Environment & Sustainability

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Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System

Trump said the socialist government “stole” from American oil companies. Those firms have been seeking billions in compensation through a controversial arbitration system. By Nicholas Kusnetz The true reasons for the Trump administration’s military intervention in Venezuela might be unknown,…

A major agreement to protect the Amazon is falling apart after 20 years

Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed onto a historic conservation deal known as the Amazon soy moratorium. The voluntary agreement prohibits members from buying soybeans grown on lands deforested after July…