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drrimmer, 7 days ago to random

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls for a ban on fossil fuel advertising https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2024-06-05/secretary-generals-special-address-climate-action-moment-of-truth%C2%A0

‘Dear friends,

Many in the fossil fuel industry have shamelessly greenwashed, even as they have sought to delay climate action – with lobbying, legal threats, and massive ad campaigns.

They have been aided and abetted by advertising and PR companies – Mad Men – remember the TV series - fuelling the madness.

I call on these companies to stop acting as enablers to planetary destruction.

Stop taking on new fossil fuel clients, from today, and set out plans to drop your existing ones.

Fossil fuels are not only poisoning our planet – they’re toxic for your brand.

Your sector is full of creative minds who are already mobilising around this cause.

They are gravitating towards companies that are fighting for our planet – not trashing it.

I also call on countries to act.

Many governments restrict or prohibit advertising for products that harm human health – like tobacco.

Some are now doing the same with fossil fuels.

I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies.

And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.’

drrimmer, 7 days ago to auslaw

#Robodebt: national corruption watchdog won’t investigate officials referred by royal commission https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/06/robodebt-national-corruption-watchdog-wont-investigate-officials-nacc-ntwnfb #auslaw #auspol

drrimmer, 8 days ago to auslaw

Health insurance giant Medibank is facing a fine in the trillions of dollars, after the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court over its 2022 cyber attack.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/medibank-taken-to-federal-court-over-cyber-attack/103936664
The commissioner now alleges that Medibank seriously interfered with the privacy of 9.7 million Australians by "failing to take reasonable steps to protect their personal information". #auslaw #auspol #privacy

drrimmer, 9 days ago to Smoking

Rishi Sunak says he is "disappointed" his bill banning young people from ever being able to smoke legally will not pass before the general election.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-69058303
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is not included in the legislation being rushed through by MPs ahead of Parliament shutting down on Friday.
Selling tobacco to anyone born after 1 January 2009 would have become illegal.
But Mr Sunak said the bill was "evidence of the bold action that I'm prepared to take".
"That's the type of prime minister I am. That's the type of leadership that I bring.
"I stepped up to do something that is bold, that will make an enormous difference in the future of our country."
Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: "If Rishi Sunak's idea of bold leadership is to crumble before his party and surrender his landmark smoking bill, it's no wonder the country is in such a mess."
#smoking #vaping #UKlaw #UKpol

drrimmer, 10 days ago to random

‘The World Has Won’: New International Regulations to Protect Against Pandemics Finally Approved
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/the-world-has-won-new-regulations-to-protect-against-pandemics-finally-passed/ However, progress on a Pandemic Treaty has been delayed. #WHO #pandemics #access2meds

drrimmer, 13 days ago to music

Cher wins royalties lawsuit against Sonny Bono’s widow
Mary Bono had argued that she no longer needed to pay royalties to Cher after invoking a feature of US copyright law, but a judge has ruled otherwise https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/may/30/cher-wins-royalties-lawsuit-against-sonny-bonos-widow #uslaw #uspol #copyright #music

drrimmer, 18 days ago to Smoking

Smoking ban in doubt after exclusion from Commons schedule https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/23/uk-election-tobacco-vapes-bill-smoking-commons-parliament

Tobacco and vapes bill left out as Penny Mordaunt lists final business in Commons before prorogation

#UKpol #smoking #vaping #healthlaw #UKelection

drrimmer, 21 days ago to climate

Eight young people are suing the government of Alaska – the nation’s fastest-warming state – claiming a major new fossil fuel project violates their state constitutional rights.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/alaska-youth-climate-change-lawsuit
The state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation has proposed a $38.7bn gas export project that would roughly triple the state’s greenhouse gas emissions for decades, the lawsuit says. Scientists have long warned that fossil fuel extraction must be swiftly curbed to secure a livable future. #climate #litigation #Alaska I did some fieldwork on previous climate litigation in Alaska https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118264/

drrimmer, 22 days ago to music

'In 2020, Tom Lehrer put out a statement saying that he had placed everything he ever wrote in the public domain. His lyrics and sheet music are now available for anyone to use or perform without paying royalties. The statement ended: “Don’t send me any money.” This is unheard-of. Famous performers usually maximise their royalties income.' #copyright #music #publicdomain https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/22/my-songs-spread-like-herpes-why-did-satirical-genius-tom-lehrer-swap-worldwide-fame-for-obscurity

drrimmer, 23 days ago to Pubtips

Wiley's 'fake science' scandal is just the latest chapter in a broader crisis of trust universities must address https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-21/wiley-hindawi-articles-scandal-broader-crisis-trust-universities/103868662 #publishing

drrimmer, 25 days ago to random

We risk losing access to the world’s academic knowledge, and copyright makes things worse @glynmoody @glynmoody #WalledCulture https://walledculture.org/we-risk-losing-access-to-the-worlds-academic-knowledge-and-copyright-makes-things-worse/

drrimmer, 27 days ago to afl

Red-hot Swans fire on all cylinders to outclass fast-starting Blues https://www.afl.com.au/news/1131212/red-hot-swans-fire-on-all-cylinders-outclass-fast-starting-blues #AFL #SydneySwans #carnthebloods Top of the ladder!

drrimmer, 27 days ago to random

The Kop farewells Klopp https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/16/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-fans-anfield #Beautifulfootball #LFC #YNWA #mastodonFC

drrimmer, 28 days ago to random

Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/03/tobacco-philip-morris-medical-courses-sponsorship-smoking-public-health-education The World Health Organization (WHO) said there was a risk that public health efforts could be undermined and called for partnerships of this kind to be banned.

drrimmer, 30 days ago to climate

The world’s big banks have handed nearly $7 trillion in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement on carbon emissions, according to research. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/banks-financing-fossil-fuel-industry-trillions-since-paris-climate-agreement/?utm_source=press.coop #climate #finance

drrimmer, 30 days ago to random

‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/14/my-whole-library-is-wiped-out-what-it-means-to-own-movies-and-tv-in-the-age-of-streaming-services Ownership rights are buried in the fine print and downloading or buying physical copies may be the only ways to keep your favourites . #copyright

drrimmer, 30 days ago to auslaw

Former military lawyer David McBride sentenced to more than five years in jail for sharing classified information with journalists https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/military-whistleblower-david-mcbride-sentenced-classified-info/103843314 via @ABCaustralia #auslaw #auspol #journalism #whistleblowing #confidentiality #classifiedinformation

drrimmer, 1 month ago to ip

I am pleased to share my Submission on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24 (UK) - which has now been published by the Public Bill Committee in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom Parliament https://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/435/ The Smokefree Generation policy provides a public health blueprint for other nations around the world to follow and emulate. #UKpol #healthlaw #IP #trade #behaviouraleconomics #trade #investment #humanrights #smoking #vaping #ecigarettes

drrimmer, 1 month ago to Futurology

Some say it’s ‘genetic discrimination’, but insurance companies are fighting for access to these test results https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/12/life-insurance-industry-customers-genetic-tests-ban

‘I’m being discriminated against purely based on the genes I was born with’, says a Queensland man who couldn’t update his life insurance policy

#biotech #genetics #insurance #ethics #humanrights #Gattaca #auslaw #auspol

drrimmer, 1 month ago to nationalparks

High Court rules director of national parks criminally liable for alleged sacred site violation at Kakadu's Gunlom Falls https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/nt-gunlom-falls-kakadu-high-court-decision-on-appeal/103818866 via @ABCaustralia #Kakadu #nationalparks #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol #HCA

drrimmer, 1 month ago to climate

Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, joint committee investigation finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/big-oil-climate-crisis-us-senate-report
Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support. #uslaw #uspol #climate

drrimmer, 1 month ago to auspol

Climate litigation - Legal fight to save their island homes from the rising sea https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/legal-fight-to-save-their-island-homes-from-the-rising-sea-20240423-p5flvx.html #auspol #auslaw #climate #justice #IndigenousIP #myislandhome