Leading up to Georgia’s crucial runoff election on Tuesday, progressive advocates, groups, and lawmakers have reiterated the importance of stopping Republican Herschel Walker from ousting incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.”A Herschel Walker win would be a huge loss for Georgia’s working people.””Georgia! Have you made your plan to vote on Tuesday?!” Climate Power asked over the weekend. “No biggie… just, ya know, the future of our planet on the line.”Planned Parenthood Action Fund president Alexis McGill Johnson is among the national figures who have traveled to the Peach State in recent days to support the first-term senator.”I joined civil…
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The MTA’s surface fleet of nearly 6,000 buses is supposed to get a jolt of life with 60 more electric buses set to hit the streets sometime next year, but experts say the juice docks for the vehicles could be a liability.While this adds four times the number of buses to the 15 electric buses currently in use, a new study suggests the on-street chargers that power these buses need more flood protections. The study, published recently in the peer-reviewed scientific journal “Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment,” seeks to determine just how protected or unprotected the city’s current bus…
In his message commemorating the Day, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that countries across Africa are facing “a perfect storm”. He cited armed conflicts; rising food and energy insecurity; “skyrocketing” inflation and debt; shrinking fiscal space; and mounting climate catastrophes. Yet despite these challenges, the top UN official reminded that Africa includes some of the world’s fastest growing economies with the potential to lead in the global energy transition. Harnessing potential To advance inclusive, resilient, and sustainable industrial development in Africa, he explained that multilateral cooperation is needed – along with bolstered public-private partnerships. “A new financial architecture with greater access to finance…
With the dust still settling on the UN climate change summit in Egypt, another round of international talks is beginning in Montreal, Canada. The UN biodiversity conference, otherwise known as COP15, will assemble world leaders to agree new targets for protecting nature. The loss of biodiversity – the dizzying variety of life forms from microscopic viruses, bacteria and fungi to towering trees and enormous whales – is accelerating. The last agreement in 2010 yielded the 20 Aichi targets which included halving the rate at which species were being lost and expanding protected habitats on land and in the sea by…
Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but also say it informs and raises awareness (Getty Images) This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on technology use and views of internet and social media in the context of democracy and society. The survey was conducted in 19 advanced economies in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. For non-U.S. data, this report draws on nationally representative surveys of 20,944 adults from Feb. 14 to June 3, 2022. All surveys were conducted over the phone with adults in Canada, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece,…
At the regular press briefing in New York, Associate Spokesperson Stéphanie Tremblay told journalists that according to UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA, citing local authorities, strikes affected regions in the north, centre and south, as well as the capital, Kyiv. “In Odesa, the water supply has been compromised due to the lack of electricity to run the pumps, and the heating system in Dnipro and Odesa have also been impacted”, she detailed. “In addition, 40 per cent of the Kyiv region was left without electricity”. Left in the cold Ms. Tremblay said attacks have further damaged Ukraine’s power grid,…
W&P, the beloved kitchen and organization brand, and Hill House Home, a digital-first lifestyle brand, have joined forces for a special insulated drinkware collection. The aesthetic of the offerings embraces the look of ‘cottage core’ which will surely delight consumers who love to cozy up. The collaborative insulated drinkware capsule includes the Insulated Bottle and the Insulated Tumbler. Both are adorned in Hill House’s pastel trellis print, which is iconic for the brand. The W&P x Hill House drinkware features edge-to-edge ceramic coating which ensures that metallic aftertaste is not present. The stainless steel core of the products is also…
In 1835, the Cherokee Nation was promised a delegate in Congress as part of the same treaty – Treaty of New Echota – that led to the death of thousands on the Trail of Tears. Nearly 200 years later, the Cherokee are still fighting to make that promise a reality. “The Treaty of New Echota is a living, valid treaty, and the Delegate provision is intact because it has never been abrogated,” Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin wrote in testimony submitted to the House Committee on Rules on Nov. 16, 2022. “As the Supreme Court has made clear on…
Biotech Labs Are Using AI Inspired by DALL-E to Invent New DrugsWill Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review“These protein generators can be directed to produce designs for proteins with specific properties, such as shape or size or function. In effect, this makes it possible to come up with new proteins to do particular jobs on demand. Researchers hope that this will eventually lead to the development of new and more effective drugs. ‘We can discover in minutes what took evolution millions of years,’ says Gevorg Grigoryan, CEO of Generate Biomedicines.” Disney’s Latest AI Tool De-Ages Actors in SecondsJess Weatherbed |…
Sales by the world’s 100 leading weapons and military services firms continued to increase last year despite significant supply chain challenges—with the United States accounting for more than half of all sales—an annual analysis published Monday revealed.Global arms sales rose for the seventh straight year, increasing by 1.9% to $592 billion in 2021, according to new data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The rate of growth was higher than the previous year, but still well below the 3.7% average of the four years preceding the Covid-19 pandemic.SIPRI said that enduring supply chain disruptions caused by the…