The global plastic pollution crisis is escalating at an alarming rate, with 400 million tonnes of plastic produced annually.
Critical geopolitics is a significant challenge to the traditional geopolitical imagination of IR and global politics
Louisiana’s “River Parishes,” located along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, shoulder some of the worst industry impacts in the United States. As a result, this region has acquired a grim reputation as “Cancer Alley.” Stretching across 85 miles of rural land along both banks of the Mississippi River are around 200 industrial More
As incidence of cancer increases globally, the use of cancer drugs is also growing at a rate of approximately 10 percent per year in developed countries.
Vienna, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The combined market value of key energy transition minerals (copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and rare earth elements) more than doubles to hit US$770 billion by 2040. The post Global demand for critical minerals projected to ramp up first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Boardman administrator Jason Loree has said the negotiations about a possible merger are over. The decision was announced at Monday’s meeting of the Cardinal Joint Fire District.
MONROVIA – Plastic pollution is one of the many sanitation problems affecting all sectors of life in Liberia. By Garmah Lomo, Contributor In this light, Judge George W. Smith of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in RiverGee County has consistently highlighted sanitation issues in his charges delivered at court openings. In his latest court opening []
Unlike the rigid alliances of the Cold War, multi-alignment involves a strategic flexibility that empowers nations to navigate the complexities of a multipolar world.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped identify knowledge, methodological and communication gaps in global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research.
by WorldTribune Staff, May 16, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Is America in the batter’s box of doom? Is the Mighty Casey of the modern world about to strike out? Or is there still a home run that keys a massive rally left in that bat? “All empires fall,” independent journalist Steve Rodan noted in […]
Here’s the shocker: Meng shows that for 15 out of the 16 uses, plastic products incur fewer GHG emissions than their alternatives. Read that again. When considering 90% of global plastic use, alternatives to plastic lead to greater GHG emissions than the plastic products they displace.
MONTREAL — WSP Global expects to continue its acquisition spree after snapping up several more companies in the first part of the year. Since mid-March, the engineering firm has bought four consulting outfits in four countries — Canada, Finland, Spain and the United States — adding more than 800 employees to its roster as it opened "up the M&A valve again," in the words of one analyst. The purchases follow five other acquisitions since September 2022, when WSP absorbed U.K.-based John Wood...