The following two pieces appeared on 30 August and 1 September: COP28: US Should Press UAE for Activist’s Release Free Ahmed Mansoor to Set Better Tone for COP28 Climate Conference Statement by Human Rights Watch 30 August 2023 Beirut—The US government should
Published : 30 August 2023In New Scramble for Africa, an Arab Sheikh Is Taking the Lead A company established by a Dubai sheikh is finalizing agreements with African nations to manage vast tracts of their forests and sell the carbon
Published : 29 August 2023Maui wildfire victims fear land grab may threaten Hawaiian culture KAANAPALI, Hawaii—Deborah Loeffler felt she could not lose much more after a wildfire destroyed the home in Maui, where five generations of her family have lived, and a
Published : 26 August 2023Federal Court Stops Oil Project Near Colorado River—for Now “An oil train derailment in the headwaters of the Colorado river would be catastrophic.” Fears, concerns, and legal challenges over a proposed oil train route along the Colorado River
Published : 23 August 2023Ecuador 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 2023Lula 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 2023Reparations 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 2023Can 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 2023L.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