A group of scientists respond after UK government minister Heather Wheeler stated that it had been ‘widely reported on social media that 75% of the fires were started by arsonists’ We write as scientists alarmed that a minister has ignored scientific evidence, relying instead on grossly misleading social media sources. In the House of Commons
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15 January 2020
Disinformation on Australian bushfires should not be spread by ministers | Letter
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14 January 2020
Bushfires Hasten the Death Knell of many Australian Native Animals and Plants
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Kangaroos in Bawley Point on the south coast of New South Wales. Credit: Neena Bhandari/IPS By Neena BhandariSYDNEY, Australia, Jan 14 2020 (IPS) The chatter of cockatoos and lorikeets has given way to an eerie silence in smoke enveloped charred landscapes across south-eastern Australia. The unrelenting bushfires have driven many native animal and plant species
14 January 2020
Cybersecurity Threats Call for a Global Response
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Credit: International Telecommunication Union (ITU) By David LiptonWASHINGTON DC, Jan 14 2020 (IPS) Last March, Operation Taiex led to the arrest of the gang leader behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks on over 100 financial institutions worldwide. This law enforcement operation included the Spanish national police, Europol, FBI, the Romanian, Moldovan, Belarusian, and Taiwanese
14 January 2020
The Guardian view on policing protest: not a job for counter-terrorism | Editorial
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Bracketing Extinction Rebellion with neo-Nazis is grotesque. A review of Prevent must now take place Surprise will have been many people’s understandable reaction to learning that Extinction Rebellion, the environmentalist network, was listed by British counter-terrorism police alongside violent neo-Nazi and Islamist groups in a guide to “extremist ideologies”. The document, issued to schools, included
14 January 2020
Vanguard refuses to sign up to climate crisis commitment
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US asset manager that built up fossil fuel portfolio fails to join rivals in engaging with climate Vanguard, the world’s second largest asset manager, has refused to sign up to a group of major investors demanding that polluters respond to the climate crisis, despite its rival BlackRock relenting to pressure to do so. The US
13 January 2020
Australia’s Wildfires Part of a Vicious Cycle of Food & Fire
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A fire in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, December 30, 2019. Photo by Ned Dawson for Victoria State Government. By John Leary and Lindsay CobbSILVER SPRINGS, Maryland, Jan 13 2020 (IPS) “Unprecedented.” “Hell on Earth.” “Catastrophic.” In Australia, these terms are being used to describe 17.9 million acres of burned land so far. While
13 January 2020
U.S. Might Pull Troops from West Africa, but Who Will it Affect?
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Members assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment Pacific in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, July 15, 2019. Courtesy: CC by 2.0/U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ford Williams By Samira SadequeUNITED NATIONS, Jan 13 2020 (IPS) While the United States is busy with foreign operations such as killing Qasem Soleimani, a
13 January 2020
Extinction Rebellion guidance raises fresh concerns over Prevent
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Latest controversy comes at a problematic time for UK anti-radicalisation scheme Ex-Prevent chief criticises terror list’s inclusion of Extinction Rebellion The now recalled guidance issued by counter-terror police that placed Extinction Rebellion alongside the likes of jihadists and neo-Nazis emerged at a problematic time for the government’s flagship anti-radicalisation programme, Prevent. The voluntary initiative is
12 January 2020
How bad can the climate crisis get if Trump wins again?
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US greenhouse gas emissions are up since 2017 and Trump’s administration has ripped up curbs on climate polluters Climate pollution in the US is up under Donald Trump and threatens to undermine international efforts to stall the crisis, especially if he wins re-election this year and secures a second term in the White House. While
12 January 2020
Disinformation and lies are spreading faster than Australia’s bushfires
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Social media claims of an arson epidemic and obstructive environmentalists have infected mainstream reporting of the bushfire crisis Lies have spread faster than grassfire during Australia’s unprecedented national emergency. They’ve ranged from the exaggerated to the outrageous. Related: Australia is built on lies, so why would we be surprised about lies about climate change? |