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According to The Guardian, the bones most likely belong to 14-year-old Tree Africa or 12-year-old Delisha Africa the surname Africa was part of the group s commitment to Black liberation.
“The Penn Museum and the University of Pennsylvania apologize to the Africa family and the members of our community for allowing human remains recovered from the MOVE house to be used for research and teaching, and for retaining the remains for far too long,” read the statement from provost Wendell Pritchett and Christopher Woods, director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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These unprecedented times in 2021 have cast a dark cloud on the pride community, arguably becoming, the worst year for state legislative attacks against LGBTQ people in history,” said David.
The distinction for the worst year to be in the LGBTQ+ community used to be 2015, which had 15 anti-LGBTQ+ bills enacted into law, David said. So far in 2021, eight bills targeting LGBTQ+ people have been signed into law, with an additional 10 more awaiting a Republican governor s signature, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
“Just to underscore the severity of these bills and the dangerous threshold we are about to cross: If these bills are enacted, it would mean that states will have enacted more anti-LGBTQ bills this year alone than in the last three years combined,” David said.
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The latest lawsuit comes following a federal appeals court’s rejection of a previous suit earlier this month that was filed in 2018 against BP, Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell. In that suit, the city tried to have the companies held liable for the cost of the effects of global warming they produce.
“The defendants in our lawsuit have spent millions to persuade consumers that they present a clean, green choice. But they don’t,” New York City Corporation Counsel James Johnson told Reuters.
Exxon spokesperson Casey Norton told Reuters, “These lawsuits have no merit and do nothing to advance meaningful efforts that address climate change. We support global efforts from policymakers, companies and individuals to develop real solutions.”
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Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) Commission first started raising concerns in December when manatees began dying in the Indian River Lagoon Area, one of the most biodiverse estuaries in the Northern Hemisphere and home to nearly one-third of the nation’s manatee population.
The following month, the agency noticed something else strange a large portion of the manatees rescued from the Indian River Lagoon and down to the waters of Miami were found swimming sideways. According to behavioral ecologist and senior research scientist Monica Ross, that usually indicates a manatee has made contact with a boat or other human-made object.
600 manatee deaths in Florida raise concerns over sustainable habitat Austa Somvichian-Clausen
This story is from The Hill s Changing America publication.
Environmentalists are increasingly concerned about the sustainability of Florida s waterways after the deaths of more than 600 manatees so far this year, three times the average rate.
Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) Commission first started raising concerns in December when manatees began dying in the Indian River Lagoon Area, one of the most biodiverse estuaries in the Northern Hemisphere and home to nearly one-third of the nation s manatee population.
The following month, the agency noticed something else strange - a large portion of the manatees rescued from the Indian River Lagoon and down to the waters of Miami were found swimming sideways. According to behavioral ecologist and senior research scientist Monica Ross, that usually indicates a manatee has made contact with a