FERC to Hold Commissioner-Led Technical Conference to Discuss Co-Location of Large-Load Customers With Generating Facilities
8 Agustus 2024 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentOn 2 August 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that it will convene a Commissioner-led technical conference in Docket No. AD24-11-000 to discuss emerging issues related to the co-location of large loads at generating facilities. This announcement follows a 16 July 2024 inquiry from House Energy and Commerce […]
Read MoreThe Road to Tahua: Journeying to Heart of the Lithium Triangle via Sacred Salt Flats
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe Road to Tahua: Journeying to Heart of the Lithium Triangle via Sacred Salt Flats Country Bolivia agnes Wed, 08/07/2024 – 15:10 Issues Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image By Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee Nation) Lebanese-American author and poet Khalil Gibran is noted for his words declaring that, […]
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Explainer: Why Kenya is Considered a High Climate Risk for Development Banks
7 Agustus 2024 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentDrought in Kenya’s Ewaso Ngiro river basin in 2017 when pastoralists had to dig for water because much of the river system in Isiolo county had dried up. Credit: Denis Onyodi/KRCS By Joyce ChimbiNAIROBI, Aug 7 2024 (IPS) Kenya contributes less than 0.1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions every […]
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What Potential Do Gender Bonds Have For Increasing Financing For Gender Equality?
6 Agustus 2024 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentGender bonds are increasingly recognized as an innovative instrument that can be used to tap into capital markets to finance gender equality. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Vanina Vincensini and Jemimah NjukiNEW YORK, Aug 6 2024 (IPS) Iceland’s gender bond last month caused great excitement in the capital markets community. While […]
Read MoreDepartment of Justice Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Corporate Whistleblower Awards Program
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentAfter months of anticipation,1 the Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled the details of its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Corporate WB Program or the Program).2 The Program, effective 1 August 2024, was announced at a time when federal corporate prosecutions have dipped significantly and is designed to incentivize reporting […]
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UN’s Summit of the Future
5 Agustus 2024 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentIn September 2024, world leaders will gather at UN headquarters in New York for the Summit of the Future, which aims to “forge a new global consensus on what our future should look like.” Credit: OpenAI’s ChatGPT Image Generator Via United Nations. Source: UN Foundation By Simone GalimbertiKATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug […]
Read MoreWhat Really is Surveillance Pricing? The FTC is Trying to Figure it Out
3 Agustus 2024 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a company’s work processes is not new. AI has automated, innovated, and optimized a business’s processes and outcomes. In recent years, tech firms and consultants have been touting “surveillance pricing,” offering companies the ability to set “personalized” prices online based on a customer’s […]
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Activists Challenge Pharma Company Gilead Over HIV Medication
2 Agustus 2024 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentActivists protest during the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS2024) in Munich over a affordable pricing for a drug currently sold by pharmaceutical firm Gilead. Credit: Ed Holt/IPS By Ed HoltMUNICH, Aug 2 2024 (IPS) Campaigners and experts have demanded a breakthrough HIV intervention hailed as “the closest thing to an […]
Read MoreTaiwan’s National Science and Technology Council Has Published the Draft Bill of the Basic Act on Artificial Intelligence for Public Consultation
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe rapid development and spread of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) has led to legislative responses around the world to find suitable and adaptable governance measures. On 15 July 2024, the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan (NSTC) published the draft bill of the Basic Act on AI (人工智慧基本法草案; the […]
Read MoreK&L Gates Expands Corporate Practice With Wilmington Partner Addition
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentWilmington – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Kelly Terribile as a partner in its Corporate practice. She joins the firm’s Wilmington office from Greenberg Traurig LLP. Terribile has extensive experience advising on complex transactions involving Delaware corporations from inception to exit, including corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Having spent her entire legal […]
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