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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Large amount of water dumped on land by hurricanes

dimanche 2 octobre 2022 à 13:04

* Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Fiona dumped great amounts of water across larger stretches of land — global heating is to blame.*

Lanternfish for fish farms

dimanche 2 octobre 2022 à 13:04

Lanternfish are plentiful, and grow fast. To catch them and use them to feed fish farms is tempting. But they also transport large amounts of carbon to the bottom of the ocean, and it mostly stays there. Catching enough of them to make a difference could speed global heating.

Wolves back on protected list

dimanche 2 octobre 2022 à 13:04

Wolves are back on the US list of protected species.

Biden's commitment to tackle climate crisis

dimanche 2 octobre 2022 à 13:04

* Biden promised to tackle climate crisis but administration’s rhetoric "changed substantially" after the onset of the Ukraine war and it adopted the [fossil fuel] industry's major demands.*

Low-tax "enterprise zones"

dimanche 2 octobre 2022 à 13:04

The UK government created low-tax "enterprise zones" with the aim of increasing the jobs available in those places, but this did not achieve very much.

I also wonder to what extent businesses moved jobs there from other places. If you give businesses special benefits to move jobs to X, they tend to take the jobs from Y and Z.

Whatever the specific effect of any special benefits for some businesses, it always contributes to the transfer of wealth to business owners from the rest of society.