Millions of carbon credits fail to get key stamp of approval
Around a third of existing carbon credits have failed to meet the criteria for a new standard that aims to serve as the global benchmark for the voluntary carbon market, its board said on Tuesday. In...
View ArticleHere’s where Tim Walz stands on economic issues
Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate is now official. And while the Minnesota governor is well-known in his home state, he’s not a familiar name to many Americans....
View ArticleTropical Storm Debby: maps, trackers, and latest forecast as hurricane rages...
Tropical Storm Debby has made a significant impact on Florida and is forecasted to pose ongoing risks along the southeast coast in the coming days. The storm, which made landfall early Monday morning...
View ArticleWarmer waters are hurting Norway’s salmon farming industry
Norwegian salmon farmers face challenges from an unusually harsh winter and the El Nino climate phenomenon which led to record fish mortality and concerns over long-term forecasts ahead of a warmer...
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That boring new Harris-Walz logo? It’s actually pretty historic
Before Vice President Kamala Harris announced on social media that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz would be her running mate, her campaign had already updated its website with a new Harris-Walz logo. It’s...
View ArticleIndia’s coal demand is rising—even as it pushes hard for solar
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the midst of a monthslong reelection campaign this April when he took to social media to trumpet a “remarkable feat!” and a “historic milestone” for his...
View ArticleElon Musk’s X claims advertisers boycotted the platform
Elon Musk and X (formerly Twitter) are escalating their fight with the advertising industry, filing a federal antitrust lawsuit against a coalition the social media site says cost it billions of...
View ArticleAxios announced it’s laying off 10% of staff in a ‘cringe’ branded memo....
On Tuesday, Axios revealed it would be laying off 50 employees, or about 10% of the media company’s staff, in the largest round of layoffs since Axios’s founding in 2016. The job cuts were announced...
View ArticleWhat’s really driving the recent stock market jitters
Crash, panic, rout: To hear headline writers and Twitter pundits tell it, the stock market sell-off that began last Thursday, and that accelerated sharply on Monday, has been a full-fledged disaster....
View ArticleThe brat-ified HarrisWalz.com website just sold for $15,000 to a random guy
Today, Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 election. Naturally, the pick will lead to a flurry of activity behind the scenes for the campaign, from...
View ArticleRecession fears spooked investors this week, but this is what a soft landing...
What a difference a job report makes. Earlier in the summer, people were worried that the economy was too hot. But now—in response mainly to weaker-than-expected employment data released on August...
View ArticleUnited Airlines kicks off labor contract negotiations with Teamsters union
United Airlines has begun negotiations with the Teamsters union, which is pushing for a new contract covering 10,000 aviation maintenance and related workers in the United States, the labor union said...
View ArticleCitigroup whistleblower is not entitled to a share of a $400 million fine,...
A federal appeals court on Tuesday said a Citigroup vice president was not entitled to a share of a $400 million civil fine that the bank agreed to pay in October 2020 over its risk management...
View ArticleAirbnb forecasts lower third-quarter revenue as U.S. demand slows
Airbnb forecast third-quarter revenue below estimates on Tuesday and warned of shorter booking windows, suggesting travelers were waiting until the last minute to book due to economic uncertainty,...
View ArticleBoeing is making design changes after January’s 737 MAX 9 door panel blowout
Boeing said on Tuesday it plans to make design changes to prevent a future mid-air cabin panel blowout like the one in an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 flight in January that spun the planemaker into its...
View ArticlePOV: Tim Walz becoming Harris’s VP pick is a ‘Minnesota Nice’ surprise for...
In classically humble Midwestern fashion, few Minnesotans actually seemed to believe their governor Tim Walz would scooch right by Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro to become Kamala Harris’s VP pick. Many...
View ArticleReddit forecasts higher quarterly revenue, owing to growing ad spend
Reddit forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, a sign that a recovering digital ad market would draw new advertisers to the social media platform. The results, the...
View ArticleBrokerage outage: Schwab blames high trading volumes and a technical issue
Charles Schwab & Co. said on Tuesday that high trading volumes and a technical issue with a key vendor triggered temporary outages on its trading platform on Monday, a day when its customers...
View ArticleNASA’s next astronaut launch to the ISS is delayed. Here’s why
NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeing’s troubled new crew capsule.The space agency said Tuesday it’s bumping SpaceX’s four-person...
View ArticleIn a ‘naked transfer of wealth’, Georgia railroad company plans to build...
A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas.After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia Public...
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