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☆ Can Trump really defund public schools that recognize transgender students?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Dana Goldstein | Philip Cheung | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In Los Angeles public schools, transgender students have equal access to facilities like bathrooms. Smaller amounts of federal money could also be withheld through presidential executive action. Still, Mr. Carvalho said he had no plans to rethink the district’s policy on gender identity, even if Mr. Trump is elected. The money contributes to the salaries of teachers, which can help lower class sizes in schools where students are struggling academically, Mr. Carvalho said. For some disabled students, federal dollars support personal aides who attend class alongside them.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Alberto Carvalho, Philip Cheung, Carvalho, ” Organizations: White, Los, The New York Times Locations: Los Angeles, Los Angeles and New York, Washington

☆ 'A different perspective': This top marine scientist is determined to resolve deep-sea mining's murky future
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Environmental activists calling for an international moratorium on deep-sea mining. Pallava Bagla | Corbis News | Getty ImagesCarvalho's election victory comes at a time of intense debate about the future of deep-sea mining and the world's oceans. Scientists have warned that the full environmental impacts of deep-sea mining are hard to predict. I would be very much concerned to have a mining exploitation request sat on my table without a mining code. "I would be very much concerned to have a mining exploitation request sat on my table without a mining code," Carvalho said.

Persons: Leticia Carvalho, Carvalho, Michael Lodge, Gerard Barron, Carolyn Cole Organizations: Getty, International, Authority, CNBC, ISA, Corbis, ISA Council, The Metals Company, Los Angeles Times, Istock Locations: Leticia Carvalho Brazilian, Jamaica, Nauru

☆ Agency Votes to Replace Official Accused of Rushing Start of Seabed Mining
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Eric Lipton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The international agency charged with regulating seabed mining worldwide voted on Friday to replace its top executive, after accusations that the British lawyer running the agency was too closely aligned with the mining industry. Leticia Carvalho, an oceanographer from Brazil and a United Nations environmental regulator, was elected by a 79-to-34 vote by the nations that run the International Seabed Authority to replace Michael Lodge, a lawyer who has overseen the agency for nearly eight years. “I can’t wait to start to work with state parties and stakeholders at this honorable organization,” Ms. Carvalho said after the vote, which was done by secret ballot. Mr. Lodge has been a polarizing figure at the seabed authority, which has jurisdiction over any future mining in international waters. Environmentalists have argued that he worked behind the scenes with private contractors to try to accelerate the start of mining.

Persons: Leticia Carvalho, Michael Lodge, “, ” Ms, Carvalho, Lodge Organizations: United, Authority Locations: Brazil, United Nations

☆ How the death of the dinosaurs allowed grapes to flourish
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“This discovery is important because it shows that after the extinction of the dinosaurs, grapes really started to spread across the world.”Much like the soft tissues of animals, actual fruits don’t preserve well in the fossil record. How ancient forests changedWhen the dinosaurs went extinct, their absence changed the entire structure of forests, the team hypothesized. “In the fossil record, we start to see more plants that use vines to climb up trees, like grapes, around this time,” Herrera said. Meanwhile, as a diverse set of birds and mammals began to populate Earth after the disappearance of the dinosaurs, they likely also helped spread grape seeds. Several fossils are related to modern grapes and others are distant relatives or grapes native to the Western Hemisphere.

Persons: hadn’t, ”, Fabiany Herrera, “, ” Herrera, Steven Manchester, Herrera, “ I’ve, Mónica Carvalho, Carvalho, ‘, Arthur T, Susman, Gregory Stull, ” Carvalho Organizations: CNN, Field, Research, University of Michigan’s, of Paleontology, South, Field Museum, National Museum of, Central, Western Locations: Colombia, Panama, Peru, India, South America, Western, Colombian, American, South, Central America, Central, Asia, Africa

☆ A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flat
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Dana Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

platform named Ed was supposed to be an “educational friend” to half a million students in Los Angeles public schools. In typed chats, Ed would direct students toward academic and mental health resources, or tell parents whether their children had attended class that day, and provide their latest test scores. Ed would even be able to detect and respond to emotions such as hostility, happiness and sadness. Alberto Carvalho, the district’s superintendent, spoke about Ed in bold terms. Los Angeles agreed to pay a start-up company, AllHere, up to $6 million to develop Ed, a small part of the district’s $18 billion annual budget.

Persons: Ed, ”, Alberto Carvalho, democratize, —, “, ” Mr, Carvalho, Carvalho’s, AllHere Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Jack Dorsey gave $10 million to an anonymous founder with a deep devotion to a fascist 'guru'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"It's a truly open protocol. Advertisement"We don't know who the leader is, it's like this anonymous Brazilian," Dorsey said. It's not clear how much of the $10 million Dorsey gave to support the development of Nostr will make its way to Parra. Parra, as Fiatjaf, sits on a committee established by the organization to organize Nostr development efforts, Bitcoin Magazine reported. After an X user suggested to Dorsey that he help fund Nostr, Dorsey replied within 24 hours, "funding deployed to @fiatjaf."

Persons: —, Jack Dorsey, Dorsey, Nostr, Edward Snowden, Giovanni Torres Parra, Olavo de Carvalho, de Carvalho —, Parra, Olavo, Jair Bolsonaro's, Fiatjaf, It's, . Parra, Forbes Organizations: Service, Business, Pepsi, Forbes, Sats Initiative, Bitcoin Magazine, Austrian Locations: Brazilian, Virginia, Brazil, Dorsey

☆ ‘I will return to the US in an urn’: She moved to Portugal with her husband two years ago, and this American woman says she’s never coming back
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

‘Aha’ momentCynthia Wilson and her husband Craig Bjork relocated from the US to Marinha Grande, situated in the Leiria District of Portugal, just over two years ago. Community spiritThe couple celebrate Wilson's first birthday in Portugal with friends. “My Portuguese friends taught me that you have to first recognize their humanity,” says Wilson. There’s no place for that.”Wilson has warmly embraced the Portuguese way of life, particularly the focus on food, which has long been a big part of her life. Doing something odd.”Wilson and Bjork say that they’ve had “zero problems” since relocating to Portugal and couldn’t be happier.

Persons: CNN — They’d, Cynthia Wilson, Craig Bjork, Wilson, –, I’ve, ” Wilson, ”, Bjork, “, it’s, Wilson's, ’, Cynthia Wilson “ Retirement’s, that’s, I’m, hasn’t, ” “, ‘, they’ve, Dulce Silva, Sérgio Carvalho, grandly, Rainha Joia, Maria da Silva, Cynthia Wilson Wilson, “ There’s, couldn’t Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Facebook Locations: Portugal, Europe, Seattle, Estonia, Marinha, Leiria District, Lisbon, Kansas, Wichita , Kansas, Marinha Grande, Porto, Algarve, San Francisco, Manhattan, Florabela, America, “

Classes were canceled Monday for schools across Santa Barbara County, which was devastated by mudslides caused by powerful storms in 2018. Evacuation orders and warnings were in effect for mountain and canyon areas of Monterey, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. As of Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest, said it was planning to open schools as usual Monday. ___Associated Press videographer Eugene Garcia in Ventura, Calif., and radio reporter Julie Walker in New York contributed to this report.

Persons: Alexis Herrera, ” Herrera, Ryan Kittell, ”, Lindsay Horvath, ” Horvath, Gavin Newsom, Alberto Carvalho, videographer Eugene Garcia, Julie Walker Organizations: ANGELES, San Francisco Bay Area, Sunday, San Francisco International, Palisades, Central, Gov, Emergency Services, Los Angeles Unified School District, Associated Locations: California, San Francisco Bay, San Jose, Southern California, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sierra Nevada, Hawaii, Northern California, Monterey, San Luis Obispo County, Los Angeles, LA, Topanga, Soledad, Los Angeles , Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Ventura counties, Southern, Ventura , Calif, New York

☆ Many Schools in Southern California Will Remain Open Despite Floods
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Claire Moses | More About Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Most school districts in Southern California, including Los Angeles Unified, the second-largest in the country, were planning to keep most classrooms open on Monday, officials said, even as the state battled heavy rain, flooding and mudslides. Many students depend on schools for basic nutrition, the Los Angeles superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, said at a news conference on Sunday, explaining why he had decided not to close most of the district. The impact of the wind and rain will also vary greatly by neighborhood, he said, meaning that many schools will not be as badly affected. On Monday morning, Los Angeles Unified said that winds were forecast to diminish in the morning, citing it as a reason to keep schools open. Los Angeles Unified has more than 400,000 students in more than 700 schools across the district.

Persons: Alberto Carvalho Organizations: Los Angeles Unified, Los, Vinedale College Preparatory Academy Locations: Southern California, Los Angeles, Sun Valley

Pandemic school closures upended U.S. education. Many students lost significant ground, and the federal government invested billions to help them recover. Students Are Making a ‘Surprising’ Rebound From Pandemic Closures. The students most at risk are those in poor districts, whose test scores fell further during the pandemic. The analysis did not include Asian students, who represent 5 percent of public school students.

Persons: —, ”, Sean F, Reardon, Thomas J, Kane, Erin Fahle, Douglas O, “, Karyn Lewis, Ann Owens, Charlene Williams, Raymond Hart, Mark Sullivan, Bob Miller, Alberto M, Carvalho, ’ ”, Betsi Foster, Sullivan, Pascal Mubenga, Maria Ceja, Maria Ceja’s, Rosalina Rivera, Adam Perez, Margaret, George W, Bush, “ We’re, Eric Hanushek, Marguerite Roza Organizations: Stanford, Harvard, Educational, Dartmouth, “, Opportunity, Stanford University, Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University, University of Southern, Schools, Oregon Department of Education, N.J ., N.J . Utah Pa, Ill, U.S, of, Great City Schools, The New York Times, Birmingham, Delano Union, Hoover Institution, Georgetown University — Locations: United States, Durham, N.C, Birmingham, Ala, Delano, Calif, University of Southern California, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oregon, Wis, N.J, N.J . Utah, S.D . Ind . Ohio Va . Conn, Mississippi, Tenn, Miss, Kan, R.I . Ky, Mich, . Ark . Oregon, ., Forsyth, Atlanta, Rochester, Detroit, Lake Oswego, Ore, Portland, Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, California, Weakley County, Nevada

☆ Thousands of Portuguese Police Protest Over Wages, Hazard Pay
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel PereiraLISBON (Reuters) - Thousands of off-duty police officers in plain clothes on Wednesday protested in Lisbon for better wages, demanding the same increases in hazard pay that the outgoing government recently granted to the criminal investigation police (PJ). In late November, after Prime Minister Antonio Costa's resignation but while he still had full powers to make long-term decisions, the government approved hazard pay rises for the PJ that can reach almost 700 euros ($763) per month and are retroactive to January 2023. He added that members of the PSP and the GNR had "practically the same competences as those of the PJ". Police union association ASPP said on Tuesday that the average hazard pay in the PSP was currently between 380 and 420 euros per month, while in the PJ it has reached 1,000 euros. ($1 = 0.9179 euros)(Reporting by Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira; Editing by David Latona and Jonathan Oatis)

Persons: Sergio Goncalves, Miguel Pereira, Antonio Costa's, Humberto de Carvalho, Jose Luis Carneiro, ASPP, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, David Latona, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Miguel Pereira LISBON, Public Security Police, National Republican Guard, PSP, GNR, Police Locations: Lisbon

☆ In Rio de Janeiro, Architecture That’s in Sync With the Jungle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Michael Snyder | Pedro Kok | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Juaçaba’s work, by contrast, was plain yet potent in its attention to detail. “She leaves room for the imagination.”In one of their firm’s first projects, 2015’s Videiras Pavilion — an extension of a pre-existing country home in a valley 62 miles from Rio — a 386-square-foot structure seems to levitate over a gentle slope. Made largely from recycled timber left on-site by the previous owners, the external structure is rich in detail, featuring puzzlelike junctions of banisters and beams. Deep frames around unglazed windows double as outdoor seats. The black paint used in parts was inspired by the natural patina acquired by Indigenous palm-thatch dwellings, a resilient typology throughout Brazil that most architects, until recently, wouldn’t have considered architecture at all.

Persons: ”, Pedro Varella, Caio Calafate, Alziro Carvalho Neto, Felipe Rio, Gávea Organizations: Felipe Rio Branco Locations: Rio, Itanhangá, Gru.a, Rio —, Videiras, Brazil

Several executives committed their own, personal money to buying their company's stock this week. CNBC Pro screened for the five U.S. companies with the biggest insider buying activity over the past week, using data from VerityData. Intel — Director Lip-Bu Tan purchased 66,000 shares at an average price of $37.84 for a total of $2.5 million. Opko Health — CEO Phillip Frost bought 1 million shares at $1.27 apiece in a "high IQ" buy for a total of $1.27 million. Another notable insider purchase this week came from SolarEdge Technologies ' director Avery Moore, who bought about 15,000 shares at an average price of $70.96 for a total of $1.09 million.

Persons: Seifi Ghasemi, Tan, Kristina Burow, Phillip Frost, Orlando Carvalho, Frost, Opko, Carvalho, FactSet, Avery Moore, SolarEdge Organizations: CNBC Pro, Air Products, Chemicals, Intel, Therapeutics, Health, Mercury Systems, SolarEdge Technologies

☆ How Consumers Are Spending Is a Reason for Cheer
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Justin Lahart | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Consumer spending almost certainly will be slower this quarter than last, but at this point it looks as if it will still be firm. Photo: Vanessa Carvalho/Zuma PressAmericans spent a bit less in stores last month. That hardly means it is the beginning of the end for the U.S. consumer. The Commerce Department on Wednesday reported that retail sales slipped 0.1% in October from September. That actually counted as a decent number.

Persons: Vanessa Carvalho Organizations: Zuma Press, The Commerce Department

☆ European castles, private chefs, and a startup school: These families are ditching the US to live the American dream abroad
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Simone Stolzoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

At just shy of 400,000 inhabitants, Sintra is also big enough to absorb the 25 Boundless families without the expats dominating all the local haunts. At school, kids are fed organic meals made by a local chef. After school, kids from different families entertained themselves in the cobblestone streets and parks under light adult supervision. But despite some early success, Boundless Education, like the organization itself, is still very much a startup. On my last night in Sintra, the Boundless families gathered together at Praia de Maçãs, a beach 20 minutes from downtown.

Persons: Shirly, Erez Weinstein, Shirly Weinstein, Ella, Mauro Repacci, Simone Stolzoff, Edward, Jessica, —, Rekha Magon, I've, Repacci, Marcos Carvalho, Rolf E, Carvalho, Lona Alia, Alia, Elina Zois, it's, Andreas Wil Gerdes, Penguin Random Organizations: Khan Academy, Green School, Nordic Baccalaureate, North America, Penguin Locations: United States, Israel, Atlanta, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Portugal, Indonesia, Italy, Greece, Bali, Dominican Republic, Sintra , Portugal, Lisbon, Sintra, Ohio, Seattle, Italy's Tuscany, Montreal, Costa Rica, Europe, Southeast Asia, North, Praia, Maçãs, America, San Francisco

☆ Meet the families who are ditching America to travel abroad as digital nomads
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Simone Stolzoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

☆ A ‘River’ of Wine Flooded the Streets of a Town in Portugal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Claire Moses | More About Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The wine flowed freely in one Portuguese town over the weekend. Two tanks holding nearly 600,000 gallons (about 2.2 million liters) of wine at a distillery collapsed on Sunday, sending a torrent of red wine down the streets of the small town of Levira. The sheer force of the wine knocked over another tank, causing the wine from both tanks to flow out of the distillery and into the streets. The authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse, Mr. Carvalho said. It looked “like a river,” said Mr. Carvalho, who noted that there was not a strong smell in the air afterward because it was “good quality wine.”The spill lasted for no more than an hour, Mr. Carvalho said, and the local volunteer fire department helped clean up the roads.

Persons: ”, Pedro Carvalho, Levira, Carvalho Locations: Levira, Portuguese, Anadia, Lisbon

☆ S&P Global raises reinsurance sector view to stable from negative on higher prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Carolyn Cohn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The S&P Global logo is displayed on its offices in the financial district in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - S&P Global has raised its view of the global reinsurance sector to stable from negative, it said on Tuesday, due to higher reinsurance rates and increasing investment income, while rival Moody's kept its outlook for the sector stable. The COVID-19 pandemic, war, inflation and climate change-fuelled natural catastrophes have put upward pressure on reinsurance rates in recent years. S&P Global said this "resulted in the hardest market in decades" in some lines of business. "Challenges such as elevated natural disasters, increasing cost of capital, financial market volatility, and inflation risk persist," S&P Global added.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Moody's, Gallagher Re, reinsurers, Laline Carvalho, Neff, Re, Carolyn Cohn, Jason Neely, Alex Richardson, Sharon Singleton Organizations: REUTERS, Global, P Global, P, reinsurer, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, California, Florida, Monte Carlo

☆ Despite Cheating Fears, Schools Repeal ChatGPT Bans
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Natasha Singer | More About Natasha Singer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Students who depend on district devices and connectivity are restricted.”In May, New York City schools issued a public mea culpa, saying the district had acted too hastily and would unblock ChatGPT. This week, Mr. Carvalho said that Los Angeles schools were also working on a more permissive policy. As schools reopen for fall, educators and district leaders are wrestling with complex questions posed by the A.I. tools: What should writing assignments look like in an era when students can simply employ chatbots to generate prose for them? Some districts like Newark Public Schools are trying out specialized chatbots specifically designed for student tutoring.

Persons: OpenAI, Bard, ” Alberto M, Carvalho Organizations: “, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los, Newark Public Schools Locations: San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Newark

☆ Russia, expansion and Western relations in the spotlight as leaders gather for pivotal BRICS summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

South African police officers walk in front of an event banner outside the venue for the BRICS summit at the Sandton Convention Center in the Sandton district of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Ramaphosa invited 67 leaders from across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean to attend the summit, but no Western leaders received an invitation. watch nowBilateral deals and cooperation is common among BRICS members, but de Carvalho challenged the idea that there is a unanimous desire to compete with the G7. He added that the BRICS members do not always agree and do not see the group as a "panacea," but simply a "vehicle to become more influential in global discussions." "The G7 contains the rich Western economies, while BRICS contains the two most populous countries and the leading countries on three continents.

Persons: Michele Spatari, Cyril Ramaphosa, Xi Jinping, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Narendra Modi, Sergei Lavrov, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Ramaphosa, Gustavo de Carvalho, de Carvalho, Lula, BRICS, It's, it's, Steven Gruzd, Gruzd Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, West, South, Indian, Russian, International, Court, ICC, Western, African Union Commission, New Development Bank, South African Institute of International Affairs, CNBC Locations: Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, Ukraine, Africa, Latin America, East, Asia, Caribbean, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Argentina, Indonesia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, BRICS, Russia, Brazil, China

After six seasons in the Champions League, where Klopp's side reached the final three times and won the trophy in 2019, Liverpool now find themselves back in the Europa League. Premier League clubs sacked 14 managers last season but Klopp, currently the longest-serving coach at a single club in England's top flight, was never in danger of losing his job. Liverpool did not inject fresh blood into an ageing midfield while injuries in the forward line scuppered a title challenge. This year Saudi Arabian clubs have forced Liverpool's hand, with the cash-rich league tearing up the Anfield club's transition plans by luring away their two midfield stalwarts. Returning to the Champions League will be their first priority, which is why a top four finish -- or even winning the Europa League -- will be the bare minimum that is expected of Liverpool.

Persons: Klopp, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade, Chamberlain, It's, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Szoboszlai, Fabio Carvalho, Romeo Lavia, Thiago, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Trent Alexander, Arnold, Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Rohith Nair, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Liverpool, Premier League's, Champions League, Europa League, Premier League, Anfield, Saudi Pro League, RB Leipzig, Thomson Locations: Liverpool, England's, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Bengaluru

☆ Read Your Way Through Salvador
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Itamar Vieira Junior | Translated Johnny Lorenz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Read Your Way Around the World is a series exploring the globe through books. I was born in Salvador, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, and lived in the general vicinity until I reached the age of 15. I already knew something of Amado, not from reading him but because he was an omnipresent figure in the cultural life of Salvador. Salvador was the first capital of Brazil, founded in 1549 as part of the Portuguese colonial project in the Americas. In the Salvador of yesteryear, one would find Europeans, mostly Portuguese and Dutch, as well as Indigenous peoples, especially the Tupinambá.

Persons: Jorge Amado, Amado, Salvador, Rufino, João José Reis, Flávio dos Santos Gomes, Marcus J.M, de Carvalho, Rufino ” Locations: Salvador, Brazilian, Bahia, Brazil, Portuguese, Americas, Salvador of yesteryear, Africa, Nigeria, Benin, Dahomey, Togo, Republic of Congo, Angola, Oyo

☆ There are 2 very different theories for why orcas are ramming into boats. Experts still can't agree on one.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The orcas may be protecting their young from boats, or they may think damaging rudders is fun. Experts have two very different theories for the behavior, and they still can't agree on which one is more likely. The orcas are trying to protect their youngA pod or orcas, or killer whales, with a baby orca among them. None of these techniques has been particularly effective, López told Insider. GTOA is consulting with the Portuguese government to try to develop "acoustic deterrents" that could keep the orcas away from the boats, López said.

Persons: —, van, van Beek, Van, Alfredo López Fernandez, GTOA, orcas Grey, White, López, LiveScience, Renaud de Stephanis, de Stephanis, Billie, António Bessa de Carvalho, Lopez Organizations: Service, JAJO, BBC, Grupo, National Association of Cruises, Apple Locations: Strait, Gibraltar, Shetland, Scotland, Australia

☆ Scientists to test noise deterrents meant to scare orcas after a rapid rise in boat rammings
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Noise deterrents are being developed to scare orcas away from boats, a Portuguese trade association said. The association said sailors in the area are "afraid" to take their boats into Portuguese waters. Alfredo López of the Grupo de trabajo Orca Atlántica, which is collaborating with the Portuguese government, told Insider the work is in the very early stages. Noise deterrents typically work by emitting pulses of high-frequency sound to scare away sea creatures from an area. While types of acoustic deterrents exist, none are specifically designed to be used for orcas and sailboats, he said.

Persons: Orcas, —, Bessa de Carvalho, Alfredo López, López, Jelmer van Beek, Lusa, Lopez Organizations: Service, Privacy, National Association of Cruises, ANC, Portuguese Navy, Institute for, Grupo, Portland Press Herald, Apple Locations: Portuguese, orcas, Shetland, Scotland, Algarve, Portugal

☆ Mastercard launches global plan to recycle credit cards
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Simon Jessop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Under the plan, Mastercard will provide shredding machines to HSBC, each of which is capable of holding 10,000 cards, equivalent to 50 kg (110 pounds) of plastic. Once full, it will be transferred to a plastic recycling facility. The pilot project, which will run for an initial six months, will allow customers to recycle any plastic card, including those from rivals. Currently, Mastercard said it has around 3.1 billion cards in circulation. Each year, it estimates around 600 million cards are produced by the industry, each with a life span of around five years.

Persons: Ajay Bhalla, Jose Carvalho, Nilson, Simon Jessop, Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: HSBC Mastercard, Payments, Mastercard, Wednesday, HSBC Holdings Plc, Mastercard Inc, HSBC, HSBC UK, Thomson Locations: Britain

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