Meet Annalena Baerbock, the trampolinist giving Germany’s Green party a bounce in the race to …

Indeed Baerbock’s political rise has been swift. She studied political science and public law at the University of Hamburg, completed a master’s degree in international law at the London School of Economics, and for a few years was a journalist at German newspaper Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. In the mid-2000s Baerbock worked as an assistant to […]

A Man Romanced My Daughter for a Green Card. Should I Report Him?

There was chemistry between my daughter and this man, and they started spending time together; the original guy immediately stepped aside. Fast-forward: After a particularly fun hike and dinner, the Eastern European said they should plan a backpacking trip. I want to turn him in to immigration because we have ample homegrown jerks and don’t […]

Ohio versus garlic mustard: Green, Put-in-Bay go to battle against invasive plants

The Green contingent included families, individuals, members of Green High School’s Key Club and AP Environmental Science Class plus several members of EnviroScience Inc., a team of expert biologists, commercial divers and environmental scientists and engineers based in nearby Stow. Senior ecologist Michael Liptak, who was at the Green site, said the plant was brought […]

SL Green signs three new leases at One Vanderbilt

MSD Partners, an investment adviser, has signed a 35,567 s/f, 15-year lease covering the entire 26th floor.  MSD Partners was formed in 2009 by the partners of MSD Capital which exclusively manages the assets of Michael S. Mamoura Holdings , LLC has signed a 28,448 s/f, 10-year lease covering the entire 51st floor.  Mamoura Holdings is wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company, a […]

Copper’s soaring price points to recovery, green-economy demand

Monday, the price of copper hit an all-time high, reaching past $10,700 a ton. “Coming off the COVID-19 pandemic, iron production supply is not ramping up as fast as demand is right now,” said Rohan Reddy, a research analyst at Global X. China’s belt and road initiative, President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal, Europe and India’s […]