Innovative projects to restore and rewet peatlands, create green urban spaces and improve flood resilience are among 50 schemes to benefit from the final round of a pioneering fund to drive private investment in nature and tackle climate change. The second round of the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF),Continue Reading
At the edge of the pond at Cangleska Wakan in Solon, a group of fifth-graders huddled around a bucket, peering at the different critters and shells they’d scooped from the water. Moments earlier, another student found success when he dipped his net into the pond. “I got a tadpole,” he shouted,Continue Reading
Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) announced her support for 15 community priority projects for consideration by the House Appropriations Committee in the upcoming fiscal year (FY23) budget. Rep. Castor is advocating for 15 Tampa Bay area projects based upon community support and pressing local needs – from skilled tradesContinue Reading
On May 5, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the return of supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) in U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) settlements. SEPs are voluntary projects intended to benefit the environment that are performed by corporate defendants in environmental enforcement settlements. Prior to being banned at DOJ in 2020, SEPsContinue Reading
Under President Donald Trump, DOJ broke from longtime practice and precedent by prohibiting SEPs, nominally because of concerns about constitutional and statutory limits on maintaining congressional authority over appropriations. Those ostensible concerns overlay a deeper fear that SEPs would be used as slush funds for environmental groups to pursue theirContinue Reading
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, said that Dubai has been ranked first in the world in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021, with 418 greenfield FDI projects. The annual ‘Dubai FDI Results and Rankings HighlightsContinue Reading
DUBAI: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, revealed that Dubai has achieved the top ranking globally in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021, with a record number of 418 greenfield FDI projects. Sheikh Hamdan expressed hisContinue Reading
DUBAI, 8th May, 2022 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, revealed that Dubai has achieved the top ranking globally in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021, with a record number of 418 greenfield FDIContinue Reading
The National Green Tribunal and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change have, for the past six years, been deliberating on whether the government’s World Bank-funded project – the Jal Marg Vikas Project for National Waterway 1 – requires environmental clearance. The project on the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river systems, announcedContinue Reading
There are thousands of small-scale, community driven initiatives making a huge difference in people’s lives and contributing to efforts to curb global warming. In early April, 29 countries pledged more than $5 billion to the UN-backed Global Environment Facility (GEF). The Fund said this was “record support, providing a majorContinue Reading
