Archive for February 2017

Pruitt to Decimate Environmental Protections and Climate Action

February 28, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Scott Pruitt was picked by Trump to eviscerate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and eradicate climate action and other environmental regulations. The fact that Pruitt and all of Trump's cabinet were picked to dismantle the departments and agencies they were charged to head was confirmed...

Event - Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue

February 26, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This event will take place 20 – 23 March 2017, in Berlin, Germany. Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue follows IRENA’s November workshop that discussed key energy challenges, current energy status, and frameworks for promoting renewable energy in Thailand.This consultation workshop will engage experts...

Bannon: Why Environmentalists are not the Only Ones who Should be Terrified (Videos)

February 25, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Donald Trump may not be very bright and some have even questioned his sanity, however, the real madman behind this administration's crazy conspiratorial agenda is his chief strategy advisor Stephen Bannon. At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Bannon admitted what we already...

February 24, 2017 Add Comment Edit

There are hundreds of companies that have committed themselves to achieving ambitious sustainability goals. Here are five corporate leaders who stand apart. Together these five companies represent $1,062,338,000,000 in revenue, which if they together formed a country would be the 19th-largest economy...

Progressive Climate Action Will Win in the End But it may Come Too Late

February 22, 2017 Add Comment Edit

With enough distance we can see that the political philosophy of the alt-right movement is a reaction to the inexorable movement towards progressive leadership including climate action. In the arc of history the alt-right's climate denial is a brief detour.On the one hand this is comforting but on...

February 21, 2017 Add Comment Edit

A group of prominent Republics with decades of experience in government has urged the Trump administration engage climate change. This group includes former cabinet Secretaries James Baker, George Shultz and Hank Paulson. The latter is one of the authors of the Risky Business report. This report and...

Sustainability is not Impervious to Trump

February 20, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Trump will not be able to stop sustainability or arrest the production of renewable energy, he may not even kill the Paris Climate agreement. There are clear market incentives that will continue to drive the green economy forward. Optimism abounded at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. ...

Event - March for Science: Science Not Silence

February 19, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The March for Science will take place on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 in Washington, D.C. There will also be satellite marches on the same day in cities across the U.S., Canada and around the world. This march will include scientists but it is for everyone. The event is a celebration of science and...

Why Trump Hates Traditional Journalism and Loves Digital Media (Videos)

February 18, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Trump despises traditional media for exposing his lies and he loves digital media because it can be spun to support his false narrative. The post factual reality, fake news and alternate facts being spun by the Trump administration reads like an Orwellian nightmare. If this sounds like hyperbole...

Liberals Give Canada's Oceans More Protections

February 16, 2017 Add Comment Edit

On February 15, 2017, the Government of Canada announced a partnership with the Province of B.C. and coastal First Nations to protect coastal ecosystems and the communities that depend upon them. This follows a November 7, 2016, announcement in which Justin Trudeau pledged $1.5 billion national Oceans...

Aussies Feeling the Heat of Global Warming

February 15, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Australia continues its warming trend and scientists know that this is due to anthropogenic climate change. Even though carbon emissions were flat for the third straight year, 2016 was still the hottest year on record. Sixteen of the 17 hottest years on record have occurred since the dawn of the new...

Resist Trump: Why Boycotts and Business Leadership Matters More than Ever

February 14, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The business community is joining citizens in rising up and taking on Donald Trump and the GOP. Rather than being cowed by this new government, the voices of dissent are increasing. With growing boycotts of Trump-related products, people are challenging this administration in ever increasing numbers....

February 13, 2017 1 Comment Edit

This will be a challenging year for sustainability but there are reasons for optimism. Sustainability will not be killed by the new American administration and this post contains fifty compelling reasons why it is unstoppable. Despite some disconcerting global events, optimism pervaded the World Economic...

February 12, 2017 Add Comment Edit

SB'17 will take place on May 22-25, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan at the Cobo Convention Center, conveniently located in downtown Detroit's dynamic civic center and overlooking the Detroit River, with views of neighboring Windsor, Canada.Learn from Today's Change Agents Over 300 speakers will join us at...