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COP29: Politicians play catch-up as business chases profit from green transition
It feels, indeed, like a twin track process, with the world of politicians and diplomats trying to play catch-up in a world where global capitalism senses that money, jobs, profit and The Future lie in the world of green transition.
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UK Banks still lending to oil and gas giant BP – despite climate pledges
A joint investigation from Channel 4 News and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found that the UK bank NatWest is continuing to lend to the oil and gas company BP.
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COP29: Political will, not shortage of cash, is the problem
COP29: Around $2.4 trillion annually are required, and on the face of it, those figures look screamingly, painfully, impossible. In fact, though, we are already awash with money.
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How AI is worsening the dark world of child sex abuse imagery
The amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse content is “chilling” and reaching a “tipping point”, according to the Internet Watch Foundation.
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Carbon credits pioneer charged with fraud after Channel 4 News probe
A carbon offset pioneer who sold hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon credits has been charged with fraud by US authorities following an investigation by Channel 4 News.
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Nearly 2,000 jobs to be lost as Port Talbot braces for closure of blast furnace
It’s the end of an era in Port Talbot, South Wales. From Monday, the last blast furnace will shut down at one of the biggest steelworks in the world, leaving it unable to make its own steel.
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Anti-pylon battle lines forming as government demands green energy revolution
That means pylons – across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. And the battle lines are forming. To bury or not to bury, that is the question. Nobody wants to look out on pylons.
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Elon Musk criticised over Harris and Biden assassination comments
He said it was a joke, but that didn’t stop the White House from slamming Elon Musk as “irresponsible” for musing on X about why no one had tried to assassinate Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, after the attempt against Donald Trump.
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Gamers manipulated into overspending, warn consumer groups
Gaming has become its own world. No longer just about buying the game itself, it has its own virtual places where you can change the look, feel and sound. Everything for a price, of course.
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Why is the Italian prime minister suing over deepfake porn?
The right-wing Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni is suing a father and his son for allegedly making deepfake pornographic videos of her.
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EU court orders Apple to pay back billions
The EU’s highest court has ordered Apple to pay back €13 billion to Ireland in one of the world’s biggest ever corporate tax rulings. It’s an expensive knock in the teeth for the technology giant, at a time when competitors are nipping at its heels. And it raises questions once again about Ireland’s low-tax business economy.
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Is there an army of influencers peddling Russian propaganda worldwide?
The FBI have revealed that they believe that there is an army of social media influencers pedalling Kremlin propaganda across the globe.
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Former Johnson aide Baroness Owen wants law to ban deepfake porn
At just 31, she’s one of the youngest members of the House of Lords.
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Elon Musk Brazil judge row explained
Brazil’s president says Elon Musk must respect the rulings of the country’s Supreme Court, amid a feud between the two over disinformation.
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‘When Musk amplifies disinformation it leads to offline violence in many cases’ – disinformation expert
Nina Jankowicz was the Executive Director of the Disinformation Governance Board of the United States – and is now Co-founder and CEO of the American Sunlight Project, an organisation tackling disinformation.