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Barclays accused of greenwashing over financing for Italian oil company
Exclusive: Environmental groups say bank is misleading public over ‘sustainable’ financing for Eni as company vastly expands fossil fuel production
Barclays is being accused by environmental groups of greenwashing after helping to arrange €4bn (£3.4bn) in financing for the Italian oil company Eni in a way that allows them to qualify towards its $1tn sustainable financing goal.
Environmental groups have said the London-based bank is deliberately misleading the public by labelling the financial instruments as “sustainable” at the same time that Eni is in the midst of a multibillion-pound fossil fuel expansion drive designed to increase production.
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Italian government accused of using defamation law to silence intellectuals
Philosopher being sued by Giorgia Meloni’s brother-in-law says such trials are part of a political strategy. The government of Giorgia Meloni is making strategic use of defamation suits to silence public intellectuals, a philosopher who is being ...The Guardian - World -
Former Trump accountant tells hush-money trial ex-president ‘personally signed’ checks to Cohen – live
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