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In 2022, Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras had 68 places staked out for oil exploration off the South American coast, searching for new reserves while spending $6.9 billion in …
Oil companies attending climate talks have minimal green energy transition plans, AP analysis finds Read More
LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Amanda Blanc, the CEO of insurer Aviva (AV.L), told British lawmakers on Wednesday that physical and verbal harassment of women in financial services eclipsed other …
Harassment of women in finance eclipses other industries -Aviva CEO Read More
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, on Tuesday announced an official devaluation of the peso of 50%, virtually turning on the chainsaw that he famously used at campaign events. The government …
Argentina’s Milei announces 50% currency devaluation and large cuts to public spending Read More
Take a moment and imagine your daily life without roads. Everything needed to survive and thrive — food, shelter, employment, medical care, education — would suddenly be difficult or impossible …
Building sustainable roads in emerging economies Read More
Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive fields of monocrops that epitomize intense, industrial agriculture. Her parents were farmworkers, and despite spending …
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up Read More
The German parliament will not have time to vote on the country’s 2024 budget before the end of the year, a senior lawmaker from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) wrote in …
German budget chaos: No vote on 2024 spending this year Read More
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Vietnam made a big splash at COP28 by announcing details of a $15.5 billion, G7-backed plan to shutter its coal industry — but British diplomats …
Diplomatic cables reveal UK fears over $15B Vietnam coal deal Read More
Just weeks after the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history ripped through the coastal town of Lāhainā, Native Hawaiian taro farmers, environmentalists, and other residents of West Maui crowded into …
The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict Read More
A new Trades Union Congress (TUC) report published on Thursday 30 November reveals that nearly three-quarters (72%) of young people aged 16 to 24 miss out on key employment rights at work. …
Three in four young people are not being protected by employment rights Read More
For the US, it isn’t a good look in the lead-up to this week’s United Nations conference on climate change (COP28). The country will pull record quantities of oil and gas out …
US oil and gas extraction is at a new high and will likely stay near record levels through 2050 Read More