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From BP to Shell: Energy majors exaggerate green performance while drilling deeper into oil, gas
Industry watchdog InfluenceMap analysed more than 3,400 public communications from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies in 2021, and found that while 60 percent of all messages contained at least one "green" claim, only 12 percent of the five's new spendings were earmarked towards low-carbon activities in 2022
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Countries growing 70% of world's food face 'extreme' heat risk by 2045
Extreme heat risk will expand to 64 nations by 2045—representing 71 percent of current global food production—including major economies China, India, Brazil and the United States
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The Great Resignation: Businesses struggle to fill jobs
From Germany to Australia, the Great Resignation is putting businesses worldover on the backfoot
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Human development set back 5 years by Covid, other crises: UNDP report
The Human Development Index has steadily risen for decades, but began sliding in 2020 and continued its fall in 2021, erasing the gains of the preceding five years, the UNDP report says, which means we die earlier, we are less educated, and our incomes are going down
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China export growth slows sharply in August: official data
Apart from the impact of sporadic Covid-19 lockdowns in the country, the slowdown in trade also comes as global demand for Chinese products weakens with energy prices soaring and the United States facing the threat of recession
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This helmet allows motorcyclists to breathe cleaner air
In order to protect road users from polluted air, which can also carry viruses, equipment manufacturers are now coming up with all kinds of ways to make the air we breathe on the street healthier
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Ireland's data watchdog fines Instagram $402 million over children
The Data Protection Commission had launched an investigation in late 2020 into concerns about how Meta-owned photo-sharing platform handles children's personal data
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As an ex-Uber executive heads to trial, the information security community reels
Joe Sullivan was a rock star in the information security world. One of the first federal prosecutors to work on cybercrime cases in the late 1990s, he jumped into the corporate security world in 2002, eventually taking on high-profile roles as chief of security at Facebook and Uber. Then he was fired in 2017
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Porsche to enter stock market before the end of 2022: VW
Suitors including the Qatari sovereign wealth fund and luxury brands group LVMH have registered an interest in the high-end carmaker
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Russia pockets $158 billion in energy exports after war: report
The EU accounted for more than half of the energy exports, followed by China and Turkey
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As Russia chokes Europe's gas supply, France enters an era of 'energy sobriety'
As Russia tightens its chokehold on Europe's energy supplies, France is embarking on its biggest energy-conservation effort since the 1970s oil crisis—glass furnaces are idling, streetlamps and outdoor lighting is turned off; schools will use wood for heating