SolarWorld Industries America Inc., represented by law firm Wiley Rein, has filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC), requesting antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into imports of solar cells from China. Specifically, the petitions claim that Chinese manufacturers of solar products are “illegally dumping crystalline silicon solar cells [...]
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16 Jun
More Murders over Illegal Logging in the Amazon
The heartbreaking news came yesterday that a young peasant activist in Brazil was murdered over an ongoing illegal logging conflict in the Amazon. Obede Loyla Souza’s death marked the fifth logging-related murder in the region in only a month. According to the Associated Press, the Brazilian government is taking “a series of measures to contain [...]
