Tag: fuels
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Inflation Has Flatlined. Is Our Reliance On Fossil Fuels To Blame?
[ad_1] Inflation was stuck at 6.7% in September, according to the latest figures. Could that be down to our dependence on fossil fuels? While the current rate is far lower than the 41-year high in October last year when it skyrocketed to its peak of 11.1%, it’s still far too high, as the latest stats…
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After Morocco Earthquake, Frustration Fuels Solidarity
[ad_1] The line of eight vehicles made its way along the dirt road shuttling loaves of bread, folded sweaters, antibiotics and a warm sense of solidarity to the broken mountain. An hour up the road into the Atlas Mountains from Taroudant, the capital of the province of the same name, the caravan came to stop…
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How social media fuels gun violence among teens : Shots
[ad_1] Oona Tempest/KFF Health News Oona Tempest/KFF Health News Juan Campos has been working to save at-risk teens from gun violence for 16 years. As a street outreach worker in Oakland, Calif., he has seen the pull and power of gangs. And he offers teens support when they’ve emerged from the juvenile justice system, advocates…
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How Authoritarianism Fuels the Middle East’s Captagon Problem
[ad_1] Illustration by Lucian French, designer Captagon, commonly known as the “poor man’s cocaine,” has recently re-emerged as a popular recreational drug and is rapidly spreading throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Originally a German-manufactured stimulant intended to treat attention deficiency disorders, this small white pill is packed with Fenethylline, caffeine, and other stimulants.…
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Most EU Hydrogen Projects Risk Prolonging Use of Fossil Fuels
[ad_1] Yves here. There’s far too much of this sort of thing, of various initiatives that present themselves as green energy or low-carbon or carbon neutral are actually Trojan horses for continued dependence on fossil fuels. By Phoebe Cooke, Senior Reporter at DeSmog, who has previously written for The Independent, The Evening Standard, The Sun…
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MOL and Chevron look to slash carbon intensity of marine fuels
[ad_1] Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has joined forces with Chevron Singapore to jointly develop marine fuels with lower carbon intensity. The partnership will see joint studies carried out on next-generation fuels in various regions around the world including safety measures and legislation for lower-carbon efforts in the marine fuels sector. “Chevron aims…
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How trauma fuels Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s work for California
[ad_1] SACRAMENTO — Written on a dry-erase board in Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s workplace overlooking the dome of the California Capitol are two phrases: “gender fairness” and “help for survivors.” As a feminist and documentary filmmaker, Siebel Newsom has been on a mission to inform ladies’s tales and upend the gender imbalance that permeates life in America.…
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Chinese economic data fuels gloom over recovery
[ad_1] China’s central financial institution has minimize its major coverage fee for the primary time in 10 months as new knowledge bolstered issues over a stalling post-Covid restoration on this planet’s second-largest financial system. The Individuals’s Financial institution of China trimmed its medium-term lending facility fee, a one-year fee that influences financial institution funding prices,…
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Erik ten Hag fuels Harry Kane transfer rumours with No.9 admission | Football
[ad_1] Harry Kane is strongly linked with a switch to Man Utd on the finish of the season (Image: Getty) Erik ten Hag has fuelled rumours Harry Kane will transfer to Manchester United this summer season, admitting he’s determined to signal a No.9 striker. United have made contact with the Tottenham famous person’s representatives and…
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Social media fuels enthusiasm for drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss. Are regulators watching?
[ad_1] Suzette Zuena is her personal finest commercial for weight reduction. Zuena, the “founder/visionary” of LH Spa & Rejuvenation in Livingston and Madison, New Jersey, has dropped 30 kilos. Her husband has misplaced 42 kilos. “We exit lots,” Zuena mentioned of the pair’s social routine. “Individuals noticed us principally shrinking.” They’d ask how the couple…