Some great news in childhood and environmental health: A new EPA rule requiring utilities to remove all lead water pipes in 10 years The industry
Hi all. Happy almost Thanksgiving. While distracted by environmental and political news (anything big going on in the U.S.?), I let this story sit in
The biggest, baddest sustainable business stories of 2017
Under Trump and Pruitt, the EPA has turned its back on its core mission.
Senator McConnell is fighting a losing battle to save coal. He should help miners transition instead…
Obviously some things have changed in Washington and around the country in the last 24 hours. But what will this shift in power mean for the green business movement and for the sustainability agenda in general? It may not change as much as you think, and I see a number of reasons to maintain hope.
Earth Day week is filled with announcements, events, and parties — way too much for any one person to follow. I spent the week in
It’s been a couple months since the global climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Whether you’re a fan of a global cap on carbon emissions or not,
Happy New Year all (ok, I’m a bit delayed, but I entered the new year and promptly got really sick — lost over a week
Transparency is one of the driving forces keeping the green and sustainability waves moving (it’s a theme I touch on in my new book, Green Recovery, coming out this summer, so I’ll return to this topic over the coming months). I believe that we’re rapidly entering an era of radical openness, driven both by regulation — see the EPAs recent announcement that it plans to “ask” 13,000 facilities in the United States to share data on carbon emissions — and the rising demands of employees and customers, particularly the younger ones. The new level of transparency will make any of us old enough to remember a world before MTV uncomfortable. But the Facebook and MySpace generation will have no problem with it — in fact, they’ll be expecting it.
‘Is the World Better Off Because Your Company Is In It?’: Examining Corporate Climate Responsibility
