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🎃 Carbon and charisma: How climate network CC35 tricked its way to the limelight
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/carbon-and-charisma-how-climate-network-cc35-tricked-its-way-to-the-limelight/

The rise of CC35 and the business behind its climate deals
This investigation was produced with support from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Isabel Alarcón contributed reporting from Ecuador. BARCELONA — Covering more than 65 million hectares (160 million acres) across Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, the Gran Chaco is South America’s second-largest forest after the Amazon Rainforest. Over the last decades, the dry forest […]

A look at The Amargi, a new nonprofit digital outlet based in Germany covering Kurdish news in English and trying to avoid favoring any specific political party (Seyma Bayram/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/amargi-kurdish

‘The Amargi’ imagines a free Kurdish press.
The Amargi, a digital outlet based in Germany, takes the lead on Kurdish news.

Voice of America is covering Iran's protests, but not its best-known dissident (Scott Nover/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/25/reza-pahlavi-iran-protests-voa/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzcxOTk1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzczMzc0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzE5OTU2MDAsImp0aSI6IjgzNGYxNzBmLTE2OTAtNDEwMS04YjZhLTg5MWYzZmY2ZmI2ZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI2LzAyLzI1L3JlemEtcGFobGF2aS1pcmFuLXByb3Rlc3RzLXZvYS8ifQ.nbKpI4Q9JM-XJCG4-ovqD8Ztk7-m9qj0ash78ReKcVI&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p41#a260225p41

Michigan Attorney General
Dana Nessel on Friday
filed an antitrust lawsuit against four major oil companies,
asserting they have colluded for decades to forestall competition from renewable energy,
including electric vehicles.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in western Michigan
names BP, Chevron, Exxon, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute.
The suit said the companies acted
"as a cartel, agreeing to reduce the production and d…

Some Iranian dissidents say USAGM has systematically censored mentions of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, Iran's best-known dissident, from VOA broadcasts (Scott Nover/Washington Post)

Voice of America is covering Iran’s protests, but not its best-known dissident
The U.S. government broadcaster, overseen by Kari Lake, hardly mentions the name of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed shah. Some critics accuse it of censorship.

It's #BlackMetalMonday, and this is ENDS EMBRACE (one man Native American black metal project from Scottsdale, Arizona) covering a Ramones classic with all the correct black metal flourishes.
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He Was Chevron's Man in Venezuela--and a CIA Informant (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/chevron-venezuela-cia-moshiri-c88670fc?st=kDHjvE&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p75#a260314p75

Inter American Press Association: press freedom in the Americas suffered a "dramatic deterioration" in 2025; the US has "restrictions" on freedom of speech (Astrid Sušrez/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/americas-pr

Press freedom in the Americas saw 'dramatic deterioration' in 2025, watchdog says
A monitoring watchdog says press freedom across the Americas dropped sharply in 2025, with more killings, arrests and intimidation of media workers. The Inter American Press Association on Tuesday released its annual Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Expression and the Press covering 23 countries. It ranked Venezuela and Nicaragua as countries without freedom of speech. The group links rising attacks to more authoritarian leaders. It says Venezuela sees widespread self-censorship, and Nicaragua l…

FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter covering Trump’s federal firings in classified documents probe | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fbi-classified-documents-investigation-reporter-b2900420.html

US energy companies and several hedge funds were handsomely rewarded when markets opened on Monday after news of the US attack on Venezuela and abduction of President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. 
The MSCI US Energy index,
which tracks a basket of American stocks with exposure to the energy industry,
was trading up 2.8 percent on Monday, widely outperforming gains in the broader S&P 500 and other global energy stocks.
The rally was an early reflection of inves…

Halliburton, hedge funds and Chevron: Big winners from Trump's vow to 'rule' Venezuela
US energy stocks rally after abduction of Nicolas Maduro while analysts warn Opec countries could face 'serious' pressure