By Jessica Corbett Just ahead of World Environment Day and amid demands from scientists and grassroots organizers for global systemic changes, a pair of...
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Poll Finds Majority of US Voters Back Green New Deal and Want Lawmakers to Co-Sponsor Resolution
By Brett Wilkins The Data for Progress survey also found that an overwhelming majority of all likely voters favor the GND’s individual components. As...
From Plastic to Fantastic: Promoting the Circular Economy in Cambodia
By DEBRA ACZEL and MIRIAM ACZEL Our plastics problem is BIG and growing A landmark study that measured global production, use and ultimate disposition of plastics found that we’ve...
Scientific Defensibility of Natural Resource Damage Assessment Implementation
By: Paul D. Boehm & Roxolana Kashuba The process of Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) evaluates and restores environmental services affected by the release of hazardous substances...
Resilient communities build confidence and economic opportunities
Building resilience in communities is an area of action in sustainability that requires broad leadership in business, policy, and planning. More strategically, resilience is an opportunity for businesses, organizations, and government to fill gaps in vulnerable areas while creating the conditions for long-term economic growth.
Sustainable Facilities Embrace the Circular Economy
By TRAVIS HIGH, Strategy Manager, Leaders in Energy As the world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and the largest economy, the U.S. plays an important...
Cities of The Future: Integrating Climate Planning and Smart Technologies
By ARMANDO GAETANIELLO, Leaders in Energy In 2012, the economic cost of climate change related damages had already topped the US government’s spending for transportation...
Building a Responsive Energy Infrastructure for the Future
By KERRY WORTHINGTON Rain or shine, a crowd of energy professionals were on cloud nine at the “Building a Responsive Energy Infrastructure for the Future” event...
Does Today’s Smart Grid Need More Intelligence? The Link Between Intelligence & Reliability
In this article on smart grid intelligence, the authors explore the unique challenges and resource limitations that utilities experience in responding to emergency power outages...