Stories by Janet Ranganathan

Let me ‘fess up. The state of the environment sometimes gets me down. But to be fair, Earth’s vital signs would drive any respectable emergency room doctor into a state of utter panic. Globally, two thirds of ecosystem services, such as…

A version of this blog ran on The Guardian Sustainable

Shale Gas: Time to Look Before We Leap Any Further

Shale gas is a game-changer for global energy supply. It is already transforming the U.S.

Today the GHG Protocol launches two new global greenhouse gas accounting standards - for

A New Approach to Feeding the World

This piece originally appeared in The Solutions Journal

For centuries, Minqin Oasis, along the Silk Road in northwestern China, provided a…

The Forest Company of the Future

This story originally appeared in the Guardian.

This piece was originally posted on www.environmentalleader

Investing in Nature for Economic Growth (Part I of II)

This piece was originally posted on www.environmentalleader.com, and was written by Amanda DeSantis, DuPont, and Janet…

Turn Climate-Change Risk Into Business Opportunity

This piece originally appeared on Bloomberg Government and is reposted with permission.

Payments for Ecosystem Services: Green is the New Grey

This piece was originally posted on the Ecosystem Services for Policy Alleviation website, and was written with WRI intern Julie Edmonds.

In these times of…