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Last year when I reviewed Nest co-founder Matt Rogers’ new project, the Mill smart trash can, I was impressed with its food-grinding prowess. But I disliked its monthly subscription and that it wasn’t actually making chicken feed out of my food waste as promised. A year later, the company is out with the second generation of the … Read more
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ariana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaii in 2017 when she saw the photo online: a black-and-white picture of a man holding a baby. The caption said: “Nelson Anjain getting his baby monitored on March 2, 1954, by … Read more
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Allegations that Tesla mishandled hazardous waste point to a systemic failure at the company’s California facilities. This was no simple accident or one-off event. No less than 25 counties sued Tesla this week for allegedly illegally disposing of hazardous waste. Within a couple days, the Elon Musk-led company agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle … Read more
Well, that was fast. A settlement has been reached just two days after District Attorneys from 25 California counties filed a lawsuit against Tesla over allegations the automaker repeatedly mishandled hazardous waste at its facilities throughout the state. Tesla has agreed to pay $1.3 million in civil penalties and $200,000 to reimburse the costs of … Read more
Tesla has been sued by 25 California counties alleging the automaker has repeatedly mishandled hazardous waste at facilities throughout the state. The lawsuit was filed after months of settlement talks apparently fell apart. The complaint, filed in San Joaquin County Superior Court, states that Tesla improperly labeled and disposed of materials like “lead acid batteries … Read more
Oppenheimer’s Christopher Nolan received scathing comments for one of his sci-fi movies by his Peloton instructor Photo: Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi movie bashed as a waste of time Christopher Nolan receives criticism for one of his sci-fi movies. As fans will know, Christopher Nolan recently bagged the award for best director for his hit movie Oppenheimer at … Read more
Rawpixel / iStock.com Part of the reason so many lottery winners and heirs blow their windfalls shortly after getting rich is that they never learned the skills to manage, guard and grow that kind of money. The other reason is that they never had to sweat, sacrifice and risk to grow the fortunes that fell … Read more
Josh Hawley is a cosponsor of a radiation compensation reauthorization measure on Capitol Hill. But the measure was recently dropped from the final version of the annual defense bill. And Hawley is pointing at Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell over the issue. An expansion and reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for months at a time, while ashes and the stench of smoke hang in the air. Suryana has spent more than three decades living in the shadow of the power plant in northern … Read more
Americans tossed 292.4 million tons of trash into landfills in 2018, or about 5 pounds of garbage per person per day. Once in a landfill, much of that trash undergoes some wild chemistry, often polluting the surrounding area. But amid all the stinking refuse is potentially valuable material, and some environmentalists and engineers see landfills … Read more