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US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. or signup to continue reading Keith Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a policy book laying out an "America First" national security agenda for the incoming administration, will come into the role as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its third year in February. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account, saying "He was with me right from the beginning! Together, we will secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!" Kellogg, an 80 year-old retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump's top adviser on defence issues, served as national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, was chief of staff of the National Security Council and then stepped in as an acting security adviser for Trump after Michael Flynn resigned. The White House has pushed more than $56 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the start of Russia's February 2022 invasion and expects to send billions more to Kyiv before President Joe Biden leaves office in less than months. Trump has criticised the billions the Biden administration has poured into Ukraine. The incoming Republican president has said he could end the war in 24 hours, comments that appear to suggest he would press Ukraine to surrender territory that Russia now occupies. As a co-chairman of the American First Policy Institute's Centre for American Security, Kellogg wrote several of the chapters in the group's policy book. In April, he wrote that "bringing the Russia-Ukraine war to a close will require strong, America First leadership to deliver a peace deal and immediately end the hostilities between the two warring parties." Trump's proposed national security adviser Michael Waltz tweeted on Wednesday that "Keith has dedicated his life to defending our great country and is committed to bringing the war in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution." Kellogg was a character in multiple Trump investigations dating from his first term. He was among the administration officials who listened in on the July 2019 call between Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which Trump prodded the Ukrainian leader to pursue investigations into the Bidens. The call, which Kellogg would later say did not raise any concerns on his end, was at the centre of the first of two House impeachment cases against Trump, who was acquitted by the Senate both times. On January 6, 2021, hours before pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol, Kellogg, who was then Pence's national security adviser, listened in on a heated call in which Trump told his vice president to object or delay the certification in Congress of President Joe Biden 's victory. He later told House investigators that he recalled Trump saying to Pence words to the effect of: "You're not tough enough to make the call." Advertisement Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. We care about the protection of your data. Read our . Advertisement
( MENAFN - media OutReach Newswire) BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach Newswire – 9 December 2024 - CPC Corporation, Taiwan and Apollo Technology, a subsidiary of Veolia, have been honoured with the prestigious Top Green Companies in Asia Award at the Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability (ACES) Awards 2024. This accolade recognises their collaborative efforts to support Taiwan's sustainability goals through pioneering remediation and resource management projects that prioritise environmental responsibility, community welfare, and economic growth. Honouring collaborative excellence in sustainability: Shen-Te Chen, Vice Chairman of Apollo Technology (left center), and Chung-Ying Li, Director of CPC Corporation, Taiwan (right center), proudly receive the Top Green Companies in Asia award on behalf of CPC Corporation, Taiwan, and Apollo Technology, a subsidiary of Veolia Group. This award celebrates their joint efforts to support Taiwan's sustainability goals through pioneering remediation and resource management projects that prioritise environmental responsibility, community welfare, and economic growth. Presenting this prestigious accolade are Dr. Shanggari Balakrishnan, President of the ACES Awards (far left), and Luis Bueno Nieto, Advisor to the ACES Council (far right). As leaders in Asia's energy and environmental sectors, CPC and Apollo embody Taiwan's commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Established in 1946, CPC Corporation, Taiwan's largest state-owned petroleum company, has been at the forefront of transitioning to renewable energy sources and sustainable practices. Apollo Technology, an innovator in water and waste management, specialises in transforming industrial by-products into valuable resources through a circular economy approach. Their partnership strengthens Taiwan's journey toward a greener future, showcasing how collaboration can drive meaningful environmental change. In alignment with Taiwan's Green and Sustainable Remediation (GSR) initiative, CPC has integrated green practices in site remediation since 2008. In collaboration with Apollo, they have launched remediation projects at key sites, such as the Hsinchu and Taichung Oil Distribution Centers. Apollo's advanced soil and groundwater remediation techniques aim to restore ecological balance and ensure the sites' long-term sustainability, benefiting both local communities and natural habitats. Apollo's expertise in sustainable remediation has already delivered substantial results. At the Hsinchu Oil Distribution Centre, the company successfully treated over 43,200 tonnes of oil-contaminated soil and reduced 848 tonnes of carbon emissions through bioremediation and in-situ groundwater systems. Their work enables CPC to identify high-priority remediation sites and apply innovative solutions like phytoremediation, which uses specific plants to extract pollutants from soil and groundwater. This award reflects CPC Corporation, Taiwan, and Apollo Technology's unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable industrial practices. The Top Green Companies is awarded to companies that run their business operations yielding minimal negative impact on the environment, community, and society. The ACES Awards celebrate companies that excel in driving growth and community contribution while maintaining high ethical standards. With Veolia's support, Apollo continues to enhance its resources and expertise, underscoring a shared vision of eco-transformation in Taiwan's industrial sector. Together, these companies are setting new standards for green innovation in Asia, creating pathways toward a resilient, sustainable future. MENAFN08122024003551001712ID1108969501 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.
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Dec 3 (Reuters) - After a Delaware judge last January struck down CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package, Tesla’s board of directors faced a choice. The board could have reopened the complex process of negotiating a compensation deal with Musk, this time with guardrails in place to assure the plan would be deemed fair to all of Tesla’s shareholders despite Musk’s sway over the company. That option, as the electric vehicle maker eventually told shareholders in a proxy filing , opens new tab last April, had distinct disadvantages. It would have been time-consuming and potentially very expensive: Tesla told shareholders that it believed the company would have faced an accounting charge of more than $25 billion if it had adopted a new compensation package that granted Musk the stock options he had been promised in the pay plan rescinded by Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick. A newly negotiated plan, Tesla (TSLA.O) , opens new tab said in the proxy filing, might also have adverse tax consequences for both Musk and the company. The board's other choice was simply to ask shareholders to vote again on the pay package they had previously approved in 2018, but this time with beefed up disclosures, including the full text of McCormick’s opinion concluding that directors had breached their duties when they approved the deal for Musk. A new vote, Tesla said in the April proxy filing, would “cure” the court’s criticism and would “extinguish claims for a breach of fiduciary duty.” This so-called “ratification” of the previous shareholder vote had obvious advantages for the company, as Tesla told shareholders in the proxy statement. It was quick, which meant Musk would soon have a new pay package after working for six years without compensation. It also gave shareholders a voice. And it could save Tesla from shelling out billions of dollars in fees to the plaintiffs' lawyers who had challenged Musk’s pay, the company told shareholders, because those lawyers could no longer argue that they had saved Tesla billions of dollars by blocking the transfer of valuable options to Musk. Tesla acknowledged in its proxy filing that its ratification theory was “novel” and that Delaware courts might not agree with the company’s assessment of the theory’s viability and its impact on the case. But Tesla’s board told shareholders that its one-woman special independent committee had concluded — without even bringing in a compensation consultant — that ratification was the better course. The board told shareholders in the April proxy materials that it agreed. So, apparently, did shareholders, who voted resoundingly in favor of reconfirming Musk’s 2018 pay package at Tesla’s annual meeting in June. Tesla subsequently pointed to the second vote in filings asking McCormick to revise her original opinion because shareholders had once again approved Musk’s pay deal, this time in a fully informed vote. Tesla also said shareholder lawyers were entitled to no more than $54.5 million for their efforts. Tesla, in essence, wagered that it would rather test its novel ratification theory in Delaware courts than restart the process of setting Musk’s compensation. It lost that bet on Monday, when McCormick denied , opens new tab Tesla’s request for modification of her original opinion in light of the shareholder vote in June. McCormick concluded that Tesla’s theory — that a do-over vote by shareholders can effectively undo a judge’s post-trial court ruling — has no basis in common law, Delaware procedural rules, Delaware case law or even Delaware policy. The judge also said that even if Tesla’s board was right about the ratifying effect of shareholders’ second vote approving Musk’s pay package, that re-vote was tainted by the proxy statement’s overly confident depiction of the impact of the vote. Tesla said in a post on X that it plans to appeal McCormick’s new and original rulings to the Delaware Supreme Court, as my Reuters colleagues Tom Hals and Jon Stempel reported on Monday. So there is still a chance that Tesla’s ratification theory will ultimately prevail. There's also still a chance that Delaware's justices will overturn McCormick’s original holding that the board breached its duty in negotiating the 2018 compensation plan with Musk. (I received no response to my email query to Tesla and defense counsel from Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.) Nonetheless, after reading McCormick’s decision, I wondered whether Tesla and its CEO would have been better off if Tesla’s board had opted for renegotiation rather than pushing for McCormick to endorse its novel ratification theory. Remember, Tesla's directors did not need much convincing to reject that course based on accounting and tax considerations. But four law professors told me on Tuesday that if Tesla had reopened negotiations, it would probably have been able to formulate a new Musk compensation plan that could withstand court scrutiny. The professors — Stephen Bainbridge of the University of California at Los Angeles, Eric Talley of Columbia University, Ann Lipton of Tulane University and retired professor Charles Elson of the University of Delaware — said Tesla’s board would have needed to abide by standard corporate procedures, including the creation of a genuinely independent committee to negotiate with Musk. If the board had set up those guardrails, Talley said by email, it could have justified even a retroactive package that rewarded Musk for working without pay since 2018. “Keeping Elon happy (and not vengeful) at Tesla could easily provide a rational basis for making a retrospective award,” Talley said. He and Bainbridge noted an additional wrinkle: If Tesla’s board had waited until the company’s reincorporation in Texas to reset Musk’s compensation, the company might not have had to worry about all of Delaware’s rules for transactions involving a controlling shareholder. It’s not even clear, Bainbridge said, that Texas courts would deem Musk, who does not own a majority of Tesla’s shares, to be a controlling shareholder. “It would have been much cleaner to simply wait to do this after the move to Texas,” Bainbridge said. “It would have been better to start from scratch.” Read more: Delaware judge rejects Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay - again What is next for Musk after judge rules against him in Tesla pay case? Judge voids Elon Musk's 'unfathomable' $56 billion Tesla pay package Sign up here. Reporting By Alison Frankel Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Thomson Reuters Alison Frankel has covered high-stakes commercial litigation as a columnist for Reuters since 2011. A Dartmouth college graduate, she has worked as a journalist in New York covering the legal industry and the law for more than three decades. Before joining Reuters, she was a writer and editor at The American Lawyer. Frankel is the author of Double Eagle: The Epic Story of the World’s Most Valuable Coin.
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