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Big oil agrees to slash methane emissions

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Methane is responsible for perhaps 45% of current global warming. In debates over...

The case of China’s vanishing chairmen

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.“We have lost contact with our chairman,” is an awkward disclosure from the...

Why Monday is the most misunderstood day

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.WHEN THE Boomtown Rats, an Irish band, released “I Don’t Like Mondays” in...

Elon Musk’s X is especially vulnerable to an ad boycott

For someone who despises the advertising industry, Elon Musk has a way with viral slogans. At a New York Times event on November 29th the world’s richest man was asked how he...

Elon Musk’s messiah complex may bring him down

Every few days a Falcon 9 rocket takes off to ferry satellites into orbit. You might think it would feel commonplace by now. Not for the crowds gathered at Vandenberg Space Force...

The renewables business faces a make-or-break moment

A FEW YEARS ago renewables were having their moment in the sun (and wind). Rock-bottom interest rates lowered the cost of clean power, which is expensive to deploy but runs on sun...

How a Canadian company became the world’s best acquirer of tech firms

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.For older startups these are tough times. The weak recent stockmarket debuts of...

Elon Musk v labour unions: Sweden edition

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, has gone to great lengths to keep unions...

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