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Rebuffing Prime Minister's Order to Stay in Class, Australian Students Forge Ahead With #ClimateStrike Walkouts

The Senate just voted for a motion to support the #ClimateStrike and call for the government to have a climate policy!

Thanks to everyone who stood on the right side of history, everyone else can get stuffed. pic.twitter.com/hSibdpncAO — School Strike 4 Climate (@StrikeClimate) November 27, 2018.

"As young people we're already seeing the devastating impacts of climate change and will be forced to endure the consequences of our government's inaction.

"You may not have to live through 50 degree [122 degrees Fahrenheit] days, bushfires, and crippling drought, but we will.

Already, we are living with climate impacts and the toll it is taking on us as young people is huge.

"We're at the stage where we can't vote and by the time we're in power, it's going to be too late to start making change," Hinchliffe told Buzzfeed News.

"So I think it's really important that we can start taking action in any way we can. »

Sinclair Forces Local TV Stations to Air Segment Defending Tear-Gassing Migrants

Authored by thedailybeast.com

The “must-run” segment, which airs in the middle of otherwise ostensibly objective local-news broadcasts, begins with Epshteyn declaring: “The migrant crisis on our southern border has greatly escalated.”.

As footage from the confrontation plays on the screen, he adds: “Dozens of migrants attacked U.S. border enforcement by throwing rocks and bottles.

It is not a partisan position to believe that our immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed. »

Update: CRISPR co-inventor responds to claim of first genetically edited babies

Authored by news.berkeley.edu

The clinical report has not been published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Because the data have not been peer reviewed, the fidelity of the gene editing process cannot be evaluated.

Scientists urge caution in using new CRISPR technology to treat human genetic disease (With video, 2015). »

Google employees: We no longer believe the company places values over profits

Authored by cnbc.com

Google employees are calling on the company to cancel Project Dragonfly, an effort to create a censored search engine in China.

"Many of us accepted employment at Google with the company's values in mind, including its previous position on Chinese censorship and surveillance, and an understanding that Google was a company willing to place its values above its profits," an open letter signed by Google employees published Tuesday on Medium says.

"After a year of disappointments including Project Maven, Dragonfly, and Google's support for abusers, we no longer believe this is the case.". »

US sued for $60 million after infant in detention later died

Authored by washingtonpost.com

Lawyers for the mother of a toddler who died several weeks after being released from the nation’s largest family detention center have filed a legal claim seeking $60 million from the U.S. government for the child’s death.

HOUSTON — The mother of a toddler who died weeks after being released from the nation’s largest family detention center filed a legal claim seeking $60 million from the U.S. government for the child’s death.

ICE and CoreCivic replaced its agreement with Eloy in September with an arrangement made with the city of Dilley. »