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Jewish Light content The St. Louis Jewish Light was ostensibly created as a platform through which readers could raise and discuss Jewish issues.  In recent years some regular columnists’ writings loosely follow this purpose under the genus of tikkun olam. However, no matter how you stretch the guidelines, there’s nothing the least bit Jewish about Mike Shannon’s departure and his replacement’s arrival (“Which current Cardinals could replace Mike Shannon on the radio some day?” published online Feb. 16).  If this understanding is off base, please advise.�...

French supermarket chain accused of environmental violation and more news this week These were the most relevant environmental news of this week. Photo: Reuters LatinAmerican Post | July Vanesa López Romero Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio tag. This week indigenous groups from the Colombian and Brazilian Amazon came together to sue Grupo Casino, a French distributor, in the court in Saint-Etienne, France. This international giant is accused of deforestation and human rights violations , this being the first time that a supermarket chain has been accused o...

02 MARCH 2021, NEW YORK CITY 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Elliott Harris, Chief Economist, United Nations: “This is a singularly important new development that will have a major impact. It can and it will be a gamechanger for the way we make policy and it will deeply affect how we think about and tackle climate change and biodiversity to name just a few of the challenges we face on this planet.” FILE - NEW YORK CITY 02 MARCH 2021, NEW YORK CITY 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Elliott Harris, Chief Economist, United Nations: “We have always measured economic progress in terms of goods and services we p...

Virtual Press Conference by Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), on a new system of natural capital accounting (SEEA EA) expected to be adopted by the 52nd session of the UN Statistical Commission, organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

The United Nations Nations must start weighing up the cost of economic profit against damage to the environment if they are to have a chance at a sustainable future, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday. The UN chief highlighted that the global economy increased almost fivefold in the past fifty years, but that growth was at a massive cost to the environment. Up to now, humanity has treated nature as a free commodity. The price is climate change, pollution and mass extinction. It is high time to #MakeNatureCount ��, and to go beyond GDP as the only measure of economi...