Jeevan Vasagar

1 week ago | observer.co.uk | Jeevan Vasagar

A senior employee of a publicly listed, UK-registered crypto company struggles to get a mortgage because his salary is paid by a crypto business. A British high street bank bars all outbound payments to crypto exchanges. A Cambridge University spin-out is rejected for a business bank account. Add those stories up and there is a strong whiff of “debanking” – a claim that has been incendiary in the US.

1 month ago | tortoisemedia.com | Bex Sander |Jeevan Vasagar |Joe White

A new interactive tool from Tortoise shows how online untruths about the climate are growing, changing shape and spreading The climate has shifted: 2024 was the hottest year in history, with record-breaking temperatures in the atmosphere and warmer oceans ushering in what scientists have described as a dangerous new era of wildfires and floods amplified by climate change. The political climate has shifted too.

2 months ago | tortoisemedia.com | Jeevan Vasagar

Britain and the EU are swapping one dependency for another European imports of Russian gas have fallen by more than 80 per cent since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine. So what? There’s a catch. Europe – Britain included – may be replacing dependence on Russia for fossil fuels with dependence on China for renewables. Today’s trade war headlines are about the EU’s retaliation to steel and aluminium tariffs.

Jan 6, 2025 | tortoisemedia.com | Jeevan Vasagar

Nippon Steel and US Steel are suing the US government after their $15 billion deal was blocked on national security grounds by Joe Biden. The two companies say the presidential power to sink the deal was improperly exploited for political reasons.

Nov 22, 2024 | tortoisemedia.com | Giles Whittell |Louise Tickle |Jeevan Vasagar |Saad Mohseni

Don’t forget Afghanistan and why farmers are protesting Your browser does not support the audio element. US Election 2024 #DonaldTrump #KamalaHarris Giles Whittell and guests debate what should lead the news. They discuss the farmers’ protest over inheritance tax, why newsrooms are ignoring Afghanistan at their peril and the transgender bathroom row in the US Capitol.