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U.S. Top Official Defeats Russia’s Candidate to Head UN Telecoms Agency
October 05, 2022
Top U.S. official, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, won a massive majority to lead International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations agency that sets global standards for telecoms and tech infrastructure over Russia’s Rashid Ismailov.
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Fourth leak found on Nord Stream Pipelines
September 29, 2022
Following the discovery of ruptures in the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline’s earlier this week believed to be due to sabotage, Sweden's coastguard has discovered a fourth gas leak increasing the gas spilling into the Baltic Sea.
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Guterres: 'Tax fossil fuel profits for climate damage’
September 29, 2022
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the General Assembly that polluters should pay for the impact of climate-related events, highlighting that any profits made by fossil fuel companies should be taxed to pay for « climate damage ».
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Corbly: The Troubling Rise of Surveillance Cities
September 21, 2022
Houston has put in place a new mandate that places business owners in the service of state functions by requiring certain businesses such as nightclubs, bars and convenience stores to provide police access to private surveillance footage.
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Matthews in Morningstar: Sen. Toomey tells SEC chief that Supreme Court May Overrule New Climate Rules
September 20, 2022
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, in particular, Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, challenged Securities and Exchange Chairman Gary Gensler's plan to implement new rules requiring public companies to report risks related to climate change and their own greenhouse gas emissions by predicting that the SEC would lose the battle before the Supreme Court.
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