One Cost of Increased Globalization: More Industrial Accidents
Industrial accidents can be devastating to the people and communities involved. In addition to the immediate loss of life, such accidents can leave a lasting mark. For example, residents and victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak incident in India still live with the environmental damage created by Union Carbide, and protest yearly to publicize…
When One Person’s High Performance Creates Resentment in Your Team
Organizations face a dilemma in their hunt for talent. They pursue the proverbial “best and brightest” who can outsell, outthink, and outproduce their peers. So they spend sizable resources to attract and retain high performers who stand out. But often these organizations also want teams that function in solidarity. So they place their prized recruits…
There’s a Leadership Vacuum on Climate Change. Business Should Fill It
NASA/JSC This Earth Day is different. The world’s largest economy is governed by a president who has called global warming an “expensive hoax” on multiple occasions. He has threatened to “cancel” the Paris climate agreement, and appointed a head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, who as recently as last month has reported not believing…
Full Sail embraces star supporting role at Florida Film Festival
If the Florida Film Festival gave an award for most important supporting player, Full Sail University would win this year. It would have taken the prize the past 13 years as well. The for-profit university near Winter Park has been the festival’s primary sponsor all that time. It contributed more… Source: iPromo News
Kissimmee cops clear second suspicious package
Police investigated two suspicious packages Friday and had a bomb squad detonate one of them that someone “openly stated” was a bomb, according to the Kissimmee Police Department. Jacob A. Ortiz, 20, said Friday morning that he left the first suspicious package in front of a propane tank on Broadway,… Source: iPromo News
Second victim comes forward in Kissimmee kidnapping case, deputies say
A man accused of kidnapping a woman and forcing her to drive around and withdraw money is facing additional charges after a second victim came forward, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. Gabriel Rene, 22, was arrested last week on charges of armed kidnapping and armed robbery. He’s… Source: iPromo News
2 arrested in fatal shooting outside I-Drive nightclub, cops say
Two people were arrested in a fatal shooting outside an International Drive nightclub last month, according to Orlando police. The arrests come a month after the March 21 shooting that killed 17-year-old Terron McCarty at LUX Ultra Lounge, police said. A 17-year-old boy, whom the Orlando Sentinel… Source: iPromo News
Fountain flag — or is it a whale? Panel asks for more input, voting
Facing concerns that the people’s choice for Orlando’s new flag looks to some like a surfacing whale, a panel of experts opted Friday to ask for tweaks to the four most popular designs and another round of public voting. The top design, which with 1,474 votes led its closest rivals by more than… Source:…
Trump’s Border Wall ‘Catastrophic’ for Environment, Endangered Species: Activists – NBCNews.com
NBCNews.com Trump’s Border Wall ‘Catastrophic’ for Environment, Endangered Species: ActivistsNBCNews.comBut during almost two years of heated debate over the wall, there has been an often overlooked issue — the potentially “catastrophic” environmental toll the wall could have on the hundreds of species that span the frontier, activists say. “This would …Foreign Species – Environmental Conservation…
Strong advocate for environment needed | Column – Green Bay Press Gazette
Green Bay Press Gazette Strong advocate for environment needed | ColumnGreen Bay Press GazetteThe U.S. is in desperate need of another Gaylord Nelson, former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator and the founder of Earth Day. Nelson said, “The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned and that is the lack of a…