EU Commission Unveils Climate Law Amid Criticism
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bubmagMarch 4, 2020
EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends the weekly College of Commissioners meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has put climate change at the top of her priorities and pledged to make Europe the first climate neutral continent by…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020
They Have the Watches, We Have the Time; US and Iran Hardliners Still Want War
When I was in Afghanistan, I often heard a Pashtun saying attributed to the Afghan Taliban strategy for war with the United States: “They have the watches, but we have the time”. I do not know the provenance of this saying and I do not know if the saying exists…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020
Ukrainian Parliament Set to Accept the Prime Minister’s Resignation
(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday is set to accept the resignation of the nation’s prime minister and reshuffle the Cabinet after six months on the job. Members of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People party that dominates the parliament said the party decided to accept Prime Minister…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020
Olympic champ Le Clos had no doubts Yang was ‘cheating’
Updated / Wednesday, 4 Mar 2020 09:46 Chad le Clos, with his silver medal in Rio, alongside the now banned Sun Yang South African Olympic champion Chad le Clos says he had no doubt that Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was cheating and believes he was robbed of his special gold…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020
BP, Santos carbon capture pact may rekindle dormant Australia plans
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia’s dormant carbon capture and storage projects may gain some momentum after BP Plc and Santos said they would join up on a pending site as world’s largest coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting country steps up its climate change fight. FILE PHOTO: BP's logo at…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020
Genesis to Launch ‘The Last Domino?’ Reunion Tour in November
Genesis are reuniting in November to tour arenas all around the United Kingdom and Ireland. Related: Genesis’ Reunion Tour: 8 Questions We Have The band has not played together in any capacity since the end of the Turn It on Again tour in 2007. The lineup this time features classic-era…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020
Mavenoid raises $8M Series A to apply AI to technical product support
Mavenoid, a startup founded in Stockholm that helps companies scale tech-focused product support via an AI-powered chatbot, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Mosaic Ventures, alongside Creandum and Point Nine Capital.The company says the new capital will be used to invest further in…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020
Groups linked to oil companies funded Facebook ads denouncing the rail blockades
Groups linked to oil and gas companies have been spending big on Facebook ads denouncing the First Nations-led protests that have targetted rail transport in Canada in the past month.Groups linked to oil and gas companies have been spending large sums on Facebook ads promoting the Coastal GasLink project or…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020
Insurance companies and lenders are responding to climate change — by shifting risk to taxpayers
In a pair of little-noticed letters sent earlier this year, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown and five other Democratic senators asked two giant organizations crucial to keeping the country’s housing market running how they were preparing for the destructive power of climate change. “If we are underprepared, climate change could have…
bubmagMarch 4, 2020