A future on our terms’: how community energy is lighting up Latin America
Small-scale schemes are replacing dirty diesel with clean electricity in remote areas – and ensuring a just transition. When the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, Roxana Borda Mamani had to leave Mexico, where she was studying for her degree in rural development and food security, and return to her remote village in the Peruvian Amazon. […]
EVs are starting to overtake gas-powered cars in a surprising place
A worker charges an electric minibus at a factory in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, March 6, 2024. TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese electric vehicles begin to transform transportation in Ethiopia Credit: A worker charges an electric minibus at a factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Long lines have been forming at gas stations in Ethiopia’s […]
China imposes anti-dumping duties on industrial plastics
China announced anti-dumping duties as high as 74.9% Sunday on imports of POM copolymers, a type of engineering plastic, from the United States, the European Union, Japan and Taiwan. The Commerce Ministry’s findings conclude a probe launched in May 2024, shortly after the US sharply increased tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, computer chips and other […]
Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win presidential election
Bucharest Mayor and independent presidential candidate Nicusor Dan and his wife Mirabela Gradinaru are seen after voting at a polling station in Fagaras, central Romania on May 18, 2025. Bucharest Mayor and independent presidential candidate Nicusor Dan and his wife Mirabela Gradinaru are seen after voting at a polling station in Fagaras, central Romania on […]
World Metrology Day – The Power of Measurement for Peace and Progress
May 20 – African Peace Organization “On World Metrology Day, we recognize the power of measurement in building trust, fostering innovation, and promoting peace across Africa and the world.”— African Peace Organization Each year on May 20, we observe World Metrology Day — commemorating the Metre Convention of 1875, a historic agreement that laid the […]