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Government slammed over ‘bizarre’ use of Amazon to give fuel poverty advice

19/10/202320/10/2023 - Leave a Comment

A joint campaign by Amazon and the government to offer struggling families money-saving advice has been slammed by an employee of the tech giant who said its own staff are …

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Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds Indigenous rights to reclaim land

28/09/202328/09/2023 - Leave a Comment

The justices of Brazil’s Supreme Court voted 9-2 last week against a legal framework that would have made it impossible for Indigenous tribal leaders to reclaim traditional land and that …

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Ecuador faces economic dilemma after vote to ban oil drilling in the Amazon

08/09/2023 - Leave a Comment

Ecuador’s historic vote to leave the Amazon rainforest’s oil reserves underground contrasts sharply with the results of the presidential elections held on the same day, and leaves the troubled country …

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What the Amazon Summit means for deforestation and climate change

12/08/2023 - Leave a Comment

At a meeting in Belém, Brazil, on 8-9 August, heads of state and foreign ministers gathered to discuss how to take a cooperative approach to a range of issues, including …

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Mexico’s growing e-commerce infrastructure is built on top of its smallest shops

07/07/2023 - Leave a Comment

Online sales in Mexico grew by 80% in 2020, and they’ve since kept growing by over 20% every year. Amid this trend, neighborhood corner shops, laundromats, and office supply stores …

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Amazon’s emissions increased dramatically last year despite carbon neutrality goal

04/08/2022 - Leave a Comment

Despite the company’s commitment to decrease its carbon footprint, Amazon’s emissions grew by 18 percent last year, according to the annual sustainability report it released today. While online shopping increased during the pandemic’s second …

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Amazon Workers Are Organizing a Global Struggle

03/12/202004/12/2020 - Leave a Comment

In recent weeks, dizzying statistics have circulated on social media about Amazon’s pandemic-era boom and the obscene wealth accrued by its CEO, and Earth’s richest man, Jeff Bezos. The company reported …

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Campaigners Demand Court Shuts Down Ecuador’s Oil Pipelines After Spill

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Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon are calling for an end to “violence against Indigenous peoples and nature” as a trial into a devastating oil spill resumes today.  The Kichwa and Shuar …

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Mystically speaking

26/06/202030/11/2021 - Leave a Comment

John Perkins was a self-confessed economic hit man. He had his damascene conversion in the rainforests of the Amazon in conversation with shamans. As a result he has written extensively …

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The Digital Economy: a Covid Winner but for whom?

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During lockdown, the digital economy has been essential and has boomed. But are private network monopolies in the public interest? The early 1900s saw the first attempt to challenge the …

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