Public.Resource.Org

Supreme Court rules Georgia can’t put the law behind a paywall A narrowly divided US Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right to freely share the official law code of Georgia. The state claimed to own the copyright for the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and sued a nonprofit called Public.Resource.Org for publishing it online. Monday's ruling is not only a victory for the open-government group, it's an important precedent that will help secure the right to publish other legally significant public documents. "Officials empowered to speak with the force of law cannot be the authors of—and therefore cannot copyright—the works they create in the course of their official duties," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts in an opinion that was joined by four other justices on the nine-member court. Everyone involved in the case agreed that the text of state statutes could not be copyrighted. The copyright status of the annotated code matters because the state doesn't publish any other official version. The group's gamble paid off—but just barely.

Up With Trees :: AmeriCorps Partners with Up With Trees A team of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) members is planting trees and clearing unkempt public land along the sides of roads and freeways across greater Tulsa. The group of nine young adults arrived April 12 and will be serving Tulsa through May 27. While in town, the AmeriCorps NCCC team is partnering with Up With Trees, working on their 700+ sites to plant, preserve, and promote Tulsa’s urban forest for the health and prosperity of the community. Over the course of this six-week project, the AmeriCorps NCCC team will be clearing garbage, overgrown vegetation, and invasive species to prepare spaces for Up With Trees to plant in future. “I want people to experience the beauty of Tulsa from the moment they leave the airport and begin driving towards downtown. Up With Trees invites the citizens of Tulsa to come out to BS Roberts Park on Saturday May 13 from 9am – 12pm to join in the partnered efforts with AmeriCorps NCCC.

Forest Landowners Guide to Tree Planting Success Planting trees is visionary Imagine a forest where there was once pasture, or woodland where there were once crops. Imagine a healthy, diverse forest, resistant to insects, fire, and disease, that will contribute to the property for generations. Planting trees has many benefits: improved wildlife habitat, high-quality trees for timber or specialty wood products, revegetated buffers along streams to protect water quality, increased species diversity and resiliency, enhanced attractiveness, and a more valuable estate for your family or heirs. Many view tree planting as an opportunity to leave behind a legacy--one that may benefit future generations, wildlife, and the environment. Most often, forests regenerate and old fields grow up in trees without our intervention. Desired results are often evident in as little as 5 years following planting; the planted area will begin to transform into a forest. Figure 1. Determining Planting Objective(s) Assessing the Planting Site Figure 2. Figure 3.

Yes, Trees Are a Viable Climate Solution If there was one unlikely buzzword to come out of the most recent gathering of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, it was “tree-planting.” WEF launched a global initiative to “grow, restore and conserve 1 trillion trees around the world,” with the support of leaders like United States President Donald Trump, primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, and Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff. Claire O’Neill, the chair of this year’s UN climate conference, praised the campaign and tweeted, “we will put the power of natural climate solutions at the heart of COP 26.” But this surge of support for reforestation and natural climate solutions brought with it accusations of corporate greenwashing and misinformation about what natural climate solutions can accomplish. Let’s go through a few points that critics have raised: “Planting trees is not enough to prevent climate change.” Natural climate solutions cover more than 20 different activities, not just tree-planting.

About Public.Resource.Org Contact Information Supporting Public.Resource.Org Public.Resource.Org is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit and your contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Checks may also be sent to the above address. Our Supporting Paperwork Our People The Board of Trustees of Public.Resource.Org presently includes Heather Joseph, Carl Malamud, Pam Samuelson, Tim Stanley, and Ed Walters. Our Contributors Major support for our 2022 activities is provided by grants from Arcadia, the Elbaz Family Foundation, Nelson Minar, and other indivdual donors.

No complaints about this traffic cop (CBS News) LOS ANGELES - Nobody likes to see a motorcycle cop in the rear-view mirror. But we happened to run into a cop who holds the record for civilian complaints. So where did he find him? "On the Road," of course. This is L.A. Sheriff's Deputy Elton Simmons, and I bet you don't like him already. 'Why can't he go catch some real criminals,' you may be thinking. By the very nature of the business, all L.A.County traffic cops can expect to get at least a few complaints every year. Which is why Capt. Although he did see lots of commendations looking back over the last 20 years -- over the last 25,000 traffic stops, Capt. "I mean, Vegas or M.I.T could not give you the odds of the statistical probability of that," said Maxwell. Obviously Elton is doing something right. Until the captain told him, Elton didn't even know he had such a record, let alone how he got it. So we trailed him for a day to see if we could figure out how he does it. Apparently, you can't. Certainly no complaints here.

Once called crazy, Indonesian eco-warrior turns arid hills green One of the Last People to Live in an Iron Lung Is a Longhorn | The Alcalde Paul Alexander still remembers the sound of the screen door slamming on that rainy July day in 1952. The then-6-year-old had just run inside after playing in the field behind his Dallas home. He was feverish and his neck ached. “God, please, no,” she said. 1952 was riddled with fear for many parents. For Alexander, the infection started as body aches and a high fever, but not long after, he lost his ability to walk, swallow, and breathe. Eighteen months after he was admitted, doctors said he could go home, thinking he wouldn’t live much longer. But Alexander is still alive today. As the world awaits a vaccine, Alexander and his caretakers are limiting contact with others. “It’s like a big tin can,” he tells me over Skype one morning in June. Though more modern ventilators have been invented over the years, Alexander stuck with his iron lung. “It was difficult, but I worked at it,” Alexander says. After working at it for a year, the puppy was his.

Now It Can Be Told: How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers To Mr. Sheehan, however, it seemed that Mr. Ellsberg’s reservations were “about going to jail.” “Because when The Times got it,” he said, “The Times would go ahead with it. He was, Mr. Mr. “Sooner or later, I was afraid he was going to run into a politician who’d go right to the Justice Department,” Mr. Mr. “Oh, I felt really quite angry,” Mr. He made up his mind, he said, “that this material is never again going in a government safe.” Back in Washington, he confided in his wife, Susan Sheehan, a writer for The New Yorker. “Xerox it,” he remembered Ms. He returned to Cambridge to continue reading and taking notes.

Fired Data Scientist Rebekah Jones Raises $100K After FDLE Raid | WLRN Florida's former COVID-19 data curator has raised more than $100,000 for her legal defense fund after being raided by law enforcement this week. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement raided Rebekah Jones' home Monday night. FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearingen said in a statement that they have been investigating Jones since early November when the Florida Department of Health's emergency alert health system was hacked. Jones told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that she had nothing to do with the Department of Health's hack. “On my phone is every communication I’ve ever had with someone who works at the state who has come to me in confidence and told me things that could get them fired or in trouble like this," Jones said. In late May, Jones said she was fired after she refused to manipulate data in the state’s dashboard to make the case for reopening Florida’s economy. Check here to listen to a previous interview Jones did with WMFE's Matthew Peddie.

Levar Burton Schools Meghan McCain On 'Cancel Culture' Meghan McCain attempted to bait Levar Burton into a debate about “cancel culture” during Monday’s episode of “The View,” but the “Reading Rainbow” host turned it into a teachable moment. It started when McCain asked Burton about the decision Dr. Seuss Enterprises made in March to cease publishing six children’s books because of racist and insensitive imagery. “What do you think of that decision and about the cancel culture surrounding works of art or artists that are controversial?” Burton returned the volley by first explaining that he recently did a voiceover for a Seuss Foundation video reminding viewers that “Dr. Then, using Dr. Finally, Burton calmly explained that he thinks the term “cancel culture” is wrongly invoked to explain an awakening of accountability. “I think it’s misnamed,” Burton said of the term, which has become a right wing buzzword. Whatever it’s called, Burton said, “good signs that are happening in the culture right now.”