That aggressive 2030 goal, which the White House is framing as a "50-52 percent reduction," will be formalized in a document called a "nationally determined contribution," or NDC.
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US jobless claims fall to 547,000, another pandemic low
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to 547,000, the lowest point since the pandemic struck and an encouraging sign that layoffs are slowing on the strength of an improving job market.
Read More »Shuttered venues still waiting for government aid announced in December
On April 8, the Small Business Administration (SBA) began accepting applications for its Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG), a $16 billion program set up by the SBA to help struggling music venues, live event spaces, theaters, museums and more.
Read More »Lehigh U. makes Princeton Review’s value colleges list
Lehigh University has made Princeton Review’s eagerly awaited Best Value Colleges List for 2021.
Read More »Biden offers tax credits for COVID-19 vaccination paid time off
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced tax credits for certain businesses that pay employees who take time off to get COVID-19 shots, a new effort to involve corporate America in his vaccination campaign.
Read More »Dems push $25B for electric school buses
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would invest $25 billion to convert the nation’s fleet of gasoline- and diesel-powered school buses to electric vehicles, building on a component of President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan to improve children’s health.
Read More »Yelp data shows more than half million new businesses opened in the past year
More than 500,000 new businesses opened across the United States in the past year, new data from Yelp showed, as the economy recovered from the depths of the Covid pandemic.
Read More »Pa. businesses take firm line on economic recovery in GOP survey
The biggest challenges for Pennsylvania businesses include continued declines in customer volume, financial concerns and limitations from Gov. Tom Wolf’s mitigation orders, according to a recent survey of 921 businesses.
Read More »U.S. FDA finds peeling paint, debris at U.S. plant making J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it had found problems including peeling paint and loose debris during inspections at a U.S. plant in Baltimore that makes Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccine and asked for remediation of the issues.
Read More »Businesses scramble for help as job openings go unfilled
It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting “Help Wanted” signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts their ability to keep up with demand for their products or services.
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