European Union negotiators agreed to overhaul the region’s cap-and-trade program, approving a plan to bolster carbon prices and adjust the emissions market to more ambitious climate goals in the next decade.
E.U. reaches deal to overhaul world’s largest emissions market Read more
Oxo-degradable plastics are being produced and sold in many countries, with society being led to believe they safely biodegrade in nature
Over 150 organisations back call to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging Read more
The study, published in the journal Earth System Science Data, said global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry were projected to grow by just 0.2 per cent this year. That would mean emissions have levelled off at about 36 billion metric tons in the past three years, even though the world economy has expanded, suggesting the historical bonds between economic gains and emissions growth may have been severed.
Jenkins, who has been elected to the Minneapolis City Council, became the second openly transgender candidate to win a race Tuesday night.
The race focused on traffic and other local issues in suburban Prince William County but also exposed the nation’s fault lines over gender identity.
The vote makes Maine the 32nd state to agree to expand Medicaid to thousands of low-income adults who qualify for coverage.
Maine voters approve expanding Medicaid under Obamacare Read more
Maine voters decided Tuesday to raise the state’s minimum wage for the first time since 2009, bumping it to $9 per hour next year, from $7.50, and to $12 by 2020 as part of a national push by progressive groups.
Maine votes to raise minimum hourly wage to $9 next year, $12 in 2020 Read more
Question 3, the Massachusetts ballot question that would have banned the sale of foods derived from animals raised in cruel conditions, has passed handily, setting new rules on the size of cages in which farmers can raise chickens, cows, and pigs.
Massachusetts passes Question 3, banning small cages for farm animals Read more
Montgomery, which is the largest and one of the most affluent jurisdictions in Maryland, is the first in the state to require a $15 minimum wage, and the second jurisdiction in the Washington region, after the District of Columbia.
Montgomery County Council in Maryland unanimously approves $15 minimum-wage Read more
The Yes vote on Question 1, which would require in-person background checks for all guns sold among friends, online and at gun shows, was approved by a 50.45 percent to 49.55 percent margin.
Nevada passes measure to expand background checks for gun sales Read more
