Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Electric Cars, Cool. But When?

What we need to get to a future of energy-efficient cars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/technology/electric-cars-batteries.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Shining a light on the true value of solar power
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210209151816.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Climate change: Erratic weather slows down the economy
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210208114314.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius requires emissions reductions 80% above Paris Agreement targets

Even if all countries meet their Paris Agreement goals for reducing emissions, Earth has only a 5% chance of staying below 2 C warming this century, a 2017 study showed. But reductions about 80% more ambitious, or an average of 1.8% drop in emissions per year rather than 1% per year, would be enough to meet the agreement's stated goal, analysis 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210209083500.htm #climatechange

Big Data Is Booming in the U.S., but Other Countries Are Making the Rules

A number of the world’s largest countries are considering new privacy laws this year

https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-data-is-booming-in-the-u-s-but-other-countries-are-making-the-rules-11612866601?page=1&mod=djemCybersecruityPro&tpl=cy #privacy #security #purism

Climate Change Is Creating a Nightmare for Allergy Sufferers
https://earther.gizmodo.com/climate-change-is-creating-a-nightmare-for-allergy-suff-1846222598 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Minneapolis police used Google location data to find George Floyd protesters
https://www.engadget.com/police-get-google-location-data-george-floyd-protests-183114536.html #privacy #security #purism #librem5

How the US Lost to Hackers
America’s biggest vulnerability in cyberwarfare is hubris.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/technology/cyber-hackers-usa.html #privacy #security #purism

Got Climate Anxiety? These People Are Doing Something About It

Distress over global warming is increasing, but formal and informal support networks are springing up, too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/climate/climate-anxiety-stress.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them.

Times Opinion was able to identify individuals from a trove of leaked smartphone location data.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/capitol-attack-cellphone-data.html #privacy #security #librem5

Denmark will build a wind-generating artificial island in the North Sea
https://www.engadget.com/denmark-energy-island-north-sea-wind-power-140022879.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Sea level will rise faster than previously thought
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210202164530.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

What Facebook's Privacy Policies Don't Tell You
https://gizmodo.com/what-facebooks-privacy-policies-dont-tell-you-1846125879 #privacy #security #purism #libremone

How Climate Change May Affect Your Health

No matter where you live or how high your socioeconomic status, climate change can endanger your health, both physical and mental, now and in the future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/well/eat/climate-change-health.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Let's Reminisce About Last Year's Most Memorable Data Breaches
https://gizmodo.com/lets-reminisce-about-last-years-most-memorable-data-bre-1846154428 #privacy #security #purism

Carbon: Getting to net zero -- and even net negative -- is surprisingly feasible, and affordable
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210127122410.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Impact of rising sea temperatures on marine life

Global warming or climate change. It doesn't matter what you call it. What matters is that right now it is having a direct and dramatic effect on marine environments across our planet.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210126140029.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

They Found a Way to Limit Big Tech’s Power: Using the Design of Bitcoin

Companies inspired by the cryptocurrency are creating social networks, storing online content and hosting websites without any central authority.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/technology/big-tech-power-bitcoin.html #privacy #security #libremone

Earth's ice melt has sped up dramatically in the past 30 years https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/ice-melt-1.5886228 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

How to get more electric cars in the road
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210121150933.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate