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Why we need to focus on existing clean energy solutions (Energy Monitor)

Philippa Nuttall Jones Climate action and the energy transition are, along with Covid-19, top of the global political and economic agenda. Now is the time...

The Dead Sea is dying. Drinking water is scarce. Jordan faces a climate crisis (Los Angeles Times)

By NABIH BULOS Photography by MARCUS YAM  The first time people here saw a sinkhole, they thought a small asteroid had slammed into the Dead Sea’s salt-encrusted shore. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-04-15/the-dead-sea-is-dying-drinking-water-is-scarce-jordan-faces-a-climate-crisis?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20210416&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20Daily

How to create a just energy transition (Energy Monitor)

A literature review by the Environmental Defense Fund, an NGO, reveals five recommendations to deliver a just transition that is fair to workers and...

Facebook faces ‘mass action’ lawsuit in Europe over 2019 breach (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Facebook is to be sued in Europe over the major leak of user data that dates back to 2019 but which only came to...

Oxbotica raises $13.8M from Ocado to build autonomous vehicle tech for the online grocer’s logistics network (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Ocado, the UK online grocer that has been making strides reselling its technology to other grocery companies to help them build and run...

Sen. Wyden proposes limits on exportation of American’s personal data (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has proposed a draft bill that would limit the types of information that could be bought and sold by tech companies...

Twitter bans James O’Keefe of Project Veritas over fake account policy (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey Twitter has banned right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe, creator of political gotcha video producer Project Veritas, for violating its “platform manipulation and spam policy,”...

Classified Workloads Coming to MilCloud This Summer, GDIT Says (NextGov)

Mila Jasper And DOD’s deputy chief information officer said DISA’s on-premise cloud contract is part of a group of offerings filling the JEDI void. https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2021/04/classified-workloads-coming-milcloud-summer-gdit-says/173400/

FBI Opens a Case on Chinese Activity ‘Every 10 Hours,’ Intel Chiefs Say (NextGov)

Patrick Tucker China leads a pack of threats to the United States, they tell lawmakers https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2021/04/fbi-opens-case-chinese-activity-every-10-hours-intel-chiefs-say/173396/

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