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Podcast: One Thing Today in Tech
Episode: NASA climate scientist arrested for protesting worst fossil fuel lenders; Elevation raises $670 mln; Unacademy fires 1,000
Description: Peter Kalmus, a NASA scientist who studies biological systems and climate change, and three others were arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday after chaining themselves to the doors of a Chase Bank office building, Business Insider reports.
JPMorgan Chase has invested more money in fossil fuels than any other bank, according to a 2020 report from the Sierra Club and other climate advocacy organisations. In addition to calling for immediate action to address the climate crisis, the protestors were calling for the bank to divest from coal, oil, and gas, according to Insider.
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