Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Atmospheric drying will lead to lower crop yields, shorter trees across the globe
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210308111954.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

America, Your Privacy Settings Are All Wrong - Using an opt-in approach will help curb the excesses of Big Tech.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/opinion/data-tech-privacy-opt-in.html #privacy #security #purism #bigtech

Will climate change outpace species adaptation?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210304133457.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Want to cut emissions that cause climate change? Tax carbon
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210304125337.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Global warming poses threat to food chains
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301112403.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

New UN Climate Report Puts the World on 'Red Alert' for Climate Catastrophe
https://earther.gizmodo.com/new-un-climate-report-puts-the-world-on-red-alert-for-c-1846363339 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

A Major Ocean Current May Be Hurtling Towards Collapse
https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-major-ocean-current-may-be-hurtling-towards-collapse-1846337333 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

What’s Really Behind Corporate Promises on Climate Change?
Many big businesses have not set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Others have weak goals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/business/energy-environment/corporations-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Ransomware Gang Says It's Selling Data from Cyberattack That California DMV Warned About
https://gizmodo.com/ransomware-gang-says-its-selling-data-from-cyberattack-1846307574 #privacy #security #ransomware #purism

France Just Suffered a SolarWinds-Style Cyberattack
https://gizmodo.com/france-just-suffered-a-solarwinds-style-cyberattack-1846276808 #privacy #security #purism

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