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Arctic, Superpowers are hungry for rare-earth materials Environment, Highlighted, Human Rights, News, Reportage
Arctic, Superpowers are hungry for rare-earth materials

Analysis by Emanuela Somalvico (Italian Intelligence Society): the melting of the Arctic ice connected to global warming, opens new tensions for the international community and risks for geopolitical balances, the environment and native communities

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Global Witness: “Here’s how social media fuel violence against activists” Environment, Human Rights, News
Global Witness: “Here’s how social media fuel violence against activists”

According to the latest report by Global Witness, over 90% of environmental activists face online attacks that, in some cases, precede violence experienced in real life. The business model of major platforms is under scrutiny for failing to adequately counter hate speech

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Catholic Church “demand climate justice against false green solutions” as bishops’ pressure mounts on COP30 Environment, Human Rights, News
Catholic Church “demand climate justice against false green solutions” as bishops’ pressure mounts on COP30

In a document presented at the Holy See, bishops’ conferences of the Global South attack “green capitalism” that does not give up fossil fuels and extractivism and urge rich countries to recognize their ecological debt which will be “more than $190 trillion by 2050”

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France is now officially one of the 169 desertification-affected countries Environment, Highlighted, News
France is now officially one of the 169 desertification-affected countries

A dicembre le Nazioni Unite hanno inserito la nazione transalpina nella lista dei Paesi colpiti dal fenomeno. I più recenti allarmi sulla siccità sono una conferma della gravità del problema

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Shale gas and green transition: from the US, a self-debunking study Environment, News
Shale gas and green transition: from the US, a self-debunking study

U.S. research estimates that increased gas production in just over a decade has resulted in a reduction of more than 7 percent in emissions in the U.S. energy sector. But some aspects that have not been adequately considered – by the scientists’ own admission, call the research results into question

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Red light for Enel: even a song is an environmental slogan Claim-Checking, News
Red light for Enel: even a song is an environmental slogan

Red light for those selling energy from renewable sources using terms such as green, green or clean. Or images that promise protection for the environment

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Record high temperatures in 2024 led to rising energy demand Environment, News
Record high temperatures in 2024 led to rising energy demand

Weather contributed to about 15 percent of the overall increase in total demand and half of the annual increase in greenhouse gas emissions, a IEA report has found

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Brazil logs Amazon forest to welcome COP30 delegates Environment
Brazil logs Amazon forest to welcome COP30 delegates

BBC blames authorities in Brazil for the disputed highway built for the climate summit of November in Belém

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Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ is a bluff. 80% of oil leases in the U.S. remain untapped Environment, Highlighted, News
Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ is a bluff. 80% of oil leases in the U.S. remain untapped

The numbers contradict the U.S. president. Only 439 of the 2,200 outstanding contracts are currently operated by companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico. A figure in line with the general trend of the past 15 years, thanks to a production that fully meets demand

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On, Federer’s shoe in Court for false environmental claims Environment, News
On, Federer’s shoe in Court for false environmental claims

La denuncia è partita dalla Federazione romanda dei consumatori. Al centro della disputa, la scarpa Cloudneo, prodotta dal marchio svizzero legato all’ex numero 1 del tennis e presentata come 100% riciclabile

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Carbon market legislation approved in Brazil. But 75% of emissions will be left uncovered Environment
Carbon market legislation approved in Brazil. But 75% of emissions will be left uncovered

The South American nation introduces a carbon credit market but places no limits on emissions from agribusiness. The new system thus excludes much of the domestic emissions

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Artificial intelligence supports the fossil industry in greenwashing Environment, News
Artificial intelligence supports the fossil industry in greenwashing

Global Witness’s report: major AI-driven chatbots tend to emphasize the oil giants’ “sustainability” efforts. Presenting the most controversial aspects as the subject of a debate that actually does not exist

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Dieselgate bill may have exceeded $40 billion Environment, News
Dieselgate bill may have exceeded $40 billion

This is the gross estimate of the costs so far incurred by the major companies involved. For Volkswagen, the expense could be as much as four-fifths of the market cap

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Oxfam: how the ultra-rich are fueling the climate crisis and global inequality Finance, News
Oxfam: how the ultra-rich are fueling the climate crisis and global inequality

Billionaires fuel inequality and climate crisis as they generate more carbon emissions in 90 minutes than an average person in a lifetime, the NGO says

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Climate engagement is an increasingly dangerous activity Environment, News
Climate engagement is an increasingly dangerous activity

More than 2,000 activists have been killed in just over a decade, a study has found. New anti-protest laws are a major risk not just in the authoritarian regimes

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BofA and Citigroup exit UN climate deal Finance, News
BofA and Citigroup exit UN climate deal

The exit from climate deal, the Financial Times writes, is a signal following Trump’s re-election and increasing pressure from the fossil industry

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