On July 28, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution declaring that access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human right. It also called on countries, international organisations and businesses to enhance efforts to ensure a healthy environment for all. This follows a similarContinue Reading
Key indicators suggest long-awaited relief on gas prices. Meanwhile, environmentalists slam new European Union rules on nuclear and natural gas, and the Great Salt Lake hits a new low. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. For TheContinue Reading
In this episode of the McKinsey on Start-ups podcast, McKinsey executive editor Daniel Eisenberg speaks with investor Aatif Atwan and McKinsey Partner Abdur-Rahim Syed about the burgeoning start-up ecosystem in Pakistan. An edited transcript of their conversation, which took place earlier this year, follows. To hear more episodes ofContinue Reading
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The recent discussions on Shopify (SHOP) have been fascinating to me. The stock seems to be turning into a battleground position come up with those convinced that it is heading a lot lower and others convinced it is now a fantastic buy. I find myselfContinue Reading
Appearing in three Queen’s speeches, and then carried over a number of different parliamentary sessions, the Environment Bill was at last given Royal Assent on 9 November 2021. Arguably a milestone for environmental legislation in the UK, and timely in coming just after COP26, the Environment Act 2021 (the Act)Continue Reading
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC popularized the phrase, “We’re number two. We try harder.” But what do you do when you’re number four? That’s the challenge facing Google LLC in its drive to overcome a late start, a once questionable commitment and two dominant competitors in the market for publicContinue Reading
One of the fossil fuel and plastic industries’ favorite “solutions” to the plastic pollution crisis may finally be coming under greater scrutiny from the federal government. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, formally announced it was considering tighter regulations for pyrolysis and gasification — controversial processes that areContinue Reading
Source: Ara Wagoner / Android Central It’s been a long time coming, but Bryan Paijit finally wants to develop for Wear OS again. Previous versions were too “hacky,” and he got tired of fighting against the very platform he was trying so hard to build for. Paijit, a software developerContinue Reading
A Hong Kong environmentalist – who spent years fighting the government’s construction of an artificial beach in Tai Po – has accused Hong Kong people of treating the environment as “free entertainment.” The criticisms by Arthur Kwan Chuk-man came as visitors to the controversial, recently-opened Lung Mei Beach shrugged offContinue Reading
… is the economics profession a functionary and tool of patriarchy – or is patriarchy a functionary and tool of economics? – Marilyn Waring Economically, the rupture of 2020 showed us two things: that our lives depend on care work, especially the unpaid care work still mostly done by women;Continue Reading
