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The Environment

Rising Seas, Rising Rates: The Impact Of Climate Change On Insurance

Jul 17, 2023 at 08:56 | Kurt Cobb

A person buying insurance does so because he or she is concerned about the future. A house fire could lead to a financial wipe-out. A car accident resulting in hospitalization…

Climate Change Threatens Outdated Infrastructure

Jul 10, 2023 at 08:47 | Kurt Cobb

We humans now face an era of climate that is uncharted for the size and complexity of the human community. Our roads, rails, ports, buildings, electric grid, water…

Flash Droughts: Climate Change’s Next Big Blow

Jun 26, 2023 at 09:04 | Kurt Cobb

The state of Illinois is suffering from its driest conditions in more than a decade. In fact, large swathes of the Midwest and Plains states are suffering from…

How The Pace Of Climate Change Keeps Surprising Us

May 22, 2023 at 10:04 | Kurt Cobb

This seems like the 10th time that I've read a story that says Greenland's glaciers are melting faster than previously thought and thus…

Fed Official Says Climate Change Is Not 'Serious Risk' To Banks

May 15, 2023 at 10:08 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Climate change should not be treated any differently than other risks to the stability of the U.S. financial system as rising temperatures do not pose "a serious risk to the…

Turkmenistan Is Facing A Water Crisis

Apr 25, 2023 at 09:02 | Eurasianet

Turkmenistan is starting to think harder about water, and not before time.  On April 22, the Foreign Ministry hosted a conference…

Real-Time Data Could Be Key In Achieving Net Zero Targets

Mar 24, 2023 at 11:38 | City A.M

Companies are famous for their animal imagery. We’re all familiar with unicorn businesses; elusive, mythical, technological creatures valued at over $1bn. Then there are “zebra” organisations, defined by their combination…

Energy Transition Advocates Get A Reality Check

Mar 22, 2023 at 12:44 | Irina Slav

This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report. Unsurprisingly alarming, the report aimed to turn up the heat on…

Air Pollution Is An $8 Trillion Problem

Mar 20, 2023 at 10:14 | ZeroHedge

Air pollution is the greatest environmental health hazard to humankind, leading to over six million deaths a year and an economic cost that equates to over $8 trillion dollars. That’s…

Satellite Waste Is Becoming A Huge Problem

Mar 13, 2023 at 10:54 | Kurt Cobb

Here we go again. Satellite companies that plan to put tens of thousands of satellites into orbit to create space-based internet and cellphone networks are

A Water Crisis Is Looming Over Western United States

Feb 06, 2023 at 08:44 | Kurt Cobb

The most recent poster child for the failure to understand resource limits is the town of Rio Verde Foothills, an unincorporated part of Maricopa County in Arizona adjacent…

Between Drought And Flood: California Faces Extreme Weather

Jan 16, 2023 at 13:55 | Kurt Cobb

"Global warming" morphed into "climate change" which now seems inadequate to describe the weather chaos we are experiencing on planet Earth.* The recent "atmospheric rivers"

Coal Is Fueling A Pollution Problem In Central Asia

Dec 19, 2022 at 08:49 | RFE/RL staff

Coal-powered plants and the stoves of residential homes in Central Asia's largest cities are pumping toxins into the sky, icy roads are thick with slow moving, aging vehicles,…

The Environmental Consequence Of Burning Rubber

Dec 02, 2022 at 07:32 | Brian Westenhaus

Have you ever wondered what happens to the rubber tread that wears off a vehicle’s tires? On a planet with hundreds of millions…

Is Climate Change Really Fueling A Rise In Dangerous Hurricanes?

Nov 23, 2022 at 08:26 | Global Risk Insights

The effects of climate change are being increasingly felt across the United States. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently predicted a…

EU Presents New Climate Fund For Developing Nations, But There’s A Catch

Nov 18, 2022 at 07:22 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The EU has proposed at the COP27 climate summit the establishment of a so-called ‘loss and damage’ fund for developing countries to help them cope with the effects…

Sustainable Plastics Could Revolutionize Waste Management In Emerging Markets

Nov 17, 2022 at 08:32 | Oxford Business Group

As an increasing number of countries ban single-use plastics, waste remains a significant environmental issue – although a variety of initiatives promise to make emerging markets the focus…

Krygyzstan’s Graveyard Of Factories Is A Ticking Time Bomb

Oct 28, 2022 at 10:48 | Eurasianet

Even after he retired in 2019, chemical engineer Suidumbek Kalmurzayev remained preoccupied by the fate of his former workplace in Tash-Kumyr, a Kyrgyz city that sits at the…

The Future Of Sustainable Aquaculture In Emerging Markets

Oct 11, 2022 at 08:27 | Oxford Business Group

With per capita fish consumption having doubled in the past six decades, aquaculture is becoming more important in combatting food insecurity. Recent innovations seek to improve sustainability and…

Climate Change Could Cost The Global Economy $23 Trillion By 2050

Sep 23, 2022 at 08:43 | Haley Zaremba

For decades, we have known that transitioning away from fossil fuels and toward a decarbonized economy was essential to the health of our planet and of future generations.…

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