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The State of California banned seabed mining on Monday, despite the fact that it provides rare earth minerals that are necessary for “green” technologies like the electric vehicles the state will force all drivers to purchase starting in 2035. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday: Seabed mining, a controversial practice

(Istanbul) – Plastic recycling in Turkey is harming the health of many people and degrading the environment for everyone, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

House Republicans are reportedly planning to investigate the United States Chamber of Commerce if they retake the House in this year’s midterm elections over its support for leftist Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments. According to a report from the Intercept, House Republicans want to open investigations into the

By Joey Shea, Acting Researcher Yemen & Bahrain Donor countries that pledged to fund a long-delayed salvage mission for the FSO Safer, a decaying oil supertanker moored off Yemen’s coast in the Red Sea, should immediately send the remainder of their contributions. The situation remains urgent as the tanker threatens

During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers stated that, given the current issue with inflation, the government needs to focus on

Heavy industry experts have warned the European Commission that the EU faces the danger of “permanent deindustrialisation” should Brussels not act now to save the sector.

California, which banned gas-powered passenger vehicles last month as of 2035, is now considering a ban on diesel and gas-powered trucks by 2040, which would also require large, existing trucking fleets to move to all-electric models by 2042. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released the proposed regulation last month

When criticized on rights, autocratic governments often try desperately to prove their legitimacy.

President Joe Biden test-drove an electric SUV on Wednesday, joking with bystanders that he willing to give them a ride back to Washington, DC.

President Joe Biden visited the Detroit Auto Show on Wednesday to promote electric vehicles, but he was heavily distracted from his mission by a gas-powered Corvette.“Get out of the way, everybody.

There were more fires in the Brazilian Amazon during the first week of September this year than in all of September 2021.Last month, fires were the worst in a decade.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Europe must “fight the fundamentalist greens” if it hopes to solve its energy crisis.

(Beirut) – The Egyptian government has severely curtailed environmental groups’ ability to carry out independent policy, advocacy, and field work essential to protecting the country’s natural environment, Human Rights Watch said today. These restrictions violate the rights to freedom of assembly and association and threaten Egypt’s ability to uphold