News

Recent environmental news for California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands

EPA Region 9 Newsletter

Welcome to EPA’s Pacific Southwest Newsletter. EPA began producing this newsletter in September 2010 to keep people informed of EPA activities in the Pacific Southwest region (California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands) and other environmental stories that may be of interest.

WSPPN Newsletter

The quarterly WSPPN P2 Program News. Keeping you informed about P2 in EPA’s Pacific Southwest (Region 9)

Investors are failing African entrepreneurs — it’s time for a change February 25, 2021
Investors are failing African entrepreneurs — it’s time for a change Salma Okonkwo Thu, 02/25/2021 - 00:10 Despite the global economic slowdown caused by COVID-19, the case for investing in Africa is stronger than ever. Africa will remain a competitive investment destination for decades to come because of its improving relative risk profiles, regional integration […]
Let me drone on a moment about drones for agriculture or forestry February 25, 2021
Let me drone on a moment about drones for agriculture or forestry Heather Clancy Thu, 02/25/2021 - 00:05 As more corporate sustainability teams cultivate projects to restore biodiversity and degraded landscapes or to nurture soil carbon sequestration and other nature-based climate solutions, interest in drone technologies that can weed out the best opportunities is flourishing. […]
Here's why companies should assess double materiality February 24, 2021
Here's why companies should assess double materiality Denielle Harrison Wed, 02/24/2021 - 01:20 This article originally was published in the BSR Insight. This is the first post in a four-part series on materiality. After years of debate over the definition of materiality, 2020 has brought a consensus that materiality is double — meaning that businesses […]