Alessandra Riemer

By Alessandra Riemer, Editor at LinkedIn News Black Americans might have to wait 320 years before achieving the same quality of life as their white counterparts, according to a new report out from McKinsey & Co. The staggering finding comes as just 48% of U.S. counties reduced the racial gap in the last 10 years. In fact, no U.S. county with a large Black population has achieved parity, Bloomberg reports.

By Alessandra Riemer, Editor at LinkedIn News Global coal usage is up, and may not come down until at least 2026. That's according to a new report out from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which found coal use across the world may hit a new all-time high in 2023. Demand has increased 1.4% this year, reaching over 8.5 billion metric tons as countries such as India and China face "weak hydropower output," leading to growing electricity use.