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Green energy projects adding to Sami people's climate woes: Amnesty
Green energy projects adding to Sami people's climate woes: Amnesty
by  AFP

Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the rights and livelihood of Sami indigenous people in the Arctic, Amnesty International said Friday. "Climate change threatens the culture and existence of the Sami indigenous people in two ways," it said.

Offshore wind power giant Orsted changes CEO
Offshore wind power giant Orsted changes CEO
by  AFP

Denmark's struggling offshore wind power group Orsted said Friday it was replacing its CEO with his deputy as the sector faces an "increasingly challenging situation".

US newspaper popularized by 'The Sopranos' to cease printing
US newspaper popularized by 'The Sopranos' to cease printing
by  AFP

Two longstanding US city newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," will vanish from newsstands leaving Jersey City without printed news as the media struggles against headwinds nationwide. According to the latest report from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, more than one-third of newspapers -- 3,300 in all -- have gone out of print since 2005.