“Thursday, April 14, 2:00 p.m. Join the Law Library of Congress and Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley for this month’s Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar entitled Sustainable Finance – European Green Bonds and the ECB’s Climate Change Agenda. This entry in the series will discuss green and sustainable finance with a focus on measures in the European Union (EU). In particular, the webinar will discuss the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, which contains transparency rules for financial market participants and financial advisers; the European Commission’s proposal to establish an official EU standard for green bonds; and the European Central Bank’s action plan to include climate change considerations in its monetary policy strategy. Similar proposals from other jurisdictions, such as Switzerland, will be highlighted. Register here.”
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Daily Archives: March 28, 2022
How to stay up to date on terrible news without burning out
Washington Post: “…War is 24/7. There’s an unrelenting flow of images, videos and graphic updates out of Ukraine, filling social media, messaging apps and news sites. Then there’s covid, climate change, natural disasters and every new or ongoing humanitarian crisis that feels impossible to look away from. It’s important to stay informed, engaged and even… Continue Reading
US Lawmakers Introduce ‘ECASH’ Bill in New Push to Create a Digital Dollar
CoinDesk: “The e-cash would be a digital analogue to the greenback and could preserve privacy and anonymous transactions, according to an adviser on the bill. A group of U.S. lawmakers says the U.S. Treasury Department may be the right government entity to create a digital dollar – not the Federal Reserve. A new bill introduced… Continue Reading
Another State Adopts Duty of Technology Competence for Lawyers
LawSites: “It has been a year since I have reported on a state adopting the duty of technology competence for lawyers, but now there is another: Hawaiʻi, bringing the total number of states that have adopted the duty to 40…” Continue Reading
Why Is the Internet So Exhausting?
Wired: “…In the past 20 years we’ve entered a phase of capitalism that is thriving on products that redefine unreality. A universal market of the fake. It is this agora of artifice that yokes the maladies of streamers collapsing under the unbearable weight of their fans’ parasocial relationships to the “financialization of everything” that is… Continue Reading
Federal judge: President Trump likely violated two criminal statutes in connection w/Jan 6.
@RepLizCheney “Federal judge: President Trump likely violated two criminal statutes in connection w/Jan 6. If “President Trump’s plan had worked, it would have permanently ended the peaceful transition of power, undermining American democracy and the Constitution.” If “President Trump’s plan had worked, it would have permanently ended the peaceful transition of power, undermining American democracy… Continue Reading
Environmental Groups Pressure Bitcoin Community to Lower Energy Use
WSJ – Consortium launches effort advocating changes to the cryptocurrency’s code – “A consortium of environmental groups launched a campaign on Monday seeking to change bitcoin’s code to decrease its energy use, which has grown substantially in the past few years. Bitcoin is popular among some investors, but its energy use has riled environmental groups,… Continue Reading
Policy Building Blocks, And How We Talk About The Law
Techdirt – Cathy Gellis – “One of the fundamental difficulties in doing policy advocacy, including, and perhaps especially tech policy advocacy, is that we are not only speaking of technology, which can often seem inscrutable and scary to non-experts, but law, which itself is an intricate and often opaque system. This complicated nature of our… Continue Reading
Urban Forestry Street Trees
Urban Forestry Street Trees – Open Data DC – City of Washington, DC – Summary – “This data is used for the management of District trees, as well as the maintenance of Reference Features of the District of Columbia, Department of Transportation (DDOT). Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) managed trees and tree locations. The dataset contains… Continue Reading
IRS Continues Targeting Poorest Families for More Tax Audits During FY 2022
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse Report – “The latest Internal Revenue Service (IRS) statistics covering federal income tax audits through February of 2022 reveals that the agency is continuing to target audits on the poorest wage earners. So far it has completed 132,922 audits of these low-income wage earners with less than $25,000 in total gross… Continue Reading
Keeping Communities Connected
ALA – New report spotlights creative library broadband services during the pandemic – “America’s libraries have long been a cornerstone for equitable access to information and broadband services. The country’s nearly 17,000 public libraries offer no-fee internet access, Wi-Fi, and devices, such as computers and tablets. Many offer formal digital skills building classes, informal assistance… Continue Reading
