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Video - Trans Pacific Partnership: Reasons for Concern
Video President Obama's Plan to Protect Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
On January 25, 2015, President Obama announced a plan to protect 1.5 million–acre coastal plain in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is a place which local indiginous people call, "The Sacred Place Where Life Begins". This is good news for caribou and polar bears, as well as a number...
Video - Sustainability: Are We Winning?
In this talk, given at a local TEDx event, Peter Newman, professor of sustainability at Curtin University, compiles recent trends to show the hope that we could perhaps change enough to meet the global challenges.This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences....
Video - Global Calculator Climate Tool
A new online tool developed by the government of the UK gives people the power to understand the elements required to address climate change. It even enables users to try out their own solutions.For more information click here....
We Can Have Economic Growth and Combat Climate Change
People have been led to believe that we must choose between the economy and the environment, however a new UK government report says that we can walk and chew gum at the same time. The report is titled, Prosperous living for the world in 2050. It answers the question, "Is it physically possible to...
An Upside to Failed Climate Amendments in Keystone Bill
The Keystone XL bill that recently passed in the Senate included an amendment acknowledging that climate change is real but subsequent amendments failed to get Senators to endorse the scientific basis of its anthropocentric origins.Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced an amendment to the Keystone bill...
New Climate Tool: Global Calculator
The UK government has launched a new tool that plots our climate impacts and helps to forge a path to a low carbon world. This is a free open source tool designed to help us to understand the link between lifestyle, energy and climate. It addresses everything from the food we eat to the distances we...
Senate Passes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
Now that the Republicans have made good on their pledge to pass legislation supporting the Keystone XL, President Obama can honor his promise and veto it. The bill to circumvent the Obama administration's review of the KXL passed on January 29 with 62 votes in favor and 36 opposed. That is five votes...
Growth of US Renewable Energy (NREL's Energy Data Book)
Renewable energy continues to show strong growth in the US. Led by solar power, new renewable electricity accounted for over 61 percent of total new US generation capacity in 2013. This represents almost 15 percent of total installed capacity and 13 percent of total US electricity generation. Renewables'...
Collaboration and Cooperation are Imperitive (WEF Summaries)
Collaboration and cooperation are commonly mentioned as important aspects of sustainability and they emerged as salient themes at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Over the course of the last year we have seen historic collaboration on carbon emissions reduction between the US and China....
Report - Benefits of Sustainability Branding & Communications
Ethical Corporation has produced an all-inclusive complimentary 16-page strategy pack on sustainable branding and communications. The pack provides 3 strategies related to the following:1. How your brand can benefit from having an ethical slant2. 12 ideas to create an effective comms strategy3. 5 steps...
Road Salt Causes Pervasive Environmental Damage.
The more snow we get the more road salt we use and this is a troubling trend that has serious environmental implications.The US uses 22 million tons of salt on its roads each year, this is more than 10 times the amount used in food processing.We can expect more snow as the Earth warms and deicing with...
Towards a Global Climate Agreement at COP21 (WEF)
Much of the climate momentum that occurred at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos is in anticipation of COP21 where it is hoped that a global agreement can be signed.François Hollande, the President of France and host to next year's COP21 climate talks in Paris, made a number of prescient comments...
Snowstorms are Consistent with Climate Change
Another storm influenced by climate change has struck the US east coast and while Juno was not as bad as predicted in places like NYC in wreaked havoc across New England. Boston had 23 inches of snow and 78 mph winds caused widespread power outages in Nantucket, Cape Cod and other coastal communities....
Curbing Fossil Fuels - Carbon Pricing and an End to Subsidies (WEF Summaries)
Carbon pricing and fossil fuel subsidies were popular topics at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. The comments made by economists, business leaders and climate experts signal a global readiness to price carbon and remove oil subsidies. Investors and business leaders need and want...
Weak Climate Test for the Energy East Pipeline
On February 3, 2015, the National Energy Board (NEB) will officially begin its review of the Energy East pipeline project. Energy East is a massive 4000 kilometer pipeline that if built would carry 1.1 million barrels of tar sands oil from Alberta to Quebec. If it is built, the Energy East pipeline...
Webinar - New Paths in Environmental Management and Compliance
Download this Enviance webinar recorded on December 17th, 2014. It offers insights from industry leaders at four organizations from different vertical markets that are pioneering new paths in environmental management and compliance. ArcelorMittal, Tri-State Generation, Tampa Electric Company and Southern...
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