REGINA, Saskatchewan — Evraz North America has issued layoff notices to 500 members of the United Steelworkers (USW) at Evraz Steel’s Tubular Division in Regina. Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department accused Facebook Inc on Thursday of discriminating against U.S. workers, saying in a new lawsuit the social media giant has given hiring preferences to temporary workers, including those who hold H-1B visas. Read More

CalPERS issued two RFIs for providers to find and evaluate research on climate change risk and on human capital management. Both are new mandates, said spokeswoman Megan White in an email. The $430.5 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Sacramento,

Decarbonizing US electricity production will require both construction of renewable energy sources and retirement of power plants now operated by fossil fuels. A generator-level model suggests that most fossil fuel power plants could complete normal lifespans and still close by

The Trump administration on Thursday said it would issue a sale notice for oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) next week, putting it on track to hold an auction shortly before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Read

HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY — Villagers in Guatemala’s Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take three years to grow when waves of floodwater triggered by two tropical storms last month washed them away. Read More

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell last week, but remained extraordinarily high amid widespread business restrictions to slow a rising tide of new COVID-19 infections and lack of additional fiscal stimulus. Read More

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