PARIS (AP) — Of all the decisions Paris Olympics organizers made about where to hold which sport, sending surfing competitions to the other side of the world — in the Pacific waters of Tahiti — provoked the strongest reaction . Tahitians and others protested the construction of a new observation tower on Teahupo’o Reef, fearing … Read more
May is an important month in fashion. During the Met gala, often described as the Super Bowl of fashion, celebrities arrive at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in outfits so elaborate that climbing the stairs often requires assistance. The Global Fashion Summit, taking place later in May, will see sustainable fashion experts and designers … Read more
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has a comment on the state of small-scale farming in America today. It is taken from the National Agricultural Statistics Service, which shows that as the average size of farms has increased, the country has lost 544,000 since 1981. “That’s every farm that exists today in North Dakota and South … Read more
Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate rely on vast forests and so-called carbon offsets to achieve that goal. On paper, carbon offsets appear to offset a company’s carbon emissions: the company pays to protect trees, which absorb carbon dioxide from the air. The company can then claim the absorbed carbon … Read more