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• LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Launches Green New Deal

  24-05-2019 17:12 via technocracy.news
  Los Angeles is aspiring to become a City-State unto itself as it honors the Paris Climate Agreement and creates its own Green New Deal, delivering “environmental justice and equity through an inclusive green economy.” ⁃ TN EditorMayor Eric Garcetti today released Los Angeles’ Green New Deal, which sets aggressive goals for the city’s sustainable future, tackles the climate emergency with accelerated targets, strengthens our economy and our middle class, and sets L.A
  
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• Port Worker Blues: Robots Automating Everything

  24-05-2019 16:55 via technocracy.news
  America’s busiest shipping ports will soon look like fully-automated Amazon warehouses, displacing thousands of workers and local businesses. In Los Angeles, port makeover is part of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Green New Deal. ⁃ TN EditorPier 400 in Los Angeles is North America’s largest shipping terminal. More than 1,700 trucks pass through, on average per day, even in the middle of the U.S.-China trade war. All that cargo translates into thousands of miles driven within the f
  
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• Vicious Cycle: Pentagon Buys Services From Tech Giants It Created

  24-05-2019 16:30 via technocracy.news
  Dwight D. Eisenhower warned America about the danger posed by the military-industrial complex but in the same light, he also of a technological elite. It is now more apparent than ever that two forces have merged into a single column. ⁃ TN EditorThe US Department of Defense’s bloated budget, along with CIA venture capital, helped to create tech giants, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and PayPal. The government then contracts those companies to help its military and int
  
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• Gratitude for Senator following departure from shadow ministry

  24-05-2019 08:17
  As Senator the Hon Kim Carr today announced his decision not to renominate as Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Science & Technology Australia thanked him for his years of service to the solutions sector. Serving as both Minister and Shadow Minister for science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the Labor team for […]
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• Climate change: Extreme weather linked to childhood gastro

  24-05-2019 01:53
  
  Researchers have found there is a correlation between extreme weather and cases of gastro among children caused by a common parasite.
  
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