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US antitrust regulator abandons challenge to Meta’s acquisition of virtual-reality startup: WSJ

Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dropped its last remaining effort to block Meta Platforms’ acquisition of a virtual-reality startup, handing a final victory to the Facebook parent, The Wall Street Journal reported. The announcement that the agency was abandoning an administrative proceeding against the deal came less than a […]
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Climate Change Environment Global Warming. Renewable Energy. Sustainability

Uruguay punches above weight not just in football. It’s also a sustainability success story

The country runs on 98 per cent renewable energy. Investment in renewables and electrification of transport are some methods through which Uruguay has achieved that.
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Environment

Govt acted outside scope of law to change environmental norms, says new report

A thinktank has found that of 123 ‘regulatory instruments’ used to govern Environment Protection Act, one-thirds were amendments that relaxed or made exemptions to the law.
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Environment

Tibetan delegation at COP 27 raises concern over environmental degradation due to Chinese projects

Lhasa [Tibet], November 26 (ANI): The all-women Tibetan representative at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (Cop 27) raised the climate crisis that is threatening Tibet and the degradation of the environment due to Chinese projects, Tibet press reported. They demanded that world leaders acknowledge Tibet’s ecological significance and adopt a rights-based strategy that gives […]
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Environment

China’s quest to attain hegemony proves detrimental to global environment

Beijing [China], November 20 (ANI): Beijing’s quest to attain hegemony has promoted unsafe industrial practices and has proved to be detrimental to the global environment as well. A recent report has concluded that China has emitted more carbon dioxide in the past eight years than the UK has emitted since the industrial revolution, reported International […]