You Searched For "environmental issues" and got 20 results
Sort By:
7 mins read
'We are being poisoned': Black residents living in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' say the state is guilty of 'genocide' and environmental racism
In parts of Cancer Alley, a region rife with petrochemical plants, the risk of cancer is 47 times t…
Trisha Gopal
3 mins read
India Inc. sees 81% annual increase in green jobs in January: foundit
A 64% month-on-month growth was reflected in green job postings in January. Sustainability manager…
2 mins read
Bitcoin mining consumes 0.5% of all electricity used globally and 7 times Google's total usage, new report says
As bitcoin mining becomes more popular and competitive, it's consuming more and more energy across …
Eugene Kim
4 mins read
A historic settlement could bring environmental justice to a Chicago neighborhood that's been filled with polluting industries
Residents of Chicago's Southeast Side have lived alongside industrial polluters for generations. Ad…
Catherine Boudreau
2 mins read
'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' weighs whether environmental extremists are revolutionaries or terrorists
Director Daniel Goldhaber's latest heist thriller, "How to Blow Up a Pipeline," explores the moral …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
2 mins read
Most CEOs are already preparing for a recession, with plans including laying off staff and cutting spending on environmental issues, a major survey shows
91% of CEOs of big US companies said there will be a recession within the next year, and only a thi…
Grace Dean
2 mins read
EPA plans to withdraw a Trump-era rule that gave the state of Oklahoma power over environmental issues on tribal lands
Oklahoma Tribal nations criticized the EPA for not consulting with them when making the decision in…
Kelsey Vlamis
1 min read
Coals and other unapproved fuels to be banned across NCR from January 1
The CAQM said that the flying squad of the commission are under instructions to conduct incognito v…
2 mins read
Still believe ESG is a waste of time? 90% executives report early, significant returns, says Infosys
In Infosys' recent report, they state that 90% of global business executives mentioned that their E…
5 mins read
A Los Angeles teen led a fight to shut down urban oil wells, survived cancer, and won a 'Green Nobel'
Nalleli Cobo fought to close a leaking oil well near her home, sue the city of Los Angeles for envi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
4 mins read
Microplastics found at the highest point on Earth as the glaciers around Mount Everest’s death zone melt
Microplastics are one of the most harmful side effects of humans using the planet, and they're incr…
3 mins read
A $1 billion environmental justice wake-up call in Jackson
More than 140,000 residents, the majority of whom are Black, don't have clean drinking water after …
Catherine Boudreau
2 mins read
New Jersey's environmental agency called itself out for destroying two endangered birds' protected habitats while creating one for another species
New Jersey's environmental agency damaged land protected for two endangered bird species while tryi…
Insider Inc.
6 mins read
Supreme Court restricts — but does not end — Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions
The Clean Air Act will still allow the EPA to regulate the greenhouse-gas emissions driving our cli…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
2 mins read
The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leased a plot of land to an oil and natural gas company while the judge was weakening the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency, report says
In the lease, Martha Ann Bomgardner Alito would earn 3/16ths of the money generated from inherited …
John L. Dorman
2 mins read
Is India world's least sustainable country? Environmental Performance Index 2022 ranks India last among 180 countries
India ranked at the last position in a list of most sustainable countries, as per a report. The EPI…
2 mins read
Tesla could get an ESG boost from the SEC's greenwashing crackdown but funds will still have plenty of wiggle room
"The commission has taken much more of a free-market approach," Maggie Peloso told Insider about th…
Brian Evans
3 mins read
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is disappearing, leaving behind a toxic bowl of dust and potentially one of the greatest environmental disasters in US history
Scientists warned Utah lawmakers the state would face "unprecedented" danger if the Great Salt Lake…
Kelsey Vlamis
2 mins read
Companies have issued $240 billion of debt with incentives tied to environmental and social targets over the last year
Companies like BlackRock, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and more are using debt with ESG-based incentives a…
Will Daniel
3 mins read
How to make your Disney vacation more environmentally friendly, according to a sustainable tourism expert
Insider spoke with Kelly Bricker, a professor of nature-based tourism and sustainability at Arizona…