General inflation is easing, but the prices of some food items are not going down anytime soon. And the reasons are largely out of the Federal Reserve’s control. The consumer Read more
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This 82-year-old has found his true calling in retirement: Moose
Butch Phillips, an 82-year-old member of the Penobscot Nation, etches 18-inch long moose call horns from birch bark he harvests off tribal land. While some moose calls he gives away Read more
COP27: U.S. on the hook to pay for pollution; natural gas deemed transition fuel
For the first time ever, rich nations, including a top-polluting U.S., will pay for the climate-change damage inflicted upon poorer nations. These smaller economies are often the source of the Read more
At COP27 climate summit, Brazil’s Lula says Amazon deforestation to stop
Six weeks before taking power, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday told a packed crowd at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt that his administration would crack Read more
Biden at COP27 on firmer footing, but world wants U.S. to lead on pollution cut
President Joe Biden addressed the U.N. climate summit Friday with his Democratic party having survived a projected Republican “red wave” in the midterm elections — and in doing so protecting Read more
Jeff Bezos helping fund U.N. effort to tag methane emitters with data from space
More help on tracking potent Earth-warming methane emissions will come from space, the United Nations said Friday, announcing a satellite-data system funded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the U.S. government and Read more
Biden at COP27 on firmer footing, but world wants U.S. to lead on pollution cut
President Joe Biden addresses the U.N. climate summit Friday with his party surviving a midterm election “red wave” by Republicans — in the process protecting at least the bulk of Read more
Nicole was U.S.’s first hurricane in November in 40 years. Here’s why.
Nicole has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall along the East Coast of Florida early Thursday as a Category 1 hurricane, flooding coastal buildings and knocking out power Read more
The rise in food prices slowed in October, but some items increased by up to 43%. So what’s going on?
The months-long rise in food prices has finally shown signs of cooling. Inflation hit 7.7% in October compared to a year ago, down from 8.2% in September, the government said Read more
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MarketWatch readers: Ask our Washington bureau chief Robert Schroeder about the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections — and what comes next — during a live, dynamic session beginning at 11 Read more