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Pledges to reduce production of oil and gas
*the U.S. Department of Energy-led framework [for monitoring methane
release] will not require producers to make or keep pledges to reduce
their overall production of oil and gas and, as a result, will be
weaponized by the fossil fuel industry to justify increased
production.*
The article describes other flaws too.
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Heirloom plant varieties
Arguing that trying to preserve "heirloom" plant varieties unchanged
conflicts with the need for crops to adapt to handle the extreme
weather that global heating exacerbates every year.
The author perhaps does not know that, among science-fiction fans and
writers, "sci-fi" is a term of disparagement that we applied to movies
because they give priority to special effects and visual
impressiveness rather than to the events in the story.
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IRS audit of Microsoft
An IRS audit of Microsoft found that it owes $29 billion dollars
in back taxes.
*The IRS rejected Microsoft’s attempts to channel profits to a small
factory in Puerto Rico that burned Windows software onto CDs.*
Cory Doctorow: *Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29
billion.*
*"Tax avoidance" (which is [supposedly] legal) isn't a separate
phenomenon from "tax evasion" (which is not), but rather a thinly
veiled euphemism for it:… The tax-avoidance strategies revealed
in the IRS Files are obviously tax evasion, and the IRS simply let it
slide [until Biden fixed it].*
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Centuries to capture carbon
Using carbon capture to capture the emissions that will result from 6
years of the UAE's oil exports would take centuries.
That "solution" is a distraction, nothing more.
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Overpaid CEOs underperform
*10 Years of Study Shows Overpaid CEOs Underperform.*
That is an interesting irony, but even if those CEOs with super-high
salaries provided benefits worth those salaries, it would still be
unfair to society for management to get such a high fraction of the
company's income.
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Humanitarian pauses in Gaza
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for "humanitarian
pauses" in Gaza that would last for days, enough for aid to
effectively reach people.
Short truces lasting days are not equivalent to a permanent cease
fire, but they would head in that direction. Supposing Israel does
them at all.
The US abstained, but unless it pressures Israel to heed this resolution,
Israel may ignore it.
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Urgent: REAL Supreme Court code of conduct
US citizens: call on Congress to pass a real Supreme Court code for
conduct.
It should also cover all the sorts of corruption we have seen.
Alas, that is not in the petition, but it is worth signing anyway.
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Urgent: Fair, independent redistricting in every state
US citizens: call on all US state legislatures to choose fair,
independent redistricting in every state.
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Urgent: Cease fire in Gaza
US citizens: call on Congress to push for a cease fire in Gaza.
The war in Gaza and the war in Ukraine are both wars, but they are not
morally parallel. Putin attacked Ukraine; Ukraine is fighting to
recapture what Putin has taken, while he orders every war crime he can
think of. We should help Ukraine win.
Not so in Gaza. Both sides have made war crimes their policy; both
deserve considerable reproach; neither size deserves our full support.
If you phone, please spread the word!
Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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Urgent: Overturn Corporations United decision
US citizens: call on Congress to overturn the Corporations United decision.
The organization called itself "Citizens United", but it represented
the "rights" of corporations to try to buy elections, so I think the name
"Corporations United" is more accurate.
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