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Op-Ed: The US Must Protect Communities and Workers But We Need Our Leaders to Stop Bending to the Oil and Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

If this were Venezuela, we Americans would deem it a corrupt Banana Republic and demand international intervention. Tags: Ryan Sitton Texas Railroad Commission oil and gas industry texas COVID-19 coronavirus The work of governance, regulation, and oversight are instead shifted to a relatively unknown cadre of boards.

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Addressing Climate Change and Economic Development at the Same Time

Climate 4.0

We balance that with a suite of socioeconomic factors that often impede progress, such as income disparity, the perception of corruption, the state of roads and bridges, and the relative cost of living. Our other research puts a similar price tag on significantly reducing emissions. trillion could do it. of the world's GDP each year.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

Global reporting initiative The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an international independent set of standards that help businesses, governments, and other organizations understand and communicate their impact on issues such as climate change, human rights, and corruption. Meters and accounts : Account data is monthly or quarterly.

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Climate Deniers Backed Violence and Spread Pro-Insurrection Messages Before, During, and After January 6

DeSmogBlog

Why is it that American politicians and the American media support citizen uprisings in China, Poland, South Africa, and throughout the world, but when an American citizen is killed during an uprising against a corrupt American government the citizens are at fault?” DonBlankenship posted on Twitter.

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Rachel Maddow’s New Book on Russia, Oil, and Politics Accidentally Had Perfect Timing With Trump Impeachment Inquiry

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 4 mins As public hearings in the Trump impeachment inquiry headed into their second week, one of the nation’s top political cable news hosts was connecting the dots between the rise of authoritarianism, challenges to democracy, and the corrupting power of the oil and gas industry. “ presidential election.

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GABRIELA Seattle: Defending Filipina Women Locally and Abroad

Front And Centered

By standing up to the corrupt and neglectful Philippine government, women activists and land defenders have been unjustly detained and killed by US-backed military and police forces. We will be screening a new film she helped produce called Migrant Women Rise: Stories of Red-tagged Overseas Filipino Workers ( watch the trailer ).

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? Spooky season for clean energy stocks #171

Climate Tech VC

Some Republican senators pounced at the opportunity to call for a full IRA repeal, and flirted with accusing the LPO Director of corruption. The warning came largely from DOE Inspector General Teri Donaldson, who voiced concern that funds could end up in the hands of Chinese or Russian companies.