#foot dragging

How long…how long?

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Growing Marijuana in a vertical farm

Jean Chung/Bloomberg South Korean startup Farm 8 Co. is among a proliferation of indoor urban growers that saw sales jump during Covid-19. It’s looking to increase sales by almost 50% to 90 billion won ($79 million) this year, partly by boosting production of medical and cosmetic-based plants such as ginseng, centella asiatica and artemisia campestris, Chief Executive Officer Kang Dae Hyun said.…

JP Morgan settles in class-action suit over dads, parental leave

Derek Rotondo with his son, Lincoln — Maddie McGarvey/NYTimes

For years, scholars, activists and mothers have criticized policies that place the burden of child-rearing overwhelmingly on women. Increasingly, fathers are joining the criticism of these policies — and asserting their legal rights to challenge them.

…JPMorgan Chase announced that it had reached a tentative settlement in a…

America’s 2020 Census systems are a $15 billion cyber-security target

❝ Last week, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard that the 2020 census will be the first to make extensive use of electronic equipment. For example, census workers will be given tablets to interview people who can’t be bothered filling in and sending back their forms. Crucially, the US Census Bureau must patch vulnerabilities and install strong defenses in the…

Obama’s energy efficiency policy saves taxpayers over $500 billion – of course Trump’s pimps oppose it!

Just another Trump pimp who can’t figure out how to sign his name A leaked draft study of the electric grid requested by Energy Secretary Rick Perry found that federal energy efficiency policies are in the process of saving U.S. consumers and businesses more than a half trillion dollars. So…the new administration is halting energy efficiency policies and gutting funding for energy efficiency…

Home Depot data theft affected 56 million credit/debit cards

The world’s largest DIY retailer has admitted that 56m credit and debit card numbers were compromised over a five-month period in one of the worst breaches of customer data ever recorded. Home Depot said on Thursday night that although the data theft began in April, the malware used by the hackers had only been completely removed from its systems this month.

The breach was revealed on 2…

Fire fighting air tanker fleet short of what is needed for growing wildfire risk

With a vast swath of the West primed for wildfires, federal foresters are preparing for the worst with a budget that might run dry and a fleet of air tankers that in some cases aren’t ready for takeoff.

A combination of extended drought, warming weather and an abundance of withered trees and grasses have created ideal conditions for fire — more than 22 million acres were blackened by wildfires…