Somewhere in the South Atlantic ocean right now, a 34,000-ton, 870-ft. aircraft carrier is floating aimlessly on the waves. The vessel, caught in an international dispute over its toxic contents, is about to become one of the biggest pieces of trash in the ocean. The São Paulo, as the shipContinue Reading
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Colossal Biosciences, the world’s first de-extinction company, has today announced an oversubscribed $150M Series B financing led by United States Innovative Technology Fund (“USIT”), with participation from Breyer Capital, WestRiver Group, Bob Nelsen, Animal Capital, Victor Vescovo, In-Q-Tel, Animoca Brands, Peak 6, BOLD Capital, and Jazz Ventures, among others.Continue Reading
Welcome everyone to Camley Street Natural Park for the launch of our Environment Improvement Plan. And thank you to the London Wildlife Trust for hosting us. I was at another of your sites yesterday – Woodberry Wetlands – and I also recently visited Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Hazlewood Marshes which afterContinue Reading
The Government has also created an ambition to ensure that every home is within a 15-minute walk from a green space or water such as woodlands, wetlands, parks and rivers The UK Government will publish its long-awaited Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) on Tuesday (31 January). The EIP builds on keyContinue Reading
Overview In an effort to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030, the Canadian federal government, along with a number of provincial, territorial and municipal governments have introduced regulations and new mandates over the course of 2022 aimed at reducing waste and pollution from single-use plastics. These regulations and mandates raiseContinue Reading
The government will today publish its long-awaited Environmental Improvement Plan, setting out how it intends to deliver on the various targets set out in the Environment Act and honour its pledge to “leave our environment in a better state than we found it”. The new strategy builds on the 25Continue Reading
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) today reported full-year net income of $7.5 billion, or $9.85 per share, compared with net income of $8.1 billion, or $10.02 per share, a year ago. ($ in millions, except per share amounts, and where indicated) Quarters Ended December 31, Percentage Inc/(Dec)Continue Reading
Last week, the government proposed a contentious change to the IT Rules that would require all intermediaries, including social media platforms and online news publishers, to take down any piece of information deemed “fake” by the Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check Unit. Now, the government has put this plan onContinue Reading
Comment on this story Comment The school-bus-size humpback whale that washed ashore on a narrow beach in Brigantine, N.J., this month weighed in at 12 tons and took a heavy emotional toll on coastal towns helplessly witnessing a spate of such deaths. The humpback was one of nine large whalesContinue Reading
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a discussion about the 2018 budget’s investments in Canadian innovation in March, 2018. Many leaders in Canada’s innovation sector say the government’s strategy to build on the country’s early lead in AI shows how Ottawa fails to leverage the country’s brains for economic growth.JustinContinue Reading
