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There Is No Business As Usual: De-carbonizing Industry Must Start Now The transition away from fossil fuels will further marginalize the traditional energy sectors, accelerating said transition more, as political influence and financial incentives shift.To reach net-zero emissions, it is critical to decarbonize industrial sectors, but how? The transition away from fossil fuels will further…

Environmentalists and Dam Operators, at War for Years, Start Making PeaceHow are unlikely partners getting more clean energy from hydro-power while reducing the environmental harm from dams? The industry that operates America’s hydroelectric dams and several environmental groups announced an unusual agreement to work together to get more clean energy from hydro-power while reducing the environmental harm from…

The Prince of Wales recently launched a 10-point pandemic recovery charter that challenges businesses to “put nature, people and the planet at the heart of global value creation” over the next decade. This up to date move is backed by scores of major corporates high profile names such as Unilever, BP and BlackRock. The Terra Carta is…

Who exactly is President-elect Biden’s Environmental Team? President-elect Joe Biden finally announced the key members of his environmental team on December 19th. He made a declaration that his administration will connect the effort to reduce planet-warming emissions by restoring the economy and creating jobs.  The climate team will be “ready on day one, which is essential…

Why Are We Throwing Money Away? Take-make-waste isn’t working Take… make… waste isn’t working. Under the current linear take-make-waste economy, we throw $10 billion worth of materials into landfills across the United States! Rethinking this with a circular economy lens would address our systems as more connected and more resilient. Who doesn’t want to reduce the…

Five year anniversary for the Paris AgreementClimate emergency… What would it look like? Is anyone listening? Yes, but they are distracted with so many challenges coming in 2020, people, governments, and organizations are tired. But, they can’t let up. UN Secretary-general Antonio Guterres highlighted the issue with a plea, “If not now, when?” on December 12, 2020…