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The intergovernmental UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the UN’s largest annual forum on gender equality. Its 70th session concludes on 19 March at UN HQ in …
Gender equality discussions at UN face pushbacks and US resistance Read More
Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, has welcomed the announcement that the Government is to roll back on the ‘opt-out’ exception to copyright for artificial intelligence training. An ‘opt-out’ exception was …
Equity welcomes government’s shift in AI copyright policy Read More
When Kenneth Porter moved to Atlanta from Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016 to advance his career in the entertainment industry, he rented part of a two-bedroom townhouse on Atlanta’s eastside …
Georgia Lawmakers With Real Estate Ties Are Writing the State’s Housing Laws Read More
A Wisconsin project dubbed the “world’s largest manure biogas project” emits nearly 5,000 metric tons of climate-warming methane annually, roughly equivalent to emissions from 30,000 gasoline-powered vehicles, according to state …
Manure-to-energy project touted as climate fix emits thousands of tons of methane Read More
A delegation of US officials is touring European capitals this week to lobby against the EU’s deforestation regulation, in a last-minute push just weeks before Brussels decides whether to further …
US officials tour EU capitals to lobby against deforestation law Read More
It’s Saturday night in Manila, but 25-year-old Chris, who just graduated with a master’s degree, is not getting ready to party. His chair at a call center awaits him, so …
Philippines, the call‑center capital: Taking a deluge of calls for under $2 an hour Read More
The EU’s flagship water law is under threat amid a concerted lobbying blitz from the mining industry. New analysis by DeSmog reveals sector meetings with EU officials tripled in the …
Europe’s Waterways Under Threat from Mining Lobby Read More
A year ago, engineers at Snowflake, the American cloud-based data platform, still spent part of their day on routine tasks – such as scanning dashboards to ensure systems were running …
The new boss at work may not be human Read More
Roughly 135,500 tonnes of plastic waste is generated by farms each year, according to the Chartered Institute of Waste Management. But these old figures may well be an underestimate since there’s …
Farming’s big plastic problem – and emerging solutions Read More
Venezuela and the United States are restoring diplomatic ties, the two countries announced Thursday, in a new sign of thawing relations after Washington ousted former president Nicolas Maduro. The announcement came as US Interior Secretary Doug …
US, Venezuela restore diplomatic relations as Washington pushes for access to minerals Read More