How Earth Day became public relations day Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recent issues

Apr 232019
 

On its 49th birthday, Earth Day is having a midlife crisis. In the beginning, it was a policy-shaking event that awakened a new generation of activists. But now even environmentalists have misgivings about it. Sure, they can get behind planting trees and clearing trash out of rivers, but they have issues with Earth Day itself. What issues, you ask? I asked environmentalists to weigh in. Their qualms were numerous: Earth Day is too short. (C’mon,…

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NPM is Not Particularly Magnanimous? Staff fired after trying to unionize – complaints The Register

Apr 232019
 

Plus: Employee diversity, harassment brouhahas within Microsoft, Google Special report  Three of the five people axed from JavaScript package management biz NPM Inc last month claim bosses got rid of them for trying to form a union.…

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Climate rebels occupy London Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recent issues

Apr 232019
 

More than 1,000 people participating in the Extinction Rebellion have been arrested during the past week in London. The international movement, which seeks radical changes “to minimize the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse,” began in the United Kingdom six months ago after the release of a dire report on global warming from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and is spreading to other European countries. In recent days, protesters in London have…

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