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    NYU to Divest From Fossil Fuels After Years of Student Protests

    NYU to Divest From Fossil Fuels After Years of Student Protests

    After years of protests by students, New York University has announced plans to divest from fossil fuels. Chair of NYU’s Board of Trustees William R. Berkley stated the university’s commitment in August in a letter to student activist organization Sunrise NYU. “New York University commits to avoid any direct investments in any company whose primary […]

    Green Groups Skeptical as Africa Climate Summit Raises Hundreds of Millions in Carbon Credits

    Green Groups Skeptical as Africa Climate Summit Raises Hundreds of Millions in Carbon Credits

    An initiative at Africa’s first climate summit to boost production of the continent’s carbon credit program by nearly 20 times by 2030 brought pledges of hundreds of millions of dollars. United Arab Emirates (UAE) investors pledged to purchase $450 million worth of Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) credits. ACMI was launched at COP27 in Egypt […]

    Plant-Based Shrimp and Calamari Coming to UK Grocery Stores

    Plant-Based Shrimp and Calamari Coming to UK Grocery Stores

    Growthwell Foods, a plant-based food company based in Singapore, is launching its brand HAPPIEE! in select grocery retailers in the UK. The vegan brand offers more than just the usual plant-based nuggets and burgers — HAPPIEE! includes offerings like alternatives to shrimp and calamari. HAPPIEE! is now available at Ocado, an online grocer based in […]

    Heritage Foundation Shows Plan to Decimate Biden’s Climate Progress, Cut the EPA if a Republican Wins 2024 Presidential Election

    Heritage Foundation Shows Plan to Decimate Biden’s Climate Progress, Cut the EPA if a Republican Wins 2024 Presidential Election

    Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation recently released a 920-page blueprint to drastically eliminate, or outright reverse, many of the climate change policies and laws put in place by the Biden administration, if a Republican wins the White House in 2024.  Titled Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, the document is a sprawling, aggressive work […]

    National Park Visitor Spending Created Record High Economic Benefit in 2022

    National Park Visitor Spending Created Record High Economic Benefit in 2022

    Visitor spending around national parks in the U.S. has reached a new high, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. Visitors in 2022 spent $50.3 billion, supporting 378,400  jobs. “At the Interior Department, we understand that nature is essential to the health, well-being and prosperity of every family and every community in America,” Secretary […]