachel Cleetus, lead economist and climate policy manager for the Union of Concerned Scientists, it “sets some exciting goals”—like bringing 1 gigawatt (GW) of solar to low- and moderate- income families…

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Cornish fashion and lifestyle brand Celtic and Co, is once again supporting the annual Wool Week with a new jumper designed by a student from Plymouth College of Art. Celtic and Co, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, has been taking part in a year-long design competition with Campaign for Wool as part of the annual week’s 10th anniversary. The competition invited fashion design students to send in jumper designs, which would be…

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Virginia Republicans voted narrowly over the weekend to select their challenger to Sen. Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Senate panel passes amendment to bar using troops against protesters Defense bill turns into proxy battle over Floyd protests MORE (D-Va.) in 2018 through a state-run primary over a convention. Members of the Republican Party of Virginia committee were divided, but ultimately voted for a…

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Click:deep groove ball bearing Environmental group Greenpeace has responded to Hillary Clinton’s frustrated interaction with a climate activist on Thursday, when the former secretary of state said she was “sick of” the Bernie Sanders campaign claiming she has taken fossil fuel money to fund her presidential campaign. “I do not have—I have money from people who work for fossil fuel companies,” Clinton said after being confronted by Greenpeace activist Eva Resnick-Day at a campaign rally…

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The planet is hurtling towards a disturbing milestone as researchers predict that the southern hemisphere “within days” will reach a new atmospheric baseline of 400 parts per million (ppm) of carbon, signifying that humanity has entered a new phase in our climate impact. “Once it’s over [400 ppm], it won’t go back,” Paul Fraser, a retired fellow with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), told the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday. “It could…

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Imperiling fish, crabs, squid, sea stars, and myriad other marine creatures, climate change is sapping the oceans of oxygen, according to a new study that warns of widespread deoxygenation within decades. Using models and maps, researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, were able to quantify and differentiate between large-scale changes in oxygen in the oceans due to both natural variability and climate change. They confirmed deoxygenated “dead zones”—which leave…

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Most Americans can’t stand the frontrunner of either major political party, a new NBC News/Survey Monkey poll released Tuesday has found. Almost 60 percent of respondents said they “dislike” or “hate” Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton, and 63 percent said the same about Republican nominee Donald Trump. In fact, the poll found that the roughly one-third of respondents on either side of the political aisle were voting for their candidate solely to defeat the other…

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Okinawa on Sunday was site of a massive protest against U.S. bases, the latest in years of demonstrations, with fresh anger fueled by the recent suspected rape and killing of a woman on the Japanese island by a former Marine. Organizers say that 65,000 people took part in the rally in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, and the Irish Times described it as “one of the biggest demonstrations in two decades against U.S. military bases.” Protesters, who…

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