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Cow Farts Can Now Be Regulated In California
By Jenn Gidman California Gov. Jerry Brown kept up his assault on climate change Monday, pushing through a law meant to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from dairy farms and landfills.
"You know, when Noah wanted to build his ark, most of the people laughed at him?" Brown said, per the Sacramento Bee, adding that that ark saved Earth's species.
"We've got to build our ark, too, by stopping ... dangerous pollutants." Brown's approval of Senate Bill 1383 goes after short-lived climate pollutants, which include methane, black carbon, and HFC gases, per the AP.
Although these gases don't linger in the atmos-
phere, they still make people sick and hasten global warming due to their heat-trapping ability, per Reuters. "We're pro- tecting people's lungs and their health," Brown said, per Courthouse News.
One of the main methane culprits: manure. Per the bill, dairy farmers have to cut methane emissions to 40 percent below 2013 lev- els by 2030. Under a cap-and-trade plan, farmers will receive aid from the $50 million or so raised via polluter fees, which they can then put toward machin- ery that uses methane to create energy they can in turn sell to electric companies.
The state's Air Resources Board can also now regulate bovine
flatulence, as long as there are practical ways to reduce the cows' belching and breaking wind.
Under the bill, emissions from HFCs also must be reduced by 40 percent from 2013 levels by 2030, while black carbon emissions will have to get to 50 percent below those levels by the same year.
Composting also has to go up by 50 percent within four years to curb methane from organic waste. The state's head of the National Federation of Independent Business rails against the "arbi- trary" limits and says they're a "direct assault on California's dairy industry," per the AP.
One In Five CEOs Are Psychopaths, New Study Finds
Harriet Agerholm Around one in five cor- porate bosses are psy- chopaths - a proportion similar to that among prisoners - according a new study.
psychopath” who may be inclined to unethical or illegal practices has been allowed into the top ranks of companies because of the way firms hire, according to Mr Brooks.
Along with researchers Katarina Fritzon of Bond University and Simon Croom of the University of San Diego, Mr Brooks presented the study at the Australian Psychological Society’s annual congress in Melbourne.
"We've looked at around 1,000 people, and the supply chain manage- ment study that involved 261 corporate profes- sionals- was the most interesting," he told ABC.
Mr Brookes says that figure "shared similari- ties to what we would find in a prison popula- tion".
In the general popula- tion, around 1 per cent are psychopaths, although some studies put the figure at 4 per cent.
Scott Lilienfeld, from Atkanta’s Emory University, who was also presenting on psy- chopathy at the APS Congress, told Australian news site news.au: “[Psychopaths] are over-represented in certain occupations: pol- itics, business, high-risk sport. The research on that is in the preliminary stages.
“Being a psychopath might predispose some- one to short-term suc- cess. They tend to be charming and flamboy- ant, which makes it eas- ier to be successful in the short-run, although that may be purchased at expense of long-term failure.”
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Research conducted forensic psychologist Nathan Brooks from Bond University found 21 per cent of 261 incorporated profes- sionals had clinically significant psychopathic traits.
Characteristics such as an inability to empathize, superficiality and insincerity are all associated with the con- dition.
Mr Brooks said the find- ings suggested busi- nesses should screen employees according to their personality fea- tures, rather than simply their skills.
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