Leeds United could be made to work inside a spending cap if they are promoted to the Premier League as part of the top-flight’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) reform. The Premier League’s 20 member clubs voted unanimously to progress with new controls over spending amid intensifying frustration with the current set up, with another vote expected at a meeting in June. Currently, clubs are permitted to lose a maximum of £105million over a three-year period in the Premier League. The...
LGBTQ+ people are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, according to a Williams Institute report released in time for Earth Day. The study’s authors looked at U.S. Census […]
You see in what was widely described as a ‘landmark ruling’ Europe’s highest court ruled that all member nations have an obligation to protect their citizens from the impacts and effects of climate change. The action was brought by around 2000 Swiss, all members of a group called Senior Women for Climate Protection. They accused their government of not doing enough to protect them from climate change. The court said these remarkable women, the majority retirees with an average age of 74, were...
Sen. Tim Scott is leading an effort to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure rule, and he’s picked up support from Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin III.
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) came out Thursday in opposition to the current rules on the motion to vacate that threatens to end his speakership, lamenting he does not have the votes to change the rules at this time.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no shortage of stressors to the global economy when Ajay Banga took charge at the World Bank almost a year ago: inflation eating at nations drowning in debt, a once-in-a-generation pandemic, climate disasters and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Factor in the Israel-Hamas war and rising tensions between powerful nations, and […]
Semi-automated offside technology will be used in the top flight next season, the Premier League has confirmed. Premier League shareholders unanimously voted the change through at a meeting today with clubs said to have been unhappy with the current system. At present, VAR officials take responsibility for offside rulings but there have been a number of high profile errors made recently, while the time taken to check such instances has been something of a frustration. As such, the decision has...
Chris Wilder, the Sheffield United manager, has admitted that as a “traditionalist” he would have preferred the FA Cup format to change the same after today’s confirmation that replays have been scrapped from the first round onwards. The decision, which the EFL has described as "frustrating and disappointing", will come into force from next season. The move to abolish all replays from the first round proper onwards is part of a new agreement between the FA and the Premier League which will see...
Tim Eicke said the decision from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could slow down the fight against climate change.
The justices' order allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide treatments to U18s. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that it is 'a welcome development'
"If I have to put a disclaimer on satire, it defeats the whole purpose and goes to the heart of my right under 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(g)," Kamra’s lawyer Navroz Seervai argued in response to govt's proposal to add a "disclaimer" to satirical content.