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Alberta filed 1st ever charges against a carbon offset firm. Here’s why they may not be the last

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For the first time ever, a Canadian province has charged a business for providing false information related to carbon offsets, a spokesperson for Alberta’s Environment Ministry said, underscoring the sometimes murky activities of companies in a complicated, rapidly growing industry

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Right-wing users join Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘friendly’ Threads within 24 hours of launch

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Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, US, October 23, 2019, wearing a suit and looking serious with facebook logo in background.

Mark Zuckerberg.Erin Scott/Reuters

  • Right-wing users are testing the boundaries of Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads.

  • Several right-wing users have signed up to the platform, with some posting antagonistic content.

  • Zuckerberg has tried to position Threads as a friendly alternative to Elon

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Closed Jackson College campus building sold, social district thriving and more Jackson County business news

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JACKSON COUNTY, MI – From the Jackson College Foundation selling a building that housed a college campus to a thriving downtown Jackson social district, there is a lot going on in the Jackson area.

Here’s some recent Jackson-area business news