Why are insurance companies lagging in climate risk?
You would think that insurance companies would be experts in minimizing risk and reducing exposure to catastrophic natural disasters.
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You would think that insurance companies would be experts in minimizing risk and reducing exposure to catastrophic natural disasters.
You can find them just about anywhere — stampeding in New York’s Central Park, taking over towns near North Korea and braving minefields in Bosnia: Pokemon Go users trying to catch 'em all.
Appalachia has — over many decades — suffered massive and debilitating economic decline due primarily to the loss of manufacturing jobs, and experienced severe environmental degradation, largely due to coal mining and "fracking" for natural gas.
Comfort zones are strange things.
Every year, about 15 billion tons of carbon dioxide are emitted into the atmosphere from concrete production alone.
Recently, I wrote a post for GreenBiz where, among other things, I mused about the circular economy
Colorado resident Sandra Laursen was looking for a way to reduce her own personal greenhouse gas emissions, and today her car sports a Project C license plate that reads "advancing clean energy."
The energy landscape in the U.S. has been shifting towards cleaner energy sources, which is indicative of societal mindfulness of the need for sustainable development that ensures maintenance of a healthy environment for generations to come.
A couple years ago, I began to discuss the idea that the end of the internal combustion era finally was in sight, along with the overall rapid decline of a fossil fuel-driven world.
Can we afford to teach our children?