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With the federal government retreating from climate action, cities and states have increasingly stepped in to ease emissions and address the crisis. But new research finds that those efforts often …
Can cities make landlords care about energy efficiency? Read More
The tectonic ruptures in geopolitics triggered by Donald Trump are reverberating in the currency market, just as they did nine months ago with the trade war. This week, the dollar …
Why Trump isn’t worried about a weaker dollar as markets (and the ECB) grow uneasy Read More
Climate groups in Germany are celebrating a major legal victory after the country’s top court ruled that the federal government must strengthen climate protection plans. On Thursday, 29 January, the administrative …
‘That ends now’: German court ruling raises pressure to fix stalled climate plans Read More
US President Donald Trump argues that the US economy is disadvantaged in global markets and wants to reduce the trade deficit through tariffs. Taken together, the 27 member states of the European Union form the United States’ largest …
US–EU economic ties show why neither side can decouple Read More
Tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to take control of Greenland have driven a wedge in the once iron-clad link between MAGA and Europe’s far-right. The rift seems to signal that ideological alignment …
Trump’s Greenland ambitions strain MAGA ties with Europe’s far-right Read More
Consumers are surrounded by food that is highly conducive to weight gain. No one likes dieting and very few have lasting success. But now weight-loss injections are seen as gamechangers, …
How will weight-loss jabs change the food industry? Read More
Taxpayers paid for a Ministry of Defence official to spend almost a year working for an elite investment bank that’s seeking to increase the role of private finance in military …
Taxpayers paid to send MoD official to work for elite bank Rothschild & Co Read More
Something unusual and long overdue recently took place at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Two regenerative agriculture pioneers, Rick Clark of Indiana and Blake Alexander of California, stood alongside …
Regenerative Agriculture Finally Has a Seat at the Table at USDA Read More
The Taiwanese semiconductor industry’s power demand is forecast to grow eightfold by 2028. Rapid expansion of wind energy to support the demand is impacting the livelihoods of oyster farmers and …
AI’s green-energy goal is devastating Taiwan’s coastal villages Read More
BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) – China can narrow its technological gap with the U.S. driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the …
China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say Read More