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Huawei founder hits back at US & Canada

RT America

Published on Feb 21, 2019

While Chinese telecomm giant Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou remains under house arrest in Canada, the company’s founder has finally spoken up about her case. He deems the arrest a political move and insists that Huawei does not engage in espionage. RT America’s Alex Mihailovich reports for the News with Rick Sanchez.

Bioethics on the Margins: Vulnerable Populations and Health Outcomes

arvard Divinity SchoolPublished on Feb 21, 2019

Wylin D. Wilson, 2018-19 WSRP Visiting Associate Professor, delivers the lecture “‘Bioethics on the Margins: Vulnerable Populations and Health Outcomes.”

Climate Denier to Head New Trump Panel Despite Once Comparing Climate Scientists to Nazis

Democracy Now!   Published on Feb 21, 2019

https://democracynow.org – The White House is reportedly organizing a new committee to examine whether climate change poses a threat to national security, to be led by notorious climate change denier, Princeton University professor emeritus William Happer. Observers say his involvement in the “Presidential Committee on Climate Security” indicates the Trump administration wants to undermine findings within the national security community that climate change poses a severe threat to human safety. William Happer is a National Security Council senior director who has long claimed increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will actually benefit humans. He has compared the fight against climate change to the Holocaust, saying, “The demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler.” We speak with journalist David Wallace-Wells, deputy editor and climate columnist for New York magazine. His new book is titled “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming.”

See related:

• The State, The Military and The Global Climate Crisis: The U.S. Military Has Taken the Lead on Climate Change, But What Happens Next? 
• Needed: An Honest Cost-Benefit Analysis of Fossil Fuels to Avoid Extinction
• The Uninhabitable Earth: Unflinching New Book Lays Out Dire Consequences of Climate Chaos

The Uninhabitable Earth: Unflinching New Book Lays Out Dire Consequences of Climate Chaos

Democracy Now!   Published on Feb 21, 2019

https://democracynow.org – “It is worse, much worse, than you think.” That’s the opening line of a damning new book by journalist David Wallace-Wells that offers an unflinching look at the growing climate catastrophe. “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming” sounds the alarm about the climate crisis and the need for swift and radical action to save the planet from unimaginable destruction. We speak to Wallace-Wells about the rapid heating of the planet, which he says could reach more than 4 degrees Celsius by 2100.

• The Uninhabitable Earth: When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot For Humans?
• The State, The Military and The Global Climate Crisis: The U.S. Military Has Taken the Lead on Climate Change, But What Happens Next? 
• A Story of the Future of Earth | David Wallace-Wells
• Opinion | Time to Panic – The New York Times
• Civilsation Could End – But That’s Not the Worst Thing
• He wrote a Story on the Worst Scenarios of Climate Change
• Climate change: Are we all doomed? – UpFront
• Harvard panelists consider worst-case scenarios for climate | Harvard Gazette
• “It’s an opinion-based culture, not an evidence-based culture.” – Guy McPherson
• When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot For Humans?
• Will global warming lead to Earth’s demise?
  and, appallingly, but quite predictably:
• Climate Denier to Head New Trump Panel Despite Once Comparing Climate Scientists to Nazis

Bernie Sanders Raises Record $6 Million After Launching 2020 Bid

Feb 21, 2019

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders raised nearly $6 million in the first 24 hours after launching his 2020 presidential bid—crushing the fundraising efforts of his fellow 2020 hopefuls. California Senator Kamala Harris was the second-highest fundraiser, receiving $1.5 million in donations in the 24 hours after her announcement. His campaign said the average donation was $27—the same as during his 2016 run.