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NGO Sues to Force Florida Climate Action
May 31, 2018
The Miami Herald reports that, as part of a growing, global movement seeking to use the judiciary to force government officials and businesses to address climate change, an Oregon-based organization has filed a lawsuit on behalf of children in Florida seeking to force Governor Rick Scott to adopt a "Climate Recovery Plan" cutting back on carbon emissions in the state.
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Massachusetts Court Permits Demand for Exxon Records
May 31, 2018
Illustrating the progression of a set of US state investigations against energy companies over global warming, Reuters reports that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that the state's Attorney General has jurisdiction to demand private records from Exxon to determine whether the company misled consumers regarding the risks of climate change.
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UK Peers Seek Broad AI Regulation
May 24, 2018
The Guardian reports that the UK House of Lords select committee on artificial intelligence (AI) has issued a report warning that the alleged misuse of Facebook data by the firm Cambridge Analytica shows the need for Britain to become a leader in regulation promoting a set of broad goals on the ethical use of AI technology.
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Turkish Unions Embrace Global "Living Wage" Initiative
May 24, 2018
A group of unions in the Turkish textile, garment, and leather sector has endorsed the "Action, Collaboration, Transformation" (ACT) initiative backed by the global union federation IndustriAll as a way through which they plan to promote the payment of a "living wage" to workers in their fields.
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Oxfam: Corporate Lobbying for Lower Taxes Fuels Poverty
May 24, 2018
The activist organization Oxfam has warned that the lobbying US companies perform at the federal level in favor of lowering corporate tax rates undercuts the rhetoric of these businesses on such social and environmental issues as climate change, diversity, and immigration and "fuels the scourge of poverty and inequality in the US and abroad."
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