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US federal debt has its limits. Richard Vague tells the tale. One of the great melodramas of American politics erupts in Washington when the federal debt approaches its statutory limit and …
The debt ceiling melodrama Read More
Climate change is generating major economic problems in the United States, the Biden administration said in an annual report published this week. The assumptions that higher-income countries like the U.S. would …
Climate change could spur severe economic losses, Biden administration says Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is nominating former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday, crediting him with critical experience on global …
US nominates Ajay Banga for World Bank president Read More
Last February, ExxonMobil announced it would further expand its only active carbon capture and storage (CCS) operation in the United States, located at a gas processing facility in LaBarge, Wyoming. Shute Creek is the …
Big Oil’s Been Secretly Validating Critics’ Concerns about Carbon Capture Read More
After working more than 1,000 days without a contract, more than 200 unionized NBC NewsDigitalworkers on Thursday launched a 24-hour walkout to protest the media giant’s ongoing “unfair labor practices,” including …
‘Stop Union-Busting’: After 1,000+ Days Without Contract, NBC News Workers Walk Out Read More
A US-based financial forensic firm has alleged that India’s Adani Group, led by the world’s third-richest person Gautam Adani, is involved in a massive and “brazen stock manipulation” and “accounting …
A US research firm has accused Adani of pulling “the largest con in corporate history” Read More
The drops in both new jobs and wage growth contained in a Department of Labor report released on Friday elicited cheers from financial world insiders. “This is a really terrific jobs …
US: Financial world celebrates slowing wage and employment growth in new jobs report Read More
Washington state rang in the New Year with the launch of its most ambitious plan to slash carbon pollution. The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps …
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works. Read More
Sarah McKinley describes a structural reset to democratise our economies. The results of the recent midterm elections in the US were less polarised than anticipated and the threatened Republican Red …
All things being unequal Read More
(Monday 19th December) Commenting on the adoption of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15 in Canada today, Katie Leach, Head of Biodiversity at responsible investment NGO ShareAction, said: “World leaders have today …
COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework – ShareAction response Read More