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UK medics urge imposition of taxes on high-emissions foods
What’s happening? A climate tax should be imposed on food with a heavy environmental impact by 2025 if the sector does not take ...
Nick Jardine
November 14, 2020
Shell climate change ads axed from Facebook
What’s happening? Some Shell advertisements, including for its US electric vehicle-charging firm Greenlots, have been removed from Facebook over concerns ...
Katie Chan
November 14, 2020
Parler ‘uncensored’ app adds users, tops US charts after election
What’s happening? Social media platform Parler topped the US download chart following Donald Trump’s defeat in the US presidential election. Promoting ...
Sara Trett
November 14, 2020
US election result re-injects hope into the Paris Agreement
What’s happening? The election of Joe Biden as US president could bring the Paris Agreement climate targets “within striking distance” ...
Marc Height
November 14, 2020
The Covid-19 vaccine is on its way, creating additional challenges
What’s Happening? Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that their Covid-19 vaccine candidate has been found over 90% effective in participants ...
Nicola Watts
November 14, 2020
UK businesses join diversity scheme to hire 10,000 Black interns
What’s happening? PwC, Linklaters and the NHS are among the members of the #10000BlackInterns programme, which has pledged to cumulatively ...
Abir Qazilbash
November 7, 2020
Sharks and tuna are carbon stores and should not be fished
What’s happening? Large fish species, including shark and tuna, are carbon stores that should remain in the ocean, according to ...
Katie Chan
November 7, 2020
Large banks are still funding the oil sands industry
What’s happening? Campaign group ShareAction has released researchfinding that Barclays, Credit Suisse and HSBC are among the largest European investors ...
Marc Height
November 7, 2020