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A new complaint sent to the FBI’s white-collar crime division and filed with U.S. financial regulators alleges Canadian oil company Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has used environmental claims to mislead investors.

ReconAfrica is drilling for oil in an ecologically sensitive region in Namibia. Its drilling plans are near the Okavango Delta — a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the world’s largest protected areas for endangered wildlife and a culturally significant place to the San people.

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Hip Hop an Unnoticed Climate Voice for 50 Years

30/08/23

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Zack O’Malley Greenburg

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Grist

Aug. 30, 2023

Website editor: Powerful stuff - watch the videos here.

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COP28 and the Limits of Eco Modernism

28/08/23

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Amy Westervelt

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Drilled

Aug. 27, 2023

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A Legacy of Colonialism Set the Stage for the Maui Wildfires

28/08/23

Author:

Yarimar Bonilla

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New York Times

A row of crosses in a brown field in front of mountains and dark clouds - Jae C. Hong/Associated Press

Aug. 27, 2023

Dr. Bonilla is a contributing Opinion writer who covers race, history, pop culture and the American empire.

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Naomi Klein on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the conspiracy rabbit hole – and why millions of people have entered an alternative political reality

27/08/23

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Naomi Klein

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The Guardian

Aug. 16, 2023

For years the writer laughed off being mistaken for fellow author Naomi Wolf. Then her ‘double’ drifted into a world of conspiracy theories and became a favoured guest of Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson. With the US standing on a political precipice, suddenly the stakes were a lot higher

In my defence, it was never my intent to write about it. I did not have time. No one asked me to. And several people strongly cautioned against it. Not now – not with the literal and figurative fires roiling our planet. And certainly not about this.

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Fossil fuels being subsidised at rate of $13m a minute, says IMF

26/08/23

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Damian Carrington

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The Guardian

Ending fossil fuel subsidies should be the centrepiece of climate action, the IMF said. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Aug. 24, 2023

Oil, gas and coal benefited from $7tn in support in 2022 despite being primary cause of climate crisis

Fossil fuels benefited from record subsidies of $13m (£10.3m) a minute in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund, despite being the primary cause of the climate crisis.

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