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California’s Newsom orders end of fracking in emissions push

Bloomberg Californian Governor Gavin Newsom will ban new hydraulic fracturing permits in the coming years as the state pushes to eliminate net greenhouse-gas emissions by 2045. His order to halt new permits by January 2024 follows calls from environmental groups for executive action after two Democratic state senators failed to pass legislation that would prohibit fracking altogether in 2023. The ...

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President Biden needs to come to India’s aid now

India has become the terrifying new epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. New cases have topped 300,000 daily and are still rising; the official death toll of over 2,000 per day is almost certainly an underestimate. Every hour brings horrifying new stories of mass cremations, overwhelmed testing centers, people dying while waiting for a hospital bed. The country desperately needs help ...

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Apple’s privacy ad helps tech giants

What some have called the mobile advertising Armageddon is finally upon us. Starting on Monday, Apple Inc will put in place new privacy protocols that will make it much harder for apps to gather user data for personalising digital ads. The change will have vast ramifications for how the app economy works and alter the dynamics of power among the ...

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