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Guterres: 'Tax fossil fuel profits for climate damage’
September 29, 2022
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the General Assembly that polluters should pay for the impact of climate-related events, highlighting that any profits made by fossil fuel companies should be taxed to pay for « climate damage ».
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Corbly: The Troubling Rise of Surveillance Cities
September 21, 2022
Houston has put in place a new mandate that places business owners in the service of state functions by requiring certain businesses such as nightclubs, bars and convenience stores to provide police access to private surveillance footage.
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Matthews in Morningstar: Sen. Toomey tells SEC chief that Supreme Court May Overrule New Climate Rules
September 20, 2022
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, in particular, Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, challenged Securities and Exchange Chairman Gary Gensler's plan to implement new rules requiring public companies to report risks related to climate change and their own greenhouse gas emissions by predicting that the SEC would lose the battle before the Supreme Court.
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WHO Signs Letter Calling for Governments to End Use of Fossil Fuel
September 14, 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) have joined more than 1,000 health professionals and 175 health organizations calling for an urgent “fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty” by sending a letter demanding that governments lay out a legally binding global plan to end the use of fossil fuel.
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Steven B. Smith: In Defense of Liberalism
September 14, 2022
Steven B. Smith writing for the Witherspoon Institute’s Journal, Public Discourse, summarizes in depth Francis Fukuyama’s book Liberalism and its Discontents, which presents a defense of Liberalism that despite its faults, it is still the best system for society.
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