Climate
Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated
Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Allison Robbert | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his bid to get his 2018 CEO pay package reinstated on Monday when a Delaware judge […]
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Death toll rises to 12 as Thailand and Malaysia face worst floods in decades
The flag of Thailand flies over Bangkok on May 13, 2023, on the eve of the general election. Jack Taylor | Afp | Getty Images The death toll from the worst floods in decades in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia climbed to at least 12 on Saturday, authorities said, as tens of thousands of people […]
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Shipping giant Maersk unveils latest ‘dual-fuel methanol vessel’ in decarbonization shift
The container ship Gunde Maersk docked at the Port of Oakland on June 24, 2024, in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Denmark-based shipping and logistics giant Maersk unveiled its latest dual-fuel methanol vessel in the Southeast Asian country on Thursday as the industry ramps up decarbonization efforts. The newly named A.P. […]
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This startup makes thrifting furniture far easier, even for big retailers like Pottery Barn
Furniture waste is a growing concern as consumers and companies seek to reduce carbon emissions. In the U.S. alone, we throw out roughly 12 million tons of furniture every year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, leaving it to rot in landfills. Most of it is less than fifteen years old. Recycling furniture can be […]
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They’re here to finance climate action. But COP29 is more about bickering.
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaks in the early hours at the conclusion of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 24, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ambitious climate action often requires ambitious financing — be it a clean energy transition project or helping developing countries mitigate […]
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Wealthy countries’ $300 billion offer seeks to end COP29 stalemate
People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images The European Union, U.S. and other wealthy countries at the COP29 summit have agreed to raise their offer to $300 billion per year by 2035 […]
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Stellantis delays Ram electric pickup trucks until 2025
Stellantis’ Ram 1500 Revolution battery-electric concept pickup truck is introduced during a keynote address by Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavaras during CES 2023 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 05, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images DETROIT — Stellantis is delaying the launch of its Ram electric pickup trucks from […]
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Latest typhoon lashes the Philippines, causing tidal surges and displacing massive numbers of people
Trees and a building are damaged in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Man-Yi, in Catanduanes province, Philippines, on Nov. 17, 2024. Philippine Red Cross | Via Reuters A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines […]
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Democratic senators call for probe into Musk’s Russia calls: Reuters
Elon Musk wears a black “Make America Great Again” cap while attending a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024 (L), and Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin visits his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, […]
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‘Political malpractice’ if Trump undoes climate-geared Biden projects, outgoing U.S. energy secretary says
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks to the media on day five at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 15, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images A potential decision by Donald Trump to walk back the Biden administration’s climate-geared projects would impact jobs in areas governed […]
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