A recent ruling by a federal judge that BP was "grossly negligent" in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill in the Gulf of Mexico placed the majority of blame on the multinational oil and gas company. Although not on trial ...
Environment
Oct 9, 2014
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South Africa's agriculture remains an important sector of the economy and holds great potential to reduce poverty. It's also central to the political economy of the country, as evident in the governing African National Congress's ...
Economics & Business
Jan 16, 2023
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With historically low river flows and reservoirs running dry due to drought, people in central Chile have found themselves particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.
Environment
Apr 5, 2020
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In an analysis of almost 73,000 concessions in eight tropical forested countries, more than 93 percent of these developments were found to involve land inhabited by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. According to the ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2014
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Even though Silicon Valley has had an often-contentious relationship with the US government's national security organizations, it's now time to be neighbors, one top official said Tuesday.
Business
Apr 21, 2015
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For the past 15 years, America has sought to put its astronauts back on the Moon, but NASA did not think it could be done before 2028.
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2019
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As of today, climate models face the challenge of providing the high-resolution predictions—with quantified uncertainties—needed by a growing number of adaptation planners, from local decision-makers to the private sector, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 8, 2023
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When wildfires ripped through Oregon last Labor Day, they burned huge swaths of forest, including 63,000 acres of smaller, private lands.
Environment
Apr 12, 2021
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Research from the University of Copenhagen has revealed the effects of a decade of decentralised wage negotiations in the private sector. In an article in the Journal of Labor Economics, researchers conclude that wages have ...
Economics & Business
Aug 3, 2013
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They call the giant climate business expo running outside the COP28 United Nations talks in Dubai the "green zone".
Environment
Dec 3, 2023
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