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The image of the new India is that of a nation on the move: rapid economic growth, a rising middle class, big infrastructure projects, and global business deals. All these suggest that India may be the next China, the next economic superpower to emerge from the developing world.
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Talbot County officials weren’t enamored of the town of Trappe’s desire to build a major housing development, so they twice turned down the Eastern Shore hamlet’s efforts to upgrade local sewer and water capacity, in 2004 and 2005. ...
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“Congressionally Requested Inquiry into EPA’s Response to a Report of a Leaking Well in North Carolina and the National Response Center Hotline”: Reports that from October 2006 through April 2009, the EPA and other agencies may have failed to respond to more than a dozen calls reporting discharges o...
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“This is the second independence of Brazil,” declared an enthusiastic President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he raised the first barrel of oil extracted from the Tupi Basin, a vast reserve ...
The Center for Public Integrity The next story in our ongoing Global Climate Lobby series will focus on Brazil and how agribusiness interests are working to block proposed environmental controls for the country, including regulations on deforestation. Check our website on Monday, November 16th for the full investigation!
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Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far-reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, ...
The Center for Public Integrity Today's story in our ongoing series investigating the Global Climate Change Lobby highlights the competing forces at play in China — the world's leader on economic growth and carbon emissions.
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China awoke to climate change with a storm. It was late January 2008, a time when people across the country were busily gathering recipes, stocking fireworks, and preparing to welcome relatives to celebrate the Lunar New Year. ...
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Protesters drenched by an October downpour gathered outside Bangkok’s United Nations Conference Center recently, shouting through bullhorns and denouncing countries for the weak commitments they’ve shown in negotiating a treaty to curb greenhouse gases. ...
The Center for Public Integrity Today's story in The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' ongoing series into the Global Climate Change Lobby focuses on how businesses are attempting to curb U.S. comittments leading up to Copenhagen.
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Todd Stern received a standing ovation from fellow negotiators when he was introduced at this year’s first session of international talks to craft a new treaty to combat climate change. As the new ...
The Center for Public Integrity The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' new investigation into the global climate lobby continues today with a story on the business interests thwarting carbon controls in Australia. Read the full story below and be sure to check back next week for more.
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Not long after Oleg Deripaska was named Russia’s richest man for 2008, his company’s Australian chairman wrote to the Department of Climate Change in Canberra with a dire warning: The oligarch’s ...
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President Obama wants Washington to get more creative on infrastructure funding. Railroads are undoubtedly part of that big financial future. Warren Buffett, an Obama economic confidante, has just placed a huge bet that could accelerate that creativity to his and rail’s overall benefit.
Along with a new series of stories investigating the international interests that are influencing the upcoming climate change talks in Copenhagen, ICIJ also created a new map on the website that compares various fossil fuel emissions from the world's major economies...
The Center for Public Integrity NEW INVESTIGATION: Today, the The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists launches their latest project, the Global Climate Change Lobby — a look at the various forces worldwide that are influencing the upcoming climate change talks in Copenhagen. We’ll be rolling out new stories from now through the negotiations in Copenhagen this December, so stay tuned for more.
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Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far-reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, ...
The Center for Public Integrity Check out our new investigation into the Food Lobby's war on soda tax, released jointly with the HuffPost Investigative Fund:
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Washington lobbyists have been enjoying a multi-million-dollar sugar rush from the food industry. Soft drink makers, supermarket companies, agriculture and the fast-food business have poured millions into campaigning against what they fear could be a burgeoning national movement to raise money for h...
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Seven members of a powerful subcommittee that was the subject of a recent Center investigation are now being scrutinized by the House ethics committee, according to The Washington Post. The paper also reports that they are among more than 30 lawmakers being scrutinized for ethics violations, accordi...
