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How Fossil Fuels Are Saving Lives In Developing Countries

R-Squared Energy

Over the past 20 years, renewable energy usage has exploded around the world. Mr. Rockall highlighted a major global problem in which the fossil fuel solution is clearly better than the status quo. Rockall highlighted a major global problem in which the fossil fuel solution is clearly better than the status quo.

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Freetree: Ecosia's new browser extension allows users to plant trees as they shop

Business Green

Launch follows announcement that carbon neutral search engine has planted 100 million trees in three years. With Freetree, we're enabling people to plant trees at no extra cost even as they purchase something online, whether it's booking a summer holiday or buying a ticket for a gig.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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A world of equal weight: How an Aboriginal family’s battle with fossil fuels started with a walk

Grist

This story is adapted from the forthcoming book WARMTH which will be published by Penguin Books in August. Specifically, that you do not live in the world, but a version of it, and that behind its mirror there is another world, of equal weight, endowed also with the power of looking. News spread quickly around Broome.

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Event - New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources

Green Market Oracle

New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy. The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

Does your company have an open-book management process that allows employees to access all financial and operational data? The minimum wage is not enough to meet the basic needs of employees – to cover housing, energy, food, and childcare costs. “[Open-book management] simply work. Monitor and evaluate the plan.

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A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

DeSmogBlog

Despite the region’s shrinking wetlands, the government continues to permit new LNG export facilities on the Gulf Coast , and is encouraging hydrogen and carbon capture sequestration developments , though they too will lead to further land loss. The company has a history of trying to steamroll opposition.