Links

Lloyd's of London to divest from coal over climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/21/lloyds-of-london-to-divest-from-coal-over-climate-change


Are Climate Change and the Environment Driving Protests in Iran and Tunisia?
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/24034/are-climate-change-and-the-environment-driving-protests-in-iran-and-tunisia


Annual poll finds 31 per cent of CEOs now 'extremely concerned' about threat to growth from environmental damage
CEO's concerns that climate change and wider environmental damage represent a threat to economic growth has doubled over the past year
https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3025128/pwc-poll-concern-over-climate-change-threat-surges-among-ceos


Ex-RNC chair rips evangelical leaders standing by Trump: 'Don't ever preach to me' again
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/370473-ex-rnc-chair-rips-evangelical-leaders-standing-by-trump-dont?amp&__twitter_impression=true


A dog in Florida nearly died after a purple hair dye job left her with severe burns and swollen eyes, according to an animal shelter.
https://nypost.com/2018/01/24/dog-nearly-dies-after-purple-hair-dye-job/


San Antonio-based module supplier Mission Solar Energy has announced it is ramping up production and hiring 50 additional employees to meet product demands for 2018.
https://solarindustrymag.com/mission-solar-energy-ramping-production-adding-workers


Tesla reiterates commitment to expanding solar product manufacturing in the US after new tariffs
https://electrek.co/2018/01/23/tesla-solar-product-manufacturing-us-tariffs/


Gore defends Trump solar tariffs decision
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/25/al-gore-trump-solar-tariff-367530


SolarWorld Aims To Ramp Up Solar Panel Production As Tariffs Kick In
http://ijpr.org/post/solarworld-aims-ramp-solar-panel-production-tariffs-kick#stream/0


Abrupt closure of Zoots dry-cleaning chain leaves customers hanging
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/01/24/abrupt-closure-zoots-dry-cleaning-chain-leaves-customers-hanging/Adzy20H4FkANnVz0IMtvYP/story.html?et_rid=208809002&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter


AI used to face-swap Hollywood stars into pornography films
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/25/ai-face-swap-pornography-emma-watson-scarlett-johansson-taylor-swift-daisy-ridley-sophie-turner-maisie-williams


What counts as satire in the Trump era? Not pointless Photoshop parodies
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/23/what-counts-as-satire-in-the-trump-era-not-pointless-photoshop-parodies


The US is the most expensive nation in the world in which to have a baby – and it may factor into thousands of bankruptcies each year
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/16/why-does-it-cost-32093-just-to-give-birth-in-america


Lousy Facebook. Several different people posted about a subject. I posted a relevant link to several different people, and because it was in a short period of time, Facebook marked it as "spam", which makes it look as if there is something wrong with the link from a respectable source.
To add insult to injury, the msg I get from Facebook asks if I want to review it, and when I try to, it just takes me to my newsfeed, not to the post where the problem is.



Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/25/billions-of-pieces-of-plastic-on-coral-reefs-send-disease-soaring-research-reveals



GOP senator: 'Real possibility' that FBI 'secret society' text was a joke
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/370707-ron-johnson-its-a-real-possibility-that-ex-fbi-agents-secret-society-text-was


White and far-right extremists kill more cops, but FBI tracks black extremists more closely, many worry
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article196423174.html


Someone posted wrong information in Facebook about the number of strong hurricanes in recent years. Here are the facts.
The number of tropical cyclones have there been each year in the Atlantic basin?
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E11.html


A great list of lists of Atlantic hurricanes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Atlantic_hurricanes


The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opinion/poverty-united-states.html?partner=rss&emc=rss


Living On Almost Nothing In America
http://www.twodollarsaday.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/books/review/2-00-a-day-by-kathryn-j-edin-and-h-luke-shaefer.html