California Gov Gavin Newsom signs law
to eventually ban gas-powered lawn equipment
Posted By: Ribicon, 10/10/2021 11:57:11 AM
California will soon ban the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers after Governor Gavin Newsom signed off on the new law on Saturday. The move is aimed at curbing emissions from a category of small engines on pace to produce more pollution each year than passenger vehicles. The gas-powered equipment to be banned uses small off-road engines, a broad category that includes generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, weed trimmers and even golf carts. Under the new law these machines must be zero-emissions, meaning they'll have to be battery-powered or plug-in.(Snip)'This is a pretty modest approach to trying
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Minnetonka Moccasin apologizes to Native
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Minnetonka Moccasin apologizes to Native
Americans for not acknowledging its reliance
on them 28 replies
Americans for not acknowledging its reliance
on them 28 replies
Minnetonka Moccasin Co., the Minneapolis company that over 75 years popularized Native American-styled footwear across the country, issued a formal apology Monday for adopting Native American culture without acknowledgment. The company, which dropped "moccasin" from its logo in 2008, has now removed the word from much of its corporate messaging and is calling itself simply Minnetonka.
"Minnetonka deeply and meaningfully apologizes for having benefited from selling Native-inspired designs without directly honoring Native culture or communities," the company said in a statement.
The company said it would work more closely with Native American artists and businesses and continue to contribute to Native American causes. "While our history with appropriation
It's a brand new day for the man of steel. Continuing a recent trend of comic book characters coming out as LGBTQ, Superman is now confirmed to be bisexual and on the fight for global social issues, according to the DC team behind the character, who spoke to IGN.
This news is not for the traditional iteration of Clark Kent, but instead his 17-year-old son, Jon, who has taken up his father's mantle.(Snip)“The question for Jon (and for our creative team) is, what should a new Superman fight for today? Can a 17-year-old Superman battle giant robots while ignoring the climate crisis? Of course not.
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Soon enough we'll all owning nothing and we'll like it, with every spare dollar drained from our pockets. Freedom of choice is merely a byword when corporations and governments have products and influence to sell. Meanwhile, the universally Chinese-made battery packs in such products are incredibly unreliable, which interrupts work and produces a lot of landfill waste (another profit opportunity for those with government connections).