Brief economic news of December 15, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – December 15, 2021
- The RIVM reports 13,557 new positive tests on Thursday, 724 more than on Wednesday.
- Rutte-IV's new coalition is based on a 50-page agreement. The cabinet will have 19 ministers, NOS reports.
- Shell has postponed its plans to supply electricity and gas to consumers until February. Shell Energy initially thought that it could start deliveries at the end of this year, but this was postponed, partly due to the turbulent prices on the energy market. writes NU.nl.
- In the third quarter of 2021, greenhouse gas emissions were 3 percent lower than in the same quarter of last year. That reports CBS. Due to high gas prices, more electricity was imported from abroad.
- The US has passed the 800,000 corona death mark writes The Guardian. Despite the wide availability of vaccines, the United States has the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 in the world.
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