It’s time for a new approach in saving white rhinos
1 Juni 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/Nel_Botha-NZ Southern white rhinos are widely known as a conservation success story. Their population grew from fewer than 100 individuals in the 1920s to 20,000 in 2012, mostly in South Africa. This success was partially due to the inclusion of the private sector, which started in the 1960s when white rhinos were […]
Read MoreEEOC Issues Nonbinding Guidance on Permissible Employer Use of Artificial Intelligence to Avoid Adverse Impact Liability Under Title VII
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentOn 18 May 2023, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued nonbinding guidance on how existing federal anti-discrimination law may apply to employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) when hiring, firing, or promoting employees (the EEOC AI Disparate Impact Guidance). The EEOC AI Disparate Impact Guidance aims to assist […]
Read MoreK&L Gates Advises CorEnergy in Sale of MoGas and Omega Pipeline Systems
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentKansas City – Global law firm K&L Gates is advising CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (NYSE:CORR, CORRPrA) in the sale of its MoGas and Omega pipeline systems (the “MoGas System”) to Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) for $175 million in cash. The MoGas System is an interstate gas transmission and distribution system providing […]
Read MoreIt’s not just Iran: Conflict over water resources is on the rise
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe clash over water rights led to fighting between Iran and Afghanistan at the weekend, in the latest battle over water resources among neighboring nations—clashes that are expected to become all the more common in hot and arid regions like the Middle East and Africa’s Sahel. At least two Iranian […]
Read MoreIFPRI: Strengthening food resilience in response to crises (Beijing News)
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment“Food resilience will be a key factor in overcoming various crises,” writes Beijing News (China) in a piece on the launch of the 2023 Global Food Policy Report.
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Peru’s Agro-Export Boom Has not Boosted Human Development
31 Mei 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentHer hands loaded with crates, Susan Quintanilla, a union leader of agro-export workers in the department of Ica in southwestern Peru, gets ready to collect different vegetables and fruits for foreign markets. She has witnessed many injustices, saying the companies “made you feel like they were doing you a favor […]
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Yemen: UN operation underway to prevent catastrophic oil spill in Red Sea
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Yemen Sources: UN Development Programme, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Salvage vessel arrived at site of decaying supertanker off Yemen’s Ras Issa peninsula to prepare for removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil. Funding still required to complete the operation.
Read MoreGathering for Indigenous Water Justice & Global Collaboration to Be Held on August 15-17, 2023
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentGathering for Indigenous Water Justice & Global Collaboration to Be Held on August 15-17, 2023 Country Global agnes Wed, 05/31/2023 – 09:40 Issues Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image By Wakinyan LaPointe (Sicangu Lakota) On August 15-17, MKW Co-conveners and partners will convene the Mni Ki Wakan (Water […]
Read MoreIncreasing risk of hunger set to spread in hotspot areas as the Sudan crisis spills over into subregion and el Niño looms – warns new UN report
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBurkina Faso, Haiti, Mali and the Sudan have been elevated to the highest alert level to join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen Acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots” comprising a total of 22 countries,
Read MoreFERC Approves Enforcement’s Settlements With Two Demand Response Providers
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentOn 22 May 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued two orders approving stipulation and consent agreements that resolve enforcement investigations by FERC’s Office of Enforcement (FERC Enforcement) of two demand response providers, Leapfrog Power, Inc. (Leapfrog) and OhmConnect, Inc. (OhmConnect), regarding their participation in the California Independent System […]
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