By Will Falk and Sean Butler Photo: 2009 algae bloom in western Lake Erie. Photo by Tom Archer. It should be clear to anyone following the events surrounding attempts by the citizens of Toledo, OH, with help from nonprofit law …
Image credit: Stock Enel has been ranked amongst the world’s leading companies in terms of environmental, social and governance practices and transparency stewardship. The recognition was done by the FTSE4Good Index Series in the Euronext Vigeo-Eiris indices at global, European …
Development & Aid, Editors’ Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Inequity, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Population, Poverty & SDGs, Sustainability, TerraViva United Nations UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, in a new report to be released next …
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This article was originally published by Asian Development Blog and is republished with permission. Developing countries in Asia are, sadly, often the hardest hit by the increasing number of disasters worldwide. The region is home to more than 80% of about …
Representational pic From The Wire: Is it too much to expect that a Forest Department respond appropriately to the character of a natural habitat in order to plant new species suitably? Why is it that some 170 years after we …
As solar and renewable energy use surges and and utilities jump in with their own systems, the state’s largest electric utility, Entergy Arkansas, is offering customers a way to run their homes and businesses with sun power. A new solar …
Photo: PRWeb Photo: PRWeb Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: PRWeb Green Solar Technologies Founder Nicki Zvik Announces Partnership with LG Back to Gallery Green Solar Technologies is partnering with LG following the solar …
A month ago, Bt brinjal genetically modified (GM) to resist the brinjal fruit and shoot borer (an insect), was found growing illegally in Haryana. This was a different Bt brinjal from the one developed by the Indian company, Mahyco, in …
In commemoration of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2019, Biodiversity Sri Lanka, together with its member companies from the agribusiness sector and with the support of its Associate Member – the United Nations Development Programme, hosted a technical …
Over the past decade, First Nations have created a robust conservation economy in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, one of the largest old-growth temperate rainforests left in the world, through investments in sustainable development and environmental stewardship projects that link the …
On World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, FAO’s head stresses need to use both “simple solutions” and hi-tech tools to prevent a drought from turning into famine 17 June 2019, Rome – Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovations, be …
17 June 2019, Gaza – The World Health Organization (WHO) and implementing partners inaugurated the newly installed solar power plant at Nasser hospital in the Gaza Strip. Funded by the Government of Japan, the solar plant as a source of …
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has announced the selection of their third cohort of graduate fellows. Two students will each receive one-semester graduate fellowships as part of J-WAFS’ Rasikbhai L. Meswani Fellowship for Water Solutions and …
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s the stuff everyone tries to get rid of but that never really goes away: Hard-to-wash-out shampoo bottles, paper ice-cream tubs you can’t recycle, crinkly plastic cereal bags—the stuff that fills our trash cans, clogs our …