Dozens of environmental groups, renewable energy companies, labor unions, water agencies and social justice advocates are lobbying state lawmakers to place a multibillion-dollar climate bond on the November ballot. “Time to GO ALL IN on a Climate Bond,” says the ad from WateReuse California, a trade association advocating for projects that would recycle treated sewage and storm runoff into drinking …
The Netherlands has recorded its lowest ever score on the annual corruption index published by Transparency International, but remains one of the world’s least corrupt nations. The score of 80 is two points lower than last year and ranks the Netherlands eighth on the league table of most transparent nations. TI spokesman Andor Admiraal said the weak regulations for lobbyists …