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climate change
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Canary in the Rare Earth Mine: The Secret War for Greenland and the Geopolitics of the Data Economy
NARSAQ, GREENLAND – Mariane Paviasen had greeted dozens of geologists, researchers and maybe even a few mining executives when they touched down on the Bell helicopters used by Air Greenland to ferry visitors to this remote part of the world. But in 2014, Paviasen traded in her practiced welcome pitch for a less agreeable disposition, after she decided to oppose a rare earth mining concession granted to an Australian company called Greenland Minerals, Ltd. (GGG), just five miles from her home in Narsaq.
The New Face of Colonialism | Part II – Building the Green Pipelines
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - In a panel session called 'So, You Want a Green Job?' at the recently-concluded COP26 Climate Conference, the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills for Her Majesty's government
Founding Oligarch: Charles Koch’s Empire in the Shadow of the Osage
WICHITA, KANSAS – Koch Industries’ interlocking web of companies, foundations and front groups touch everything from the plastic cups you put out at parties, the gasoline you pump into your car, the votes you cast at the ballot box and even the wages your employer is willing to pay you.