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Russia’s economy was predicted to collapse after Western countries imposed unprecedented sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine. But last week, the Russian statistics bureau Rosstat said gross domestic …
Is Russia’s economy really hurting? Read More
Even if the world somehow manages to limit future warming to the strictest international temperature goal, four Earth-changing climate “tipping points” are still likely to be triggered with a lot …
World close to hitting four climate “tipping points,” new research warns Read More
LONDON — Sterling in August suffered its sharpest monthly fall against the U.S. dollar since the aftermath of the Brexit referendum, as political uncertainty and a historic cost-of-living crisis weigh …
Sterling suffered its worst month since Brexit, and analysts expect it to ‘plumb new depths’ Read More
BENGALURU, Aug 29 (Reuters) – India likely recorded strong double-digit economic growth in the last quarter but economists polled by Reuters expected the pace to more than halve this quarter …
India’s status as world’s fastest growing major economy to be short-lived Read More
People living in the poorest and coldest regions of the UK will be the worst affected along with those who are already most likely to be struggling with the cost …
Two-thirds of UK households to be in fuel poverty by the new year, according to new report Read More
LONDON — Britain’s energy regulator announced Friday it will raise its main cap on consumer energy bills to an average £3,549 from £1,971 a year, as campaign groups, think tanks …
UK energy bills to rise by 80% in October as regulator announces hike Read More
French Transport Minister Clément Beaune on Thursday called for an investigation on whether gas exploited by oil giant TotalEnergies has been used to fuel fighter jets used by the Russian …
French minister demands probe into TotalEnergies’ reported links to Russian army refueling Read More
The petrochemical industry has spent the past few years hard at work lobbying for state-level legislation to promote “chemical recycling,” a controversial process that critics say isn’t really recycling at …
The petrochemical industry is convincing states to deregulate plastic incineration Read More
A decree published on Tuesday morning in the official state gazette and scheduled to go into effect next week mandates that air conditioning in public places be set at or …
Spain bans setting the AC below 27 degrees Celsius Read More
The UK recorded its highest temperature ever on Tuesday, exceeding 40C (104F), and prompting a refocus on climate change as the heatwave gripping Europe intensifies. According to the Met Office a record …
How 40C heatwave vapourised millions of pounds from UK economy Read More