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Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Whip City Jerky in Westfield reopens under new ownership
WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A ribbon-cutting ceremony is being held for the reopening of Whip City Jerky in Westfield. In a news release sent to 22News from the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce, the new owner of Whip City Jerky is Jeff Bruch. He is expanding his product line with marinated meats, pork tenderloins, bacon, and pork chops. In addition, the retail store is selling local jams and honey, local coffee, and organic 'good-for-you' beverages. New England's first dual-launch straddle coaster to open at Six Flags New England 'We're looking forward to helping raise the downtown area by providing another destination,' says Bruch, who has been working in the meat industry for 38 years. 'Opening this facility is a dream of mine and a dream come true.' Whip City Jerky is located at 271 Elm Street in Westfield, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on June 14th at 9:30 a.m. They will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours on Thursday until 7 p.m. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Telegraph
12-02-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
Brussels net zero rules make us report 1,000 data points, complains wind turbine maker
A German energy giant and one of the world's biggest wind turbine makers has criticised European net zero rules that will force companies to disclose 1,000 sustainability metrics. Christian Bruch, the chief executive of Siemens Energy, said the requirements of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) were 'disproportionate' and were hurting the bloc's competitiveness. Mr Bruch, whose company has built some of the UK's largest offshore wind farms, said the EU's green reporting requirements had grown too complicated and needed a 'radical simplification'. On a call with reporters, the chief executive said: 'CSRD creates an additional 1,000 data points to be reported. We're completely overshooting the mark. And we cannot convince international investors that European companies are attractive. 'Just making cosmetic changes to regulations will not move us one inch closer to becoming more competitive. We need to see this directive radically shortened and simplified.' Mr Bruch added: 'We need a regulatory framework in Europe that ensures more competitiveness and provides investment incentives.' The warning about the EU's lack of competitiveness comes as Brussels' strict net zero rules are also becoming a source of tension with Washington. Howard Lutnick, the US commerce secretary nominee, has threatened retaliation against European environmental rules that harm US companies. The CSRD was announced in 2023 and requires companies to report up to 1,000 data points across 10 ESG topics, including pollution and biodiversity. Former EU commissioner Mairead McGuinness said at the time of the CSRD's announcement the rules were 'an important tool underpinning the EU's sustainable finance agenda.' She said the regime 'strike[s] the right balance between limiting the burden on reporting companies while at the same time enabling companies to show the efforts they are making to meet the green deal agenda'. However, the heavy burden imposed by the CSRD has sparked a backlash among business. Companies and member states have been lobbying Brussels to walk back the measures amid concerns they risk burying businesses in A report from the lobby group BusinessEurope warned that the measures forced companies to deliver a 'gigantic sum' of data points in 'extremely granular' detail. Last month, French officials wrote to their EU counterparts calling for a two-year delay on the rules. 'The delay must give the necessary time to improve the directive,' French officials wrote, according to Politico. German and Italian business groups have also criticised the diktat. The European Commission is considering watering down the rules. Brussels has said it will review the reporting requirements under the rules in the coming weeks. Last month, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said: 'We have a very clear signal from the European business sector that there is too much complexity. Administrative procedures are too cumbersome ... we have to cut red tape.' Mr Bruch's comments came as Siemens reported an increase in revenues to €8.9bn (£7.4bn) in the first quarter of the year, up 18.4pc. The European Commission was contacted for comment.
