The UN Global Compact claims to be the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, with its membership consisting of more than 10,000 …
Platte River Power Authority looks to delay integrated resource plan due to coronavirus
To reach its stated goal of providing 100% renewable energy by 2030, Platte River Power Authority estimated that it would have to increase power rates …
Area recycling facilities closed due to coronavirus
— The coronavirus is not just shutting down restaurants, and large events, it also shut down our local recycling centers in Springfield. Erik Roberts, the …
Organic recycling program to continue after all
MANKATO — Mankato’s organic recycling collection will continue after all. The city had announced this week that the service was being discontinued.
Waste haulers seek to ‘indefinitely’ postpone ban on trashing food scraps
Employees of Casella Waste Systems sort plastic recyclables at the … The requests come as some recycling and trash drop-off centers around the …
SupplySide Stories Episode 3: One health ingredient company’s mission to improve lives globally
Rushva Parihar is a consultant specializing in corporate social responsibility and sustainability for both private and public sectors. His work centers on …
Google will no longer pay lobbyists that deny climate change, pledges zero emissions by 2025
Google parent Alphabet will cut ties with lobbyists and think tanks that deny accelerating man-made climate change, reacting in part to the global toll of …
Approval for construction application for solar array in Metcalfe Co. sought
GLASGOW – An application for the construction of a 55-megawatt photovoltaic solar array that Glover Creek Solar LLC is wanting to construct on a …
Shane Green, technology entrepreneur, dies at 49
The cause was bile duct cancer, said a friend and colleague, Josh Galper. Mr. Green was recognized on Washingtonian magazine’s listings of “tech …
Climate crisis takes the back burner in global pandemic
“Covid 19 is climate change on warp speed,” tweeted NYU climate economist Gernot Wagner, author of “Climate Shock.” A common theme is the …