Energy
Energy companies to Biden: Poor policy decisions are responsible for spike in energy costs
The energy industry is pushing back after President Joe Biden suggested that the skyrocketing cost of gasoline and other energy sources could be foul play by producers.
I bought a half-kilowatt of solar energy for $9 in under 10 minutes
Solar panels are out of financial reach for a lot of people. Solar energy, however, is more accessible.
Environment
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon at highest level since 2006
Deforestation in Brazil‘s Amazon rainforest soared 22% in the past year to the highest level since 2006, the government’s annual report has shown, undercutting president Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging.
Shopping online surged during Covid. Now the environmental costs are becoming clearer.
As millions of Americans hunkered at home during Covid lockdowns, the internet became more than a way to do their jobs or pass the time — it became a central way they shopped for goods like groceries, hot meals, furniture and clothing.
Health
Austria announces Europe’s first nationwide vaccine mandate and reimposes lockdown as Covid-19 soars
Austria is going back into a national lockdown and plans to become the first country in Europe to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all eligible people as the nation’s coronavirus crisis deepens, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday.
Fewer than 6% of people in Africa are vaccinated. For months, the WHO has described Africa as “one of the least affected regions in the world” in its weekly pandemic reports. Yet it’s COVID rates outperform the US and Europe’s by a wide margin.
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