Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Why Lush Cosmetics is exiting the 'dark and dangerous alleyway' of social media

Lush Cosmetics

Lush Cosmetics will deactivate its social media accounts later this week in a bid to get tech companies to make online platforms safer.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lush-cosmetics-1.6259350?cmp=rss

Netflix employees drop labour complaint, one resigns after Dave Chappelle special

NETFLIX-TRANSGENDER-WALKOUT

Two former Netflix employees who criticized anti-transgender comments on Dave Chappelle's Netflix special The Closer are dropping labour complaints and one has resigned from the company, it was announced Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/netflix-transgender-labour-complaint-dave-chappelle-1.6259443?cmp=rss

Keystone XL owner TC Energy seeking compensation from U.S. for cancelled pipeline

Keystone XL Pipeline

TC Energy Inc. has filed a formal request for arbitration under NAFTA rules, seeking compensation from the U.S. government for the money it spent on trying to develop the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/keystone-nafta-arbitration-1.6259302?cmp=rss

Droves of red crabs cause traffic jams and swarm on Christmas Island beaches in epic migration to sea

Reuters red crab christmas island migration

In an annual phenomenon unmatched anywhere in the world, millions of red crabs emerged from the forest on Christmas Island Tuesday, swarming across roads and beaches on their way to the sea to breed.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/red-crab-migration-christmas-island-1.6259254?cmp=rss

U.S. to release 50 million barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reserve

RUSSIA SHELL OIL barrel

The U.S. government will release 50 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum reserve on to the market in an attempt to bring down the price of crude and gasoline.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/biden-oil-gasoline-1.6259266?cmp=rss