Republished from huffingtonpost.com By CDP From computers to construction, transport to telecoms mining companies represent the start of the value chain for many sectors. But the carbon emissions their materials generate, when used in wider industries, could have significant implications for the mining companies themselves and the wider...
Republished from triplepundit.com By Leon Kaye On Monday night, the California Legislature passed AB-398, which extends the state’s cap-and-trade climate law to 2030. The bill passed both houses easily, though largely along party lines. Nevertheless, AB-398 had considerable bipartisan support compared to other bills debated and passed...
Republished from circulareconomyclub.com By Hella Lynggaard Ken Webster, the author of “The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows”, has worked with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation since January 2010. He has a background in economics education and environmental issues. Webster calls himself a generalist and emphasises how everything is...
Republished from bbc.com By Amanda Ruggeri When we think of climate change, most of us think of environmental consequences like rising sea levels, elevated temperatures and melting glaciers. In some parts of the world, like south Florida or the mountains of Switzerland, those shifts already are affecting daily life. In Miami,...
Republished from triplepundit.com By Jan Lee Coal has been the driving force behind the U.S. rail system for more than a century. The stories of locomotives chugging along as workers fed shovels full of coal into the burners may be a thing of the past, but...
Republished from climatecentral.org By Brian Kahn Union County is tucked in northern Florida, half an hour north of Gainesville and an hour west of Jacksonville. It’s Florida’s smallest county, a mostly unremarkable landlocked stretch of pine forest interspersed with lakes. More than 15,000 people call it home, working...
Republished from futurity.org By Blaine Friedlander-Cornell In the year 2100, 2 billion people—about one-fifth of the world’s population—could become refugees due to rising ocean levels. Those who once lived on coastlines will face displacement and resettlement bottlenecks as they seek habitable places inland. “We’re going to have more...
Republished from rockefellerfoundation.org By Sundaa Bridgett-Jones Over the past decade, the notion of resilience has emerged as a prevailing paradigm for planning that considers how people and places can survive, adapt, and grow in the face of today’s pressures, where globalization, urbanization, and climate change have combined to...
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Republished from forbes.com By Trevor Nac California is one step closer to a 100% renewable future, one that aims to reduce pollution and cut carbon emissions, while increasing jobs in the renewable energy field. The ambitious plan set forth by Senate President Kevin de León (D) would set limits on California's electrical grid...