_____ (2022-03-04). Gwich'in Steering Committee Responds To AIG's New Policy On Arctic Drilling. popularresistance.org Today American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) announced new company-wide policy, which rules out providing insurance and investment to "any new Arctic energy exploration," among other climate commitments. With this announcement, AIG is the first American company among a growing list of international insurance companies to publicly issue a policy ruling out new energy exploration projects in the Arctic.

Staff (2022-03-04). Russia's Unprecedented Shelling of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Raises Fears of Another Chernobyl. democracynow.org Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "nuclear terror" after Russian forces shelled and subsequently set on fire the largest nuclear power plant in Europe on Friday morning. The fire at the Zaporizhzhia plant burned for hours but reportedly did not spread to any of the plant's six reactors before the Russians ultimately seized the site. Ukraine heavily relies on nuclear power, with 15 active nuclear power reactors across the country. Targeting any of these reactors — or even deactivated reactors at Chernobyl — could result in a catastrophic nuclear radiat…