In the news: 30 clients’ most noted news releases of the decade
Terry Collins & Associates, Toronto, December 31, 2019 Many of the ~200 science news releases written and distributed for […]
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Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
Nat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Five hundred vents newly discovered off the US West Coast, each
Innovation and Its Enemies: How the history of margarine and tractors can inform policy making
Harvard Kennedy School / Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 6 July 2016 Why important innovations stall;
Renewable energy’s record year helps uncouple growth of global economy and CO2 emissions
REN21 (Renewable Energy for the 21st Century), Paris Record installations for wind and solar PV in 2014; renewable energy targets
Majorities in Arctic nations favour co-operation with Russia despite Ukraine; Conflict worries rise
The Gordon Foundation, Toronto 22 April, 2015 10,000 people in 8 nations with Arctic territory surveyed; Results released on eve
Discarded kitchen, laundry, bathroom equipment comprises over half of E-waste: UNU
United Nations University, Bonn 19 April 2015 End-of-life electronic, electrical equipment totals 41.8 million metric tonnes in 2014 E-waste last year
Renewables re-energized: Green energy investments worldwide surge 17% to $270 billion in 2014
UN Environment Programme, Paris, Nairobi 31-Mar-2015 Driven by Solar and Wind, World Investments Reverse 2-year Dip, Brush Aside Challenge from
Over 1,000 new ocean fish species identified in past eight years, including 122 sharks, rays
World Register of Marine Species, Belgium 12-Mar-15 World registry, nearing completion, confirms 228,450 known marine species; consolidation relegates 190,400 other
Achieve international water goals to preempt looming conflicts born of desperation: UN
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 22-FEB-2015 Corruption, siphoning 30 percent of water sector funding,
Vulnerability to dengue virus: UN University publishes 1st global maps
UN University INWEH (Institute for Water, Environment & Health ), Hamilton CANADA 23-DEC-2014 Large Parts Of Europe, South America Face Rising