Asian Spectator

.
Business Advice

.

Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it

  • Written by Johnathan Williams, Assistant Professor of History, University of Northern Iowa
Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate itOne of many trucks that move Target goods nationwide.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Did you receive a mail-order package this week? Carriers in the U.S. shipped 64 packages for every American in 2022, so it’s quite possible.

That commerce reflects the expansion of large-scale retail in recent decades, especially big-box chains like Walmart,...

More Articles ...

  1. The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
  2. The costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore
  3. Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
  4. Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
  5. IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
  6. Celebrities routinely drop in on this Florida university’s hospitality course
  7. When the Supreme Court said it’s important to move quickly in key presidential cases like Trump’s immunity claim
  8. From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam
  9. What is ‘techno-optimism’? 2 technology scholars explain the ideology that says technology is the answer to every problem
  10. How trains linked rival port cities along the US East Coast into a cultural and economic megalopolis

Magazine

Jalan hantu: riset kami tunjukkan luasnya jalan ilegal yang membabat hutan Indonesia

Ilmuwan ternama asal Brasil, Eneas Salati, pernah mengatakan, “Yang terbaik yang bisa kamu lakukan untuk hutan hujan Amazon adalah meledakkan jalan-jalan.”Eneas tidak bercanda. Dia ada ben...

Melihat lebih dekat praktik berladang ramah lingkungan “Gilir Balik” masyarakat Ngaung Keruh (bagian 2)

Ladang Gilir Balik di antara rimbunan hutan dan kebun wanatani. Semuanya menjadi mozaik bentang alam yang turut menjaga kelestarian daerah tangkapan air Danau Sentarum.(Rifky/CIFOR), CC BY-NCBagian pe...

Ada apa dengan Manchester United? Memahami naik turunnya prestasi klub sepak bola dalam mitos ‘Sisifus’

Stadion Old Trafford di Manchester, Inggris.Nook Thitipat/ShutterstockSisifus adalah salah satu tokoh terkenal dalam mitologi Yunani kuno. Ia memiliki peran penting dalam sejarah, termasuk sebagai pen...



NewsServices.com

Content & Technology Connecting Global Audiences

More Information - Less Opinion