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Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
There's really only one way to get a new job these days
You've had it drilled into you that networking is essential for your career. Yet, if you're busy actually doing your job, it can feel like yet another thing on your list. So, you like a few posts on LinkedIn and move on. Increasingly, that's not going to cut it, workplace observers told Business Insider. That's especially true if you're among the growing share of workers who feel restless and wouldn't mind finding a new gig. Professional elbow-rubbing is becoming more important partly because many of us, especially desk workers, don't have the leverage with employers that we did in the pandemic years, when bosses were often desperate to fill seats. So, landing a new role can require more effort. Plus, as artificial intelligence threatens to take on more work and swallow some jobs entirely, more employers could become choosier about the people they hire. Add in economic X factors like tariffs and interest rates, which are further curbing some employers' appetites for hiring, and you've got more reasons to treat networking like healthy eating or hitting the gym — and not something you only do in January. "Networking is more about farming than it is about hunting. It's about cultivating relationships with people," Ivan Misner, founder of BNI, a business networking organization focused on referrals, told BI. That's why he said he encourages people to start now, before they're unemployed. Misner, who for decades has been an evangelist of networking, compares the act of building relationships to the adage about the best time to plant a tree being 20 years ago — and the second-best time being today. "For those employees who have not planted an oak tree, who have not been out networking, they need to go do it now," he said. Joining the 'favor economy' One reason networking is more essential than ever is that our attention is often fractured by the amount of information coming at us, Dorie Clark, a communication coach who teaches at Columbia Business School and who wrote the book "The Long Game," told BI. "What is always going to get your attention is a close relationship with people that you care about and want to help," she told BI. Many of us, though, often find jobs not through our close contacts but through their acquaintances, Clark said. What can play out, she said, is an example of what's sometimes called the "favor economy." "You will help someone that you don't know that well, because you are indirectly doing a favor for the person you do know well," she said. Clark said that because AI threatens to take jobs and because many employers are cautious about hiring, some old-school relationship-building is essential. "The thing that is going to get you to the front of the line when jobs are scarce is interpersonal relationships with people who are willing to go above and beyond and expend political capital to help you," she said. Clark said that relying too much on social media as a means of networking can be dangerous because it's often a poor substitute for making deeper connections with people over time. "It gives you the illusion of productive networking. It gives you the illusion of connection," she said. Instead, Clark advises workers and job seekers to look for more "bespoke" ways of connecting. It might be as simple as sending someone you know a text once in a while without expecting a response. She said sharing something that reminds you of that person or simply saying hello can make a difference. "As long as you're friendly, you're thoughtful, you're relevant, you're not seeking something from them — most people will be very happy to hear from you," Clark said. The gold standard, however, remains spending time with someone IRL, she said. When you don't know someone well — and especially when there's a power imbalance — it's best to make a single small ask. So, don't request a coffee date, a job referral, and a testimonial quote, Clark said. Instead, she said, think about what would be the "highest and best use" of how someone might help you and what feels appropriate as an ask. Finding ways to stand out Networking is also important because as piles of résumés stack up for an open job, sifting through them, even with the help of applicant-tracking software, can be a heavy lift for busy managers, Gorick Ng, a Harvard University career advisor and the author of the book "The Unspoken Rules," told BI. What often stands out, he said, is someone walking down the hall and saying, "My niece is looking for a job. Here's their résumé. Do you mind just taking a closer look?" Or, Ng said, it could be that someone on the inside of an organization vouches for a former colleague by saying to the hiring manager that a candidate is likeable and trustworthy. "And just like that, somebody else who you do not know just got that leg up because they have somebody else behind the scenes pounding on the table for their name to be picked," Ng said. That's why, he said, it's so important for job seekers to be seen, heard, and remembered. After all, Ng said, hiring managers aren't likely to hire someone they haven't fallen in love with as a candidate. "It's hard to fall in love with an applicant that is nothing more than just a Word document that you may not even look at," he said.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Colombia Is Thriving, But Locals Worry About Tariffs
For Juan Pablo Solano and his production company Jaguar Bite, making movies like the Paul Walter Hauser starrer The Luckiest Man in America, directed by Bogotá native Samir Oliveros, or TV series like the Don Cheadle-directed The Big Cigar in Colombia is a way of life. However, proposed U.S. tariffs on audiovisual content could drastically affect the industry that helped cultivate his career. 'Jaguar Bite lives through the international productions that come into the country. Eighty to 90 percent of them are from the U.S.,' he says of his company, founded in 2018. 'When I heard about the tariffs, I thought about those movies that probably won't be made anymore. We make certain films that in the U.S. would be impossible to make because the cost doesn't allow them to exist — independent films that need to find alternatives on where to shoot.' More from The Hollywood Reporter Luke Evans Joins Noomi Rapace in Thriller 'Traction' 'Left-Handed Girl' Review: Striking, Sean Baker-Penned Drama Sketches Compelling Portrait of Mothers and Daughters in Taiwan Erin Kellyman and June Squibb Formed a Real Friendship While Working on Scarlett Johansson's Cannes Movie One such film is 2023's The Long Game with Dennis Quaid, shot in Texas and Colombia. It's based on a true story about a group of Mexican-American youths in the 1950s who were golf caddies at an all-white country club in Del Rio, Texas — where they were not allowed to play — and became the 1957 state champions playing for their all-Latino school team. 'Making that movie here and in the U.S. allowed it to hit the needed budget to come out in theaters, and later on, on Netflix. These movies would disappear because I don't see how you can make them in the U.S,' he says. Solano has Proimágenes Colombia and the local incentives to thank for productions like The Long Game. The non-profit promotes Colombian cinema internationally and acts as the National Film Commission to attract international producers to film in the country. Proimágenes, founded in 1998, administers The Film Development Fund (FDC), which began in 2003 and provides financial incentives and cash rebates to productions. Colombia offers two types of film incentives. The FFC (Colombia Film Fund, established in 2013) is a cash rebate equivalent to 40 percent of the audiovisual services expenses and 20 percent of the logistical services expenses (hotel, food and transportation) available to films produced or postproduced in Colombia. The FFC's resources are allocated each year in the national Colombian budget. The most popular is the CINA, Certificates of Audiovisual Investment in Colombia (established in 2020), which are tax credits equivalent to 35 percent of the expenses of foreign audiovisual production, including films, series, reality shows, video clips, video games and commercials for audiovisual services and logistical services contracted with Colombian individuals or legal entities. The CINA is transferable to Colombian income-tax filers and functions as an income tax discount. Silvia Echeverri, head of the Colombian Film Commission at Proimágenes Colombia, has worked alongside director Claudia Triana since the beginning. She says that before 1998, only one or two films were produced in Colombia yearly, and there was no governmental support. 'The incentive system has been very successful and has put Colombia on the international map.' Solano credits the incentives and Proimágenes' work over the years for helping him build a career. 'When the 814 film law was created in 2003, many people started working in filmmaking. Our first films came from the benefit of that incentive. I went to Argentina to attend film school. Then I went to the U.K. to do a master's in business, thanks also to some benefits of that film incentive law that paid a good portion of my scholarship.' Part of Echeverri's job for the past 27 years has been attracting productions to the country through a promotion plan that includes visiting Los Angeles annually to meet with studio and independent production companies to educate them on the incentive program. 'We tell them about our crews, we tell them about our incentives, about our locations and all the ways the Film Commission works with the Ministry of Culture to support the audiovisual productions,' Echeverri says. The Commission also visits content markets in Miami, Cancun, Gamescom — as the incentive also covers video games — and co-organizes the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM). They also hosts familiarization trips to showcase the country's best asset, its landscape diversity. 'We bring executives from different companies around the world to visit Colombia, and we take them to Bogotá, Medellin, Cartagena … they also experience Colombia's infrastructure. We have a coast on the Pacific and a coast on the Atlantic Ocean, and there are many different altitudes with different climates all year long,' Echeverri says. 'Bogotá is a city that's 2,600 meters above sea level, so the trees you see are pine and eucalyptus, and it's a very cold weather city. But if you travel for an hour or 45 minutes to the outskirts, it's completely different scenery, a vibrant green, jungle-like location.' Proimágenes Colombia shows off the rental houses and production companies. 'Now, we have all the equipment needed for a production offered by those rental houses. And the post-production and VFX in the country have also grown. We have a studio partially owned by a company in Canada called Folks,' Echeverri says. She points out that you can also be incentivized if you shoot elsewhere but do post-production in Colombia. Narcos kicked off the Colombian content boom in 2015, and while the show could not qualify for the tax credit at that time because it didn't exist for TV, Colombia was very much part of the series' fabric. (The first two episodes did receive an incentive as a film.) 'I had been an independent producer and someone who has shot in a lot of countries around the world,' says producer Carol Trussell (True Blood, Roswell). 'I went to work as head of production for Gaumont and they were producing Narcos. I decided to go down and look at Colombia. I came back and said to Netflix, 'I think this is where we should shoot the project.' And that was agreed, and we were there for three years. It was a great experience.' Solano created Jaguar Bite with several film industry colleagues to strengthen the services for international productions coming to Colombia. 'We started with Running with the Devil starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne. Since then, we haven't stopped. We are fortunate to work with independent producers from the U.S. and around the globe, as well as the studios.' Jaguar Bite finds locations with Colombia standing in for countries such as Vietnam, Brazil, Uganda, Mexico and Cuba; gears up a full bilingual crew; and manages the incentive application, which Solano calls one of the most reliable in the region. 'We request the necessary documents, complete the application and submit it,' he says. 'We submit all the accounting and what the film commission needs after an audit company checks that we've made the payments according to law and what the incentive requires. The Colombian incentives are reliable, and they are the ones people trust. It has never failed.' Jaguar Bite is also developing Spanish-language content for streamers and employs 35 people in Colombia and two in Mexico City. Paramount and Netflix also have offices in Colombia and are creating original programming. 'Several production companies in Colombia have started offering their services worldwide and creating their own content. We have won prizes and have been recognized in major festivals,' Echeverri says. 'We have a Colombian film on the official selection at Cannes that we're very proud of, Un Poeta,' The Poet. The film commission touts 100 Years of Solitude, which Netflix produced with Colombian company Dynamo, as its biggest success to date. Recent projects filmed in Colombia include the feature Shadow Force, with Omar Sy and Kerry Washington, from Lionsgate and Dynamo (made with a CINA in 2022) and the horror film Rosario from Jaguar Bite, which made use of the FFC in 2023. Of course, all this could change with the looming threat of tariffs, but Solano says they are business as usual for now. 'We're waiting to see what's happening, how this could be implemented and what it would mean. There is very little information. Certain movies cannot be shot in the U.S. Some will travel because of the locations and the cultural aspects needed from different places. Right now, we are looking at how we strengthen our benefits for local production so that we are not too dependent on international production.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
Forbes
17-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
How To Say No At Work Without Burning Bridges
How To Say No At Work Without Burning Bridges While Building Relationships In a culture that rewards responsiveness, saying no at work can feel risky. But failing to set boundaries is even riskier. When professionals agree to everything, they dilute their impact, drain their energy, and send the message that their time is limitless. The American Psychological Association's 2023 Work in America Survey found that 77% of employees report feeling stressed at work, with excessive workload and lack of boundaries among the leading causes. That kind of pressure makes it harder to step back and think strategically. When I spoke to Dorie Clark, Professor at Duke University and bestselling author of The Long Game and Reinventing You, she told me, 'You need to be intentional about what you say yes to, because every yes is a no to something else.' The ability to say no, with clarity and respect, has never been more essential. Still, many struggle to do it. They fear being seen as difficult or uncooperative. And so, they keep saying yes until something breaks: their focus, their health, or their trust in the organization. But there is a better way. Boundaries are not barriers; they are guidelines that protect productivity, relationships, and well-being. Saying no doesn't have to be abrasive. But it should be clear. It is important to recognize your capacity, set priorities, and communicate them in a way that maintains respect and trust. Why Saying No At Work Is So Difficult Saying no is about psychology. People say yes to avoid conflict, manage perceptions, or because they think declining a task signals weakness. But when yes becomes automatic, professionals lose control over their time and priorities. When I interviewed Dr. Henry Cloud, clinical psychologist and author of Boundaries for Leaders, he told me that "leaders and employees alike have to get clear on what they are responsible for and what they are not. When that line is blurry, burnout follows." Clarity about what is yours to own is the first step toward setting limits. How High Performers End Up Over-Committed When Not Saying No At Work People who are dependable and capable often get more requests because they are known for delivering. But competence without boundaries leads to overload. What starts as being helpful quickly becomes unsustainable. Whitney Johnson, author of Smart Growth and CEO of Disruption Advisors, shared with me that high performers often fear disappointing others or missing out on opportunities. "But saying yes to everything means you are not choosing where to grow," she said. Growth requires focus and focus requires trade-offs. When leaders model and support thoughtful boundaries, teams feel empowered to protect their time without guilt. It becomes easier to say no when it is understood as a strategic choice, not a personal rejection. How To Say No Without Sounding Dismissive Saying no does not have to be abrupt. In fact, the most effective no often includes empathy, context, and alternatives. A well-delivered no acknowledges the request, explains the reasoning, and offers another path if possible. For example: 'I appreciate you thinking of me for this. I'm currently at capacity with other priorities and wouldn't be able to give this the attention it deserves.' 'This is important, but given our current bandwidth, I recommend we revisit this next month or discuss who else might be able to take it on.' These responses balance respect with firmness. They keep the door open for future collaboration without compromising the current workload. Why Leaders Need To Normalize Saying No At Work The reason many professionals struggle with saying no is because they do not see it modeled. If leaders never decline requests or admit when they are overwhelmed, it creates a culture where boundaries feel taboo. Instead, leaders should openly discuss prioritization and capacity. A simple statement like "I'm focusing on these three priorities this quarter, so I won't be taking on additional projects right now" sends a powerful message. It reinforces that saying no is part of doing great work, not avoiding it. Dr. Cloud noted that healthy cultures are built on clarity and accountability. When people understand what they are responsible for, and what they are not, it creates safety and trust. That includes the ability to say no. When To Say No At Work And When To Say Yes With Limits Not every no has to be final. Sometimes the better option is a conditional yes: accepting a task only under certain terms or with adjusted expectations. Try saying: 'Yes, I can take this on if we shift the deadline on X.' 'I'm open to helping, but I would need support from Y to make this work.' These boundary-setting techniques help balance workload while preserving relationships. They also clarify what is possible instead of over-committing and under-delivering. The Long-Term Value Of Saying No At Work When you say no thoughtfully, you reinforce your credibility and protect your time. People begin to trust that when you say yes, you mean it. That kind of integrity builds influence. Boundaries don't have to be rigid, but they should be intentional. And in a world where so many feel stretched thin, the professionals who can protect their focus without damaging relationships will be the ones others want to work with again. Saying No At Work And Setting Boundaries Are Leadership Skills Saying no at work is a strength. It shows discernment, clarity, and self-respect. Leaders who master this skill, and encourage it in others, create healthier, more productive teams. You do not have to say yes to be liked. You have to be clear to be trusted. And the more thoughtful your boundaries, the more impactful your contributions become.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This dad says his wife comes before their kids—and the internet has thoughts
When you have kids, your relationship can start feeling like the last thing on your priority list. Between school projects, sleepless nights, gymnastics classes, and playdates, parenting quickly takes over. And if we're being honest, a lot of us take out our stress and exhaustion on our partners. I know my husband and I have had plenty of moments where we turn on each other instead of tackling the chaos as a team. But one dad, Stevie Hendrix, is making waves for his take on family priorities—arguing that his marriage comes first, even before his kids. In a clip from The Long Game podcast that's now viral on Instagram, Hendrix explains why he openly tells his kids that his wife is his number one priority. 'I came home, I would tell my kids, 'I'm spending time with your mom, and she's first. And you guys can play for a little bit, but I'm gonna sit on the couch, and I'm gonna hang out with your mom,'' he says in the video. His reasoning? When kids see their parents prioritize each other, they actually feel more secure, not less. 'By loving your spouse, you are actually even, by extension, loving your kids,' he adds. Related: This dad explains why he prioritizes his wife's need for alone time after kids Naturally, people have opinions about this. Some commenters were all for it. @art_by_nico shared, 'My parents were like this with each other… never made me feel hurt. Just taught me the importance of prioritizing my partner. I always felt 100% loved and prioritized as a child.' Another agreed, with @drbrittlashua commenting, 'I love that you're saying this!! There is research that supports this! ' Others, however, weren't sold. 'No. I'd much rather he prioritize our children. WE can have our time later,' wrote @jenbuneee. As a stay-at-home mom, @alexag1720 had a different perspective: 'As a SAHM, please greet the kids first. Hang out with them first. They've missed you too. We can make time for ourselves after. That greeting committee (as we call it) is one of the best parts of my husband's day and mine. So sweet to watch my hubs embrace his kids and spend time with them.' Meanwhile, @anitaashahhh had a more direct take: 'Partner is always a priority, period.' I work with (neurodivergent families), this would simply not work,' they wrote. The idea of prioritizing your partner over your kids isn't new. Experts have debated for years whether it actually benefits the family unit in the long run. Some marriage counselors argue that a strong relationship between parents provides stability for children. Greg Douglas, LMHC, explains, 'The strength of your marriage is actually the first priority and the needs of your children come second. By prioritizing your marriage, you are providing tons of benefits.' Dr. Donna Novak agrees, saying, 'Having a strong connected marriage allows you to get the support you need to face all parts of life, including the life journey of parenthood.' At the end of the day, what works for one family might not work for another. Some kids thrive seeing their parents put each other first, while others might struggle with feeling second place. Like everything in parenting, balance is key. Related: The honest truth about how my marriage has changed since having kids Would you openly tell your kids that your spouse comes first? Or does this approach feel outdated? Let us know in the comments.
Politico
28-01-2025
- Business
- Politico
The game is changing
THE BIG IDEA The Long Game will go on hiatus after today's edition. We'll continue to deliver news and insight on the sustainability landscape across POLITICO's wide range of offerings. Learn more about our Pro and E&E News subscriptions and get a free trial. You can also stay on top of sustainability developments through our other popular daily newsletters, Power Switch and Morning Money. THE GAME GOES ON — ESG and net-zero might be dead or out of vogue, but Los Angeles just burned and the southeastern U.S. continues to dig out of historic flooding. We're in a new environment where corporate and government initiatives to fight against global warming are butting up against a hostile Republican trifecta in Washington and a broader 'vibe shift' that have silenced companies and groups that had been strong advocates. The 2024 election that has returned President Donald Trump to the White House is seen by supporters as having settled the debate over environmental, social and governance principles and the role companies should play in addressing environmental and cultural issues. His presidency is bolstering legal threats against companies over their involvement with groups advancing climate-friendly policies, weakening and fraying industry alliances that were formed only four years ago. And Trump's administration is changing real policy signals around climate regulations and incentives meant to slash pollution. Call it corporate social responsibility, ESG or 'conscientious capitalism,' if you're BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. It might all be dead. Maybe net-zero is overrated, too. But the planet is continuing to get hotter every year and once-in-a-lifetime weather catastrophes now seem to be happening multiple times a year. And what we do about the problem will ultimately matter far more than what we say about it or what we call it. There will still be a need to decarbonize, and policymakers and businesses will continue to sort out how to do that and with what new technologies and at what pace because of the science that drives the imperative. And, remember, an overwhelming majority of people around the world believe that climate change is an emergency and are changing their behaviors accordingly, 20,000 respondents told Deloitte in a global survey. In that way, the game goes on. WASHINGTON WATCH FREEZE-OUT — Trump's budget office ordered a total freeze on 'all federal financial assistance' that could be targeted under his previous executive orders, pausing funding for a wide range of priorities — from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to diversity-related programs and foreign aid. While the extent of what's covered by the directive is still unclear, the order appears to be wide in scope and likely to set up a spending clash with Congress, Jennifer Scholtes and Nicholas Wu report. The Office of Management and Budget memo said all federal agencies would be forced to suspend payments — with the exception of Social Security and Medicare. 'They say this is only temporary, but no one should believe that,' said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. 'Donald Trump must direct his Administration to reverse course immediately and the taxpayers' money should be distributed to the people. Congress approved these investments and they are not optional; they are the law.' Bobby Kogan, who worked at the White House budget office during the Biden administration, called the memo a 'big, broad, illegal' order that violates impoundment law, which blocks presidents from unilaterally withholding money without the consent of Congress. 'This is as bad as we feared it would be,' said Kogan, who also served as a Democratic aide to the Senate Budget Committee and is now a director at the Center for American Progress. AROUND THE NATION STATE BLUES — Trump is back in power, but the blue states that fought the president during his first term now face constraints that are scuttling their ability to fill the climate policy vacuum. Democratic leaders' concerns over high energy prices in the face of Trump's promised rollbacks of regulations and incentives are threatening their ability to achieve their own climate goals, your host reports with Marie J. French and Blanca Begert. 'The public is exhausted,' said New York Democratic Assemblymember John McDonald. 'At the end of the day, they don't want to see their bills go up. We have to be sensitive to that.' New York Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this month backed away from finalizing a landmark pollution pricing and climate funding program this year. Maryland is delaying action on a similar program, and Vermont also looks poised to jettison an effort to fund home electrification by charging more for heating fuels after bruising losses for Democrats in the Legislature. Even California is pushing back the reauthorization of its emissions cap, the nation's first, and Canada's Liberal government is dealing with a conservative offensive against its carbon tax. These setbacks reflect Democrats' decades-long struggle to navigate the balance between climate action and the shorter-term economic interests of their voters. There are still pockets of optimism. Blue states responded to Trump's 2016 win by enacting or expanding clean energy goals — and some Republican leaders followed them, like Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. 'We are ready to do it again,' said former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who serves as the U.N.'s special envoy on climate ambition and last week committed to paying America's dues to the organization's climate body after Trump issued an executive order withdrawing from the Paris climate accords. Hochul has signed a sweeping 'Climate Superfund' measure that will attempt to extract billions of dollars from fossil fuel companies to compensate for past fossil fuel emissions and advanced a congestion pricing program to reduce vehicle pollution in New York City. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she wants her state to codify a goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. But as Democrats look to implement their far-reaching targets, they're facing headwinds as renewable energy projects were already facing cost and supply chain challenges during the Biden administration. Now, Republican victories in 2024 are threatening to stifle climate action further. 'The election rattled everybody,' said Kim Coble, co-chair of the Maryland Commission on Climate Change and executive director of the state's League of Conservation Voters chapter. 'I think everybody kind of stopped and said, 'Wait a minute. Wow. What's this really mean?'' Movers and Shakers NEW GROUP ON THE BLOCK — Companies across the plastics value chain are launching a new effort today to boost recycling access for polystyrene, a difficult-to-recycle material found in everything from food packaging to electronics and building materials. The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance, launched out of the Plastics Industry Association, is aiming to make polystyrene 'widely recyclable' through investments in collection infrastructure, drop-off programs and the development of end markets. That status would allow brands to market polystyrene products as recyclable through the Federal Trade Commission's Green Guides. Roughly one-third of Americans have access to recycling for at least one type of polystyrene, according to a study commissioned by the new group, but the actual recycling rate is much lower. That research is designed to identify localities where polystyrene recycling is and isn't working well, said Richard Shaw, the head of the new coalition. 'We are on a journey here of transformation, where post-use plastic is being recognized for the value that it has,' said Shaw, who declined to share details about the program's budget. 'It's important that we look out the front windshield on this journey, and not just the rearview mirror. There's a narrative out there that polystyrene is problematic because it's not recyclable, and that is a false narrative.' The rollout is part of the Plastic Industry Association's 'Recycling is Real' campaign meant to push back against environmental groups' claims that plastic recycling is a deceptive ploy that only exacerbates pollution. Just 8.7 percent of total plastics are recycled, according to the latest EPA data, significantly less than paper, glass and aluminum. The industry is under pressure to make its products more sustainable from brands and customers, as well as regulators in states that have adopted ambitious recycling reforms and U.N. negotiators looking to land a plastics treaty that phases out 'problematic' plastics and chemicals. YOU TELL US GAME ON — Welcome to the Long Game, where we tell you about the latest on efforts to shape our future. We've loved keeping you in the loop on the world of sustainability and are deeply appreciative of your readership. It's been a fun ride. Team Sustainability is editor Greg Mott and reporter Jordan Wolman. You can still reach us at gmott@ and jwolman@ WHAT WE'RE CLICKING — Miami-Dade County is planning to build a massive trash incinerator that nobody seems to want, according to the Washington Post. — A Wall Street Journal opinion column argues that the ESG movement was killed by hypocrisy. — Kentucky is moving people from flood-prone areas to the former sites of mountaintop mines, the New York Times reports.
