May 8, 2012
by Joel Reynolds
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Joel Reynolds, Director of NRDC’s Urban Program, the Marine Mammal Protection and So. California Ecosystem projects, Santa Monica, CA
Someone sent me a blog post this morning titled “Don’t call me an environmentalist,” arguing that… Continue reading
April 24, 2012
by Jake Schmidt
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
One in five people in the world live without electricity – or around 1.3 billion people – and one billion more live only with access to unreliable electrici… Continue reading
March 27, 2012
by Cai Steger
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Cai Steger, Energy Policy Analyst, New York, Center for Market Innovation
Last week, Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican Budget Committee chairman, released a federal budget proposal that doubles down on the idea that we should subsidize fos… Continue reading
February 7, 2012
by Reduce
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. has pledged to reduce the waste it sends to landfills by 15 percent by 2015, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In the report, the company also committed to cutting the environmental impact of products and packages by 20 percent by 2015 through increasing the use of sustainable materials and recycled content. [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 16, 2011
by Jacob Scherr
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Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC We are just a year away from the next Earth Summit scheduled for June 4-6, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, and interest in the gathering – officially labeled the UN Conference on Sustaina… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 18, 2011
by Reduce
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How you could score a free cup o’ joe and other highlights from Starbucks new Corporate Social Responsibility Report. Starbucks first started publishing its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports 10 years ago. Back then, according to Ben Packard, vice president of Global Responsibility, Starbucks was among just a handful of companies that reported such findings [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 25, 2010
by Reduce
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For some people, “waste-to-energy” is a stirring term. The process, which generally involves burning of refuse to generate steam, heat or electricity, is an often divisive issue for a community making the decision to fund the construction of a waste-to-energy plant. “You need three things to make it successful: the community will, the political will [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 20, 2010
by Shravya Reddy
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The world over, businesses and industries are seeing immense opportunity in the transition to green, low-carbon economies, and more than ever before they are becoming leaders in environmental protection. This has been true of many corporate players in … Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 8, 2010
by Reduce
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On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its first revision of its Green Guides since 1998. The revised Guides address how environmental marketing claims can be used on products and their advertising, and were created to protect consumers from misleading claims. “In short, for many products, confusion abounds – we don’t always get what [...] Continue reading
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