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Inherited wealth boom puts a spotlight on a global inequality emergency
As the G20 prepares to meet in Johannesburg, experts warn that more than $70 trillion set to change hands will entrench wealth gaps and threaten democracy without coordinated action.
World Bank pumping billions more into fossil fuels than publicly known:...
"The easiest way for a big oil company or coal operation to escape attention surrounding public assistance is to cloak it in trade finance."
World bank continues financing fossil fuels despite climate crisis
A new report finds that while the multilateral development bank tries to position itself as a climate leader, it still supports gas pipelines, refineries, and gas export terminals.
The World Bank’s deregulation guide goes down in flames—18 years too...
A pay for play data manipulation scandal spelled the end of the ideologically driven 'Doing Business' report.
As climate crisis rages, the world’s public banks gathered at first-ever...
"There is no excuse for the continued funding of billions of dollars in coal, gas, or oil projects. This must stop now."
World Bank ramps up investments to fight climate crisis
"Climate change is an existential threat to the world's poorest and most vulnerable. These new targets demonstrate how seriously we are taking this issue, investing and mobilizing $200 billion over five years to combat climate change."
World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas exploration
“It is hard to overstate the significance of this historic announcement by the World Bank.”
Shocking Schumer
Even Chuck Schumer, New York senator who never finds a global trade deal too ugly to hug, fears that the Trans-Pacific Partnership would let corporations roll back laws at every level of government. Yes, the TPP is shameful, Chuck!
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Watchdog reporting examines a pension officer’s fossil fuel trades and a fire truck monopoly
The Lever's latest investigations trace a California retirement chief's oil and gas stock trading and a spreading set of antitrust suits over who builds America's fire engines.
The Movement Against Big Tech’s Flock Cameras Transcends Partisanship—and It’s Winning
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a...
Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sign of relief.
Abortion bans may be fueling a ‘concerning increase’ in suicidal thoughts among teen girls
A study in JAMA Psychiatry found that teen girls in states with bans reported higher rates of suicidal ideation than girls in states without them, whether or not they had ever been pregnant.
US declines to protect endangered monkeys used in medical research
The U.S. has again declined to protect endangered long-tailed macaques under the Endangered Species Act, allowing continued imports for biomedical research.