Every winter (except when COVID-19 made it problematic), a dedicated group of environmental justice activists makes our annual pilgrimage to Washington to push for progress on policies that protect the planet while improving health, safety and economic opportunity. This year’s trip includes visits with the White House Council on EnvironmentalContinue Reading
Take a trip to the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and you will see the frontier of Indian capitalism. There, you will find several solar factories that are powered by the sun. They are located on a 550-acre site. According to reports, Tata is currently making components for Apple’sContinue Reading
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has outlined his legislative priorities for the 2023 session. At the top of the list is Indianapolis infrastructure with a focus on how to get more funding from the state. It’s a tall task to get Indy roads to a more acceptable level, andContinue Reading
Flexible plastics are set to be introduced to kerbside collections by 2027, but how is this practically going to be achieved? And who is going to pay? Will Simpson investigates. For years, they have been one of the biggest conundrums in the recycling sector. Flexible plastics — the scrunchable ‘film’Continue Reading
This was my first full year at the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), and 2022, arguably, saw one of the most consequential environmental decisions in Jamaica’s history: the long awaited declaration of the Cockpit Country Protected Area (CCPA). On the other hand, there were several decisions and actions resulting in negativeContinue Reading
Auggie Perez of the Cedar Rapids Public Works Department fills up a salt truck Dec. 14 as teams prepare for imminent cold weather and frozen roads. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette) Salt storage buildings at Cedar Rapids Public Works are emptied as teams prepare Dec. 14 for cold weather and frozen roadsContinue Reading
In what could easily pass for a scene from a Nollywood movie, Nigerians watched as a moving train viciously crushed a black car sitting in the middle of a level crossing in the Kubwa area of Abuja. Inside the vehicle was a woman, who was later revealed to be aContinue Reading
In what could easily pass for a scene from a Nollywood movie, Nigerians watched as a moving train viciously crushed a black car sitting in the middle of a level crossing in the Kubwa area of Abuja. Inside the vehicle was a woman, who was later revealed to be aContinue Reading
As stakeholders embrace ESG considerations, risks, opportunities and challenges to integration remain ESG, sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation, social impact investing and related themes have become ubiquitous concepts that seem to be top of mind for every board director, financier and investor. While there is no universal consensus onContinue Reading
All businesses depend on nature, which we can think about as natural capital assets. The rapid loss of biodiversity puts business resilience at risk, creating the business case for developing plans which take action to halt the loss of nature. In 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesContinue Reading
