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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Damien Gayle)
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Oil and gas firms’ green investments fail to match promise of publicity – study
BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies spend $750m a year burnishing climate credentials but only 12% of capital on low-carbon developmentBig oil and gas companies are spending tens of millions publicising their environmental work, while only about a 10th of their investment goes into low-carbon development, a report claims.A comprehensive study of public communications from five oil and gas firms by InfluenceMap, a climate finance thinktank, found that 60% of the publicity made at lea
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Fiona Shields)
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Prisoners, parents and postmodern architecture at Images Vevey
Impressions from the photography festival Images Vevey, Switzerland, which runs from 3-25 September 2022Stepping out from the train station, you are greeted by the towering facade of the Duomo di Milano in all its splendour. You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d hopped on the wrong train because this is actually Vevey in Switzerland, host to Images Vevey 2022, a biennial festival and celebration of photography and visual arts.Thomas Struth’s Duomo di Milano, exhibited at Images Vevey 2022 Continu
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Aeron Davis)
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Saviour or wrecker? The truth about the Treasury
It’s true that the UK Treasury thrives under the pressure of a crisis, from the 2007 financial crash to the Covid pandemic – but is its self-hyped reputation as the bedrock of government stability really deserved?There is a flattering story that the Treasury likes to tell about itself. Picture the scene in March 2020, Covid spreading fast around the world and countries implementing shutdowns and border closures. Boris Johnson, the prime minister, underestimating the problem, Matt Hancock, the he
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Richard Partington Economics correspondent)
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The economic challenges facing Liz Truss, in four charts
Topmost in the new prime minister’s in-tray will be energy bills, wholesale gas prices, inflation and fuel povertyLiz Truss is expected to announce her plans to cut energy bills and tackle the cost of living crisis in a statement to parliament on Thursday.The new prime minister promised in her maiden speech this week to “deal hands on” with the immediate pressures facing households as the soaring cost of gas and electricity pushes inflation to the highest level in 40 years. Continue reading...
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Emine Saner)
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‘Intelligent women are dangerous, no?’ Samantha Morton on sexism, success and survival
Taken into care, abused, objectified: the actor had a traumatic start to life – and her career. Why does she feel such a strong connection to her new TV role: privileged, notorious Catherine de Medici?Not so long ago, Samantha Morton was given a relic from her past – her application form to join Nottingham’s Central Junior Television Workshop (one of the organisation’s leaders, clearly proud of Morton’s success, had hung on to it). It had asked her to list what she wanted to be when she grew up.
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Arwa Mahdawi)
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Can you ignore your family’s politics? Jennifer Lawrence and Sydney Sweeney disagree
The Euphoria actor wants to keep things apolitical – but treating politics as abstract has always been a privilegeJennifer Lawrence says she “can’t fuck with people who aren’t political”. In a cover interview with Vogue, the actor revealed that she no longer has any patience for people who are passive about politics because things are now “too dire … Politics are killing people.”Politics have been killing people for a very long time, of course. Military spending decisions kill people. Austerity,
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (David Hambling)
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Falling leaves in August: has autumn come early?
UK’s drought has caused leaves to turn brown – but this is a defensive reaction by trees to conserve waterAcross the UK, autumn looks to have come early this year with many leaves turning brown and falling during August’s drought. But this apparent seasonal confusion is a defensive reaction to conserve water.Leaves are the tree’s lungs. They are covered with tiny pores called stomata that take in carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. The pores provide a large surface area that makes them highly effi
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Guardian staff and agencies)
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Chengdu, Chinese city of 21m, has Covid lockdown extended indefinitely
No date given for end of extended lockdown in city that is a crucial supplier of Apple productsChengdu, the capital of the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, has extended the coronavirus lockdown of most of its districts indefinitely as it hopes to stem further transmissions in the city of 21.2 million.The mega city, which has most recently battled with heatwaves, power cuts and an earthquake, was locked down on 1 September after detecting a number of cases, becoming the largest Chinese
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent)
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Trans Gaelic footballer Giulia Valentino: ‘I’d like to leave a legacy of inclusion’
Exclusive: In her first interview since being targeted on social media, Valentino argues for trans inclusionIt was the game that triggered a backlash and compelled Ireland’s Gaelic sports authorities to review whether transgender women can compete in female teams.Ireland’s first openly LGBTQ+ club, Na Gaeil Aeracha, was playing Na Fianna’s ladies E team in a minor championship at the end of July. Continue reading...
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Agence France-Presse)
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Cineworld files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in US
UK-based cinema chain, second-biggest in the world, hit by lockdowns, audience slump and debt from Regal theatres takeoverBritain’s Cineworld, the world’s second-biggest cinema chain, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as it seeks to restructure after facing low audience numbers.The group operates 751 movie theatres including more than 500 in the United States, more than 100 in Britain and Ireland, and others across Europe and Israel. It owns the Picturehouse chain in Britain and Rega