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Today’s ESG Updates Meta Agrees to $18bn Child Safety Settlement: Nearly all U.S. states will receive payments over the next decade, while Meta introduces tighter limits on teen use of Facebook and Instagram. U.S. Secures Partial Control of Venezuelan Oil Reserves: Trump says the deal covers more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves and
Today’s ESG Updates Trump’s Tariffs Head to Supreme Court: Justices will decide if his sweeping duties are lawful — a ruling that could redefine presidential trade powers. Lawyer Mark Zuckerberg Sues Meta: The Indianapolis attorney claims Facebook wrongly banned him for impersonation despite spending thousands on ads. Amazon Accused of Union-Busting in Queens: Teamsters say
Today’s ESG Updates Google and Apple’s Verification Nightmare: Facing an enormous number of lawsuits, tech companies have begun lobbying for influence in how age-verification laws are being written. Companies aim to stop private lawsuits by passing responsibility for prosecution to state Attorneys General. Driven by ‘privacy’ claims and First Amendment infringement for minors. Russia Latches
Rivers have been key infrastructure of ancient and modern civilization, moving goods, irrigating crops, providing sustenance for people’s daily needs, and defining political borders. István Somogyi, a 56-year-old farmer from Pócsmegyer, a Hungarian village on the Danube, among so many others, reported devastating losses: “I’ve lost nearly 50% of my harvest this year and it
Youth anger as reflected in Gen Z protests has set South Asia ablaze. Beginning in Sri Lanka and spreading to Bangladesh and Nepal, India is the most recent site of political upheaval caused by angry youngsters. Explanations for its causes and implications abound. In India, Gen Z protests erupted after a series of paper leaks
Today’s ESG Updates Earth’s Atmosphere Just Hit a Record for Water Vapor, Raising the Risk of Extreme Weather: The planet’s atmosphere held more water vapor in August than any other month on record, according to Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, raising the risk of intensified rainfall and storms. Frankfurt Court Says Meta Can’t Dodge Blame
There is a war in the United States against data centers that are being built to enable our vast new Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to function. All over the country, protestors are circulating petitions and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are proposing statewide moratoriums on data center development. According to Data Center Watch,
The first edition of the European Forum on Environmental Human Rights Defenders, held on June 3 and 4, 2026, in Strasbourg, France, brought together environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) from across the Council of Europe’s 46 member states. The Forum gave them a safe space to tell their stories and discuss protections in a world
Today’s Key Updates Meta Bans Lawsuit Recruitment Ads: The platform is removing law firm advertisements seeking plaintiffs for social media addiction litigation after major court losses. Lufthansa Operations Paralyzed by Strike: Over 580 flights were cancelled across Germany as cabin crew staged a one-day walkout over working conditions. AI Power Needs Drive Soot Regulation Rollback:
We have all done it. We’ve all seen a video on the internet, maybe a cute video of a cat or an intense natural disaster, and thought, even if for a second, that what we were viewing was real. While a video of a bear jumping on a trampoline is largely harmless, it is becoming
As global attention has pivoted to other issues, including security tensions, trade competition, artificial intelligence, and a host of other topics, there has been a loss of focus on health as a major public priority. This is despite major outbreaks over the last quarter-century, and lessons that we seem to be disregarding now. Over decades, One
In January when Trump’s brutal masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thugs have murdered two innocent civilians in Minneapolis — one a mother of three, the other a registered nurse — and lied about the killings despite video evidence to the contrary, I wake in the mornings with my usual dismayed befuddlement — a conviction