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Voters in Maine overwhelmingly rejected scuttling the state’s for-profit utilities in favor of a public power company that would have been governed by a board of elected and appointed officials. The referendum was …
Maine voters reject effort to create the first statewide public power company Read More
LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Global fossil fuel production in 2030 is set to be more than double the level deemed consistent with meeting climate goals set under the 2015 …
Global fossil fuel production plans far exceed climate targets, UN says Read More
“The money I now spend in the supermarket to buy three day’s worths of food for my family, last year was enough for an entire week’s worth of groceries,” Anna …
Greece: Cost of living crisis hits ordinary households hard Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — When Rachel started her job as a nurse in the internal medicine unit at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare last year, it felt like the realization of a dream …
A Hidden System of Exploitation Underpins US Hospitals’ Employment of Foreign Nurses Read More
More than 200 civil society groups on Thursday called on the Biden administration to protect climate, health, and other public interest policies across the Americas by dismantling a trade regime …
‘Time to Exit ISDS’: Hundreds of Groups Call On US to Ditch Corporate-Friendly Trade Regime Read More
VC funding in the African startup ecosystem has steadily declined in 2023, causing experts to worry about the future of the once fast-growing sector. With fewer investors willing to bet …
Investors are unsettled as funding is drying up for Africa’s startup ecosystem Read More
Taichung, Taiwan – Around a tiled square on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Nanjing, a cluster of apartment buildings rise like concrete columns towards a grey sky. At first …
Crumbling buildings and broken dreams: China’s unfinished homes Read More
Rishi Sunak is pushing ahead with Liz Truss’s plan to axe the cap on bankers’ bonuses despite warnings that boosting bumper payouts for the rich is “obscene”. Scrapping the limit on multimillion-pound bonuses …
Rishi Sunak carries out Liz Truss plan to axe cap on bankers’ bonuses Read More
(Thursday 26th October) Today, a group of over 20 NGOs coordinated by ShareAction through the European Responsible Investment Network (ERIN), has published a manifesto for the EU elections calling on …
NGOs launch 2024 EU elections manifesto calling for bold action on sustainable finance Read More
When calculating our environmental footprint, people usually consider their consumption of things like food, flights, and fuel for heating or run the car. But a major contributor to carbon emissions …
When Recycling Comes to the Construction Industry Read More