(2023-08-25). Lawsuit Challenges Massive Offshore Lease Sale for Failing to Consider Gulf Communities, Climate. commondreams.org Gulf community and environmental groups sued the Interior Department today to challenge an offshore oil and gas lease sale that would offer up more than 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. The department plans to hold the sale Sept. 27. Lease Sale 261, which the Biden administration canceled in 2021, is the last …
(2023-08-25). Saudi denounces 'misleading' report on Ethiopian migrant killings. tribune.com.pk 
Saudi Arabia on Thursday denounced a report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants since last year, branding it "politicised and misleading". | The New York-based group Human Rights Watch on Monday said Saudi border guards had fired "like rain" on Ethiopians trying to reach Saudi Arabia from Yemen. | HRW accused the Saudi guards of using explosive weapons as part of attacks that appeared to be "widespread and systematic", and said the killings may amount to crimes against humanity. | The report sparked global outrage after its publication, although a Saudi government sou…
(2023-08-25). TechTalk: NASA doesn't employ foreigners, but US has sued Elon Musk for not hiring immigrants at SpaceX. firstpost.com Elon Musk has had several dust-ups with the American system over the years. In the latest tussle, the US Justice Department is suing Elon Musk's SpaceX for alleged discriminatory practices against immigrants and asylum seekers, and not hiring them. | Most people, who are not ardent fans of Elon Musk, often dismiss his cries against the US' Left establishment as baseless. This time though, Elon Musk might be right when he says that he is the target of a witch hunt. The US Justice Department suing SpaceX for not hiring immigrants may be stemming from ignorance at best, or worse, reckless hypocrisy. | Why Elon Musk…