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Urgency for Alternative Energies Is Here: IOL

September 18, 2019
Nations that rely on oil imports are closely monitoring global supply after attacks on a Saudi Aramco facility cut half that country’s production capability, representing about 5 percent of the world’s supply. Crude and refined petroleum lead South Africa’s imports, most from Saudi Arabia. “South...

Looming Water Crises: New York Times

August 6, 2019
About 25 percent of the world’s human population confronts severe water shortages. The Water Resources Institute reports that 17 nations are under extremely high water stress. Reasons for shortages vary including waste, pollution and excessive reliance on groundwater. “Climate change heightens the...

The Guardian: Facebook Bans Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army’s Posts

September 20, 2017
Rohingya Muslims, long marginalized, have few resources to resist the Myanmar military and flee the nation by the thousands. Social media can be a lifeline during such chaos. Yet in the midst of humanitarian crisis, Facebook is retaining the Myanmar military’s page while putting the Arakan Rohingya...

Investors Come Back for Bitcoin: Financial Times

February 10, 2020
Bitcoin’s excellent performance in 2019 has attracted investors from banks and asset managers once again, despite past worries about the currency’s reputational risk, lack of regulation, and volatile returns. In 2017, bitcoin went above US$20,000, prompting Wall Street banks to rush and develop...

Caixin: China’s Ban on Plastic Waste Imports to Choke World?

January 4, 2018
Discarded plastic for recycling is a major export for many nations. China was the largest importer of such waste, but that ends with a ban imposed on such imports as of 1 January. Yang Rui reports for Caixin: China “imported 7.3 million metric tons (8 tons) of plastic waste in 2016 mainly from...

The Blue Amazon

June 24, 2015
Brazil, the world’s seventh largest economy and South America’s largest, is looking to expand its reach across the Atlantic: “Brazil, in particular, wants to safeguard its on- and offshore natural resources, which the navy calls the Amazônia Azul, or Blue Amazon,” write Nathan Thompson and Robert...

Medium: No Thank You, Mr. Pecker

February 7, 2019
Jeff Bezos, the wealthiest person in the world, went public with communications from the National Enquirer urging him to stop investigations in exchange for not printing personal photos and texts. “AMI, the owner of the National Enquirer, led by David Pecker, recently entered into an immunity deal...

Paris Innovation Review: 5 Societal Changes Shake Up Business

June 22, 2018
Governments and consumers have expectations when choosing among products and companies, and five global trends are emerging: Customers increasingly assess the meaning, purposes and consequences of projects, and companies can encourage customer loyalty by demonstrating their products contribute...
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