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Biden urges countries to slash methane emissions 30% – here’s why it’s crucial for protecting climate and health, and how it can pay for itself

The U.S. and European Union are working on a pledge to cut methane emissions by at least 30% this decade, President Joe Biden announced on Sept. 17, 2021, and he urged countries around the world…

Pregnant male seahorses support up to 1,000 growing babies by forming a placenta

Supplying oxygen to their growing offspring and removing carbon dioxide is a major challenge for every pregnant animal. Humans deal with this problem by developing a placenta, but in seahorses — where the male, not…

Republican senator accuses Fed of politicising research

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Pat Toomey, the ranking Republican on the Senate banking committee, has accused the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco of conducting research projects with a partisan bias. In…

Biden administration to move public lands agency back to Washington from Colorado By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a meeting on infrastructure with labor and business leaders at the White House in Washington, U.S. July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (Reuters) – The U.S. Bureau…

‘Tax the rich’? Democrats’ plans to make the wealthy pay a little more will barely dent America’s long slide from progressive taxation

Demanding tax increases on the rich is back in fashion – both in the corridors of the House of Representatives and on the red carpet of the Met Gala. The House Ways and Means Committee…

Why does my internet connection feel slow and jumpy, even when my internet speed is high?

Of the 8.2 million homes and businesses active on Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) in July 2021, 77% are now reported to be on a broadband plan that delivers speeds of at least 50 megabits…

Oil holds above $75 as storm-hit U.S. supply returns slowly By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A TORC Oil & Gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) -Brent oil futures dipped on Friday but…

why other ways must be found

In July, the United Nations sounded alarms with its 2020 hunger report, which documented a 25% increase from 2019 to 2020 in the number of severely undernourished people in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa saw a…

UK government pledges economy-wide climate disclosures by 2025

The UK’s government said it aims to become the first in the world to mandate all firms to disclose their financial exposures to climate risk. The UK’s finance minster Rishi Sunak laid out the plan…

Biofuel makers seeks changes to aviation fuel tax credit in Biden spending plan By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Farmer Roger Hadley harvests corn from his fields in his John Deere combine in this aerial photograph taken over Woodburn, Indiana, U.S., October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan 2/2 By Jarrett…

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Biden urges countries to slash methane emissions 30% – here’s why it’s crucial for protecting climate and health, and how it can pay for itself

Pregnant male seahorses support up to 1,000 growing babies by forming a placenta

Republican senator accuses Fed of politicising research

Biden administration to move public lands agency back to Washington from Colorado By Reuters

‘Tax the rich’? Democrats’ plans to make the wealthy pay a little more will barely dent America’s long slide from progressive taxation

Why does my internet connection feel slow and jumpy, even when my internet speed is high?

Oil holds above $75 as storm-hit U.S. supply returns slowly By Reuters

why other ways must be found

UK government pledges economy-wide climate disclosures by 2025

Biofuel makers seeks changes to aviation fuel tax credit in Biden spending plan By Reuters

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