(2024-11-09). Trump asks Lighthizer, architect of US-China trade war tariffs, to be trade chief: report. scmp.com As US trade representative, Lighthizer also played a major role in the renegotiation of Nafta with Mexico and Canada.
(2024-11-09). How A Former ExxonMobil Employee Confronted Climate Disinformation. popularresistance.org Lindsey Gulden, a climate scientist, spent more than a decade working as a data scientist for ExxonMobil until she was fired in 2020 after internally reporting an allegedly fraudulent overvaluation of the company's assets in the Permian Basin, an oil and gas-producing region spanning Texas and New Mexico. (ExxonMobil says her termination was unrelated and denies fraud took place). | That experience prompted her to ask deeper questions about the oil and gas company's assurances to staff that it is committed to playing a leading role in the energy transition.
(2024-11-09). Why does the Spanish crown refuse to apologize for colonizing Mexico? globalvoices.org
(2024-11-09). Mexico is offering water to South Texas. But there's a catch farmers aren't happy about. grist.org Rio Grande Valley farmers who have seen their industry devastated by insufficient rain and depleting water reserves have been offered up a modest but helpful amount of water for their dried-up land. | The farmers are hesitating to accept it. | Farmers and the irrigation districts that supply water to farmers remain in a stalemate with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality over 120,000 acre-feet of water that Mexico offered up to the U.S. | This is the catch: If the farmers accept the water now, they will have to give up the water they already own and need for next year. | In mid-October, farmers and ir…
(2024-11-09). Trump's 'Day 1' immigration plan may affect millions of Indian-American families; know how. ptcnews.tv PTC Web Desk: Donald Trump and JD Vance's campaign promises regarding immigration have become a significant source of concern for immigrants, particularly within the Indian-American community. These concerns stem from proposed changes that may jeopardise the future citizenship status of children born to immigrant parents in the US. The campaign pledge, which Trump and Vance aim to execute on "Day 1" of their administration, involves limiting naturalised citizenship.Naturalised citizenship refers to people gaining citizenship either by birth in the country or through the formal legal process. Under Donald Trump's…
(2024-11-09). Canada on 'high alert', braces for migrants fleeing US after Trump election win. scmp.com An official warned if thousands of migrants come all at once and cross at many border points 'it could become unmanageable'.