Month: March 2020

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s biggest regional utility A2A said on Thursday it planned to beef up its climate targets by cutting its carbon emissions 46% over the next ten years. In a statement the multiutility said the planned reduction by 2030 was for so-called Scope 1 emissions. Scope 1 includes direct emissions under a company’s
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SINGAPORE/DUBAI (Reuters) – Governments stepped up efforts on Thursday to help airlines hammered by a virus-induced travel slump, with the United States offering $58 billion in aid, Singapore promising to keep its carrier aloft, and Australia easing competition rules. Delta Air Lines passenger planes are seen parked due to flight reductions made to slow the
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Paul Putnam, 53, a rancher and independent contract pumper walks past a pump jack in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 25, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices were mixed on Thursday following three days of gains, with the prospect of rapidly dwindling demand due to coronavirus travel bans and lockdowns offsetting hopes a
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FILE PHOTO: Rowing – 2018 Oxford University vs Cambridge University Boat Race – London, Britain – March 24, 2018 British rower Katherine Grainger working for BBC TV before the boat race REUTERS/Peter Cziborra (Reuters) – UK Sport chair Katherine Grainger has said the organization will hold discussions with the government on extending Team GB’s current
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives could take up a coronavirus economic relief bill as soon as it clears the Senate, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday, although she did not provide a specific timeline. Speaking on the public broadcasting program “Newshour” Pelosi defended jobless aid provisions in the legislation that
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ATHENS (Reuters) – The head of the global Olympic movement said on Wednesday that the rescheduled Tokyo Games faced “thousands” of logistical and financial problems and could go ahead before summer 2021. Though most people have assumed the Games will be held around roughly the same July-August timetable as they were planned for this year,
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