Inci Sayki

1 week ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! Farmers restore public climate change information, striking workers get covered, a court saves the Education Department, and wildfire prevention could save paradise. Following a lawsuit by farmers and environmental groups filed earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to reverse course and restore climate change-related information scrubbed from several of its websites when President Donald Trump took office.

2 weeks ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! Sesame Street chases the clouds away, more states hold Big Oil’s feet to the fire, the data center boom faces pushback, and a judge saves peacemakers. It’s a sunny day on Sesame Street. Amid corporate mishandling and federal funding attacks, the iconic children’s program has found a new home that will allow it to freely air its episodes nationwide, while many of its workers just scored new labor protections.

3 weeks ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! TSA checks get checked, unemployment benefits score a raise, water contamination victims find justice, and Big Tech data trackers lose in court. Most people don’t realize they can opt out of increasingly common facial scans when they go through airport security. But a bipartisan bill introduced on May 8 will require Transportation Security Administration officers to notify passengers that such scans are optional and scale back the TSA’s facial recognition program.

4 weeks ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! It’s a sad day for iPad kids, a Swiss bank pays up for stashing American cash, another crypto fraudster is sentenced, and the Army wants its tools back. As Big Tech companies have taken heat in court for their anticompetitive practices, they’ve also been under scrutiny for the harm their products inflict on children. And where federal policy has failed to protect children, both red and blue states are now stepping up to the plate.

1 month ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! Data centers will foot their own bills, one city leads the crusade against online gambling sites, the West breathes fresh air, and international students caught in ICE crossfire are free. South Carolina’s state-owned power utility, Santee Cooper, has introduced a new electricity rate for energy-intensive operations, including data centers and certain manufacturers, to make sure that their ballooning power costs don’t fall on other customers.