Express News Service THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), one of the top five incubation centres in the world, has planned a slew of initiatives this year to ensure a robust startup ecosystem in the state. The agency has also prepared a 10-point action plan to help startups here scaleContinue Reading
Pick any tree in Gentilly, and the chances are good that Connie Uddo had something to do with it. Along boulevards of modest homes and well-kept lawns, she points to dozens of magnolias she put in the ground last month and lines of 30-foot-tall oaks she planted after Hurricane Katrina.Continue Reading
Avedis Foundation is sharing highlights of its grants, initiatives, and partnerships from 2022, the year which marked the Foundation’s 10th anniversary. Since being formed in 2012, the Shawnee-based foundation has granted more than $58 million in Pottawatomie County and its surrounding communities, focusing on areas of health and wellness, socialContinue Reading
Recent actions by the Biden Administration and members of Congress indicate that plastic pollution will remain an area of primary focus in the coming year. Although passage of a broad standalone bill addressing plastic pollution is unlikely in the next legislative session, regulatory actions and other targeted legislation may haveContinue Reading
Recent actions by the Biden Administration and members of Congress indicate that plastic pollution will remain an area of primary focus in the coming year. Although passage of a broad standalone bill addressing plastic pollution is unlikely in the next legislative session, regulatory actions and other targeted legislation may haveContinue Reading
Your browser does not support the audio element. Everywhere they look, Pacific Northwest scientists find teeny-tiny plastic pollution. Broken down particles are in our water, falling out of the air, in salmon, shellfish and in our own bodies. Scientists, environmental advocates and Democratic lawmakers in Olympia and Salem have seenContinue Reading
Ms Carmen Chu discusses the actions the HKMA is taking to disrupt AML threats to Hong Kong, the impact of increased collaboration across the private and public sectors, and technology initiatives that are making a difference. This interview was conducted for the “AML Tech Barometer 2023” report, published by NICEContinue Reading
In 2022, Rwanda led efforts to eliminate plastic pollution by drafting an agreement that could end plastic waste by 2040. Rwanda banned plastic bags in 2008 and single use plastics in 2019. Peru and Rwanda initiated the idea to develop a global treaty to end plastic pollution globally by 2040Continue Reading
Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) earned state recognition for its environmental efforts when North Carolina Secretary of the Environment Elizabeth Biser presented the depot with the P2 Award for pollution prevention. FRCE received the award during the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Stewardship Initiative (ESI) Conference, held OctoberContinue Reading
Tiny plastic pellets called nurdles are a major source of global pollution, littering waterways, harming ecosystems and threatening marine life. But plastic pellet pollution is preventable, according to a new report by the international conservation group Fauna & Flora International (FFI), and it’s one piece of the global plastic problemContinue Reading
