Was lucky to read an earlier draft of this and it’s astonishingly brilliant. Gripping, moving and ultimately joyful. Go pre-order it!

'International investors play a key role in encouraging human rights violations and environmental crimes in the region.'

Some important investigative journalism by Sarah Sax, MESc. here, on the American pension funds & endowments destroying Brazil's savannah.

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One of the best stories I’ve read in a good while. Compulsive read

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As an iconic Mexican resort lay devastated by a surprise hurricane, the country’s president was, quite literally, stuck in the mud shorturl.at/ikopU via Max de Haldevang Maya Averbuch Bloomberg Politics Bloomberg Economics

Huge news as carbon offset giant South Pole ends its flagship project, which has sold credits to the likes of Nestle, VW & Gucci. We exposed its (large) flaws back in March: bloomberg.com/news/features/…… w/
Ben Elgin Alastair Marsh 🇺🇦

This collapse of one of the world's biggest offsets projects is simply stunning. Natasha White & other Bloomberg investigators deserve big props for their work exposing the massive rakeoffs for the middlemen & other Kariba shenanigans. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The unexpected, violent strength of Hurricane Otis destroyed Acapulco, killing at least 27 people and leaving President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to trek through the mud bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Max de Haldevang Maya Averbuch Bloomberg Politics

Mexico announces that officials travelled to China to discuss illegal chemicals, confirming our fentanyl exclusive
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Mexico is in talks with China to stem the flow of #fentanyl ingredients, sources tell Max de Haldevang.

This type of quiet effort will be needed if the US is to tackle a scourge that the DEA calls “the single deadliest drug threat our nation has EVER encountered.

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Scoop: Mexico and China are collaborating on fighting fentanyl flows, after long denying they have any responsibility for the epidemic
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💧Water is present in every manifestation of dangerous weather wreaking havoc on our planet. Its sudden abundance and scarcity are also reshaping the global economy and international trade

Read the latest Bloomberg Green #dataviz extravaganza for FREE here:
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Meet the climate scientist leading the race to succeed her oil-loving mentor, AMLO, as Mexican president

Great profile of Claudia Sheinbaum's green credentials and challenges by Maya Averbuch bloomberg.com/news/features/… Bloomberg Green Bloomberg Politics

AMLO picked a fight with Mexico's private airports to send a message to the world: It may be his last year in office but he's still very much in charge.
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AMLO chose Mexico’s private airports to send a punchy message to the business & political world: it may be his final year in office but he’s still very much in charge bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Max de Haldevang Bloomberg Politics

My latest for Businessweek is a narrative investigation into a company that transformed the plastics industry -- and what happened when its signature manufacturing process was found to generate the worst of the worst #PFAS , aka “forever chemicals”: tinyurl.com/3xp7bhfb

More evidence this is going to be the best book!

Here’s a brief summary of what I’ll be working on newamerica.org/our-people/oli… #2024NAFellow

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Many thanks Covering Climate Now and to my wonderful editors Bloomberg Green, Bloomberg Politics & Bloomberg Economics

Mexico has overtaken China to be the US's biggest trade partner. Whether that will change the country's trajectory, or whether the export model will fail to make people here more prosperous, is an open question. Our Big Take with Leda Alvim: bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…