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Energy regulator nominees face Senate committee
March 25, 2024
President Joe Biden’s three nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission faced questions from a U.S. Senate committee Thursday, with senators probing their views on…
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Advocates threaten lawsuit to get Florida manatees reclassified as endangered species
March 22, 2024
Supporters of bolstering protections for manatees notified the federal government Thursday that they are preparing to file a lawsuit over delays in determining whether manatees…
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Research continues to progress on the potential mental and physical health benefits of psychedelics used in a therapeutic context. Yet psychedelic substances remain illegal around…
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Groundbreaking Harvard Study Outlines Clear Path to Reducing Global Livestock Sector’s Emissions by 61%
March 22, 2024
In a recent collaborative research effort led by scientists from Harvard University, New York University, Leiden University, and Oregon State University, a report has been…
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GOP lawmakers in Georgia passed a bill Wednesday to punish employers that make it easier for workers to form unions, sending the legislation to Republican…
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The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy
March 21, 2024
For years, climate scientists have called for a phase-out of fossil fuels to avoid catastrophic global warming. Now, according to a first-of-its-kind survey of more…
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The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow
March 21, 2024
An op-ed by Adam Ziegler: On my left: the edge of the off-ramp, a modest guardrail, and a fifty-foot drop. On my right, inching closer: a…
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When Ron Sullivan organized his bi-annual Trial Advocacy Workshop, an intensive course teaching trial skills at Harvard Law School, pizza wasn’t on his mind. But…
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An op-ed co-written by Nicholas Stephanopoulos: New Jersey’s primary election is not until June, but state elections are already in the national spotlight because of…
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Paul Chan, the top finance official of Hong Kong, traveled to Paris, London, Frankfurt and Berlin last September to lure foreign investors. Last month he…
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The Just Security Podcast: Crisis in Haiti
March 19, 2024
Haiti’s crisis of gang violence and political dysfunction has been spiraling out of control. The number of reported homicides more than doubled last year to…
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Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s Supreme Court chambers are not quite as grand as those he occupied before he retired in 2022, but they are still…
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It’s Just Fine If Public Officials Block You on Social Media
March 18, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In a unanimous, pragmatic opinion, the US Supreme Court has drawn a roadmap allowing public officials to block users on…
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Who Will Enforce AI’s Social Purpose?
March 18, 2024
An article by Roberto Tallarita: Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI has cast a public spotlight on one of the hardest problems in artificial intelligence (AI)…
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In Noah Feldman’s latest book, “To Be A Jew Today,” the Harvard Law professor turns his focus to his own faith in order to understand…
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How EPA could change the power plant rule’s ‘finer details’
March 18, 2024
EPA may change more in its upcoming power plant rule than last month’s headline-grabbing decision to exclude natural gas plants. The rule, which will set…
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A ‘Wary Faith’ in the Courts
March 18, 2024
During its heyday in the 1960s the civil rights movement caused deep divisions in American society. More recently it has been absorbed into a whiggish…
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The Next Tech Backlash Will Be About Hygiene
March 18, 2024
An article by Jonnie Penn: For centuries it was biology that made humans sick. Today, it is often stress. So argues Dr Gabor Maté about…
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The omission of meat-eating reduction from proposals in a UN roadmap to tackle the climate crisis and end hunger is “bewildering”, according to academic experts.
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It’s time to charge oil companies with homicide
March 18, 2024
In 1980, Ernest Pebbles, in-house counsel and future vice president for the Big Tobacco company Brown & Williamson, wrote a memo detailing his concerns about…
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Battle of the ban: TikTok fight is just getting started
March 15, 2024
This week’s congressional crackdown on the Chinese-owned social network TikTok is only the beginning. A bill passed overwhelmingly by the US House on Wednesday would…