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‘Gone wrong’: Doubts on carbon-credit program in Peru forest

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

SAN MARTÍN, Peru (AP) — The Cordillera Azul National Park on the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes takes in a sweep of Amazon rainforest, mountains and waterfalls in a territory about the size of Connecticut, so precious that tens of millions of dollars in carbon credits have been sold in a program that supporters said would protect its trees.But an analysis by independent experts and reporting by The Associated Press raises doubts about whether the project has delivered on its promise to counter-balance emissions by oil companies such as Shell, TotalEnergies and others. And the tree loss has more than doubled, according to satellite analysis.Experts say the Cordillera Azul project was flawed from the beginning, with far too many carbon credits generated and exaggerated benefits that allowed the nonprofit running the park for the Peruvian government to make more money — even as the tree canopy shrank. Defenders of the project dispute that benefits were inflated. They say the tree ...

Trump campaign leans in on made-for-social media videos

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump rails against a possible indictment in New York, his team is leaning into a strategy that has quietly become a cornerstone of his 2024 presidential campaign: releasing made-for-social media videos reacting to the news and outlining his agenda for a possible second term.The videos feature the former president speaking directly to camera on topics ranging from Ukraine and “saving” the suburbs to dismantling the “deep state, ” and they are often laced with his familiar dark rhetoric and conspiracies. But his team sees them as a tool to bypass the traditional news media and speak directly to supporters, and as part of a broader effort to steer Trump toward policy instead of his own grievances and obsessions with the past. “It certainly lays down a marker for President Trump and the campaign on very specific policy prescriptions. No campaign has done it thus far and it sort of harkens back to 2016 where President Trump was pushing out policies ...

500 winner Ericsson intends to stay in IndyCar title picture

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

In the days leading up to the IndyCar season-opening race, Chip Ganassi made clear that Marcus Ericsson was a valued member of the organization.“I want him here beyond this year,” Ganassi said of the Swedish driver.Ericsson then went on to win the March 5 race on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, with a late pass of Pato O’Ward to pick up the fourth win of his IndyCar career. Ericsson heads into Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway as the points leader and determined to be a serious championship contender.He is the reigning Indianapolis 500 winner — a victory that pushed him into last year’s championship fight before he faded and finished sixth in the final standings. But as Ericsson begins his fourth season with a powerhouse organization, Ganassi believes the Indianapolis victory changed the career trajectory for the 32-year-old former Formula One driver.The win propelled Ericsson on a monthslong media tour that included a weeklong celebration in S...

Kelso Technologies: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

SURREY, British Columbia (AP) — SURREY, British Columbia (AP) — Kelso Technologies Inc. (KIQ) on Thursday reported a loss of $420,000 in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Surrey, British Columbia-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent.The railroad equipment supplier posted revenue of $2.4 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $1.4 million, or 2 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $10.9 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on KIQ at https://www.zacks.com/ap/KIQSource

Stocks keep climbing as fear keeps falling on Wall Street

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising again as a bit more fear evaporates from Wall Street. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% early Thursday. The benchmark index is on pace for its fifth gain in the last six days. Stocks are The index is up for the month after struggling in earlier weeks on worries about whether the banking system was cracking under the weight of higher interest rates. The Dow rose 0.5% and the Nasdaq rose 0.8%. Forceful actions by regulators worldwide have helped restore confidence that the current trouble for banks won’t drag down the entire economy like the 2008 financial crisis did. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Wall Street is poised to open with gains Thursday as worries over turmoil in the banking industry ease and attention turns toward government economic data coming out the next couple of days.Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 rose 0.6% before the opening bell Thursday.Markets recently have been wracke...

Who is the most famous baseball player from Colorado?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

DENVER (Stacker) — College football may be king in Alabama, but the state also produced one of baseball's greatest sluggers: “Hammerin'” Hank Aaron is a Mobile native, and locals are proud of each and every one of the 755 home runs he hit when he was suiting up for Milwaukee and Atlanta. That just goes to show that wherever you travel in the United States, baseball is a part of the nation's fabric.Using baseball database Baseball Reference, Stacker located players from every state and ranked each locale's most famous major leaguer. Many included are Hall of Famers; some hail from small towns not known for sports, while others are homegrown heroes who went on to star for the big club. One example is Dave Winfield, from St. Paul, who played during the twilight of his career with the Minnesota Twins.On this virtual road trip across America, each stop is full of interesting nuggets, like the fact that Brooks Robinson once delivered the local newspaper that would later hail him as a base...

National virtual vacation day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

March 30th is virtual vacation day so sit back and relax in the comfort of your home. You can use free virtual reality apps to tap into the vacation of your dreams without spending thousands of dollars.Virtual reality headset are also a good choice if you are looking for a more immersive experience. National Day Calender has a list of ideas if you want to take part in the fun.

Flo Rida’s son continues recovery after falling from window, mother files lawsuit

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

JERSEY CITY, Nj. (WSVN) – Alexis Adams, mother of Flo Rida’s 6-year-old son has filed a lawsuit after her son was seriously injured after he fell from a fifth-floor window in New Jersey.Zohar Paxton who was diagnosed with autism has been in the intensive care unit recovering from his injuries. He has multiple pelvis fractures, metatarsal fractures, liver lacerations, internal bleeding, and a collapsed lung.The lawsuit filed on March 27, claimed the windows in the building posed a “hazardous condition by installing incorrectly sized guards.” Adams is seeking unspecified compensation to pay for the treatment of his injuries.“As a single mom to a special needs child, this feels like a nightmare. My heart is broken into a million pieces. I am devastated, angry and struggling to come to terms with the fact that my only child has suffered severe injuries due to willful negligence of our landlord and others involved in failing to take necessary ...

French lawmakers to challenge Olympics surveillance before top court

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

PARIS — French left-leaning lawmakers are preparing to challenge the controversial bill allowing AI-powered cameras at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics before the country’s top constitutional court, Greens MP Sandra Regol told POLITICO. “We hope to obtain something [from the Constitutional Council] because the Council of State had many questions to begin with,” Regol said Thursday. “This is a rider law, which touches upon about everything but the Olympic Games.” The French government wants to experiment with large-scale, real-time camera systems supported by algorithms to spot suspicious behavior, including unsupervised luggage and crowd movements like stampedes, for the mega-sports event next year. The plan was adopted by the National Assembly last week and by the Senate in January, despite pushback from digital rights NGOs, including France’s La Quadrature du Net, and MEPs. Members of both chambers will gather on Monday to shepherd a common ve...

‘Deplorable’: Olympics boss slams effort to ban Russia from Paris 2024

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:05:23 GMT

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach went on the attack Thursday, blasting European governments over their effort to have Russia and Belarus excluded from the 2024 Paris Olympics. “It cannot be up to the governments to decide which athletes can participate in which competition,” Bach said in blunt remarks at a press conference Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland.“This would be the end of world sport as we know it today,” he added.Bach called European governments “deplorable” for demanding Russians be banned from international competitions and hit out at their “double standards.”“We have not seen a single comment about their attitudes toward the participation of athletes whose countries are involved in the other 70 wars and armed conflicts in the world,” he said. Bach added that because neither Ukraine nor Russia were happy with the IOC’s recommendations on Russian and Belarusian athletes it could indicate the governing body had actually m...