Sustainable development

Markell is first governor to propose statewide jobs strategy focused on climate protection

February 16, 2009 -- WILMINGTON -- Delaware Governor Jack Markell announced Monday that Delaware will be the only state participating in a national project that places sustainability and environmental health and welfare squarely at the center of economic development efforts.    » read more »

Advisory group will focus on leveraging competitive grant dollars to advance Oregon’s economic recovery efforts, particularly around green and sustainable investments

February 11, 2009 -- (Salem) – Today Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski issued Executive Order 09-06 creating a new public-private advisory council to use Oregon’s green advantage to maximize potential grants from the federal economic recovery package to create jobs immediately and for the long term.

The advisory group – called The Oregon Way Advisory Group – will advise and assist state agencies seeking competitive federal stimulus grants by developing grant proposals that include innovative elements that promote sustainability, renewable energy, carbon reduction, energy efficiency and green development.    » read more »

14 May 2008 -- With senior ministers gathered in New York for high-level talks on sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for a “second green revolution” that would embrace innovative agricultural methods, produce enough food to feed the burgeoning global population, and promote eco-friendly urban and rural development, especially in Africa.    » read more »

Key Seafood Buyers Support Vision for a Long-Term Sustainable Fish Supply

NEW YORK (May 8, 2008) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in partnership with more than a dozen conservation organizations, today released clear, realistic steps companies can take to develop and implement a comprehensive corporate policy on sustainable, wild-caught and farmed seafood.

Chilean sea bass: Photo by Mike McCune (CC)    » read more »

JOHANNESBURG, November 14, 2007 – Many African economies appear to have turned the corner and may be moving to a path of faster and steadier economic growth needed to reduce high levels of poverty, according to the World Bank Africa Development Indicators 2007 (ADI), released here today.    » read more »

November 14, 2007 -- Oakland, Calif.—Most of the world suffers from abject poverty. Half of the world’s people live on two dollars or less per day and roughly 600 million live on no more than one dollar per day. Why do some nations get richer while others remain poor? What prevents development in some resource-rich countries while others thrive on very little? And why do robust economies sometimes collapse?    » read more »

5 November 2007 -- New Zealand, a small country with large ambitions, hopes to become the world's first truly sustainable nation, according to Steve Maharey, New Zealand's Minister of Research, Science and Technology.

Maharey spoke at a 31 October breakfast seminar sponsored by AAAS and the Washington Science Policy Alliance. Maharey led a delegation of New Zealand science officials who were in Washington to renew a long-standing agreement with the United States for cooperation on science and technology.    » read more »

11 October 2007 -- In the poorest parts of the world, especially in rural villages and outlying city slums, people are confined to their homes by darkness at night. The only light they have usually comes from a smoky fire or an air-polluting kerosene lantern. But an entrepreneur from Houston, Texas is trying to change that by distributing flashlights powered by energy from the sun in developing nations.    » read more »

Key Components of Spitzer Administration’s 15x15 Plan to Reduce Energy Consumption and Fight Climate Change

August 28, 2007 -- New York State First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer and David D. Brown, Executive Director of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), today announced two important initiatives to promote the construction of green homes and State-owned buildings throughout the State.    » read more »

Improve California’s Water Infrastructure

08/21/2007 -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senator Dianne Feinstein met today to hear presentations by California’s top water experts working to fix the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta. Experts and stakeholders discussed plans to improve California’s water infrastructure and fix the deteriorating Delta, which supplies clean water to 25 million people in Southern California.    » read more »

August 19, 2007 -- Frankfort, Ky. - The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board, chaired by Governor Ernie Fletcher, approved $1,423,074 in agricultural diversification projects across the Commonwealth during their monthly board meeting on August 17, 2007 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.

State and County Agricultural Development Fund projects approved for funding at the August meeting include:

$210,000 Bluegrass Lamb & Goat, LLC    » read more »

Governor and Mayor Present 64 Home Owners with Keys to New, Affordable LEED-Certified Environmentally Responsible and Energy Efficient Houses in South Bronx

August 14, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the completion of the first affordable housing development in New York State’s history to qualify for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes (LEED-H) designation from the U.S. Green Building Council.    » read more »

August 8, 2007 – WASHINGTON, D.C.—Municipal leaders from San Francisco to Melbourne are engaging in sustainability actions from banning plastic bags and water bottles to making commitments to address climate change. But within and beyond cities, growing numbers of local communities are also going green, according to a new Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch Institute.    » read more »

09 August 2007 -- As the world marks “Indigenous Day” today, Minority Rights Group International is urging holiday makers to put pressure on governments and individuals whose activities it says have deprived the less privileged of livelihood due to tourism. The group says indigenous people are more often forced out of their lands in favor of development and tourism industries.

Cynthia Morel is a legal cases officer with Minority Rights Group International. From London, she tells reporter Peter Clottey more about what her organization is doing to mark World Indigenous Day today.    » read more »

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2007 – The World Bank today approved one of its largest support packages to India with a US$600 million loan and credit designed to transform access to financial services for India’s poorest farmers.    » read more »