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When announcing financial penalties on Russia earlier this year, Biden hinted at the prospect of ‘further’ sanctions. An energy scholar explains what Biden may have meant.
While many companies promote social causes, advocates are skeptical of how genuine their commitment is.
Many of the tens of millions of taxpayers fined every year don’t seem to realize the IRS offers a few ways to reduce the penalties they owe.
A research team found that crowdfunding is a popular way to support social justice causes. They also determined that little of this charitable giving supports strangers.
Engine No. 1 convinced other shareholders to support at least two of its nominees to join the company’s board as part of its push for a stronger sustainability strategy at Exxon.
These efforts are growing due to the coronavirus pandemic. They involve partnerships with school districts, food banks and other institutions.
The health harms of pandemic-driven mass unemployment will persist for decades, even after people find new jobs.
A divide is growing between workers and management over the return to the office and other issues.
Disasters highlight the cost of society’s love of efficiency. Nature, in contrast, favors resilience. Being more like nature offers benefits for society, especially in the face of the climate crisis.
Governments and companies are using incentives in hopes of getting more Americans to get a COVID-19 shot. A behavioral economist explains how they work.
The gun group violates four key legal and management principles, a scholar of nonprofits explains.
A large-scale survey asked people exactly that. One use of recycled carbon dioxide stood out.
The average price of US goods and services surged in April, leading some to worry the economy is beginning to experience dangerously high levels of inflation. A scholar explains why that’s unlikely.
A thriving black market for stolen personal data makes millions of people vulnerable to spies, spammers, scammers and hackers.
Judge Harlin Hale found that the gun group wasn’t acting in ‘good faith’ when it filed for bankruptcy.
Rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership would boost trade in Southeast Asia, counter China and help show the world the US is back.
Cascatelli, the world’s newest pasta shape, is shaped like a waterfall and designed to hold a generous quantity of sauce.
The Biden administration has a goal of getting from today’s 42 megawatts of offshore wind power to nearly 30,000 by the end of the decade, but there are still obstacles ahead.
When something is free, people use a lot of it. Economists are urging governments to compute values for natural resources – wildlife, plants, air, water – to create motives for protecting them.
Each state has its own rules for which vaccines kids must have to attend school and the reasons students can opt out.
President Biden wants to use his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan to shore up child and home care. A scholar explains why that kind of care is just as critical as roads and bridges.
The process will take months, if it’s even approved. But just the threat of waiving intellectual property rights could spur faster action.
The lead author of a new UN report on methane explains the findings and how oil and gas companies could be making money and saving the climate at the same time.
The social media giant’s third-party review panel upheld Facebook’s ban on Donald Trump. A corporate governance expert explains why Facebook created the Oversight Board.