#Indonesia’s sinking, polluted capital is moving to new city

#Indonesia’s sinking, polluted capital is moving to new city

“#Indonesia’s sinking, polluted capital is moving to new city” JAKARTA, Indonesia — Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is leaving and moving the country’s capital to the island of Borneo. President Joko Widodo envisions the construction of a new capital as a panacea for…

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#The Indigenous grandmothers who stopped a pipeline

#The Indigenous grandmothers who stopped a pipeline

“#The Indigenous grandmothers who stopped a pipeline” Plans to flush out salt caverns for gas storage hit a wall of Mi’kmaq grandmothers Cheryl Maloney’s eyes glossed over with tears as she stood near the bank of the Stewiacke River in the middle of Nova Scotia. The news was finally sinking in. Behind her, about 100…

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# Wiki contributors want to drop crypto donations over environmental concerns

# Wiki contributors want to drop crypto donations over environmental concerns

“# Wiki contributors want to drop crypto donations over environmental concerns ” Back in 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation started accepting crypto donations through BitPay, but three years later, the nonprofit organization behind Wikipedia is facing pressure from contributors to disable the option over environmental concerns. A proposal submitted by Molly White (GorillaWarfare) urges the foundation…

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# Green and gold: The crypto projects saving the planet

# Green and gold: The crypto projects saving the planet

“# Green and gold: The crypto projects saving the planet ” It seems as though the potential benefits of cryptocurrency are often overshadowed by the technology’s inherent vulnerability to exploitation.  And it’s true, crypto adoption does come with risks. Over the past year, governments from around the world have raised concerns that crypto could be…

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# Mozilla backflips on accepting crypto after ‘planet incinerating’ backlash

# Mozilla backflips on accepting crypto after ‘planet incinerating’ backlash

“# Mozilla backflips on accepting crypto after ‘planet incinerating’ backlash ” The Mozilla Foundation has put cryptocurrency donations on hold following a community backlash sparked by trenchant criticism from co-founder Jamie Zawinski. Last week the development company behind the Firefox browser tweeted an appeal for donations in cryptocurrency. But earlier today, Mozilla announced it had…

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