Cached
“We’re not kidding ourselves that the registry will overnight result in sort of a massive governance regime on fossil fuels,” she said. “But it sheds a light on where fossil fuel production is happening to investors and other actors to hold their governments to account.”
Group items matching
in title, tags, annotations or url
Saudi water deal threatening water supply in Phoenix - Arizona PBS - 0 views
-
Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi water company, straining aquifers, and threatening future water supply in Phoenix. Fondomonte, a Saudi company, exports the alfalfa to feed its cows in the Middle East. The country has practically exhausted its own underground aquifers there. In Arizona, Fondomonte can pump as much water as it wants at no cost.
-
a State Land Department report estimates the company is swallowing as much as 18,000 acre-feet every year – enough water to supply 54,000 single-family homes
-
Saudi Arabia has exhausted a lot of their ground water supply. A lot of companies in Saudi Arabia have been searching around the world for a location to get their water from, which one of them is Western Arizona
- ...1 more annotation...
Opinion | Syrians angered by Jackie Chan's exploitation of their pain - 0 views
-
The devastated areas of Syria have been turned into open studios and many films have been shot in the past few years
Yemen separatists seize al-Qaeda stronghold in Abyan - 0 views
-
emen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) said Sunday its forces captured a major stronghold for al-Qaeda terrorists in the southern Abyan province.STC spokesman Mohammad al-Naqeeb said southern forces brought under control al-Qaeda stronghold in Mudiyah district, east of the provincial capital Zinjibar.He said the camp was used by al-Qaeda terrorists to launch attacks in Zinjibar city.Al-Naqeeb said two STC soldiers, including a senior commander, were killed during the attack to seize the camp.
-
Military headquarters in Abyan come under frequent attacks, usually attributed to al-Qaeda, which is active in the mountainous areas on the outskirts of Ahwar and Al-Mahfad districts, east of Zinjibar city.
Eating King Crab Legs During The Fall - 0 views
No end in sight to Libya crisis after UN envoy quits - 0 views
-
The abrupt resignation of the United Nations special envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, is the latest sign of the failure of reconciliation efforts in the war-torn North African country, analysts told AFP.The Senegalese diplomat, who on Tuesday tendered his resignation after only 18 months at the helm of the UN support mission UNSMIL, has repeatedly accused rival leaders of perpetuating divisions to serve their own interests.
-
the diplomat decried a "lack of political will and good faith by the major Libyan actors who are comfortable with the current stalemate".
-
Bathily's efforts have been undermined by Egypt, which alongside the United Arab Emirates is the main power supporting the Haftar-backed administration.
Jewish pilgrimage organisers in Tunisia scrap celebrations over Gaza war - 0 views
« First
‹ Previous
1661 - 1680 of 1680
Showing 20▼ items per page