Environmental and conservation groups say they’re optimistic about changes to the board that oversees natural resources policy in Wisconsin after two members recently resigned, including its controversial former chair. Bill Bruins and former chair Fred Prehn resigned from the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board at the end of last month, endingContinue Reading
designer491 Investors have many options to generate income as living in a yield-starved environment has become obsolete. A wide range of 1-year CDs offers 4% or higher interest rates, while a 1-year Treasury bill offers 4.23%. Investors no longer need to take on risk from equities to generate enticing incomeContinue Reading
Naples, FL –News Direct– RazorPitch/FSI Flexible Solutions International successfully commercializes technology by combating nitrogen and phosphorus runoff and evaporation. Its NanoChem Solutions, Inc. division manufactures specialty chemicals for the agriculture industry aimed specifically to lessen nutrient leaching, improving crop yield, decreasing fertilizers, and drastically reducing nutrient runoff. FSI Company SnapshotContinue Reading
Mongkol Onnuan The days of living in a yield-starved environment seem like a distant memory. During 2020, the U.S 10-Year Treasury Notes fell under a 1% yield, and this time last year, investors would have only produced 1.46% buying the 10-year. For income investors, Treasury notes were sidelined as youContinue Reading
New UMBC-led research in Frontiers in Microbiology suggests that viruses are using information from their environment to “decide” when to sit tight inside their hosts and when to multiply and burst out, killing the host cell. The work has implications for antiviral drug development. A virus’s ability to sense itsContinue Reading
Accused of misleading the public for decades on the promise of plastic recycling, oil and chemical companies are pushing a new idea: “advanced recycling”. Environmental advocates, however, say it’s more of the same old greenwash and litigators hope holding companies accountable for past lies might prevent the spread of aContinue Reading
Agustin Vai/iStock via Getty Images Introduction Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY) is a producer of flexible and rigid plastic packaging, with 70% of its production used in consumer packaging for food, beverage, personal care and healthcare. About half of its revenue is generate in the USA and Canada, with WesternContinue Reading
Substituting just half a portion of beef with a handful of nuts, vegetables, fruits, and seafood could buy you 48 extra minutes of healthy life, and reduce your carbon footprint for that meal by 33%. These findings come from a recent Nature Food study, where a team of researchers meticulouslyContinue Reading
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Recyclables, such as pet bottles, were among the trash recovered during the cleanup in Freedom Island. If segregation and recycling were done at source, these materials would not have found their way into the bay. (FILE) Photo by GAIA MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines was Asia’s third largest contributor toContinue Reading
