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If you trace the path of one electrical transmission line up the coast of Maine, through and around the state’s rocky outcroppings and over a long causeway, you’ll finally reach …
This isolated town in Maine could be a model for the clean energy future Read More
Bloomberg, one of the world’s biggest providers of financial data, has been accused of misleading investors about the environmental credentials of bonds worth more than $50 billion. An investigation by Byline Times with the …
Bloomberg ‘Misled’ Investors on Green Credentials of Bonds Worth More Than $50 Billion Read More
“Thank you for calling. … You’re speaking with Renzo. This call may be recorded for — uhm — this call may be re—” Renzo Bahala, a customer service agent for …
AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse Read More
A pair of pants spends much less time in our wardrobe than in the African landfill where it may end up after we leave it in a container, comforted by …
Why putting used clothes in a recycling bin does not allow you to have a clear conscience Read More
At the COP29 climate summit, nations must decide on a new global goal to replace the existing target of $100bn each year. Delivering this money is widely viewed as important …
COP29: Six key reasons why international climate finance is a ‘wild west’ Read More
A price premium for landowners is artificially inflating land prices and blocking the government from building the social homes needed to ease the housing crisis and meet its own housebuilding …
Inflated land prices blocking government from building enough homes to hit targets and meet need Read More
On World Fisheries Day, Thursday 21 November, a coalition of ocean advocacy NGOs gathered outside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in London to deliver a petition …
DEFRA gets in hot water over bottom trawling – as 200,000 people step in Read More
Most European governments have failed to meet the deadline to put the minimum wage directive into national law – and some are actively working against the aims of the directive. …
Member states failing to deliver minimum wage directive Read More
Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband Agus Saputra made a good living renting out supplies for weddings, …
‘We lost everything’: the Indonesians falling out of the middle class Read More
In November 2023, Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, gathered the country’s top prosecutors at the headquarters of the powerful anti-mafia and anti-terrorism directorate, the DNAA. The far-right leader flattered them, …
EU migration strategy: treat migrants like the mafia Read More