Bloomberg Angela Merkel this week will seek to bridge divisions in Germany about how quickly to cut the nation’s reliance on coal, a controversial issue that has sparked violent clashes between green protesters and police and rattled its brittle governing coalition. The Chancellor will use a Tuesday dinner meeting in Berlin to press a panel plotting an exit from the ...

Bloomberg Brazil owes nothing in the fight against global climate change and should be paid for its work so far, according to the country’s new environment minister. For Ricardo Salles, the Paris Accord in itself is neither good nor bad, but it must bring economic benefits to Brazil. If the agreement limits production or the use of land, Brazil could ...

Bloomberg FedEx Corp is testing full-service residential delivery of bulky products, a $9 billion market that couriers had left to more traditional trucking companies because large items don’t fit well in their sorting operations. The service would be offered through FedEx’s freight business, which is a less-than-truckload operation geared more towards industrial shipments. Under a pilot project, FedEx is carrying ...