By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL In the decade since the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, microgrids have sprung up across Japan to help the country meet...
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Just 20 Companies Produce Over Half of All Single-Use Plastic Waste: Report
By Jenna McGuire “Transitioning away from the take-make-waste model of single-use plastics will take more than corporate leadership and ‘enlightened’ capital markets; it will require...
‘The Future of Energy? Bright and Breezy’: IEA Forecasts Huge Growth in Solar and Wind
By Jessica Corbett Renewable power sources grew at their fastest rate in two decades last year—an increase that is set to become the “new normal.”...
Chase Climate Pledge ‘Shows the Power of Relentless Environmental Activism’ But ‘Not Aggressive Enough’
By Jessica Corbett “Chase must move much farther and much faster, and we will do our best to prod them in that direction!” declared...
Green Globalization? An examination of the benefits and consequences of globalization on our planet and its people
By Matthew Capuano-Rizzo An interconnected world economy The continued promotion of free trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the forthcoming creation...
Affordable Clean Energy Rule Primer
By ANDY BARNES On June 19, 2019, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Wheeler signed the final version of the Affordable Clean Energy rule, the Trump Administration’s...
Technology and Society: Towards an Ethical and Sustainable Future
By MIRIAM ACZEL Last December, I had the opportunity to represent Leaders in Energy at the Youth Global Forum in Paris. The forum brings together over...
What Washington, D.C.’s Progressive Climate Law Means for Commercial Real Estate
By Anica Landreneau The notion of a Green New Deal has been around for a while. Thomas Friedman coined the phrase in 2007, and Green...
The PG&E Bankruptcy and California’s Clean Energy Future
By Matthew Beyer On January 29, 2019, PG&E, the largest utility company in California, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The announcement comes after a spate of wildfires...
The value of a carbon price in Canada
By Peter Miller In 2016, Canada’s governments negotiated the Vancouver Declaration on Clean Growth and Climate Change — a national agenda to attack climate harm...