Ecuador: Referendum Halts Yasuní National Park Oil Extraction
Ecuador referendum halts oil extraction in Yasuní National Park Millions of people participated in a nationwide referendum to determine whether crude oil should remain in the ground indefinitely at a site inside Yasuní National Park in
Published : 21 August 2023
Brazil: Lula Okays Petrobras to Drill Amazon
Lula Aide Signals It’s Okay For Petrobras To Pursue Amazon Drilling There isn’t a discrepancy in Brazil’s efforts to advance the energy transition and its state oil company Petrobras pursuing drilling in domestic frontier areas,
Published : 16 August 2023
USA: City Council Considers Historic Reparations
Reparations board adopts report HIGH POINT NC—The One High Point Commission on Thursday brought its work to substantial completion by unanimously adopting its “Reparations and Reconciliation Report.” The 245-page document, based on the research of city-commissioned academic
Published : 14 August 2023
Madagascar: Land Titles to Rescue Embattled Biodiversity, People
Can land titles save Madagascar’s embattled biodiversity and people? Through its Titre Vert or Green Title initiative, the Malagasy government is opening up a path to land ownership for its most vulnerable citizens in the hopes
Published : 14 August 2023
Los Angeles to Transfer Surplus City Property to City’s Marginalized
L.A. plan to transfer surplus city property to marginalized groups moves ahead The Los Angeles City Council today moved forward with a plan to identify land that could be transferred to historically marginalized groups within the
Published : 09 August 2023
Amazon Nations Fail to Agree on End to Oil Extraction, Deforestation
Amazon Nations Reject Colombia`s Call to End Oil Extraction, Fail to Agree on Deforestation Goal "To avoid the point of no return," argued Colombian President Gustavo Petro, "we need an ambitious transnational policy to phase out
Published : 09 August 2023
Iraqi City Adapts to Climate Change, Bans Concrete
Inside the Iraqi city that banned concrete to adapt to a changing climate As temperatures soar across Iraq, Akre’s residents stay cool in their ancient stone houses, which are protected by a decades-old ban on concrete.
Published : 08 August 2023
US Housing Drought Ending
The US Housing Drought Is Ending. What Does It Mean for Prices? The story of US housing for hopeful buyers in 2023 has been one of frustration. A lack of supply has stabilized a market where
Published : 03 August 2023
Urgent Appeal: ‘Turkey is Weaponizing Water’ in al-Hasaka, Northern Syria
Since 2019, authorities in Türkiye and Türkiye-controlled militias have deprived the affected population in Syria’s al-Hasaka Province from equitable, sustainable and safe access to, use of, and control over their water resources due to the
Published : 01 August 2023
