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Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Show a little love to the planet this Valentine's Day by celebrating in more sustainable ways. The holiday is actually quite carbon-intensive due to consumer behavior in the U.S., research shows. For Valentine's Day, U.S. citizens buy about 36 million heart-shaped boxes, 180 million cards, 198 million roses, 881,000 bottles of sparkling wine and 58 million pounds of chocolate, according to Waste 360, an international waste management and strategy company. Americans are projected to spend nearly $26 billion on Valentine's Day this year, the Nationa...

ALBANY — New York’s Republican state legislators are roundly criticizing a state mandate enacted in 2022 that requires school districts to transition to electric school buses in the next four

WRI worked closely with local governments, community organizations and others to develop 30 nature-based projects throughout the Indian cities of Kochi, Mumbai and Jaipur. The projects inspired a national forum dedicated to urban nature-based solutions.

A fund co-managed by WRI mobilized $46.5 million to help resource-strapped countries set and implement ambitious climate action plans.

WRI Indonesia’s Cities4Forests initiative supported Jakarta in improving equal access to green space and building urban climate resilience by establishing 54 new urban parks.