Circle of Blue

JANUARY 10, 2023

The stingray was tagged with a tracking device and returned to the Mekong River, where its movements are informing conservation planning. The discovery, which made big international headlines, underlined the importance of this island-strewn section of the Mekong as a refuge and potential breeding ground for the giant freshwater stingray.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

More than 1,800 people died and the price tag for the damage quickly rose to the tens of billions of dollars. Some right-wing media homed in on this research study to write dumb headlines like this one from the Washington Examiner, “Study: LGBT people are more likely to be rich coastal elites” (I’m not dignifying it with a link).

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Science Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2017

The headlines whet my appetite for more of the numbers and the report delivers. The Lancet Commission's report generated some eye catching headlines. Pollution: not “an unavoidable consequence” of development. An economy that] conserves and increases resources, rather than taking and depleting them.". I hope many others do too.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Since our last two advisories in February and early March 2021, additional ESG developments have continued to make industry headlines on a near-daily basis, reaffirming that climate-related disclosures and other ESG considerations should be an increasingly critical focus area for financial regulators, federal and state lawmakers, and investors.

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