We’ve written extensively about the trademark protection strategies employed by cannabis businesses in light of the challenges they face to obtain federal trademark registrations for their cannabis goods and services. Recently, a court order in a motion for preliminary injunction involving the use of the famous WOODSTOCK mark raised some issues related to those strategies, and serves as a reminder that federal prohibition of marijuana truly does have far-reaching implications for state-legal cannabis businesses.
A summary of the case is warranted here. Plaintiffs are the producers of the 1969 Woodstock music festival and have made use of the WOODSTOCK mark in conjunction with concerts, motion pictures, TV programs, and other merchandise. The plaintiffs own a number of federal trademark registrations for the WOODSTOCK mark that cover entertainment services, clothing, and other merchandise. Plaintiffs claim that marijuana is within their “natural zone of expansion” for their trademark rights.
Defendants, on the other hand, contend that they have used the WOODSTOCK mark for more than thirty-five years in connection with the radio station Radio Woodstock as well as in conjunction with a variety of goods and services. Defendants also content that more than five years ago, they obtained federal registration of the WOODSTOCK mark in Class 34 for smokers’ articles and related goods and services, including tobacco-free e-cigarettes for medical purposes, vaporizer pipes, and cigarette rolling papers.
Where things get tricky is that Plaintiffs began using the Woodstock mark in conjunction with marijuana and marijuana products and in their counterclaims, Defendants allege that Plaintiffs are actually infringing Defendants’ federal trademark rights in Class 34 and sought a preliminary injunction. Defendants claim that plaintiffs’ use of the WOODSTOCK mark on marijuana and marijuana-related products “overlaps with, and is inextricably related to, the goods covered by [Defendants’] common law and federally registered rights for the WOODSTOCK mark for smokers’ articles.”
The court ultimately denied the Defendants’ motion for preliminary injunction, stating that “Defendants have not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of their trademark infringement claim, because they have not demonstrated a likelihood of confusion arising from Plaintiffs’ use of the WOODSTOCK mark for recreational marijuana and vaping devices and Defendants’ use of the WOODSTOCK mark for ‘smokers’ articles.’” While this is only a decision on the motion for preliminary injunction and not a decision on the merits of the case, the court’s ruling is still important.
Many businesses in the cannabis industry have struggled to find a means for protecting their brands, and common practice is to rely on a combination of federal trademark protection for ancillary goods and services, and state trademark protection. This strategy is not bulletproof, however, and this court decision indicates why. Here, the court didn’t think that consumers were likely to be confused by two parties selling smokers’ articles and cannabis under identical marks. The court noted that the Defendants had “expressly disavowed the notion that their products are intended for use with recreational marijuana” during their trademark prosecution process, something that was necessary for them to procure federal trademark protection, but is now a fact that can be used against them in their argument for likelihood of confusion.
There were a number of other deficiencies in the pleadings for the motion for preliminary injunction, and the standards to prevail on such a motion are difficult to meet. But we will be following this case very closely to see how the court ultimately rules on the merits, because this is an issue that will have broad implications for brand owners in the cannabis space.
Girl Scouts Allege Misappropriation by Cannabis Edibles Company
As usual, we’ve been monitoring both brewing and active trademark disputes in the cannabis space, and the most recent example involves the institution that is the Girl Scouts. For background, here are some of the other disputes we’ve covered in the past: Kiva Lawsuit Highlights the Cannabis Industry’s Ongoing Trademark Troubles Cannabis Trademark Litigation: Web…
As usual, we’ve been monitoring both brewing and active trademark disputes in the cannabis space, and the most recent example involves the institution that is the Girl Scouts. For background, here are some of the other disputes we’ve covered in the past:
- Kiva Lawsuit Highlights the Cannabis Industry’s Ongoing Trademark Troubles
- Cannabis Trademark Litigation: Web Platform Liability (Mr. T v. Leafly)
- Cannabis Trademark Litigation: Woodstock Case Shows Limits of Federal Trademark Protection
- New Trademark Litigation Against “Stoney Patch” Cannabis Products Calls Out an Industry Trend of Copycats
- UPS Sues Multiple Cannabis Delivery Companies for Trademark Infringement
- The “Tiger Hemp Beer” Case: Clear Your Cannabis Trademarks Before Filing
- Yet ANOTHER Cannabis Trademark Infringement Case: Tapatio Foods Files Suit
- What NOT to do with your Cannabis Brand: The Gorilla Glue Trademark Infringement Dispute
According to a recent article in Forbes, California cannabis-edibles company Kaneh Co. was promoting its cannabis-infused cookies as similar to several of the Girl Scouts’ cookie brands. According to the article, Kaneh was comparing its “Toasted Coconut Caramels (‘flecked with vanilla and sea salt’) to the Scouts’ Samoas; its Lemon Sugar Cookies to the Scouts’ Lemonades; and its Salted Toffee Blondies (‘a brown sugar blondie swirled with toffee chips and a generous dose of sea salt’) to the Scouts’ Toffee-tastic cookies.” All of these descriptions were included in an emailed advertisement for Kaneh’s goods, and a representative from Kaneh stated that the Girl Scouts comparison would not appear in any print or online advertisements.
The Girl Scouts, however, were not amused by Kaneh’s likening of its products to the Girls Scouts’ cookies, particularly given the connection to cannabis. A statement from the Girl Scouts said, “We consider … such use of our [cookie names] trademarks to be misappropriation, which we take seriously and, when applicable, [we] will send a cease and desist request.”
This is not the first time the Girl Scouts have gone to bat against a cannabis company, previously having clamped down on the use of the strain name “Girl Scout Cookies.” See: How an LA Weed Dispensary Pissed Off the Girl Scouts.
Quite frankly, it’s understandable that a youth organization would object to the use of its intellectual property in conjunction with a Schedule I controlled substance. But what is interesting about the Girl Scouts’ current beef with Kaneh’s use of its intellectual property (IP) is that the Girl Scouts representative didn’t argue that Kaneh was infringing the Girl Scouts’ trademarks (as was the case in the disputes we’ve covered in the past and linked to above). The representative instead asserted that such use of the Girl Scouts’ cookie names was “misappropriation,” and this is an important distinction.
As we’ve covered before, a trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others. And trademark infringement is the “unauthorized use of a trademark or service mark on or in connection with goods and/or services in a manner that is likely to cause confusion, deception, or mistake about the source of the goods and/or services.” In the case at hand, the Girl Scouts would be hard pressed to show that Kaneh’s use of the names of its cookies (which are protected by trademark registrations), was likely to cause consumer confusion or mistake about the source of the goods, since Kaneh was only referencing the cookies in a comparative manner, to explain to customers what its cookies tasted like. In fact, this comparative manner of use would make it very clear to customers that Kaneh’s cookies were not Girl Scout cookies.
But are companies allowed to make these kinds of comparative statements? And what is “misappropriation” in the context of trademarks? The theory of misappropriation in a trademark context is tenuous, but there are three basic elements (J. THOMAS MCCARTHY, 2 MCCARTHY ON TRADEMARKS AND UNFAIR COMPETITION § 10.72 (4th ed. 2006)):
- Plaintiff has made a substantial investment of time, effort and money into creating the thing misappropriated such that the court can characterize that “thing” as a kind of property right [the creation element].
- Defendant had appropriated the “thing” at little or no cost, such that the court can characterize defendant’s action as “reaping where it has not sown” [the appropriation element].
- Defendant has injured plaintiff by the misappropriation [the injury element].
The idea here would be that Kaneh was free-riding on the goodwill that the Girl Scouts have worked to establish over the years. But there are also “fair use” exceptions to trademark infringement, including for comparative advertising. It is unclear whether such comparative advertising principles would apply in this case, since traditional girl scout cookies fall within a completely different product category from cannabis-infused cookies. Still, this is something that all cannabis business owners should be mindful of. Use of another company’s trademark in comparative advertising may be allowed under certain circumstances, but businesses must be very careful to avoid advertisements that could be deemed false and misleading.
Even if you think that your use of another’s trademark does not constitute trademark infringement, or that your use falls within a fair use exception like comparative advertising, it is important to consider claims that could be made against you like misappropriation, or false and misleading advertising, and it is important to run these types of advertisements by your IP lawyer.
ICYMI: Trump Dumps on Medical Cannabis (Again)
At this point, it probably feels to most people like the federal government is standing down when it comes to state-legal cannabis and cannabis businesses. It started back in 2013 with the Cole Memo when U.S. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole opined in a memorandum that U.S. attorneys shouldn’t really prioritize federally illegal cannabis…
At this point, it probably feels to most people like the federal government is standing down when it comes to state-legal cannabis and cannabis businesses. It started back in 2013 with the Cole Memo when U.S. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole opined in a memorandum that U.S. attorneys shouldn’t really prioritize federally illegal cannabis activities in states that robustly regulated cannabis and cannabis businesses (so long as eight main enforcement priorities were honored by the states).
This hands off approach was amplified by the 2014 FinCEN guidelines, which opened the doors on cannabis banking, a huge, positive development for the industry at the time. Then there was a bit of a downturn in January 2018 when then acting U.S. Attorney General rescinded all Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance (including the 2013 Cole Memo) regarding any federal enforcement position on state legal cannabis, fully returning to all U.S. Attorneys to go after state-legal cannabis according to the resources and priorities in their own jurisdictions.
Notably, none of the foregoing had any impact on actual federal law–enforcement memos do not represent changes in law and don’t do anything to amend the law. However, way back in 2014, Congress passed on omnibus budget bill that contained hard-fought-for language around protections for state medical cannabis laws. Section 538 of this budget bill contained the following language:
None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, [every other medical marijuana state], to prevent such States from implementing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.
Many legal experts and scholars speculated that Section 538 wouldn’t have too much of an impact on state legal medical cannabis businesses since the exact language, on its face, really only stops the DOJ from spending money on “interfering” with the enumerated states’ ability to implement their medical cannabis programs (notably, the law ignores adult-use cannabis programs and businesses).
Nonetheless, Section 538 proved to be hugely important in the Ninth Circuit courts of the United States (which make up a large portion of the medical cannabis states in America). The impact of the United States v. McIntosh cannot be overstated. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals interpreted Section 538 to mean that the DOJ could not prosecute the individual principals of state law-compliant medical cannabis businesses. And the effect of that case produced the result in the MAMM case, the notorious Kettle Falls Five case, and was very likely responsible for the DOJ’s dismissal of the Harborside forfeiture case. The bottom line? Section 538 has real power to protect medical cannabis businesses from enforcement actions by the federal government.
Congress has consistently renewed Section 538 in some form in its annual budget bills (it’s changed names a couple of times from the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment to the Rohrbacher-Blumenauer Amendment, named for the Congressional leaders who championed it and continued to keep it alive). Now though, Section 538 faces a new threat of elimination by President Trump, indicating that maybe the Feds aren’t really done with state-legal cannabis enforcement.
Notably, Trump has tried to delete Section 538 before (and so did Obama) but he’s been routinely ignored by Congress. In his 2021 budget proposal, Trump is at it again–section 538 is omitted from the white houses’s budget proposal. Only time will tell if members of Congress will fight against the proposed deletion. We imagine that they will, given the number of Americans that are now in favor of cannabis legalization generally and where hundreds of jobs and robust state revenue has been created on the back of cannabis legalization– including for medical applications.
The other positive boon here is the fact that the sitting U.S. Attorney, Bill Barr, made clear when testifying before Congress that spending time, money, and resources going after state-legal cannabis businesses isn’t really within the DOJ’s current interests, and that the DOJ would continue to adhere to the principles contained in the 2013 Cole Memo (so far, that seems to have held true).
It’s troublesome to see Trump go back and forth on medical cannabis (and legalization) and to watch him try to end the only real federal protection that exists for any form of cannabis business in the country. What’s clear to us though is that cannabis enforcement isn’t necessarily a priority one way or the other for this administration, and we can’t know yet if that’s ultimately a good or a bad thing. So, stay tuned.
USPTO Grants Trademark for PSILOCYBIN, But Don’t Get Too Worked Up Yet
A few weeks back, Twitter was abuzz about the fact that the United State Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) granted a federal trademark registration for the word PSILOCYBIN. The mark was registered by the company Black Pandas LLC and applies to the following services in Class 041: “Development and dissemination of education materials of others…
A few weeks back, Twitter was abuzz about the fact that the United State Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) granted a federal trademark registration for the word PSILOCYBIN. The mark was registered by the company Black Pandas LLC and applies to the following services in Class 041:
“Development and dissemination of education materials of others regarding psychoactive plants, psychoactive fungi, and chemicals and related topics in the field of spirituality, religion, politics, art and science; Publication of articles, books, pamphlets and newsletters regarding psychoactive plants, psychoactive fungi, and chemicals and related topics in the field of spirituality, religion, politics, art and science.”
First, it is important to note that the registration does NOT provide the registrant with exclusive rights to use the word “psilocybin” on all goods and services, and particularly not on goods that could be described as “psilocybin.” One of the requirements for federal trademark protection in the U.S. is that a mark is “distinctive.” Simply put, this means that a mark cannot be “merely descriptive” of the goods or services on which it is applied. So, for example, no one would be eligible to protect the word “psilocybin” for use on mushrooms, because this would be merely descriptive. It would be against public policy to limit the ability of other businesses and individuals to describe the goods they are selling (note that I’m setting aside the legality issues that come into play here, which are nearly identical to those faced by cannabis businesses attempting to procure federal trademark protection).
So, what happened here with the PSILOCYBIN registration? Initially, the examining attorney assigned to the file rejected the application under Section 2(e)(1) of the Trademark Act, meaning that she deemed the mark merely descriptive of the applicant’s services stating:
“Here, the term PSILOCYBIN is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by various mushrooms. Applicant’s services feature materials regarding “psychoactive plants” and related topics; thus, the term PSILOCYBIN is descriptive of the subject matter of applicant’s services. Consumers encountering this mark – in the context of those services – will immediately understand the descriptive significance of the mark.”
However, in this case, the mark was only refused registration on the Principal Register. The examining attorney gave the applicant the opportunity to amend their application to seek registration on the Supplemental Register, so long as they could amend their application to show use in commerce.
Many trademark applicants are unaware of the existence of the Supplemental Register, let alone what it is. The Supplemental Register is “a second trademark register where trademarks can be registered that are not yet eligible for registration on the Principal Register, but may, over time, become an indicator of source. Marks registered on the Supplemental Register, like those registered on the Principal Register, are protected against conflicting marks in later-filed USPTO applications. However, Supplemental Register registrations do not receive the same legal advantages and presumptions of Principal Register registrations.”
What this means is that in a trademark dispute, the owner of a mark on the Supplemental Register does not enjoy a presumption of federal ownership. It’s much harder to win an infringement lawsuit with a Supplemental Register registration.
After five years of continuous use, an applicant for a mark that would otherwise be rejected for being merely descriptive can apply to register its mark on the Principal Register if it has additional proof of “acquired distinctiveness,” which can include evidence of notoriety, extensive advertisement of the mark, and declarations from third parties. A good example of a mark that made it onto the Principal Register through this process is SKATEBOARDER, which is a skateboard magazine. The mark would have been deemed merely descriptive and rejected, but the applicant was able to show sufficient notoriety over time to prove acquired distinctiveness.
It remains to be seen whether or not the PSILOCYBIN trademark will ever make it to the Principal Register. The more companies that begin to use the word “psilocybin” in conjunction with their online publications and services, the less likely it will be that the owner of this mark will be able to prove acquired distinctiveness five years from now.
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Johnson changed the location of the sentence from Atlanta to the Lackawanna County Jail. He said to mother Donnelly after announcing the change, “If your boy decides to behave himself and get away from the dope, perhaps the court will parole him in six months.”
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Trenton Real Estate News
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Active equity options trading on open Active equity options trading on open according to Track Data: AAPL TSLA TWTR PBR C GILD NFLX FB BIDU First South Bancorp purchases banking operations in North Carolina First South Bancorp announced the signing of an agreement under which the Bank has agreed to purchase the branch banking operations of nine locations in North Carolina from Bank of America . The branch offices are located in Elizabethtown, Goldsboro, Kenansville, Kinston, Kitty Hawk, Morehead City, Mount Olive, Wallace and Wilson, North Carolina. Comment?
Tuesday Sep 9 | via Newswise
Sept. 9, 2014 - Economic growth in North Carolina is expected to grow at a sluggish pace in 2015 with no significant growth expected for the remainder of 2014, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his quarterly forecast for the state. According to Connaughton, N.C. Gross State Product is expected to reach a level of $482.9 million in 2014, a real increase of 1.5 percent over the 2013 level. Comment?
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Check below for free stories on BAC;CVTI;FBR;FEYE;INFN;LLL;MTRX;PNW;RES;RGRNF;SGI;TX;UTIW the last two weeks. First South Bancorp purchases banking operations in North Carolina First South Bancorp announced the signing of an agreement under which the Bank has agreed to purchase the branch banking operations of nine locations in North Carolina from Bank of America . Comment?
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Bank of America DOJ settlment removes a major overhang, says Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley lowered Bank of America's Q3 EPS estimate to from 34c based on the DOJ settlement and said it removes a major overhang. Comment?
Friday Aug 29 | via Bloomberg
Bank of America Corp. asked a federal judge to throw out the jury verdict that its Countrywide unit defrauded Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , which resulted in a $1.3 billion civil penalty against the bank. Comment?
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Househunters' chances of getting a loan without a 20 per cent deposit remained slim last month, with little change to bank lending figures. The Reserve Bank introduced rules last October that limit riskier loans to no more than 10 per cent of a bank's total mortgage lending. Comment?
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One in four mortgage holders fear they will be in financial trouble when interest rates start to rise, research has found. Some 27% of those surveyed for the Building Societies Association and charity the Money Advice Trust think they will be in difficulty when the base rate eventually moves off its historic 0.5% low. Comment?
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One in 14 people said that they would be in serious financial trouble if mortgage rates and repayments changed as they expect over the next three years, while a further one in five said this would cause them slight financial problems. Around 39% of those surveyed said they will be forced to cut spending on holidays and eating out to cope with rate rises, while one-fifth plan to reduce spending on essentials such as clothing and food. Comment?
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Take this guy: His wife works at McDonald's, pulling down $180 a week on $7.50 an hour, and he makes a solid $15 an hour and brings home $600 a week before taxes. That $2,960 is enough to let them borrow plenty - on a home mortgage, on an F-150, a boat trailer and a snappy-looking outboard, for a family vacation with her parents, for athletic gear and special training for the older two kids. Comment?
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Bernero 'thrilled' by interest in former GM sites
LANSING – The president of a Missouri company that was unable to close on the purchase of four former General Motors properties in the Lansing-area last spring said he asked RACER Trust officials on Monday for another opportunity to develop the sites.
Chad Meyer, the president and chief operating officer of NorthPoint Development of Riverside, Missouri, confirmed his company signed a letter of intent on the properties in the summer of 2015 but said the sale was never finalized.
“During our due diligence, we didn’t really generate any strong or tangible demand that would lead to our redevelopment of that project,” Meyer said. “We had to drop it due to lack of demand.”
Meyer said his company “would love to … find a way to help get that (property) back into productive re-use.”
“If we think we could create some demand for an industrial project over there, we’d be right back in the soup in a hurry,” he said, citing the quality of the local workforce as further incentive for completing a sale.
Meyer said he conveyed NorthPoint’s renewed interest in a phone call to Bruce Rasher, RACER’s chief properties negotiator, early Monday.
“He definitely wants to work with us,” Meyer said of Rasher’s reaction, deferring further comment to Rasher.
“I will confirm that I did hear from NorthPoint today and they have renewed their interest in the RACER Trust properties in the Lansing area,” Rasher said in a phone interview.
“I do not feel I’m able to disclose any additional discussions with them but I am happy to characterize this as a very positive development,” Rasher said. “There is no written agreement between RACER and NorthPoint at this time.”
RACER took the former GM plant sites in Lansing, Lansing Township and Delta Township off the market last year but never publicly identified NorthPoint as the company that was interested in the properties. Local officials who were involved in the negotiations, including possible tax incentives, also shielded NorthPoint’s identity.
On Monday, Rasher confirmed NorthPoint’s role in the previous courtship ritual.
“RACER had at the time and continues to have a tremendous amount of confidence and respect for NorthPoint on so many levels,” Rasher said Monday, mentioning NorthPoint’s ability “to secure end-user tenants and buyers and their ability to finance their projects.”
Rasher’s experience with NorthPoint includes the developer’s purchase of RACER properties in Lordstown, Ohio, and Kansas City, Kansas.
NorthPoint typically custom-builds new factories, warehouses and distribution facilities on the RACER sites to meet the specifications of companies with whom it contracts – often those with auto-related interests.
Bob Trezise, president of the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, previously had declined to identify NorthPoint as the purchase-option holder, but late Monday he confirmed LEAP had worked closely with NorthPoint “in the past and we remain very confident in their abilities working with the auto industry.”
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero said Tuesday he was "thrilled with the news" of NorthPoint's renewed pursuit of the properties.
"It underscores the importance of General Motors and the auto industry to Lansing's economy still today," he said. "I look forward to continued cooperation with RACER Trust and Lansing Township and LEAP to maximize the potential for redevelopment of the site."
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2801 W. Saginaw St.
72.47 acres adjacent to two other former GM manufacturing properties
Lansing Plant 3
2800 W. Saginaw St.
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The information-packed pages of Modern Military Aircraft cover a broad range of aircraft, from high-tech superfighters such as the Lockheed Martin F-16, Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, and McDonnell Douglas F/ A-18 Hornet, to the aircraft they were originally designed to counter: Russian types such as the MiG-29 "Fulcrum," Su-27 "Flanker," and Tupolev Tu-22M "Backfire." The book also includes current U.K. and European fighter aircraft such as the Panavia Tornado, SEPECAT Jaguar, and Eurofighter Typhoon, as well as less well-known aircraft from around the world. Each aircraft is covered in detail, with feature boxes outlining its development, technical specifications, performance data, and variants. Unique graphics allow you to compare specific features like firepower, troop-carrying capacity, and bombload to those of other aircraft of the same type. With a wealth of essential information on every page, Modern Military Aircraft is a must have for aircraft lovers of all ages.
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In this statement delivered during the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, APC speaks to the deteriorating political situation in India and the increase in violence following the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act.
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) participated in a side event at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council (HRC43) to look at how to move forward on safeguarding the intersection of freedom of religion or belief and gender equality.
In this statement delivered during the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, APC welcomed a gender perspective being integrated into the work of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur and the adoption of intersectionality as a framework in the digital age.
Since December 2019, peaceful protests have erupted throughout India in response to the adoption of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. In response, India has witnessed large-scale violence against dissenters and a clampdown on freedoms of religion, expression, assembly and association.
At the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, states will consider a resolution extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for three years. Civil society organisations including APC are calling on all states to support the extension.
APC’s priorities at this HRC session include gender and privacy online, freedom of religion or belief, and the criminalisation of human rights defenders, journalists and digital security and tech expertise, as well as highlighting violations of internet rights in countries like India and Myanmar.
In India, a discriminatory citizenship law has sparked widespread protests, which have been met with arbitrary arrests, excessive force and violence by the authorities. APC took part in a side event at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council which addressed these human rights violations.
Joint statement by organisations urging United Nations Secretary-General to ensure the allocation of sufficient resources for the UN’s principal human rights body to be able to function effectively, so that it can continue to promote and protect human rights across the globe.
A damning new report from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, raises alarm about the rise of the digital welfare state, which uses data and technologies to automate, predict, identify, surveil, detect, target and punish the poor.
APC's 2018 Annual Report offers an engaging dive into one year in the network's life. All the 67 stories are clustered under the six priority areas that have informed APC's work from 2016 until 2019: Access, rights, a feminist internet, governance, use and development and APC community.

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A deal between Carrefour and Tesco to team up on global purchasing will help them not only cut prices but also expand their own-label ranges, tightening a squeeze on major brand producers such as Nestle and Kraft Heinz.
UK beauty chain Superdrug is riding high on the back of its Love Island sponsorship with full-year profits and sales both rising and the company seeing continued growth momentum in important product categories.
The authority responsible for London's Oxford Street is to discuss how it can move forward after axing plans to pedestrianise part of the giant shopping street as new data shows illegal levels of toxic air in the area.
A Dubai-based tech firm has announced an ambitious online mall project with Mall.Global intending to “give traditional e-commerce a facelift by incorporating immersive technologies and operational practices.”
The problems currently being endured by Australian department store operators have come into even sharper focus as upscale retailer David Jones has axed 16 senior staff with its fashion MD having been terminated
Glossier's founder and CEO Emily Weiss has named Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake as Glossier's first independent board member, an addition that stokes rumors of a possible future IPO for the millennial-favorite beauty brand.
The social-selling cosmetics company announced on Monday the launch of its first podcast series, "Make it Happen: Powered by Avon", which will feature discussions aimed at entrepreneurs in the beauty industry.
French supermarket chain Casinoand cosmetics group L’Orealare launching new beauty stores in Paris this weekend, the latest effort by brick and mortar retailers to retain customers in the face of online competition.
As House of Fraser prepares for one of the most important days in its 170-year history (with its creditors voting on its CVA Friday) the company has released a broad outline of its new product and trade strategy.


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"As a sniper myself for many years I have always sought to learn from those who went before me, from all countries. This book provides a unique and fascinating in-depth look at the day to day life of an operational sniper.
For many years the skill and the bravery of the Wehrmacht sniper has gone unrecorded. With this book we see inside his experiences for the first time and it is a read that I would strongly recommend to any current sniper. A truly fascinating look at the trials and tribulations of one mans war when the world was at war around him."--Mark Spicer, author of the Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills


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I’ve recently seen a spate of Facebook posts, political emails and opinion columns saying the writer can’t (and we shouldn’t) “approve of the President.” I would suggest this is a fundamentally flawed approach…
Saying this suggests we should hate or dismiss the man for what and who he is.
And yet, as a minister, I and many of my peers constantly preach and demonstrate we love all of our neighbors no matter who they are or what they believe. No matter what their race, income, nationality, immigration status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Jesus taught that we are to love each other without judgment, without preconditions.
That includes the President, too.
So, I cannot approve of him, nor disapprove of him.
Continue reading ““Approve of Him”?”
Some thoughts regarding the push to get advertisers to drop sponsorship of Megan Kelly’s new show in advance of her first broadcast tonight, in which she interviews a conspiracy theorist who’s said some really vile things about Sandy Hook and its victims…
In a Huffingtonpost article, Emily Peck says…
“We unleashed this monster, and sometimes it’s a great weapon for social justice and sometimes it’s people censoring and sometimes it’s both.”
I know people who were very close to some of the Sandy Hook victims, and others who were deeply involved in ministering to the survivors. And so, I know that conspiracy theorists like the crass and hate-spewing blabbermouth Ms. Kelly interviewed (to be broadcast this evening) should not be given a chance by anyone, let alone competent journalists (of any political stripe) to spread their hateful and hurtful poison.
But I think the author of this article is right. Trying to shut down the broadcast of something, because we have PREJUDGED it to be abhorrent is censorship, and will ultimately do more harm than good. We don’t yet know how she will portray this guy or his message.
We can go too far, and this is such a case.
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
– The “Second Great Commandment” – Matthew 22:39
In a recent interview with Sean Hannity on Fox, Eric Trump said that those who oppose his dad “are not even people” and then proceeded to criticize those who are calling his father names, and making all sorts of vile accusations against him.
I’ll have to admit, it’s really hard for many to take such ire seriously. After all, no one has ever accused our current president of being a high-minded politician. And, all of us (even his most ardent supporters) can easily recite quite a long list of derogatory phrases he has used to label those he sees as enemies. He’s a master at the craft of name-calling and the memorable insult, we all know it.
But, does that justify our own insults of him in return? And, does our own insulting of him justify his supporters (and him) re-insulting us back? And, does their re-insulting of us in response to our insulting of them after they insulted us justify our re-insulting them back again? And, does our re-insulting of them for re-insulting us after we insulted them for their insulting us justify their re-re-insulting us again? And…
Continue reading “They Started It!”
The past is the framework upon which our present is built. So, by appropriating the past of another for ourselves, we are often stealing or destroying their future.
For the last several years my alma mater, Andover Newton, has been wrestling with the issue of repatriation of the significant collection Native American Artifacts it has accumulated over the last two hundred (or so) years. The process has been heavily criticized by many because it has been extremely slow, with little apparent progress to outside observers.
And yet, as my fellow alumnus, friend (and awesome minister) Rev. Virginia Child pointed out recently: the reality is that the effort to restore even a single artifact to its rightful present day caretakers is a far more challenging and convoluted process than it would seem. While we usually know where an artifact came from and who originally gave it to the school, identifying who should be the caretaker can be quite a challenge, as this article about a controversy over the repatriation of the remains of an ancient Wampanoag leader demonstrates.
So, while it is frustratingly slow, Andover Newton’s determination to be careful and sensitive
in the repatriation of each of these artifacts is to its credit. It would be much easier to simply hand them to the first group that shows up with something resembling a valid claim. But, such an approach would only continue and aggravate the long ago injustices that created the present situation.
This same type of controversy is an often intractable aspect of far larger conflicts we see in so many places: Israel/Palestine; the Progressive/Conservative battles in the US and elsewhere; the tensions between China and many of its neighbors; North Korea; Black Lives Matter; the controversies in many of our Southern states right now over flying the Confederate flag and the placement of statues and memorials venerating Confederate heroes and events; and the representations of Native Americans in sports team names and logos. In each case, tensions focus on questions of “Who owns our past?” And, “Who has control over the narrative of what our past means?”
Continue reading “Those *^*%&$ Artifacts”
A bit of a kerfluffle has erupted in the last few days over the “Fearless Girl” sculpture on Wall Street in New York City, created by Kristen Visbal.
As most of you know, on the morning of International Women’s Day, “Fearless Girl” was set up facing (and, in fact confronting) the famous “Charging Bull” sculpture on Wall Street. “Fearless Girl” is intended to make it clear that the time of Wall Street and major firms being a “mens’-only” club is over. Women have long deserved the right (as well as convincingly earned the right) to have an equal role in the leadership of this nation’s business community and its many firms and organizations.
Now, the artist who created and installed “Charging Bull,” Arturo Di Modica, is taking offense at the way “Fearless Girl” changes how the public looks at his own work. He wants “Fearless Girl” removed, and is suing the City to try and force this to happen.
But really, is this a reasonable argument?
“Charging Bull” was a piece of guerrilla art itself, secretly installed one night after the Stock Market crash of the 1987. The artist saw it as a symbol of prosperity and strength.
But, it has also become a symbol in the years since of the dominance of capitalism and forcefulness of American business.
And that’s precisely the problem…
Continue reading “Fearless Girl / Charging Bull”
I’ve said this before, and it needs to be said again and again:
Some aspects of the GOP’s agenda, particularly with regards to economic policy and governance, have merit: reducing government bloat and overregulation are good goals; as is strengthening our manufacturing base and increasing our economic competitiveness.
I may disagree with some aspects of these goals, especially certain proposed implementations, but the basic ideas are sound. Making progress on these issues would be welcomed by many moderate Democrats and non-aligned voters, especially if implemented with some effort at building a common consensus with those outside the party. And many within the GOP, such as Senator McCain and even Dick Cheney have said exactly this.
However, the GOP’s blind spot is their assumption that they have been given a mandate to promote their social agenda and a pass on ignoring the influence of dark money and corruption in politics. If they continue pushing on rolling back social reform and ignore the corruption issues (as they are actively doing), they’ll have a really tough time in the next election cycle – despite their extensive attempts at voter suppression and gerrymandering.
But Democrats be warned: American voters are determined to have a government that is focused on improving the situation of the middle class and the poor, and they see “dark money” and influence-buying as key obstacles to making that happen. I think it likely we’ll continue to see increasingly large, wild and ultimately destructive swings every few years from one party being given control to the other until both parties recognize this and do something about it. Case in point: the current regime.
And let’s be perfectly clear on this: those of us who are devoted to the cause of social justice can never ignore the fact that people vote first with their wallets. If we don’t provide the majority of people within this country with realistic hope for a stable and prosperous future, they will be adamant in their refusal to support any expansion of social justice that could be construed as taking away what little stability and hope they already have. It doesn’t matter to them how right or just a particular cause may be: what matters is whether they have a roof over their own heads and food on the table for their own children.
That’s reality: deal with it.
In a recent editorial (“IRS Should not Enforce Silence from the Pulpit“), the Boston Globe gave a nuanced and thoughtful (if brief) critique of the current state of the law. And, in fact, I agree with their position.
As I (and the Globe) see it, the problem with the so-called “Johnson Amendment” which prohibits churches and other tax-exempt groups from specifically endorsing candidates is not that the law exists, but in how it is enforced by the IRS. In fact, it’s a bit of a morass, with varying standards applied in various cases with varying degrees of zeal on the part of the IRS’s representatives.
As a minister, I do not specifically endorse (or condemn) candidates from the pulpit. (Although, I doubt anyone is in the dark about my political leanings!)
On the other hand, I have known of ministers who have condemned (or endorsed) specific political candidates from the pulpit in various ways, and I feel – even if it were allowed by the law – this is a seriously flawed approach, from many different points of view. I have even known ministers who have allowed campaigning politicians to give speeches from their pulpit, in clear violation of the Johnson Amendment.
Aside from the very clear “First Amendment” issues (regarding both Separation of Church and State and Freedom of Speech), I see such endorsements as a Pastoral failure: it is insensitive and dismissive, if not blind to, the feelings and experience of many who are in our congregations. Ministers who make such a stand often find themselves in hot water with their congregations for precisely that reason, and rightly so.
Continue reading “Abolish the Johnson Amendment?”
“…whether Women or Blacks or Jews or Japanese or Gays or Muslims or Hispanics or Native Americans are human is not the issue. They are, obviously. The real question is: are we?”
One point I was hoping to make with the “Hope” video I was going to show at the beginning of today’s service was that the “Women’s Marches” around the country on the day after the inauguration were not “Protests.”
Now, a “Protest” is where you stand against something – some event or social ill or person. And, certainly this was an impetus to the creation and organization of those demonstrations; but to “Protest” is not what I saw when I was there: it was not why millions of us came together.
We came to be with each other! We knew it was important to show through our physical presence, that we will support those who are being marginalized. We came because we care. We came because we will no longer stand by while our neighbors are being silenced and oppressed. We gathered together out of love, not out of hate.
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The heart of the problem is that many believe that being in a leadership position means they no longer need advice, particularly unsolicited advice: They must have all the answers, and see accepting advice from others as a sign of weakness. They think they’ll lose face for accepting help from others; or that “naysayers” are seeking to undermine them and their cause. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
“Where there is no guidance, a nation falls,
but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.”
– Proverbs 11:14 (NRSV)
A dozen (or so) years ago, I was a Technical Lead for an IT services contractor in the DC area. After wrapping up one project, I had been assigned to lead a project for a new client of another division within my company. A few months later, I was pulled back into my old group because a project that had been waiting approval for a long time had finally gotten the green light: writing a new and very complex logistics-support application for a branch of the military.
Several members of my team had spent years supporting (and fixing) the predecessor to the proposed new system. They had developed a very deep and thorough knowledge of the way the client used the system, the system’s remaining flaws, and the needs it was failing to address at all. We had known for a long time that it would cost far more to finish fixing the existing system’s critical problems and gaps than to rewrite the whole thing from scratch. The client had finally agreed: a design and project plan had been developed, and the proposal had been approved. I was brought back to lead the technical side of that effort.
Just a couple of weeks later, we had our initial meeting with the primary stakeholders of the new system in an office building not far from the Pentagon. I arrived along with my boss. She and I were escorted into a conference room. Several of the folks associated with the use of the system were already there, and we all chatted for a few minutes as the rest of the team trickled in.
Suddenly, an aide came in and announced an Officer: after that introduction, he strode in and sat down. Wasting no time, his message was pointed and brief: he had talked to the commander about an hour earlier and convinced him that our project should be under his command, since he was already tasked with leading the development and deployment of a similar system. (Although similar, not identical – its mission actually had very little overlap with that of our project.)
He explained that our project was needless duplication, and that it would detract from what he was trying to accomplish. Besides, he’d had a conversation with the vendor of the workgroup product his own “portal” was going to be built-with, and the vendor had assured him it would only take 8 months to duplicate the functionality our project would provide. And so, he’d promised his commander that he would have the new system up and running in eight months time.
Therefore, he was shutting down our project, effective immediately.
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I found this fun party hat paper at Hobby Lobby.... I actually cut it up and my daughter started using the scraps before I could find out by what company, but I think it is by The Paper Studio by Crafts Etc.
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South Korea’s Hydrogen Strategy and Industrial Perspectives Edito Energie, March 2020
South Korea is a hydrogen (H2) frontrunner. The world’s first commercial fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) was launched by the South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai (Tucson i×35) in 2013.
POSCO Energy, South Korea’s largest private energy producer, completed the world’s largest fuel cell manufacturing plant in 2015. When President Moon took office in 2018, the new government identified H2 as a new growth engine, and pledged to turn the country into a H2 economy.
In June 2018, the Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced a 2.6 trillion South Korean Won (KRW) (about 22 billion United States dollars - USD) budget for the establishment of a public-private H2 vehicle industry ecosystem by 2022. In 2019, the government released the “Hydrogen Economy Roadmap of Korea” and the “National Roadmap of Hydrogen Technology Development”, setting long term targets through 2040. In January 2020, the National Assembly of Korea passed the “Hydrogen Law (Hydrogen Economy Promotion and Hydrogen Safety Management Law)”, laying the legal basis for government’s support to H2 and safety standards for facilities.
Focus on scaling up demand in the transport and electricity segments
South Korea’s priorities are leadership in fuel cell cars and large scale stationary fuel cells for power generation. According to the “Hydrogen Economy Roadmap of Korea”, the government aims to reach the production of 6.2 million FCEVs by 2040 with 2.9 million units for the domestic market and 3.3 million for export. The target for fuel cell power generation is 15 gigawatts (GW) by 2040, including 7 GW for export. The roadmap also sets a target for stationary fuel cell’s application in buildings (2.1 GW by 2040).
At present, most of the government’s support aims at creating a domestic market. In the transport sector, the plan is to replace 40,000 buses and 80,000 taxis by H2-powered vehicles and to deploy 30,000 H2 trucks by 2040. In 2019, the combined subsidy from the central and local governments, for a FCEV purchase is 32.5~36 million KRW (27,300~30,300 USD), which is about half the price of Hyundai’s NEXO (70 million KRW – about 59,000 USD). Thanks to the generous subsidy, the annual sales of NEXO reached 4,987 units in 2019 (4,194 units in South Korea and 793 units abroad) overtaking the Toyota MIRAI (2,494 units in 2019).
By September 2019, the country has 24 H2 refilling stations (HRS). The government plans to build 310 HRS by 2022 and 1,200 HRS by 2040. At present, about half of the HRS’ installation cost is subsidized by the government. In March 2019, a special purpose company, Hydrogen Energy Network (HyNet), was established by the central government and 13 companies, which aims to build around 100 HRS in the country by 2022.
The country’s biggest car manufacturer Hyundai is betting big on H2. According to its FCEV Vision 2030 (released in December 2018), the company plans to expand its fuel cell production capacity to 700,000 units per year by 2030, with 550,000 for personal and commercial vehicles and the rest for forklifts, vessels, drones, rolling stocks, etc. As a first step, Hyundai is building its second fuel cell manufacturing plant, which is expected to bring the company’s capacity to 40,000 fuel cell units per year by 2022 up from its present level of 3,000 units per year.
Hyundai’s H2 ambition goes beyond the transport sector. In October 2019, the company announced an investment in three H2 technology companies, ranging from fuel cell coating (Impact Coating AB) to H2 production (H2Pro), and H2 storage (GRA Technologies).
The other key priority is fuel cell power generation. Although South Korea has a long history of using large scale stationary fuel cell for power generation, the country has relied on foreign, especially American technologies for fuel cell supply. At the same time, South Korean companies have also been working on R&D along the whole supply chain of fuel cell for power generation. Korea Fuel Cell started its fuel cell power generation business as early as 2007. The company now participates in more than 20 plants in Korea with a total capacity of 166.7 megawatts (MW). It completed one of the world’s largest fuel cell manufacturing facilities in 2015 in Pohang (50 MW/year).
One of the government’s supports for fuel cell power generation is the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) policy, which has been implemented since 2012. Under the RPS, large power producers are mandated to meet a minimum portion of their power generation from new and renewable technologies, including fuel cell power generation. The producers can also buy Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) to fulfill their obligation. RPS obligatory share will be increased from 7% in 2019 to 10% by 2022. REC is issued based on renewable power generation (MWh) and the specific technology. For example, for onshore wind, the weight for REC is 1 and for fuel cells, the weight is 2.
Korean Southern Power Company (KOSPO) completed construction of a 20 MW fuel cell Combined Heat and Power plant in Incheon in 2018. The fuel cell systems were supplied by FuelCell Energy. Doosan Fuel Cell announced in August 2019 that together with other partners, it began work on the world’s largest fuel cell power plant (around 50 MW) in Seosan.
Either for H2 powered vehicles or for stationary fuel cells, H2 distribution infrastructure is of great significance. In December 2019, as part of the government’s effort to facilitate the infrastructure development, Ansan, Ulsan, Wanju/Jeonju and Samcheok were selected as pilot cities, eligible to subsidies.
The vision for the H2 pilot city program is to build the necessary infrastructure for H2 production and distribution systems and to utilize H2 for the city’s cooling, heating, transport and electricity supply. Ansan is an industrial city where H2 is seen as a booster for its industrial revival. Although most of the H2 is supposed to come from natural gas reforming, the city also plans to supply green H2 from the nearby Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station (254 MW). Ulsan, which was also involved in the 2012 Demonstration of Hydrogen Town Project, is a city with long history of promoting H2 industry. The city holds one of the largest petrochemical complexes and has the advantage of cheap by-product H2 supply. In the Wanju/Jeonju (the two cities are about 10 kilometers (km) apart) case, Wanju will serve as a H2 production site and Jeonju as a demand center. Jeonju holds one of Hyundai’s manufacturing plants for buses, trucks, and other heavy-duty cars.
Lastly, the country’s gas industry is mobilized. Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) laid out its 2030 H2 business development targets in its May 2019 investor presentation: construction of 25 H2 production plants, more than 700 km of H2 pipelines and operation of 110 HRS and 500 H2 tube trailers by 2030.
Clean hydrogen is not a priority but imports are considered
South Korea’s strategy on H2 at this stage is not as climate-friendly as other countries’: it implies a scale up of carbon intensive H2 produced from petrochemical plants or natural gas reforming without carbon capture and storage (CCS). The potential role of clean H2 for decarbonizing the industry sector is not mentioned.
Combined H2 production capacity from South Korea’s three main petrochemical complexes is around 2 million tons (most the H2 production is for feedstock to the petrochemical plants). The government anticipates that the country’s H2 demand will be 0.47 million tons in 2022, 1.94 million tons in 2030 and 5.26 million tons in 2040, so that in the longer term, new H2 supply sources will be needed. While some thinking is underway, at this stage, the government and industry lack a clear vision of how to progressively shift to clean H2 production, so that natural gas will be increasingly used for carbon intensive H2 production.
The government pledges to increase the share of renewable energy in its power generation mix to 20% by 2030 and 30%~35% by 2040, from 6.5% currently 2017 (excluding distributed solar Photovoltaic - PV). Some of the new supply could come from domestic green H2. In April 2019, KEPCO signed a memorandum with the local governments, Jeollanam-do region and Naju city for green H2 and Power to Gas (PtG) technology development and demonstration. The company also signed the Green Hydrogen Cooperation memorandum with 17 companies and institutes. However, South Korea’s renewable power generation costs are among the world’s highest. According to a study by Korea Energy Economics Institute, power generation cost of solar PV is around 10~12 USD cent/kWh (in 2018) and onshore wind is around 12 USD cent/kWh (in 2017). The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated that the renewable electricity cost needs to be 1~4 USD cent/kWh (with full load hours of 3,000~6,000 hours per year) for electrolysis to be competitive with H2 produced from natural gas (with CCS). To make domestic green H2 economically viable, as well as to meet the country’s renewable energy goal, a dramatic cost reduction of renewable power generation is necessary, alongside a genuine carbon market.
South Korea also eyes clean H2 imports from overseas. Shipping H2 is much more difficult than liquefied natural gas (LNG) and at present there is no established technology for H2 shipping. Liquefied H2, liquid organic H2 carriers (LOHCs), and ammonia are the three main H2 shipping options. Although no demonstration project has been announced, South Korea is preparing for future H2 import. South Korea and Norway announced cooperation on shipbuilding for liquefied H2 transportation in June 2019. Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering is studying the possibility of using ammonia as ship fuel. H2KOREA, a private-government body connecting central government and local government with private companies, signed a memorandum with the Australian Hydrogen Council. And in September 2019 KOGAS signed an agreement with Australia’s Woodside Petroleum to examine the feasibility of a green H2 pilot project. Almost all of South Korea’s LNG import is handled by KOGAS and the company aims to import 0.3 million tons of H2 by 2030 and 1.2 million tons by 2040.
By 2040, the government aims to have 70% of the country’s H2 demand met by clean H2 (either produced from domestic renewable energy or imported from overseas). This also means that even in the long run, a substantial part of the country’s H2 supply will still be grey, which is hardly compatible with the requirements from the Paris Agreements and the clean H2 trend in other countries.
Hurdles and uncertainties
The country’s H2 strategy is primarily driven by economic growth and industrial competitiveness ambitions and to a lesser degree, by environmental concerns. This contrasts with many European countries, where the promotion of clean H2 is to enable a deep decarbonization. The difference can partly be attributed to South Korea’s lower Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction target: -37% GHG reduction from the business-as-usual level by 2030, part of which is supposed to be met by carbon credits from international market.
In May 2019, a H2 storage tank at a government research project exploded leaving two people dead and six injured. Following the explosion, there were protests by resident groups against H2 facilities being built in their region. This setback did not derail the country’s efforts. In August 2019, President Moon’s new official car, a FCEV made its debut. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon also made FCEV his official car and he announced at a forum in October 2019 that the Seoul metropolitan government is going to subsidize 4,000 FCEVs by 2022. Safety issues were further addressed by the Hydrogen Law (Hydrogen Economy Promotion and Hydrogen Safety Management Law).
Yet the strong government support that fueled the H2 momentum also represents one of the uncertainties. Next parliamentary elections are scheduled for 15 April 2020. Although the Hydrogen Law gives some assurance over long term consistency of government support, whether the current government’s spending on H2 promotion programs will be maintained or not is a question mark. Lately, the country’ ruling Liberal Party laid out a Green Deal proposal aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050. This would require serious adjustments to the H2 strategy, and a robust carbon instrument.


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The Late Show with Stephan Colbert, the host, has addressed the behavior of talk show host Andy Cohen’s drunkenness on CNN’s New Years’ Eve Show.
Cohen and Anderson Cooper Were Co-host Of the CNN live show, where Cohen went a little too far, making very public comments on former New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Ryan Seacrest.
“Let me tell you something watching mayor Deblasio do his victory lap dance after four years of the crappiest term as the mayor of New York City. The only thing the democrats and republicans can agree on is that what a horrible mayor he has been so, sayonara sucker.” Andy commented while his co-host Anderson was continuously telling him, “don’t go on a rant” while Cohen was high.
Colbert said, “This year’s second-biggest medical headline is that scientists say there are no hangover cures which is terrible news for Andy Cohen.” In his Monologue of the Late Show.
“Usu, ally when someone gets that angry drunk on the live tv, they have to explain their behavior to Andy,” Stephen added.
However, the drunk host took Twitter to explain his actions on the show stating that he was “good morning. Um, I was a bit overserved last night” on the live show, even though he was making his drinks in the professional setup.
The late show host also joked on the twitter statement of the CNN new years eve show host about he being “overserved” on the live show saying, “you can’t blame the bartender when you were the bartender.”
The CNN control room didn’t help in the hectic situation on the screen. They were “duped” into airing tweets from fake troll accounts like @BenDover837, @Mikeoxlong625, and @DixieNormussss.
Colbert joked about wrapping up the whole hilarious incident together by stating, “Not to mention being pranked by the fakest name of all; Wolf Blitzer.”
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