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  • Scottsbluff demonstrators bring awareness to global warming during People’s Climate March – NBC Nebraska

    NBC Nebraska Scottsbluff demonstrators bring awareness to global warming during People’s Climate MarchNBC Nebraska“I just would like people to remember that science is not an alternative fact, there is global warming and we are facing climate change which will bring about some major disasters in our ecosystems, we need to do everything we can to…

  • EPA scrubs climate change information from website – New York Post

    New York Post EPA scrubs climate change information from websiteNew York PostThe heavy edits came hours before tens of thousands of climate–change activists marched to the White House during a Saturday protest. The agency eliminated EPA.gov pages relating to climate science, projections of the future impacts of human-caused …EPA removes climate change information from websiteCNNEPA removes…

  • Global warming real or not? A Trump supporter weighs in – NJ.com

    NJ.com Global warming real or not? A Trump supporter weighs inNJ.comSofia wanted to know from a Trump supporter why they’re okay with the fact that the new administration hasn’t made tackling global warming a priority. “I do believe in global warming. I do not believe that humans are affecting global warming as much as ……

  • Man-made global warming is real, not a hoax – South Whidbey Record (subscription)

    Man-made global warming is real, not a hoaxSouth Whidbey Record (subscription)I am responding to the questions asked by David Powell of Oak Harbor regarding the contributions of humans to global warming. Firstly, the writer asked if the same natural processes that caused global warming after the last ice age are happening now? and more »

  • Yes, I am a climate alarmist. Global warming is a crime against humanity – The Guardian

    The Guardian Yes, I am a climate alarmist. Global warming is a crime against humanityThe GuardianIt is a fact that those least responsible for global warming, the global poor living in the global south, are most immediately vulnerable to climate change. This reality carries profound moral implications. Whole island nations in the southern …

  • Here are our top 8 climate change stories of 2017 – The Washington … – Washington Post

    Washington Post Here are our top 8 climate change stories of 2017 – The Washington …Washington PostFor the 2017 Peoples Climate March, here is a collection of some of The Washington Post’s best global warming coverage. and more »

  • Smart Cities Are Going to Be a Security Nightmare

    In the fictional world of the video game Watch Dogs, you can play a hacktivist who takes over the central operating system of a futuristic, hyper-connected Chicago. With control over the city’s security system, you can spy on residents using surveillance cameras, intercept phone calls, and cripple the city’s critical infrastructure, unleashing a vicious cyberattack that brings the…

  • Don’t Give Up on Unconscious Bias Training — Make It Better

    There’s a growing skepticism about whether unconscious bias training is an effective tool to meet corporate diversity goals. Critics of such training contend that it doesn’t visibly move the needle on diversity numbers, and can even backfire. Some academic studies support this perspective: one longitudinal study found that traditional diversity trainings are the least effective…

  • How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

    Laura Schneider for HBR Are companies seeing any value to their investments in “big data”? I’ve been surveying executives of Fortune 1000 companies about their data investments since 2012, and for the first time a near majority – 48.4% — report that their firms are achieving measurable results from their big data investments, with 80.7%…

  • Returning to Work When You’re Grieving

    The death of a loved one can be devastating. And while many companies provide bereavement leave, the leave is often only three to five days. Some of us are fortunate to be able to reduce work hours or quit work altogether for a while. Others have a manager who gives us unofficial time off. Even so,…