Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
New report by Center for International Environmental Law warns: “Plastic is a Global Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight.”
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Links 2/24/19
Bills Criminalizing Pipeline Protest Arise in Statehouses Nationwide
Comprehensive overview of eight state-level initiatives promoted by oil and gas industry lobbyists to criminalize pipeline protests.
Read more...India Forces Amazon to Choose Between Operating e-Commerce Platform and Selling Goods on that Platform
New rules just came into effect in India that force Amazon to remove products for sale through vendors in which they have an equity stake, meaning Amazon must choose between whether it wants to control the platform, or sell its products. It cannot do both.
Read more...Links 2/11/2019
Are Investors Finally Waking up to North America’s Fracked Gas Crisis?
The latest in Justin Mikulka’s excellent coverage on the fracking beat for DeSmog Blog.
Read more...AOC Campaign Finance Primer Goes Viral
Some thoughts on AOC’s campaign finance primer, after video goes viral.
Read more...Links 2/10/19
Beware Proposed E-Commerce Rules
Transnational tech giants seek to rewrite international rules, especially those concerning e-commerce, to advance their business interests and control over data.
Read more...Cisco Joins Other Tech Giants in Calling for a Federal Privacy Law
Cisco joins other big tech companies in calling for a federal privacy law. This is a blatant attempt to shutter what Louis Brandeis called the “laboratories of democracy” – states, such as California, that pioneer new policies to protect their citizens.
Read more...Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Biometric Privacy Law, Clearing the Way for Lawsuits
Illinois Supreme Court hands down unanimous decision that an individual needn’t prove actual injury nor adverse effect to recover under the state’s bellwether biometric privacy statute.
Read more...Links 2/7/19
Our Plastics, Our Selves
Account of the research expedition undertaken by the vessel The Sea Dragon to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ubiquitous plastic is affecting marine life, and humans, in ways scientists are only beginning to to understand.
Read more...Servaas Storm: The Bogus Paper That Gutted Workers’ Rights
For years, governments in India and much of the developing world have followed the advice of a paper arguing that labor regulations actually hurt workers. The problem? The research was wrong.
Read more...Global Gains on Right to Repair
The right to repair movement is growing — not just in the US, but in the EU, Australia, and New Zealand as well.
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