Biden readies second batch of climate orders for next week - memo
Upcoming Biden climate orders include a directive to federal agencies to rely on science in their rulemakings
City of London to remove statues linked to slavery trade
Statues to former Lord Mayor and plantation owner William Beckford and slave trader of John Cass will be taken down
Tables turn as India's female health workers get COVID jab
India’s all-women army of rural healthcare workers feel validated to be among first recipients of COVID-19 vaccine
White House website adds gender-neutral pronouns as Biden meets LGBT+ demands
The addition of the title ‘Mx’ and pronouns including ‘they/them’ came as the new president signed an executive order tackling anti-LGBT+ discrimination
'Invisible' migrants risk being last in line for COVID-19 vaccination
Refugees and migrants are vulnerable to 'vaccine nationalism' as host nations put their own citizens first
U.S. inauguration turns poet Amanda Gorman into best seller
Amanda Gorman's debut poetry collection 'The Hill We Climb' topped Amazon.com after a powerful reading at the Biden and Harris inauguration
High-altitude Swiss solar project to power supermarket chain
The solar plant in the Alps will produce about 3.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year
Family men or forest destroyers? Meet the miners living off the Amazon's gold
Illegal wildcat gold miners argue - without evidence - that opening up Brazil's Amazon reserves to regulated development would slow deforestation
South Africa to pay $5.25 a dose for AstraZeneca vaccine from India's SII
South Africa will pay $5.25 per dose for COVID-19 vaccines, well above what wealthier countries are paying for the same shots
Belaruskali to reinstate fired workers after pressure from Yara
Belaruskali, the world's largest producer of the crop nutrient, had fired several dozen workers over an attempt to organise a strike