removals

Most of us have heard of carbon offsets by now. However, the average person perhaps doesn’t give them much thought beyond when prompted by an airline to “offset the CO2 of your journey” (for a suspiciously small amount). But how familiar are you with carbon removals?  Offsetting and carbon credits (sort of like permission slips for emissions) are not only big business, but part of a new climate-accounting reality to which companies will have to adapt sooner or later as they embark on net-zero…

Image: DisneyEarlier in the month, Disney revealed that it would be pulling a Warner Bros. Discovery and removing various media from its many streaming services like Disney+ and Hulu. Though the 2018 documentary on The Little Mermaid animator Howard Ashman was saved from deletion, those other shows and movies—at least 105 titles overall—weren’t so lucky. Disney only gave audiences about a week to watch what they could before these things got removed from the platform forever in the aim of cutting costs. Among that list…

Apple has reportedly pledged to improve disclosures about the reasons it removes certain apps from its App Store, following claims that the tech giant's secretive decision-making process endangers free expression in countries such as China and Russia. Activist investors procured the pledge from Apple earlier this month, according to reports. Almost a third of shareholders endorsed a resolution requesting more transparency in the company's interactions with foreign governments at its annual meeting…

Image: Warner Bros. DiscoveryThe Warner Bros. Discovery merger has thus far been a train wreck in slow motion. Earlier in the week, a variety of shows, including animated series like Infinity Train and Summer Camp Island, were suddenly yanked off of HBO Max, and the reaction thus far has been overwhelmingly negative. Even as still airing shows like Island and Victor & Valentino will have their new seasons air on Cartoon Network, the abruptness by which these shows have been removed has a left a bad taste in the mouths…

Vegan meal kit startup Daily Harvest has been hit with two lawsuits by customers alleging they needed gallbladder removals after eating one of the company's products, reported CNN. Last month the company issued a voluntary recall of its “French Lentil + Leek Crumbles” dish following multiple claims of gastrointestinal and liver from consumers. The first lawsuit was filed by Carol Ann Ready, an Oklahoma woman who is suing the company in the federal court for the Southern District of New York. Ready purchased and ate lentil…