On Monday, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) brought proceedings against Facebook in the Federal Court, asking the court to impose financial penalties for serious interference with the privacy of more than 300,000 Australians. To our knowledge, this is the first time the privacy regulator has sought civil penalty orders under the Privacy […]
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is at risk from over-exploitation GETTY IMAGES A study has called into question the effectiveness of measures to clamp down on the illegal wildlife trade. Critically endangered eels have been sold recently in Hong Kong stores, despite bans on their international trade, according to DNA […]
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends the weekly College of Commissioners meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has put climate change at the top of her priorities and pledged to make Europe the first climate neutral continent by […]
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio distributes reusable bags on February 28, 2020 ahead of the statewide ban on plastic bags Consumerist mecca New York targets its throwaway culture this weekend with a ban on single-use plastic bags that has been years in the making and is still rare in […]
PA MEDIA Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling. The government’s decision to allow the expansion was unlawful because it did not take climate commitments into account, the Court of Appeal said. Heathrow said it would challenge the decision, […]
Monsanto’s controversial herbicides have been sprayed on fields for decades GETTY IMAGES German chemical giant Bayer is to appeal against a Missouri court’s award of $265m (£203m) to a US peach grower who blamed a herbicide for crop damage. Farmer Bill Bader sued Bayer and BASF, alleging that dicamba weedkiller […]
Hundreds of people have been exonerated after confessing to crimes they didn’t commit. (Image: © Shutterstock) The confession has been called the king of evidence, as good as a conviction. And so it seems incredulous that innocent people would incriminate themselves by confessing to something they didn’t actually do. But […]
Scott Pruitt, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was widely criticized for barring researchers who received agency grants from serving on its science advisory panels. GAGE SKIDMORE/FLICKR (CC BY-SA 2.0) Originally published by E&E News Green groups have clocked a win against a controversial Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy […]
The proposed Migratory Bird Treaty Act doesn’t have the crucial clause that kept companies from killing vulnerable species. Birds like this could soon be left unprotected James Lee/Unsplash The Trump Administration just laid out their plans to gut one of the most important laws protecting birds in the United States. […]
Looking a bit like a bowl of spaghetti, this map shows the general scheme of the US stock market — formally known as the National Market System — as described by a team of scientist at the University of Vermont and The MITRE Corporation. Spread out between four communities in northern […]