Like other financial centers, Luxembourg has recently seen a strongly growing interest in investments in new technologies, including virtual assets such as digital tokens. Complementary to that interest is a growing strong demand for guidance regarding the regulatory treatment of virtual assets. Luxembourg law defines a “virtual asset” (VA) as […]

Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) menyebut telah terjadi hujan ekstrem dengan volume air mencapai 110,2 milimeter (mm) hingga memicu banjir di sejumlah wilayah di Kalimantan Selatan (Kalsel) pada …

Photo: Pixabay/nikofendi Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate pricing or pay-as-you-waste. Many cities and towns around the world, including over 7,000 in the United States, have pay-as-you-throw waste policies. Examples include Seattle, Berkeley, Austin and Portland, […]

Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning, and energy efficiency at nearly every level of government and business. Changes in carbon—and more broadly greenhouse […]

Seattle – Pallavi Mehta Wahi, K&L Gates’ co-managing partner, United States; managing partner of the firm’s Seattle office; and chair of the firmwide diversity committee, has been appointed to the Seattle Branch Board of Directors of The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, effective January 1, 2022. Appointed to the […]

Photo: Pixabay/moerschy Some 2.5 billion people, or 86% of people who live in cities worldwide, suffer from varying degrees of air pollution. And many of them are at increased risk of cardiovascular, respiratory and other diseases. This is according to a new study in the Lancet Planetary Health journal, whose […]