Category Archives: World

08Jul/22

OPINION: Europe classifying gas and nuclear power as green is greenwashing

July 8, 2022Environmentche

Esther Bollendorff and Olivier Vardakoulias are policy experts with Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe.

Earlier this week, the European Parliament adopted the Delegated Act on Taxonomy classifying fossil gas and nuclear as “green” activities for private investors.

This highly controversial act developed by the European Commission, pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron, and supported in early stages by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz illustrates how politics can overrule science.
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07Jul/22

Boris Johnson: a terminal case of hubris syndrome

July 7, 2022PoliticsAmerican people of German descent, Boris Johnson, British MPs, British people, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, David Owen, English people, Government of the United Kingdom, International Democrat Union, Labour Party, Margaret Thatcher, Matthew Flinders, Politics by country, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tom Bower, United Kingdom, university of sheffieldche

As Boris Johnson barricades himself in Number 10, apparently unwilling or unable to listen to the advice of close party colleagues who are calling on him to resign, how can we understand this bizarre melodrama?

As I watched Johnson’s appearance in front of the House of Commons Liaison Committee on the afternoon before his showdown with key members of his cabinet, I couldn’t help but wonder if there was a deeper malady at play. It was as if an existential disconnect had settled across the comfortingly boring committee room.

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04Jul/22

First Mode to combine with Anglo American’s nuGen™ to accelerate decarbonization across mining and heavy industry

July 4, 2022EnvironmentANGLO AMERICAN, Anglo American plc, Articles, Companies of the United Kingdom, Energy economics, Engie, First Mode, Natural environment, Nature, NuGeneration, Toshiba, Zero-energy buildingche

Building on their recent joint success introducing the world’s largest zero-emission haul truck, creative engineering company First Mode and Anglo American have agreed to combine First Mode and Anglo American’s nuGen™ Zero Emissions Haulage Solution (“ZEHS”) under the First Mode name to accelerate the further development and commercialization of nuGen™ ZEHS. Continue reading

01Jul/22

How your brainwaves could be used in criminal trials

July 1, 2022CrimeAcademic disciplines, Articles, Computer to plate, Creative Commons, Crime, Criminal justice, Criminal law, Eyewitness identification, Eyewitness testimony, India, Kevin Strickland, Legal error, Michel Funicelli, Miscarriage of justice, Mistaken identity, New Zealand, P300, Peter Rosenfeld, Police lineup, Teesside University, Thomas Raynard James, United Kingdom, United States, Witnessche

Michel Funicelli, Teesside University

American Kevin Strickland was exonerated after spending 42 years in prison for being wrongfully convicted of a triple murder in November 2021. His 1978 conviction was based on mistaken identification of an eyewitness. The eyewitness later said that police pressured her into identifying Strickland, and attempted to have her testimony recanted but failed. She died in 2015.

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