Hong Kong’s Environment and Ecology Bureau is not participating in a trial of the city’s waste charging scheme, saying that the way rubbish was collected from its location in the Central Government Offices made it “not a suitable location.” First suggested by the government in 2005 before becoming law in 2021, the waste charging scheme […]
Britney Spears says 'My family hurt me' in scathing post and praises Jennette McCurdy's book about dead mother after she got 'no justice' and her father Jamie's $2 million bill as a shock solution - By Glenn Thomas for Dailymail.Com Published: 7:00 p.m. EDT, April 28, 2024 | Updated: 8:01 p.m. EDT, April 28, 2024 Britney Spears has cried injustice as she lashed out against...
Silicon Valley-headquartered fund Tribe Capital is doubling down on ecommerce logistics startup Shiprocket through its newly set up special purpose vehicle (SPV) in India.Tribe’s cofounder, Arjun Sethi, told ET in an interaction that the SPV will not only invest in but also build and buy out companies here — a departure from the typical framework under which global venture capital firms operate in India.The SPV will invest $75 million in Shiprocket, where the fund is already the largest...
Today — on Earth Day — non-profit search engine Ecosia has launched the “greenest browser on Earth” as it seeks to offer customers a more sustainable alternative to Google Chrome or Apple’s Safari. Just like Ecosia’s search engine, the more you use the browser, the more trees you will help plant. The Berlin-based company says it has already planted 200 million trees since 2009. The new browser will be powered by renewable energy from Ecosia’s own solar farms. In fact, the company says...
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(The Center Square) – The People’s Republic of China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party “is the ultimate geographic source of the fentanyl crisis in the U.S.,” a new U.S. House report details. The U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party published the new report this week reiterating the findings of a 2020 Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking report, co-led by U.S. Sen. Tom...
Exclusive: By the middle of the century, pollution from plastic industry could ‘undermine world’s effort’ to control climate crisisBy the middle of the century, global emissions from plastic production could triple to account for one-fifth of the Earth’s remaining carbon budget, an analysis has found.The stunning new estimates from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, published on Wednesday, provide yet more evidence that the plastic industry is “undermining the world’s efforts to address...
The Biden administration is planning to block oil and gas drilling across millions of acres in an Alaskan reserve, which Congress specifically set aside for resource development. The Department of Interior (DOI) is expected to finalize regulations on Friday, just days ahead of Earth Day. These regulations would effectively lock up more than 13 million acres of public land within the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), sources familiar with the agency's timing told Fox News Digital. The...
AI music developers must prioritize ethical licensing practices and collaborate closely with songwriters and copyright owners.
MILLIONS of iPhones are set for a major change to Apple Pay but UK and US owners will miss out. The technology giant is planning on modifying a new feature which will allow more people able to use
Confusion and anxiety reigned at a CBS-Politico joint party today ahead of the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with staffers shocked at news that Bob Bakish, CEO of parent Paramount Global, is set to exit abruptly as early as Monday morning. There have been rumblings about Bakish for days as the company enters the final […]
The City of Santa Monica, California approved a multimillion-dollar apartment unit for the homeless days after an audit found the state could not account for $24B spent on homelessness. The post California city OK’s $1M per unit homeless housing project after audit found state wasted billions on crisis first appeared on WFIN Local News.