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A generation ago, the EU made a big bet: It could climate-proof Europe by making companies pay for carbon pollution. There was just one problem. That bet hinged on carbon …
The EU’s climate piggy bank is under pressure Read More
LONDON (AP) — Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal …
Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like Read More
Virginia Natural Gas’s aim, as it wrote in its request to the state regulator, was to “further support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.” As part of its “Sustainable Gas Program,” the …
Utilities Are Buying Pricier ‘Responsible Gas.’ But for What Climate Benefit? Read More
When Almudena Fernández saw the final result of the numbers she had been calculating, her jaw dropped. The chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations …
Poor nutrition and fewer savings: The price Latin America and the Caribbean are paying as the world’s most volatile region Read More
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 27. Ecowas, which was formed in 1975, is a regional political and …
Ecowas: west African trade bloc shaken as three member states withdraw and form their own alliance Read More
KYIV/LONDON, Feb 29 (Reuters) – German supermarket chain Metro (B4B.DE), opens new tab and its 3,400 employees in Ukraine have worked hard to get their business back to where it was …
Companies in Ukraine see problems pile up, but most tough it out Read More
(Wednesday 28th February) During today’s COREPER meeting, EU Ambassadors did not give their approval to the passage of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Commenting on the outcome, Isabella Ritter, …
EU ambassadors block the CSDDD, casting a shadow over human rights and the environment Read More
The streets of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, are packed with angry demonstrators calling to “end hardship now!” amid the West African country’s worst economic crisis in more than two decades. The protests kicked off …
Many Nigerians struggle to afford food amid record inflation Read More
For 40 years, plastic and petrochemical companies have tried to convince the public that plastics can be recycled. But they’ve known for just as long that plastics recycling would never …
Petrochemical companies have known for 40 years that plastics recycling wouldn’t work Read More
In Jakarta, gig riders for the super-app Gojek are part of peer-support groups, known as communities. These closely knit groups — created based on region, gender, and shared interests — …
How Gojek keeps its gig riders close — and away from unions Read More