Left-wing party wins Greenland election, opposes big mining project
Greenland's left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit party pledged its opposition to a large rare earth mining project on Wednesday after winning a parliamentary election with more than a third of the votes.
Source: reuters.com
Effect of school closures on mortality from coronavirus disease 2019: old and new predictions
"It was predicted in March 2020 that in response to covid-19 a broad lockdown, as opposed to a focus on shielding the most vulnerable members of society, would reduce immediate demand for ICU beds at the cost of more deaths long term. The optimal strategy for saving lives in a covid-19 epidemic is different...
Source: bmj.com
Oppose the educational technology algorithims and technosolutions?
Essay by Audrey Watters on schools and the technology industry ... basically f**k the algorithm. "Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy: I have volunteered to be a guest speaker in classes this Fall. It's really the least I can do to help teachers and students through another tough...
Source: hackeducation.com
Cornwall to tackle traffic emissions at Grampound: Work is to begin on an action plan to improve air quality in Grampound,
Cornwall to tackle traffic emissions at Grampound: Work is to begin on an action plan to improve air quality in Grampound, a village in Western Cornwall, following the declaration of the village as an AQMA. This is a tricky problem to solve (other than diverting all the traffic or going all-electric...
Source: airqualitynews.com
Rise of the rebel journalist
"News is not journalism if what's being reported is only meant to extract value from communities as opposed to creating value within them."
Source: niemanlab.org
Scientists launch campaign to oppose UK exit from EU | Chemistry World
Scientists launch campaign to oppose UK exit from EU | Chemistry World
Source: rsc.org
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