World’s Largest Corporations Caused $2.2 Trillion in Environmental Damages, UN Report Finds
A new UN report shows that if the environmental degradation caused by the world’s 3,000 largest companies was accounted for in their balance sheets, it could cut those companies’ profits by nearly a third. The amount was estimated to be about $2.2 trillion – [...]
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I just watched Bill Gates’ talk at TED 2010 online: Innovating to Zero. It is an interesting talk, though I have some critiques which I will discuss below. Gates has devoted his energies since leaving Microsoft to his foundation which focuses mainly on health and development issues, such as developing a malaria vaccine, combating HIV/AIDS, and [...] President Obama discussing clean energy during the state of the union. Source: whitehouse.gov Going into his first State of the Union address to Congress, I was curious to see if Obama would scale back initiatives that he has placed at the center of his agenda in the face of the US’ fiscal problems. I wanted [...] Earlier this week, the UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change announced plans to build 10 new nuclear power stations in an effort to both meet future electricity demands, and help meet its commitments regarding climate change mitigation (an ambitious 30% reduction by 2030). Currently the UK gets about 20% of its electricity from [...] |
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