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G-20 ministers stumble over coal, global warming targets

Bloomberg Environment ministers from the Group of 20 nations were unable to reach full agreement on key climate goals, just 100 days before a critical international conference kicks off. After marathon negotiations that ran through the night, the ministers couldn’t find common ground on phasing out coal or how much to limit global warming, Italian Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani …

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UK economy faces $6.3bn hit from pingdemic: CEBR

Bloomberg The UK’s economy could face a loss of more than 4.6 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) in just four weeks if rules on self-isolation following a “ping” from the NHS app aren’t relaxed, according to data from Centre for Economics and Business Research. Since July 19 “freedom day,” the surge of Covid cases in the UK implies that an increasing …

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FirstEnergy rises on $230 million settlement in corruption case

Bloomberg FirstEnergy Corp surged the most in more than five months after the Ohio utility reached an agreement with federal prosecutors over a corruption case involving a $1 billion state bailout for nuclear power plants. Under a deferred-prosecution agreement, FirstEnergy admitted that it conspired with public officials and others to pay millions of dollars in bribes. The company agreed to …

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