- Forex: J$124.98 to one US dollar 4:49 pm
- T&T PM Rowley downplays significance of Trump meeting with selected C'bean leaders 5:40 pm
- Grange hails 'great' performance of Special Olympians 4:39 pm
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- Nurses Assc leads walk against violence on March 23 in Kingston 3:57 pm
Environment
Recycling plastic feels fantastic!
S eparating plastics for recycling has become a way of life for members of the ZIP 103FM staff following their win of the first staging of Wisynco's Recycle Challenge for corporate entities earlier this year. Read More
Caribbean has long pushed for 1.5°C — UWI scientists
In the wake of last week's release of the IPCC 1.5 Report , Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona and a lead author of the report Professor Michael Taylor has pointed out... Read More
Cleaner air for stadium pool
Following an impassioned social media plea, a meeting with general manager of Independence Park Limited Major Desmon Brown, and a personal financial commitment, multi-platinum reggae artiste Sean Paul has secured the relocation of an occasional welding plant and storage... Read More
UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
WASHINGTON (AP) — Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel of scientists has reported. But they provide little hope the world... Read More
NEPA report smoky
The island's foremost environmental advocacy group Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is questioning the accuracy of the Government report on the week-long fire at the Riverton waste disposal site from July 29 - August 5 this year. Read More
Gov't starts education campaign on plastic, styrofoam ban
THE Government will be undertaking an educational campaign surrounding the impending ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution and use of specific categories of plastic packaging materials. Read More
Development must be balanced with environmental protection, says Vaz
MINISTER without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Daryl Vaz says economic development must be balanced with environmental protection. Read More
WKPP energy debate
TEAMS from eight west Kingston schools are tomorrow scheduled to go head to head in the first round of a debate series focused on energy and the environment. Read More
Massive boom hopes to corral Pacific Ocean's plastic trash
SAN FRANCISCO, USA (AP) — Engineers have deployed a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world's, largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Read More
Tackling climate change to be key talking point at UN summit
BERLIN, Germany (AP) — With global temperatures rising, superstorms taking their deadly toll, and a year-end deadline to firm up the Paris climate deal, leaders at this year's UN General Assembly are feeling a sense of urgency to keep up the momentum on combating climate... Read More
High cost of carbon
FOR the first time, researchers have developed a data set quantifying what the social cost of carbon — the measure of the economic harm from carbon dioxide emissions — will be for each of the globe's nearly 200 countries, and the results are surprising. The top three emitting... Read More
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