John Kerry says there will be ‘an outcome of some kind’ in talks with poorer nations about climate reparations and again called on China to chip in

Flood victims in Mehar, Pakistan, sit along a street with submerged houses following monsoon rains in August. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro Climate reparations for poorer nations are on officially on the agenda at the UN climate summit. Developing countries with “loss and damage” from climate disasters want rich nations to pay up. Egypt is hosting this year’s…

Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who led the campaign arm to elect GOP senators, called the 2022 midterms a ‘complete disappointment’

Florida Sen. Rick Scott speaks during a news conference following the weekly GOP policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on September 20, 2022. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Sen. Rick Scott on Friday called the 2022 midterm results a “complete disappointment” for the GOP. Scott said GOP’ers didn’t offer a positive vision to counteract their critiques of…

AOC says she objects to being considered ‘extreme’ in the the same way that ‘Marjorie Taylor Greene on the Republican side is extreme’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at an Amazon Labor Union rally on April 24, 2022 in New York City. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images AOC said she does not see herself as “extreme” as GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene.  Speaking to CNN, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said her beliefs are not the “same level of extreme” as Rep. Greene’s….

Naming Inventors on a Patent Application May Be More Important than You Think

In a recent webinar moderated by Gene Quinn, President & CEO of IPWatchdog, Ludwig APC founder, Eric Ludwig, and Pattric Rawlins, partner at Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch, discussed the topic of inventorship, including subjects such as naming inventor(s) on a patent and the implications of amending and contesting Inventorship. “Matters of inventorship and patent…

New UN system will track methane emissions from space

The United Nations will launch a new high-tech space system to track the largest methane polluters, announced at global climate conference COP27 on Nov. 11. The UN-monitored platform, called the Methane Alert and Response System (MARS), will provide “neutral and reliable” reporting statistics for the climate change causing gas. It’s set to launch in 2023….

Women in Afghanistan have been banned from parks by the Taliban

Two women wearing burqas in Afghanistan on January 17, 2022. Scott Peterson/Getty Images The Taliban have banned women from parks in Afghanistan.  Since the Taliban came to power in August 2021, they have enforced punitive laws restricting women’s lives.  Afghanistan has become ‘a cage for Afghan women,’ activists say. Women in Afghanistan have been banned…