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17 September 2024 By Gert Bijnens, Cédric Duprez and John Hutchinson Energy-intensive firms continue to suffer from low profit margins even as energy prices have fallen from their peak. The ECB Blog discusses implications for the green transition in the EU. Skyrocketing energy prices during the recent crisis ate into most firms’ profit margins across

Though small, Guinea-Bissau has sizable amounts of mangroves, which cover 9% of this West African country.Farmers clear patches of mangroves to grow rice, but climate change and socio-economic shifts mean that many hectares of former rice fields lie abandoned, and could be restored.Wetlands International is using an approach called Community-based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) to

The federal government has launched the ‘Abating Greenhouse Gas Emission from Obsolete Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (AGORA) Equipment’ project to reduce the impact of greenhouse emissions. Idris Abdullahi, national ozone officer, Federal Ministry of Environment, stated this in his remarks at the inception workshop organised by the ministry in collaboration with the Energy Commission of

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA holds grave concerns about reports Federal Labor is close to securing a deal with the Greens and crossbench Senators to legislate stage two Nature Positive reforms, headlined by the creation of a decision-making Federal Environment Protection Agency. CME Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Tomkinson said the proposed legislation failed

This month our readers gravitated toward saucy suppers, the kind that beg for crusty bread. Take, for example, Mushrooms au Poivre. Meaty fungi cooked until crisp, then finished in a buttery, peppercorn pan sauce. Readers also loved this cod, poached in zesty green curry paste and coconut milk. Part of our Feel-Good Food Plan, it

Ukraine has used U.S. supplied ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) in the Kursk region after the White House gave the go ahead for strikes inside Russian territory. White House national security spokesman John Kirby confirmed permission had been granted during a press briefing on Monday in which he said Kyiv can use the 190 mile-range

The proposal for Metropolitan Park, New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s $8 billion (£6.36 billion/€7.62 billion) plan to transform 50 acres of the current parking lot at the Mets’ Citi Field ballpark into a casino, hotel and entertainment complex surrounded by green space, has gained the approval of all five Queens borough community boards charged

New Delhi, India Norway’s Ambassador to India May-Elin Stener has said that her country can help India get more green energy and “support the very ambitious goals that the Indian government has”. Norway is a world leader in green energy, being Europe’s largest producer of hydropower, expanding its onshore wind capacity, and giving a significant

JULIE-ANN RUSSELL watched on from Galway last year as Ireland lined out in a major finals in Australia. And the striker thought her own chances of achieving that feat were long gone. 2 Julie-Ann Russell watched Ireland play at the World CupCredit: Sportsfile 2 Now he is aiming to help Ireland qualify for Euro 2025Credit:

It’s been a tough year for Mike McCarthy. Nobody is going to feel overly sorry for the coach who owns a Super Bowl ring, has a street named after him in Green Bay, and is very well compensated for his job as the head coach of the most valuable sports franchise in the world. But