Republished from washingtonpost.com By Michael Biesecker WASHINGTON -- For the first time in decades, the United States got more electricity from renewable sources than nuclear power in March and April. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Thursday that electricity production from utility-scale renewable sources exceeded nuclear generation in...
Republished from triplepundit.com By Betsy Reed Collaboration. It’s not a term that sits easily in a competitive business environment, but it’s an approach that businesses large and small all over the world must increasingly to get to grips with. It’s steadily dawning on CEOs, CFOs and...
Republished from there100.org By RE 100 The Climate Group’s RE100 initiative has today reached its 100 members milestone as AkzoNobel N.V., AXA, Burberry plc and Carlsberg Group joined with a commitment to 100% renewable power. RE100 is delivered with CDP to engage, support and showcase large, influential businesses transitioning to 100% renewable electricity across their global operations. RE100 members, including 30...
Republished from triplepundit.com By Leon Kaye The Trump Administration may have walked away from the Paris Accord, but that policy shift is not stopping other political leaders and the private sector from moving forward on climate action. Two outspoken supporters of the 2015 global climate agreement, California Governor Jerry Brown and former...
Republished from nymag.com By David Wallace-Wells I. ‘Doomsday’ Peering beyond scientific reticence. It is, I promise, worse than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a...
Republished from triplepundit.com By Tina Casey It’s been a long time coming, but small signs of bipartisan agreement on climate change have emerged in the U.S. Congress. Whether they are just blips on the screen or the beginning of the end of Republican resistance to climate...
Republished from nytimes.com By The Editorial Board There is simply no credible way to address climate change without changing the way we get from here to there, meaning cars, trucks, planes and any other gas-guzzling forms of transportation. That is why it is so heartening to see electric...
Republished from edie.net By edie newsroom EXCLUSIVE: Companies have taken a "huge step in the right direction" over the past 12 months when it comes to measuring business impacts on nature, the director of natural capital at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has told...
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...