According to reporting by NPR in December 2022 and The Conversation in January 2023, unions won more than 70 percent of their certification elections in 2022. In fiscal year 2022, 2,510 petitions for union representation were filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) between October 1, 2021, and September…
About 90 percent of rainforest carbon offsets certified by Verra, the world’s largest offset certifier, do not reflect real reductions in emissions, according to reports produced jointly by the Guardian, SourceMaterial, and Die Zeit in January 2023, with subsequent coverage from Truthout. Verra, which runs the Verified Carbon Standard that…
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Stalkerware—surveillance apps that secretly record and upload cellphone activities—could become a significant legal threat to people seeking abortions, according to a pair of articles published in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Writing for the tech news site CNET just two…
The United States consistently fails to ban and regulate harmful chemicals, ProPublica reported in December 2022. Neil Bedi, Sharon Lerner, and Kathleen McGrory explained how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the chemical industry are responsible for causing the United States to become “a global laggard in chemical regulation.” Michal…
Former employees of US and Israeli intelligence agencies now hold senior positions at Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants, where these individuals influence policy and control programs that regulate internet users’ access to information, Alan MacLeod reported in a pair of stories published by MintPress News in July and…
Environmental scientists have found hazardous levels of manufactured chemicals in rainwater, leading to the dramatic conclusion that rainwater is “no longer safe to drink anywhere on Earth,” according to an August 2022 report from Insider. Morgan McFall-Johnsen’s article reported results from a global study of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)…
