Archive for June 2017

Climate Impacts in California

June 30, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This is the fifth installment in a series of posts on California's climate leadership. These posts address a wide range of related topics including economic benefits, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and cap-and-trade. California Governor Jerry Brown is emphatic in his conviction that fact-based...

Gov. Brown is Calling out the GOP for its Irresponsible Anti-Science Stance on Climate Change

June 29, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This is the fourth installment in a series of posts on California's climate leadership. These posts address a wide range of related topics including economic benefits, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and cap-and-trade. California Governor Jerry Brown unambiguously ascribes blame for climate...

California is the Deal-Making Global Climate Leader

June 28, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This is the third installment in a series of posts on California's climate leadership. These posts address a wide range of related topics including economic benefits, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and cap-and-trade. In the wake of the Trump administration's abdication, California has become...

California is Reaping Economic Benefits from Climate Action

June 27, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This is the second installment in a series of posts on California's climate leadership. These posts address a wide range of related topics including renewable energy, electric vehicles, and cap-and-trade. California's efforts to combat climate change serve both human and planetary health but such...

California's Climate Leadership in the Wake of Trump's Abdication

June 26, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This is the first installment in a series of posts on California's climate leadership. These posts address a wide range of related topics including economic benefits, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and cap-and-trade. The Trump administration's refusal to act on climate change is a missed opportunity...

Event - Sustainable Innovation Forum 2017

June 25, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The Sustainable Innovation Forum (SIF) 2017 for COP23 will take place November 13-14, 2017. The 8th edition of the SIF will be taking place in Bonn, Germany – the home of the UNFCCC. This is the largest business-focused event during COP23. There will be more than 60 speakers, more than 600 attendees...

A Call for Climate Action on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The refugee crisis is a large and growing problem that will only worsen as the Earth continues to get hotter. World Refugee Day is an initiative started in 1998 to combat hostility in society towards refugees and asylum seekers. This year the day affords an opportunity to reflect on our humanity or...

Event - Pac-12 Sustainability Conference

June 18, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The Pac-12 Sustainability Conference will take place on Monday, June 26, 2017, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT, 500 David J Stern Walk, Sacramento, CA 95814, United States. In an effort to influence conferences and universities around the country on this important issue, the Pac-12 will host the first conference-wide...

June 18, 2017 Add Comment Edit

The Living Soils Symposium will take place October 31, 2017, at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. The subtitle of this event is, "restore the climate feed the world".Creating living soils is part of a rapidly expanding movement towards growing healthier foods while restoring our climate and...

EL Announces Best Products and Projects Award Winners

June 12, 2017 Add Comment Edit

On Friday, June 9th Environmental Leader (EL) announced the winners of the 2017 Products and Projects Awards. These innovative and inspiring products and projects are reviewed in an EL report (see link at the bottom of the page).These companies are shining examples of corporate efforts that add business...

Event - Geothermal 101 & Business Development Workshop

June 11, 2017 Add Comment Edit

This workshop will take place on Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Boughton Law Corporation, 700-595 Burrard St., in Vancouver, British Columbia. It seems as though solar and wind take up all the oxygen in the renewable energy space, however, geothermal is an underutilized resource with huge potential for...

Businesses and Governments React to Trump's Exit from the Paris Climate Deal

June 10, 2017 Add Comment Edit

Trump's decision to abandon the Paris Accord seems to have spurred a wave of climate action. The business community, investors, states, and cities are pushing back against the Trump administration's reckless disregard for climate change. Prior to Trump's decision to abandon the Paris Agreement...

Tackling the Problem of Plastic Waste on World Oceans Day

June 08, 2017 Add Comment Edit

June 8 is World Oceans Day an opportunity to reflect on the importance of our oceans as well as solutions to the numerous threats they face. In 2017 the action focus is plastic pollution. Our oceans are indispensable to life of Earth and fate of humanity is intimately tied to their well-being. Our...