GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2020

How the Navajo got their day in the sun. In late March, during the early hours of the COVID-19 crisis, just as New Yorkers were realizing how many might die, a small solar development company closed a $4 million financing deal. We need to put people back to work in creating the clean energy future. Danny Kennedy.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Solar Power 522

Andrew Winston

MARCH 26, 2020

[This article was posted on MIT Sloan Management Review last week. And the world is suffering with 500,000 cases, and rising. But it’s hard to think about anything else right now, and the brain looks for something useful to grab on to. Planetary boundaries will shape our world for the foreseeable future.

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Charged

AUGUST 16, 2022

At last count, there were over 300 battery gigafactories under construction or planned around the world. OEMs and startups are also working diligently to develop a circular battery supply chain that prioritizes recycling and sustainability. MP Materials recently bought a rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Narrated in the upper-crust accent favoured by British documentary-makers of the era, Shell’s 1981 film Time for Energy assesses the scope for solar, wind, nuclear, and other sources of power to end the world’s dependence on finite reserves of oil. based Climate Investigations Center , and on this timeline produced by Follow The Money.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Childhood tales, such as The Story of Ferdinand convey culture, values and ideas of right and wrong. And it’s with this knowledge that we can apply storytelling to create a societal and business shift towards sustainability. Multimedia tools, such as videos, blogs, and podcasts bring narratives to life.

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Climate change Sustainability Fossil fuels Law 147

AGreenLiving

MAY 28, 2020

How the Navajo got their day in the sun Danny Kennedy Thu, 05/28/2020 – 02:00 In late March, during the early hours of the COVID-19 crisis, just as New Yorkers were realizing how many might die, a small solar development company closed a $4 million financing deal. Clean energy can be our bridge.”

Energy 28

Energy Energy Pollution Fossil fuels 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 28, 2020

How the Navajo got their day in the sun Danny Kennedy Thu, 05/28/2020 – 02:00 In late March, during the early hours of the COVID-19 crisis, just as New Yorkers were realizing how many might die, a small solar development company closed a $4 million financing deal. Clean energy can be our bridge.”

Energy 28

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Solar Power 28

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

With both CRT and PRT, hard-to-recycle plastics can be recycled an infinite number of times, says Eastman, creating products that can claim high levels of certified recycled content — a true closed loop. By the end of World War II, Eastman was managing a project to produce enriched uranium for the Manhattan Project.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 544

Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

National and state governments have rushed to announce long term net zero emissions goals, to the point where around two thirds of global GDP is now covered by some form of target. For much of the past two years the global push to deliver net zero emissions has enjoyed a remarkable golden run. because they were never intended to".

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Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Carbon Investment 101

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Her energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg this week announced that the UK’s zombie fracking industry would be resurrected, despite a much-awaited report saying that there was still “limited” understanding of the UK’s shale gas reserves and the impacts of extracting them, with earthquake forecasting remaining a “scientific challenge”.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Government Policy 83

Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials. Kingsport proved to be the right spot, situated in what is known as the Mountain Empire, which spans a portion of southwest Virginia and the mountainous counties in northeastern Tennessee.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 41

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Power plants are the second-largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States, and the pollution standards, which are open for public comment until August 8, will mark a new milestone in climate action. Joe Manchin III (D-WV) in a May 10 statement. Statement of Philip Sporn, vice chairman, National Coal Policy Conference, 1967.

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Pollution Fossil fuels Energy Energy 98

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

As I began identifying leaders to include on this third annual list, I was inspired by the introduction to " All We Can Save ," an essay and poem collection co-edited by marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (who you can find on this year’s list) and Katharine Wilkinson (who we recognized on the first Badass Women list in 2019). .

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

If you're looking for the light of inspiration during one of the darkest periods the world has seen in decades, you've come to the right place. Others are making waves in the business world from other perches, including government, consultancies, startups and environmental justice advocacy groups. It’s also how she grew up.

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Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 109

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 4, 2023

My biggest article of the year is generally the last one; it’s an attempt to synthesize and summarize big themes in sustainability. In the largest context of all — how many people live on this planet — took a symbolic step forward as we hit 8 billion people. And no, the fusion energy breakthrough will not save us all).

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Sustainability Fossil fuels Climate change Policy 88

Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For more than a decade, I’ve written a year-end article for Harvard Business Review on the big stories in corporate sustainability from the year gone by. I used to feel like I could capture most of the interesting and important stories in a single article. I can’t even keep up with the news in a given week.

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Climate change Sustainability Carbon-neutral Carbon 167

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 11, 2019

Below is my annual year-end review of sustainability that was posted at HBR.org right after Christmas. As I say below, what it means is that humanity has until 2030 to dramatically cut emissions (in half) to avoid some of the worst of a changing climate.nobody is saying the world will end in 2030. How does this all connect to business?

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