Articles by Kenny Stancil
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Experts Urge Action to Mitigate ‘Risk of Extinction from AI’
Kenny Stancil | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jun 2023
30 May 2023 – It “should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” says a new statement signed by dozens of artificial intelligence critics and boosters.
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‘End the War on Journalism and Free Assange’: Thousands Demand Release of WikiLeaks Founder
Kenny Stancil | Countercurrents - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2022
9 Oct 2022 – Supporters of Julian Assange held a massive transatlantic protest yesterday to demand his freedom. In London, thousands formed a giant human chain around Britain’s parliament; in Washington D.C., people gathered outside the Department of Justice demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland end U.S. attempts to extradite Assange.
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Biggest Oil Giants Made ‘Eye-Popping’ $205 Billion in Profits in 2021: Report
Kenny Stancil | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2022
15 Mar 2022 – While millions have been hurt by surging gas prices, a new report from a government watchdog group shows 25 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel corporations in 2021 collectively pulled in $205 billion in profits. Now, fossil fuel giants are trying to “cash in on inflation and the crisis in Ukraine,” said one critic.
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‘Monster’ Antarctic Glacier at Risk as Key Ice Shelf Faces Collapse Years Earlier Than Expected
Kenny Stancil | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Dec 2021
13 Dec 2021 – The ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most perilous glaciers is eroding from below due to higher ocean temperatures, prompting scientists to warn today that this key reinforcement could shatter in the next three to five years—a development that would threaten millions of people with intensifying sea level rise.
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Atmospheric CO2 Levels Haven’t Been This High in 800,000 Years: NOAA
Kenny Stancil | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Aug 2021
25 Aug 2021 – Based on contributions of more than 530 scientists from 60 countries, the latest report by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found Earth’s atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and sea levels both hit record highs in 2020.
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‘We Have to Act’: Atmospheric CO2 Passes 420 PPM for First Time Ever in Recorded History
Kenny Stancil | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2021
6 Apr 2021 – The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide surged past 420 parts per million this past weekend, according to a measurement at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. Carbon dioxide isn’t the only greenhouse gas scientists are concerned about. Emissions of methane and sulfur hexafluoride have also spiked to “worrying levels.”
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Former President Evo Morales Returns to Bolivia One Year after Being Forced into Exile by Military Coup
Kenny Stancil | Common Dreams - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Nov 2020
9 Nov 2020 – Twelve months after being driven into exile by right-wing forces, socialist former president Evo Morales was “received by the very social movements who defeated the coup and restored democracy.”
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