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International

Lawyer Moved Halliburton Unit Bribes Through Secret Swiss HSBC Accounts

"A network of secretive banks and offshore tax havens was used to funnel $182 million in bribes to Nigerian officials in exchange for $6 billion in engineering and construction work for an international consortium of companies that included a then Halliburton subsidiary."

Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 02/11/2015

Panel Urges Research on Geoengineering as a Tool Against Climate Change

"With the planet facing potentially severe impacts from global warming in coming decades, a government-sponsored scientific panel on Tuesday called for more research on geoengineering — technologies to deliberately intervene in nature to counter climate change."

Source: NY Times, 02/11/2015

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