New deal demonstrates opportunity to scale finance for carbon removals

Standard Chartered, British Airways, CUR8, CFC and WTW recently announced the completion of a global first transaction to unlock finance for UNDO, a UK-founded carbon removal project developer specialising in enhanced rock weathering. The breakthrough transaction, which specifically provides debt financing for UNDO, now paves the way to scale finance for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) projects elsewhere. The precise and novel structure of the transaction helps to overcome significant barriers when providing finance to carbon removal project developers like UNDO. It separates the cost of a project from the sale…

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Advocates Say Google’s YouTube Violates Federal Children’s Privacy Law

A coalition of leading U.S. child advocacy, consumer, and privacy groups represented by the Institute for Public Representation filed a complaint urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate and sanction Google for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in operating YouTube. Google claims that YouTube is only for users 13 and up, despite being the most popular online platform for children, used by 80% of American children ages 6 to 12. The site features many programs designed and promoted for children and Google generates significant profits…

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