As an alarming new United Nations report shows, climate change is probably the biggest challenge of our time. But should central banks also be worrying about the issue? If so, what should they be doing about it? Central-bank representatives who … Continued
If you’ve stayed in a hotel, inn, or resort in the past 20 years, you’ve likely received a flood of free travel-size toiletries and other items. You also may have encountered guests who leave the air conditioning blasting around the clock, … Continued
By 2020, just two years after Fort Collins and Longmont enacted resolutions calling for 100% renewable energy by 2030, Platte River Power Authority has successfully transitioned half of its power generation to renewable sources. While that puts the public utility … Continued
Reduce, reuse, recycle: the mantra of our childhoods. One trifecta of alliteration taught us everything we need to know about environmentalism, or did it? I ask because I don’t actually see a lot of reducing and reusing. We’re big on the … Continued
Today’s environmentalist movement can find its roots within the pages of “Silent Spring,” a 1962 book written by experienced marine biologist and zoologist Dr. Rachel Carson about the detrimental effects of pesticides on our planet. The book resulted in the banning of … Continued
Mamie Cosey and those living near this tiny, industrial village on the banks of the Mississippi River spent years wondering what poisons spewed from the three billowing stacks of a waste incinerator plant they all smell from their front porches. … Continued
In aviation, it would seem, claiming you’re going green is becoming as important as competing on fares. When European budget airline easyJet released its annual results this week, they paired the report with an announcement that from November 19, it … Continued
The climate-change discourse is generally considered a Western concept in most Islamic nations. Pakistan, a country of around 220 million people, is not any different. First of all, climate change is hardly a topic of public discussion, as was evidenced … Continued
Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues. The increased production and disposal of single-use plastics, in particular, continues to overwhelm the world’s ability to deal with them. Research shows plastic pollution to be as prevalent in the … Continued
The environmental movement in the United States reached its zenith in the 1960s with the passage of comprehensive regulations, and ensuing market responses, to protect our land, air and water. Increasing challenges to federal regulations and enforcement, combined with worsening … Continued