Republished from nytimes.com By John Mooallem A few years ago, a locally famous blogger in San Francisco, known as Burrito Justice, created an exquisitely disorienting map, with help from a cartographer named Brian Stokle, and started selling copies of it online. The map imagined the city in...
Republished from theguardian.com By Esuna Dugarova and Nergis Gülasan We are approaching two years into implementing the ambitious 2030 Agenda – a historic agreement to end poverty, combat inequalities, promote peaceful and inclusive societies, and protect the environment. The new global framework, with 17 sustainable development goals...
Republished from huffingtonpost.com By Alexander C. Kaufman and Kate Sheppard President Donald Trump may pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change as early as next week, sources with knowledge of the plans told HuffPost on Tuesday. The historic agreement between 195 countries to cut...
Republished from triplepundit.com By Leon Kaye Plant-based foods and beverages, as well as organic dairy products, are surging in popularity due to their perceived nutrition, environmental benefits or a combination of both. Last summer, French multinational food company Danone acquired WhiteWave Foods, which owns brands such as Silk, Horizon...
Republished from NYTIMES.com By Jon Gertner Scientists are investigating whether releasing tons of particulates into the atmosphere might be good for the planet. Not everyone thinks this is a good idea. For the past few years, the Harvard professor David Keith has been sketching this vision: Ten Gulfstream...
Republished from Bloomberg.com By Matthew Boyle Wal-Mart Stores Inc., long known for squeezing its suppliers on prices, is now pressuring companies including Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive Co. to help the world’s biggest retailer remove a billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by 2030. The...
Republished from blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com By R R Rashmi Everyone was surprised, at the beginning of the year, by the unabashed love expressed by the new US administration for a growth strategy based on coal, oil and gas. This stumped many who were hoping that the Paris Agreement had...
Republished from nytimes.com By Coral Davenport and Adam Nagourney LOS ANGELES — The environmental ministers of Canada and Mexico went to San Francisco last month to sign a global pact — drafted largely by California — to lower planet-warming greenhouse pollution. Gov. Jerry Brown flies to...
Republished from cleantechnica.com By Steve Hanley With more then 2.2 million readers a day, the Financial Times is the newspaper of record for economists, business leaders, and government policy makers worldwide. Think Progress claims FT, as it is known to its readers, is the “most important business read”...
Republished from triplepundit.com By Gina Marie-Cheeseman Unilever launched its Sustainable Living Plan six years ago. The consumer packaged goods giant framed the plan as a blueprint for building business while reducing its environmental footprint and fostering positive social impact. Since then, Unilever’s Sustainable Living brands grew more than 50...