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More than 120 top attorneys have signed a declaration to “withhold services in respect of supporting new fossil fuel projects and action against climate protesters exercising their right to peaceful protest.”
Volkswagen announced a blockbuster investment in new EV and battery development that will greatly increase its North American manufacturing presence.
The Danish drugmaker will reduce the list price of its NovoLog insulin by 75%, and for Novolin and Levemir by 65%.
# Excerpt\n\nIndia’s renewable energy ambitions just got a tangible boost. Adani Green Energy has completed a 700 megawatt solar-wind hybrid project in Rajasthan that pairs solar panels with wind turbines on the same site—smoothing out the gaps that would otherwise force utilities back to fossil fuels. The design is elegant: solar peaks during the day, wind fills in at night and across seasons, delivering power at an efficiency rate of at least 50%, exceptional for either technology alone. This single project moves India’s 500-gigawatt renewable goal from aspiration toward real arithmetic.\n\n—\n\n**Word count: 98**
Insulin costs in the U.S. are notoriously high compared to the costs in other countries; the Rand Corporation, a public policy think tank, estimated that in 2018, the average list price for one vial of insulin in the U.S. was $98.70.
REI aims to have all cookware and apparel sold in its stores free of PFAS by fall of 2024. PFAS have been linked to cancer and other health problems.
Spiral-welded wind turbine towers could quietly dissolve one of the biggest barriers holding back wind energy: the highway. Because conventional towers must be trucked in, U.S. road regulations cap their diameter — and therefore their height — well below what the physics of wind actually allows. Keystone’s mobile factories build towers on-site from coiled steel, removing that constraint entirely and making towers tall enough to reach stronger, more consistent winds. One tower doesn’t rewrite the industry, but it proves the concept works. If the approach scales, it could bring competitive wind energy to regions that have never had it.
Starting in early March, store employees will make between $14 and $19 an hour. About 340,000 store employees will get a raise because of the move.
For decades researchers have been trying to develop a vaccine for the deadly respiratory disease. It looks like 2023 will be the landmark year where not only one, but possibly three different vaccines are approved.
Denmark’s biggest bank has declared an end to fossil fuel financing, after concluding that 99.9% of its carbon footprint comes from financed emissions.
