Trending
Sunday, June 7, 2026
‘A vicious cycle towards extinction:’ Hunting and trade can push even abundant wildlife populations to the brink

Mike Gaworecki Researchers at the University of Queensland looked at something called the anthropogenic Allee effect (AAE), a theory that proposes a critical population level threshold below which the likelihood of a species going extinct increases substantially due to rising prices for rare animals

UN says lift in global economy brings opportunities to tackle major development issues

A three per cent upturn in the global economy has paved the way to readjust policy towards longer-term issues, such as addressing climate change, tackling existing inequalities and removing institutional obstacles to development, according to a new United Nations report on global economic prospects.

Organic label suffers setback in US, as big agri-business takes over

Francis Thicke The organic food movement suffered a major setback recently, when the US National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) voted in favour of allowing hydroponically-grown products to receive the “organic” label. This decision should not have come as a surprise to those who have watched th

Philippines initiates world’s first human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change

Companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Suncor and Repsol, are being asked to explain their role in making climate change worse. The world’s first ever national inquiry into the responsibility of the fossil fuel industry for the human rights impacts resulting from clim

Sustainable Investment: A distinct possibility, or just another buzzword?

The key areas of investigation when examining sustainable investment opportunities are Environmental, Social and Governance. While this is comprehensive, perhaps the ask may be too much if all three elements are key to set the definition. A recent article posted by McKinsey & Company provides gr

Liquid Gold: Pain Doctors Soak Up Profits By Screening Urine For Drugs in US

Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas Kaiser Health News, with assistance from researchers at the Mayo Clinic, analyzed available billing data from Medicare and private insurance billing nationwide, and found that spending on urine screens and related genetic tests quadrupled from 2011 to 2014 to an esti

ING Bank to be investigated for not reporting climate pollution

A climate complaint against ING filed by Greenpeace Netherlands, Oxfam, BankTrack and Milieudefensie for violating OECD guidelines, was accepted by a Dutch representative of the OECD. The Dutch bank will be investigated by the Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) for having no plan to report on and re

Rabobank and UN Environment create new billion-dollar facility for sustainable agriculture

The Facility aims to finance sustainable land use, help achieve the Paris Climate Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals and aims to provide grants, de-risking instruments and credit to clients involved in sustainable agricultural production Rabobank and UN Environment announced the creation of a

Goldminers “massacre” uncontacted Amazon Indians in Brazil

Public prosecutors in Brazil have opened an investigation after reports that illegal goldminers in a remote Amazon river have massacred “more than ten” members of an uncontacted tribe. If confirmed, this means up to a fifth of the entire tribe have been wiped out. Two goldminers have been

Cambodian biodigester finds success, attracts investors

Tanushree Rao An innovative household biodigester has proved itself to a point where a consortium of international investors has put down US$1 million for further expansion in Cambodia and for exploring new markets in other countries. According to its developer, ATEC Biodigesters — a social ente

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Minima incidunt voluptates nemo, dolor optio quia architecto quis delectus perspiciatis.

Nobis atque id hic neque possimus voluptatum voluptatibus tenetur, perspiciatis consequuntur.

Email: sample@gmail.com
Call Us: +987 95 95 64 82