Twenty countries, including the United States and Canada have agreed to stop public funding of fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2022 and instead steer spending into clean energy. The commitment has been termed as a “historic” step… Read More ›
Day: November 5, 2021
Taiwan lodges trade complaint against China at WTO
Taiwan has lodged a trade complaint against China at the World Trade Organization following Beijing’s moves to block imports of two types of fruits. Taiwan-China relations have dropped to their lowest in decades following increased Chinese belligerence. China as threatened… Read More ›
Countries plan to build more cheap dirty climate change causing coal plants
While the pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, big users of coal, the dirtiest of fuels, shunned the move. The COP26 summit aims to find ways to… Read More ›
Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics creates game changing COVID19 antiviral pill
Britain has become the first country in the world to approve a potential game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill, which was jointly developed by US based Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in its effort to fight the Wuhan Coronavirus. Britain’s Medicines… Read More ›