Here’s the latest high-profile news from New York about accelerating sustainability on ‘Spaceship Earth,’ including must-reads from CDP and DNV.
The Global Agri-Business Alliance aims to tackle food security, supply chain issues and sustainable agriculture .
How one chemical company took on the challenge of finding and marketing a new “green” chemical.
NASA’s pioneering space effort is working with the private sector to develop sustainable technologies that enable long-distance space travelers to make what they need — from food and water to building supplies — from locally acquired raw materials. On the mainstage at VERGE 2015, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and Jason Crusan of NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Division spoke about the sustainability lessons learned from NASA’s tests on the International Space Station.
The California city hopes to outpace state and federal renewable energy mandates.
10Power, Sigora Haiti and Greenlight Planet offer lessons from bringing electricity to Haiti, India and sub-Saharan Africa.
To limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, we need to do more than reduce emissions. Kaiser Permanente, Interface and other pioneering companies are already on the case.
New report shows that smarter energy systems are critical to thwarting emerging risk.
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China big city home prices surge in August, extra controls seen needed
Reuters A labourer selects wooden planks as he works at a residential construction site in Hefei, Anhui province, China February 18, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo. BEIJING China's boomtown of Shenzhen unexpectedly lost its top-performer spot in August's … Here's Where Chinese Home Prices Spiked the Most in AugustFortune China's new home prices keep rising in AugustMarketWatch EconomyChina new home prices rise faster in AugustFinancial Times Barron’s (blog) –Xinhua –South China Morning Post –EconoTimes all 18 news articles » |
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Ride-hailing firm Lyft predicts driverless cabs in 5 years
BBC News The majority of ride-hailing company Lyft's rides will be in self-driving cars within five years, the company's president has predicted. Lyft co-founder John Zimmer said autonomous rides would eventually become a cheaper way to travel than owning your … Lyft's ambitious future vision includes self-driving dominance by 2021TechCrunch Five items you may have missed in business on SundayThe Boston Globe Lyft co-founder says most of its cars will be autonomous in 5 yearsMashable FOX5 Las Vegas –New York Post –Christian Science Monitor –TIME all 42 news articles » |