Photo: Pixabay/Katya_Ershova The prospect of a mass extinction is looming around the planet and it isn’t just animals that are at risk. Numerous plants, too, are increasingly endangered in a severe threat to global biodiversity. Enter gardeners. Horticultural enthusiasts can do their part in saving endangered plants by cultivating them […]

There is a lot of buzz around clean technology, distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, and other technological innovations in the renewable energy and clean transport industries, and how these developments can contribute to solving longstanding environmental justice issues. As these innovations develop, energy markets will undergo substantial changes to which […]

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP recently advised Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) on the company’s $1.7 billion public offering of senior notes consisting of (i) $650,000,000 of 4.650% senior notes due 2027, (ii) $600,000,000 of 5.050% senior notes due 2032, and (iii) $450,000,000 of 5.650% senior notes due 2052. A […]

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Photo: Pixabay/Couleur Freshwater scarcity is a fact of life for people across much of the planet with agricultural production severely affected as irrigation at croplands already accounts for 70% of water use globally. Much worse is to come, however, scientists warn. By the middle of the century, say the authors […]

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country’s power minister told citizens not to join the lengthy fuel queues that have galvanized weeks of anti-government protests.