Daily Standup Top Stories Tesla battery material supplier tops list of human rights abuses for second year in a row May 4, 2024 Stu Turley Tesla buys battery materials from the mining giant with the most allegations of human rights abuses against it in a database of abuses tied to clean energy. Mining company Glencore has […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories California Considers Suing Exxon Over Plastic Pollution April 23, 2024 Mariel Alumit California is close to completing a two-year investigation into Exxon on allegations of plastic pollution. After that, the state will decide whether to sue the supermajor for polluting or not. That’s what California’s Attorney General […] Oil rises as dollar slips, […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Solar-panel supplier’s links to alleged abuses in China imperil US climate goal March 11, 2024 Mariel Alumit The dominance of China’s LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd. in supplying solar panels to the U.S. highlights the challenge authorities face in trying to eliminate alleged labor abuses from the country’s supply chains without smothering an […] […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories U.S. Northeast Gasoline Reserve Could Be Sold Off March 4, 2024 Mariel Alumit The U.S. could sell off its 1-million-barrel Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve in the fiscal year of 2024, a funding bill up for discussion at U.S. Congress says. Under the draft text of the bill, “the Secretary […] US funding bill blocks […]
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