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@lemm.eehttps://apnews.com/article/monsanto-seattle-pollution-settlement-655da11a1a83485c765e3008359bbe77
Ending an eight-year legal battle, chemical giant Monsanto has agreed to a $160-million settlement with Seattle for its part in polluting the Lower Duwamish River with toxins that posed a threat to humans, fish and wildlife.
https://newatlas.com/robotics/brain-organoid-robot/
Living brain cells wired into organoid-on-a-chip biocomputers can now learn to drive robots, thanks to an open-source intelligent interaction system called MetaBOC. This remarkable project aims to re-home human brain cells in artificial bodies.
https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/07/01/seattles-population-nears-800000-in-latest-state-tally/
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/29/renewable-energy-44-7-of-eu-electricity-production-in-2023-now-1/amp/
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Eurostat has now released electricity data from 2023, and it shows that 44.7% of EU electricity production came from renewable energy sources last year!* Fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) production was down, a lot. ... [continued]
https://apnews.com/article/police-shooting-murder-trial-law-enforcement-42722f3b1568176b4750bc4b9643866e
A jury has found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-abortion-ban-linked-rise-infant-newborn-deaths-rcna158375
“This might foreshadow what is happening in other states,” said Johns Hopkins public health researcher Alison Gemmill. “Texas is basically a year ahead.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-bnsf-pay-washington-190218921.html
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe's reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last year that the railway deliberately violated the terms of a 1991 easement with the Swinomish Tribe north of Seattle that allows trains to carry no more than 25 cars per day. The judge held a trial earlier this month to determine how much in profits BNSF made through trespassing from 2012 to 2021 and how much it should be required to disgorge.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/washington-state-bans-single-use-foam-that-breaks-up-and-pollutes-waterways-for-orcas-and-salmon/
https://www.phonearena.com/news/t-mobile-customer-price-hike-fcc-complaint-spectacular-fail_id159270
At least one customer unhappy with T-Mobile's recent price hikes has taken his frustration to the FCC, and despite the carrier's "respectful request", said customer seems to have no intention to "close" their complaint.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/tesla-chair-says-elon-musk-needs-46-billion-pay-plan-to-stay-motivated/
Musk could devote less time to Tesla if pay isn't re-approved, shareholders hear.