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Companies sign up to pledge to cut plastic pollution
David Shukman Science editor Getty Images More than 40 companies have signed up to a pact to cut plastic pollution over the next seven years.…
What role could the economy play in indyref2?
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland Getty Images A combination of Brexit and heightened expectations of another Scottish independence referendum have brought economic arguments…
Climate assembly considers flying bananas
BBC Marc considers himself a “typical person” and not an environmentalist A citizens’ climate assembly has been established by Commons select committees. It aims to…
Is it wrong to pay tipped staff less than others?
Kelly-Leigh Cooper BBC News Getty Images Under federal law, tipped workers can be paid as little as $2.13 an hour by businesses Not long ago,…
Why Glastonbury has £10m in the bank
Dominic O’Connell Today business presenter Emily Eavis tells the BBC the organisers try not to plan too far into the future The fields around Worthy…
RHI claimants got a “raw deal” MPs say
Conor Macauley BBC NI Agriculture & Environment Correspondent BBC The scheme offered financial incentives for businesses to use renewable fuels to generate heat Changes to…
How German firm approved Brazil dam before it burst
Jenny Hill BBC News, Brumadinho and Munich The moment the dam collapsed Six months after a deadly dam collapse in Brazil, new evidence has emerged…
Why some see Chile’s plastic bag ban as a rubbish proposal
Getty Images Plastic bags get caught in trees and litter the landscape “They are just everywhere and they are polluting our oceans, our fields, our…
The human cost of insulin in America
BBC This is the list of what Laura Marston has sacrificed to keep herself alive: Her car, her furniture, her apartment, her retirement fund, her…
Evidence of more business start-ups in Scotland
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland Getty Images The pandemic allowed more people time and space to indulge their interests and start their own…