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For the US, it isn’t a good look in the lead-up to this week’s United Nations conference on climate change (COP28). The country will pull record quantities of oil and gas out …
US oil and gas extraction is at a new high and will likely stay near record levels through 2050 Read More
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go …
Energy Department tries to boost US battery industry with another $3.5 billion in funding Read More
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
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
Investor Warren Buffett joined the recent oil-buying spree in the market this week by resuming Berkshire Hathaway’s purchases of Occidental Petroleum stock for the first time in four months. Buffett’s …
Warren Buffett’s company joins oil-buying frenzy this week by resuming its Occidental Petroleum buys Read More
The United States investment bank Goldman Sachs has sued Malaysia in a London arbitration court amid rising tension over a settlement deal reached in connection with the bank’s role …
Why is Goldman Sachs suing Malaysia over 1MDB scandal? Read More
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, more commonly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics, …
Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 Read More
“We’ve got ourselves a little monster out there,” anchorman Jim Cantore warned, facing the camera in the Weather Channel’s newsroom on a sultry August weekend in 1992. At first, few in …
US: As climate risks mount, the insurance safety net is collapsing Read More
Competing superpowers have much to offer in tackling climate change. Joshua Brown asks: can the US and China put aside their rivalry for the sake of the Earth? It’s a …
China and US: cooling off and global warming Read More