Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Latin America must invest up to 4.9% of GDP annually to meet climate goals -UN
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Latin America and the Caribbean need to rapidly boost spending to up to 4.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) annually by 2030 to meet their climate targets, a United Nations ag...
Dec 04, 2023
LaPorte, Texas, issues shelter in place after Altivia plant leaks toxic gas
(Reuters) - Altivia Chemical was working to contain a toxic gas leak from its LaPorte, Texas, plant on Monday, as the city's emergency management agency ordered some nearby residents and five neighbor...
Dec 04, 2023
US woman killed in shark attack in Bahamas
By Jasper Ward (Reuters) - An American woman died after she was attacked by a shark while paddle boarding in The Bahamas on Monday, police said. The woman, who was in her 40s and visiting from Boston,...
Dec 04, 2023
DeSantis board accuses Disney of controlling previous one with gifts
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -The board appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to oversee Walt Disney's theme parks accused the company of giving a previous local board and its employees millions...
Dec 04, 2023
US crop insurance provides billions in profit for insurers -gov’t agency
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roughly one-third of U.S. government spending to insure the nation's crops since 2011 has gone to insurance companies that derive more than $1 billion in profit ...
Dec 04, 2023
US Treasury swamped by demand for bonus wind, solar tax credits in low-income areas
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Monday said it has been overwhelmed by applications for bonus clean energy tax credits in low-income communities, with officials estimating ...
Dec 04, 2023
Swiss Banque Pictet pays $123 million for helping clients evade US taxes
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Swiss private bank Banque Pictet has admitted to helping U.S. taxpayers hide more than $5.6 billion from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and has entered into a defe...
Dec 04, 2023
Italy’s CDP head says wrong to reject nuclear power
MILAN (Reuters) - The chief executive of Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) on Monday said the energy transition required a flexible approach that left all the options option, includ...
Dec 04, 2023
G7+ and Ukraine launch clean energy partnership at COP28
LONDON (Reuters) - The G7+ nations and the Ukrainian government have launched a clean energy partnership for the reconstruction of Ukraine's energy system, a joint statement by the countries at COP28 ...
Dec 04, 2023
Berkshire declines to pursue its Pilot claims at January trial
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway declined a judge's offer for a January trial to resolve its claims that billionaire Jimmy Haslam tried to improperly in...
Dec 04, 2023
