The Daily Populous

Wednesday October 10th, 2018 day edition

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Greece has banned fat tourists from riding on donkeys after campaigners said the animals were being left with spinal injuries.

The move comes after shocking images emerged of donkeys climbing the narrow steps of the Greek island of Santorini holding obese holidaymakers.

Greece has banned fat tourists from riding on donkeys after campaigners said the animals were being left with spinal injuries (Picture: Caters News Agency).

The country’s Ministry of Rural Development and Food has published a new set of regulations regarding donkeys’ wellbeing after receiving multiple complaints following media coverage in July.

These state donkeys giving tourists rides in Santorini should not carry any loads heavier than 100kg, or one fifth of their weight.

New rules state that donkeys giving tourists rides in Santorini should not carry any loads heavier than 100kg, or one fifth of their weight (Picture: Caters).

[While this means they will stop carrying fat tourists], the donkeys are still forced to carry cement, appliances, and all sorts of heavy weights.’. »

35 States Tell the FCC to Get Off Its Ass and Do Something About Spoofed Robocalls

Authored by gizmodo.com

Last November, the FCC created the 2017 Call Blocking Order, which is supposed to provide phone companies a means of weeding out and blocking robocalls.

But a group of concerned attorneys general have observed that the robocall issue is getting worse, despite the order.

The formal comment released today states that reports reflect there were an estimated 30.5 billion illegal robocalls made to cellphones and landlines last year. »

Jaywalking: How the car industry outlawed crossing the road

Authored by bbc.co.uk
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Then in New York officials responded to several pedestrian deaths last month by issuing a flurry of tickets for jaywalking.

Though the petition failed, an alarmed auto industry scrambled to shift the blame for pedestrian casualties from drivers to walkers.

Wherever there's a push to protect the rights of pedestrians, officials feel they also need to enforce limits on them. »

Clean Water Act dramatically cut pollution in U.S. waterways

Authored by news.berkeley.edu

The 1972 Clean Water Act has driven significant improvements in U.S. water quality, according to the first comprehensive study of water pollution over the past several decades, by researchers at UC Berkeley and Iowa State University.

These numbers are at odds with other environmental regulations like the Clean Air Act, which show much higher benefits compared to costs.

In Gallup polls, water pollution is consistently ranked as Americans’ top environmental concern – higher than air pollution and climate change. »