Thailand PM calls for energy saving as Middle East conflict drives price surge pred 9 urami in 33 minutami Anutin Charnvirakul encourages measures such as home working and carpooling as country is reliant on oil importsThailand’s prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, has called on the public to conserve energy, urging work-from-home measures and carpooling, as he warned of the impact of the conflict in the Middle East.In a statement posted on social media, Anutin said Thailand was exposed to the crisis because of its reliance on imported oil and gas, and the country could not be complacent. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
DR Congo agrees to take deportees from the US pred 9 urami in 34 minutami The country will start receiving deportees from this month but has not said how many they will accept.(BBC News)
‘A surrender to special interests’: alarm as Utah shields fossil-fuel companies pred 10 urami in 3 minutami New legislation comes amid push from big oil, as critics warn polluters’ profits prioritized over Americans’ healthUtah has made it nearly impossible for residents to hold fossil fuel companies legally accountable for climate damages in a move one advocacy group described as putting “profits for the biggest polluters over communities”, with other states expected to follow suit.The new state legislation comes as part of a push from big oil and its political allies – including groups tied to rightwing impresario Leonard Leo – for legal immunity in red statehouses and Congress, with a goal of winning state and federal legal immunity similar to the liability waiver granted to the firearms industry in 2005. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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