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Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy

Posted byby John Tarantino
October 4, 2021

A Panacea for Biomedical Waste Management?

Conspectus of Biomedical Waste Management The COVID-19 pandemic has broachedumpteen pervasive challenges on multiple fronts- health, environment and economy. Although the economy is restoring to an extent but an exponential…

Environmental Policy

Posted byby Michael Tobias
July 29, 2021

Why Will High Carbon Emitting Buildings Be Worth Less Over Time

Earlier the value of a building depended on its location and the features it offered. However, as sustainable construction is gaining importance, many cities are now set to change the…

Environmental Policy

Posted byby John Tarantino
February 25, 2020

Why Is Environmental Policy so Necessary?

If there’s one thing that has been a frequent topic throughout this current election cycle, it’s that of environmental policy. The current sitting president has been accused of (and admitted to) not…

Environmental Policy

Posted byby Hemant Dudeja
November 26, 2018

Environmental Education: A Strategy for Today & Tomorrow’s World

Our environment as it exists today has monumental issues, and positive action/solutions to effectively engage the problem is called Environmental Education. This helps individuals to develop a deeper understanding of…

Environmental Policy

Posted byby Brooke Faulkner
February 20, 2018

Environmental Justice for Rising Income Inequality

Income inequality has long been a growing concern, with a range that has only continued to expand in the last 30 years. While many claim to have an idea of…

Environmental Policy

Posted byby John Tarantino
August 18, 2017

The Geopolitics of Environmental Issues

Despite last year’s historic signing of the Paris Climate Agreement, surprisingly little attention was paid to environmental issues on the international stage. There is a feeling amongst many environmentalists that…

Environmental Policy

Posted byby Katya Puyraud
July 18, 2017

Why Trump Missed a Big Business Trick with the Paris Agreement

On the face of it, Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement – perhaps the most momentous climate accord in history – owed as much…

Environmental Policy

Posted byby Christian Crisostomo
November 4, 2016

How Environmental Law Can Create Conflicts of Interest in the Business World

There are several different legal aspects that a business needs to stick to, in order to ensure their operations are on the right side of the law. Not only is…

Environmental Policy

Posted byby SRINIVAS RAMAN
September 23, 2016

Corporate Greenwashing At Cop: An Ironic Failure Of Natural Justice

Last year at the 21st Conference of Parties (CoP 21) at Paris, several delegates and member states of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC) participated in a series…

Energy

Posted byby Estel Masangkay
January 11, 2014

From Fossil Fuels to Renewables: Electricity’s Great Transformation

Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by ajari via Flickr. “A once-in-a-century transformation.” These are the words Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), used in…