I wonder if any reading this article are long-term owners of PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) stock from its IPO days back in 2015. The original pricing was at $13/share. On July 6, 2015, the IPO came to market and the stock opened at $38. Over the next six weeks it chopped aroundContinue Reading
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of preserving the relationship between people and nature, given the intrinsic linkages between human health and biodiversity. While Covid-19, a zoonotic disease, overwhelmed the global public health systems due to its high transmissibility, other zoonotic diseases such as Ebola and Middle East Respiratory SyndromeContinue Reading
Lightweight, durable, versatile and relatively cheap to make — plastic seemed like a miracle. In 1950. global production was near zero, but by 2019 manufacturers worldwide were churning out about 460 million metric tons of it. Today, it’s hard to find a product without plastic. As it proliferated in ourContinue Reading
Running your business News Mark Haranas, C.J. Fairfield, Gina Narcisi July 25, 2022, 10:00 AM EDT Diversity and representation among employees and leadership are increasing among businesses that want to ensure they’re providing an inclusive environment for all, but there’s still work to be done. Here’s what businessesContinue Reading
Candidates Niou, Rivera, Simon at Tuesday’s forum (photo: The Cooper Union/Marget Long) Several Democratic candidates running to represent New York’s new 10th congressional district answered questions related to climate and sustainability challenges facing the district and New York City during a forum held at The Great Hall in Cooper UnionContinue Reading
President Biden stopped short of issuing a climate emergency declaration Wednesday, but is vowing action to combat global warming. We’ll look at the president’s speech in Massachusetts. Plus: A new push for offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Postal Service is upping its electric vehicles. This isContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — One hundred million Americans from Arizona to Boston are under heat emergency warnings, and the drought in the West is nearing Dust Bowl proportions. Britain declared a climate emergency as temperatures soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and parts of blistering Europe are ablaze. But on Capitol Hill thisContinue Reading
There is good news in that, at the global level, there has been increased attention and deliberation about One Health and how to find common ground to operationalize it. As I will show here, expansion of the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) could solve the problem. A significant milestone was achievedContinue Reading
Three years after the New York State legislature took bold climate action and approved a plan to create the United States’ first large-scale “congestion pricing” system, the plan still has yet to go into effect. Under the plan, drivers are supposed to pay a once-daily, variable fee to enter aContinue Reading
The federal government may be running out of time for meaningful action on climate change, green groups want action on a key EPA enforcement official and Texas’ grid operator advises energy conservation. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment andContinue Reading
