US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries

The US military's carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change.
Read more: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-military-bigger-polluter-countries.html?source=Snapzu

BMW's hybrid cars to switch to electric only mode in polluted cities

BMW’s new hybrid cars will automatically switch off their combustion engines in heavily polluted inner city areas and use pure electric driving mode as a way to cut vehicle emissions, the carmaker said on Tuesday. BMW’s efforts to optimize the environmental impact of hybrid cars with engine cut off functions, comes as the auto industry struggles to sell purely electric vehicles, which accounted for only 1.5% of total car sales globally last year.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bmw-hybrid/bmws-hybrid-cars-to-switch-to-electric-only-mode-in-polluted-cities-idUSKCN1TQ0Z9?source=Snapzu

Google’s Enemies Gear Up to Make Antitrust Case

As U.S. officials prepare an antitrust probe of Google and possibly other Silicon Valley giants, a loose-knit crew of its rivals is gearing up to help.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-enemies-gear-up-to-make-antitrust-case-11561368601?source=Snapzu

Men's fertility irreversibly damaged by age of 18 thanks to Western junk food diet, study finds

Male fertility is being irreversibly damaged by a diet of western junk food by the time men reach 18, a study has found.
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/24/mens-fertility-irreversibly-damaged-age-18-thanks-western-junk/?source=Snapzu

Google says it’s done making tablets and cancels two unreleased products

The Pixelbook is the future of Google’s Chrome OS hardware.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/20/18693399/google-abandoning-tablets-pixel-slate-failure?source=Snapzu

How the Media Misrepresents the Debate Over the Green New Deal

A recent Politico article about the Green New Deal resolution put forward in February by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) features many grumblings from blue-collar union members about the potential economic disruption and the loss of jobs — even though the resolution calls for union rights and a federal jobs guarantee for workers.
Read more: https://truthout.org/articles/how-the-media-misrepresents-the-debate-over-the-green-new-deal/?source=Snapzu

General Electric to scrap California power plant 20 years early

General Electric Co said on Friday it plans to demolish a large power plant it owns in California this year after only one-third of its useful life because the plant is no longer economically viable in a state where wind and solar supply a growing share of inexpensive electricity.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-power-idUSKCN1TM2MV?source=Snapzu