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Obamas make their Hollywood movie debut with ‘American Factory’

August 22, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments AMERICAN, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Asia / Pacific, Celebrities, China (PRC), Company News, Economic News (3rd Party), Entertainment Production (TRBC), FACTORY, Film, General News, Government / Politics, Living / Lifestyle, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), OBAMAS, United States, US

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Barack and Michelle Obama made their Hollywood debut on Wednesday with a documentary set in industrial

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Environment environmentNews 

Trump attacks Ford Motor for not backing fuel economy rollback

August 22, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Auto and Truck Manufacturers (TRBC), Automobiles / Auto Parts (Legacy), Automobiles and Auto Parts (TRBC), AUTOS, CALIFORNIA, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, Company News, EMISSIONS, Environment, Europe, Germany, Government / Politics, Japan, Pollution, Regulation, TRUMP, United States, US, US Government News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up a series of attacks on automakers on Wednesday for not backing

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Environment environmentNews 

Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires

August 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, BRAZIL, Climate Politics, Elections / Voting, Environment, Forest and Wood Products (TRBC), Government / Politics, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, South America / Central America, US, WILDFIRES, Wildfires / Forest Fires

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected

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Entertainment 

Paradise Lost? Edinburgh on edge as Brexit divides festival audiences

August 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, BREXIT, EDINBURGH, Europe, FESTIVAL, Government / Politics, Pictures, United Kingdom, US

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – For many home-grown performers at the world’s largest arts festival, Britain’s looming departure from the European Union

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Environment environmentNews 

Republican Iowa senator says Trump EPA ‘screwed us’ with biofuel waivers

August 17, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Bioethanol, BIOFUELS, Cellulosic Biofuels, Commodities News (3rd Party), Corn, Crude Oil, Energy (TRBC), Environment, ETHANOL, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Gasoline, Government / Politics, GRASSLEY, Iowa, Lawmaking, North America (Energy), Oil and Gas (TRBC), Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Oil Refineries, Pollution, Regulation, Soybean, United States, US, US Government News, US Senate, USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iowa’s Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has “screwed” the U.S. ethanol

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Environment environmentNews 

Twenty-two states sue Trump administration over carbon rule replacement

August 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Coal (TRBC), Colombia, Energy (TRBC), Environment, fired Power Stations, Government / Politics, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Pollution, Power Markets, Renewable Energy, South America / Central America, TRUMP, United States, US, USA, Utilities (TRBC)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-two states, including New York and California, and seven cities on Tuesday sued to challenge the Environmental

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Environment environmentNews 

Germany to cut part of funds sent to Brazil for Amazon preservation: newspaper

August 11, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments AMAZON, Americas, BRAZIL, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, General News, Germany, Government / Politics, South America / Central America, Timber / Lumber, US

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon at the Bom Futuro National Forest in Porto

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Environment environmentNews 

Alaska lawsuit seeks to block Trump road deal through refuge

August 8, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ALASKA, Environment, Government / Politics, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, LAWSUIT, Living / Lifestyle, Nature / Wildlife, Pollution, REFUGE, US

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) – Environmentalists on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump Administration plan to build a road through

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Entertainment 

China suspends mainland movies, stars from Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards

August 7, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Asia / Pacific, AWARDS, CHINA, China (PRC), Emerging Market Countries, Film, Freedom of Speech / Censorship, GOLDENHORSE, Government / Politics, Leisure Products (TRBC), Living / Lifestyle, Major News, Regulation, Taiwan, US

SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s film regulator on Wednesday said it was suspending mainland Chinese movies and their personnel from participating

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Environment environmentNews 

World leaders must prove they’ve listened to climate activists: Thunberg

August 7, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Droughts, Environment, Europe, European Union, Floods, Germany, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, Greenland, Human Rights / Civil Rights, International Trade, Non, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Science, Sweden, Switzerland, United Nations, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe, Wildfires / Forest Fires, YOUTH

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – World leaders must prove that they have listened to young climate activists after a year of

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