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New pilot program was made in partnership with human rights organization Coalition of Immokalee Workers Brian Welk | May 25, 2021 @ 9:00 AM PWS Anita Hill’s Hollywood Commission has been working tirelessly to protect workers from issues of misconduct at major studios and companies across the entertainment industry, but their latest effort turns attention to the independent production companies where resources are slim and oversight is harder to control. The Hollywood Commission, which is chaired by Hill and founded by Kathleen Kennedy and Nina Shaw, notes that many of the industry’s ind...

Hollywood Commission Developing Program to Prevent and Investigate Sex Abuse at Production Companies Vince Bucci/Getty Images 25 May 2021 The Hollywood Commission, headed by Anita Hill, is teaming up with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to institute a program to investigate sex abuse allegations and set up a system to help small production companies deal with misconduct allegations and prevent further cases. “Independent production companies face a number of unique challenges,” the commission said in a statement Tuesday, according to Deadline. “They are often small in size and lack a...

A host of powerful forces are whirling emphatically this year, impacting our farms and food. Each human being on Earth has a stake in how it all settles out.

Compiled by Candace Krebs Data shows earlier snowmelt across West A new study from the University of Colorado shows an increase in winter snowmelt across the West. The analysis from CU Boulder examined 40 years of data and determined that snowmelt has been increasing in all of the cold season months, from October to March. The study indicated that melt before April 1 has increased by an average of 3.5 percent per decade. This trend is shifting the timing of water entering the system, which affects everything from wildfire seasons to agricultural irrigation needs. The new research was publishe...