April 2023

• EPA rules may push power plants to capture carbon. Is the tech ready?
• British Land: Making sustainability central to business decision-making
• L’Occitane Group lays out net-zero roadmap
• EU law to restore nature stokes debate that jobs will ‘go to China’
• Venture Capital Has a New Net-Zero Alliance
• Climate-Disclosure Rules Are Coming. Here’s How Companies Are Adapting.
• North American Clean Hydrogen Projects Are Booming
• Saving forests to protect coastal ecosystems: Japan sets historic example
• Apache tribe decry loss of sacred site to massive copper mine at both court and the U.N.
• Madagascar: What happens to villagers when a graphite mine comes knocking?
• South Africa: Little hope in green transition in town with “the dirtiest air in the world”
• How bad is deep-sea mining for marine ecosystems?
• New Rules for Power Plants Could Give Carbon Capture a Boost. Here’s How.
• SEC Climate Rules Could Decide Whether U.S. Firms Face Tough EU Law
• The Generative AI Race Has a Dirty Secret
• The Arctic’s Permafrost-Obsessed Methane Detectives
• An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the Oceans
• Airbnb will help some hosts pay for new heat pumps
• Startups Race to Kill ‘Forever Chemicals’
• Greenwashing concerns: Marketing professionals warn of sustainability knowledge gap
• 5 Sustainable Design Products Show Us What They’re Made Of
• Greenwashing concerns: Marketing professionals warn of sustainability knowledge gap
• The Cost to Operate One of America’s Largest Sustainable Caviar Farms
• Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling
• SEC’s Climate-Disclosure Rule Isn’t Here, but It May as Well Be, Many Businesses Say
• Here’s How Supply Chains Are Being Reshaped for a New Era of Global Trade
• Shift to Electric Cars Gives Design Centers a New Look, Too
• America’s Climate-Adaptation Ambitions Are Coming to Life in Coastal Virginia
• The U.S. Wants a Rare-Earths Supply Chain. Here’s Why It Won’t Come Easily.
• Do You Even Decarbonize, Bro?
• Go Green, Then ‘Go Dark’?
• Small Towns Chase America’s $3 Trillion Climate Gold Rush
• How to Spot Greenwashing: When Companies Aren’t as Green as They Claim
• E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants
• The Giving Forest: The Menominee tribe has sustainably logged its forest in Wisconsin for 160 years. But that careful balance faces a crisis: too many trees and too few loggers.
• A Canadian Businessman Spent $1 Million to Offset His Carbon Footprint
• Top Cleaning Products Waste Water. Will Concentrated Versions Help?
• You Don’t Have to Be Vegan to Help Save the Planet
• Inside the Battle Between Big Ag and Lab-Grown Meat
• Chevron, Exxon developing cleaner gas as alternative to EVs
• Norway’s oil fund to vote against climate resolution at BP
• Biden Signs Executive Order Creating ‘Office of Environmental Justice’
• How the U.S. Clean Air Act lets closed coal plants keep polluting for years
• Factbox: Industry targets of U.S. Republicans’ anti-ESG efforts
• Norway’s oil fund to vote against climate resolution at BP
• Rise of EVs Drives Mining Deals to Decade High
• [Washington Post] America needs clean electricity. These states show how to do it.
• [National Review commentary on the Washington Post article] Key Environmentalist Myths about Energy Go Up in Smoke
• The Best ESG ETFs
• Lululemon’s Climate Goals Hinge on Replacing Oil With Plants
• New York Bill Would Mandate Reusable Food Takeout Boxes. The Logistics Could Be Messy.
• UNC Greensboro launches carbon offset program
• A behind-the-scenes look at the work of greening Haas: Q&A with Danner Doud-Martin
• World’s First Carbon Import Tax Approved by EU Lawmakers
• Copper Shortage Threatens Green Transition
• U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Berkeley, Calif., Natural-Gas Ban
• America’s Most Prolific Logger Recasts Itself as Environmental Do-Gooder
• Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Is Bursting With Life
• Climate Rules Expose Surprising Splits Among Businesses
• The Green Energy Factory Facing a Storm of China Backlash
• Fossil-Fuel Veterans Find Next Act With Green Hydrogen
• Could removing carbon from the ocean be a climate change solution?
• G7 ministers agree to cut gas consumption and speed-up renewable energy
• Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off
• Ammonia Burned With Coal Cuts Carbon Emissions, and Investors Are Interested
• Fast EV Chargers to Nearly Double on U.S. Highways Under Expansion Plan
• Global Executives Say Greenwashing Remains Rife
• Google Cloud Sustainability Survey 2023
• Low-Carbon Electricity Expected to Cover New Power Demand in 2023
• Green Tax Credits Are Likely to Be More Popular—and Expensive—Than Expected
• Increasing Export Restrictions on Critical Minerals Threaten Energy Transition, OECD Says
• South Carolina order boosts Thomas Built Buses’ electric-bus business
• The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
• Occidental Plans to Suck Carbon From the Air—So It Can Keep Pumping Oil
• Climate Change and Poverty Pose Challenge to World Bank
• Tesla to Build Battery Megapack Factory in Shanghai. It’s Bolstering Its Position in China.
• E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold
• Calculating the Fastest Road to an Electric Car Future
• How A.I. and DNA Are Unlocking the Mysteries of Global Supply Chains
• Renewable Diesel Booms Despite Concern Over Effect on Food Prices
• Australia Wants to Turn Wilderness Restoration Into an Investable Market
• Can Mexico save its reefs from overtourism?
• Companies Get Another Year for Some International Sustainability Disclosures
• At Least 10,000 Foreign Companies to Be Hit by EU Sustainability Rules
• Stellantis, BMW in Talks With Panasonic Over New EV Battery Plants
• Can the Oil-and-Gas Industry Crack Geothermal Energy?
• Lithium Prices Are Down, Cheaper Batteries and EVs Could Follow

March 2023

• Disasters fueled by warming are becoming an obstacle to growth.
• Independent Group Stakes Out Position as Arbiter of Carbon-Offset Quality
• Green-Energy Winners and Casualties Are Becoming Easier to Spot
• Exxon’s Climate Opponents Were Infiltrated by Massive Hacking-for-Hire Operation
• Companies Urged to Take Stock of Their Impact on Nature and Related Risks
• Climate Funding Gets Squeezed by Volatile Markets
• If Gas Cars Can Become EVs, Why Aren’t More Auto Makers Retrofitting?
• New Shell CEO Faces Big Dilemma: Should the Company Pump More Oil?
• U.S. Faces Electrician Shortage as It Tries to Go Green
• Mayor Proposes First Composting Mandate in New York City
• McDonald’s to Study Pros and Cons of Reusable Packaging
• Europe’s Big Polluters Win Carbon-Credit Windfall
• The Paper-Thin Steel Needed to Power Electric Cars Is in Short Supply
• War on cow gas is stinky but necessary job in climate-change struggle
• Germany reaches deal with EU on future use of combustion engines
• Ford CEO reveals EV reality: America ‘cannot continue to import’ batteries, earth minerals
• All-Electric Building Draws Energy From 500 Feet Below the Surface of the Earth
• Five Ways to Force Washington to Pass Better Climate Policies
• Ford Projects $3 Billion Loss on EV Business for 2023
• Big Oil Eyes New Deals in North Africa Amid Rising Energy Demand
• Insurer Chubb Demands Energy Producers Cut Methane Emissions for Coverage
• ‘Greenwashing’ Targeted in Latest European Regulatory Push
• In Green Hydrogen Race With the U.S., Europe Is Hobbled
• Kansas Hunts for Water as Aquifer Levels Fall
• From finance to adaptation: Five ways the IPCC report could impact businesses
• Reflections from GreenBiz23: What Works to Decarbonize Suppliers?
• FDA Clears California Company’s Lab-Grown Chicken as Safe to Eat
• Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air?
• Earth to Hit Critical Warming Threshold by Early 2030s, Climate Panel Says
• A Different Kind of Pipeline Project Scrambles Midwest Politics
• Companies Are Balking at Spending for Green Freight Transport
• Time Is Running Out to Curb Global Warming, U.N. Panel Report Says
• How Indigenous Communities Are Falling Victim to Carbon Piracy
• Artificial Intelligence Is Booming—So Is Its Carbon Footprint
• Recyclable? Try Refillable. The Quest For a Greener Cleaner
• Corporate Climate Targets Get Lift Under Rosier U.S. Government Emissions Outlook
• When Climate Change Means Less Snow, Ski Resorts Turn to Snowmakers
• Battery waste: The Problem With Your Dying AirPods and Other Bluetooth Earbuds
• Shipping’s Wind Power Revolution
• Big Oil Prepares for Upheaval at the Gas Station
• Corporate Sustainability Becomes a Team Sport
• Why Apple and the Carriers Want Your Old iPhone
• How ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are All Around Us, From Winter Coats to Fast-Food Wrappers
• Sustainable Aviation Fuel No Quick Fix to Greening Air Travel
• U.S. Corporate Boards Boosted Sustainability Experience in 2022
• EU Draft Law Sets Out Moves to Secure Critical Energy Transition Materials
• Biden Administration Approves Huge Alaska Oil Project
• Biden Administration Approves Drilling Project in Alaskan Arctic
• What Fossil Fuel Executives Really Think About ESG
• Why Is the Fossil Fuel Industry Praising the Inflation Reduction Act?
• Blended finance can supercharge conservation (commentary)
• Exploring the Most Efficient Solutions to Water Scarcity
• Biden Officials Back Alaska Oil Project Scorned as Carbon Bomb
• Is India on Track to Become the Next Global Leader of the Green Energy Transition?
• The Toxic Truth: Smugglers and Governments Fuelling Illegal Mercury Trade
• Green taxonomy proposal may overcome Canada’s climate finance impasse
• ESG is the private equity industry’s next frontier
• How America’s New ‘Battery Belt’ Is Shifting the Auto Industry South
• Big Oil Gushes Cash Because It Doesn’t Know Where to Invest
• Awash in Asphalt, Cities Rethink Their Parking Needs
• Sustainable Funds Dodged Outflows in 2022 Market Rout
• Trees Across the U.S. Are Sprouting Leaves Earlier Than Usual This Year
• Sustainable business and the struggle for peace in Chocó
• Oil companies line up for billions of dollars in subsidies under US climate law
• IKEA’s Latest Climate Target: Glue
• Electric Vehicles Are Shattering the Barrier to Adoption that Could Matter Most
• Carbon market intermediaries act with little transparency, according to report
• Fishing industry transparency is key for a thriving ocean (commentary)
• Indonesian fisheries fee change promises more revenue, but likely also more violations

February 2023

• How can financial institutes avoid greenwashing in their corporate reporting?
• How satellites and AI enhance emissions intelligence for more-effective climate action
• Intel from Above: Spotting Methane Super-Emitters with Satellites
• Food Companies Look to Measure How Soil Captures Carbon
• Ford’s Electric Pickup Is Built From Metal That’s Damaging the Amazon
• Indonesia Shows It’s Possible to Tame Rainforest Destruction
• The U.S. Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In.
• Real-Time Data Was Used to Regulate Water Use. It May Have Worked Too Well.
• Where’s the Snow? Snowboarding Brands Are Trying to Find Out for Themselves.
• U.S. Regains Its Energy Clout as Ukraine War Enters Second Year
• The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb
• Workers Are Dying in the EV Industry’s ‘Tainted’ City
• Conservatives Have a New Rallying Cry: Down With ESG
• Uganda, Other African Nations Push for Fossil-Fuel Projects
• The EV Question for Auto Executives: How Fast to Make the Shift?
• Unilever Tries Reformulating Its Ice Cream to Survive Warmer Freezers
• Gucci Launches Sustainability Drive as European Fashion Regulation Looms
• Could solar geoengineering cool the planet? U.S. gets serious about finding out
• HIDDEN HYDROGEN: Does Earth hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel?
• Farming in arid areas depletes China’s water
• Responsible cobalt sourcing ‘will take a coalition to solve,’ Microsoft says
• Lithium Industry Looks to Australia for Refining, Not Just Mining
• LG Chem Buys Stake in North Carolina Lithium Miner
• United Airlines Creates Fund for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
• How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
• The Toxic Chemicals Spilled by the Ohio Train Derailment: A Visual Breakdown
• EVs behind BP’s $1.3B TravelCenters of America deal
• Just How Good for the Planet Is That Big Electric Pickup Truck?
• Tesla Is Considering a Bid for Battery Metals Miner
• For Decades, the Ojibwe Tribe Shunned Scientists—Until Their Partnership Became Vital
• Global Sustainability Disclosure Standards for Companies Set to Take Effect in 2024
• Global alarm system watches for methane superemitters
• Oceans away: Is raising salmon on land the next big thing in farming fish?
• Soil microplastics pollution in agriculture
• Effective implementation of new biodiversity pact
• “We will fight every battle” – two women, one mission against deforestation
• Aviva Canada CEO on brokers’ role in climate change mitigation
• New Study Links EVs With Real-World Reductions In Air Pollution & Respiratory Problems
• The world won’t decarbonise fast enough unless renewables make real money
• What European business makes of the green-subsidy race
• Fashion Faces Recycling Fees Similar to Other Industries
• Ohio Train Derailment: Toxic Chemicals and Distrust Remain in East Palestine
• Dead Fish, Contaminant Plume After the Ohio Train Derailment Put Norfolk Southern in Spotlight
• Investors crank up the heat on bank fossil fuel financing
• All major road building projects in Wales are scrapped
• Europe Sets Rules for Producing Green Hydrogen
• Corporate Climate Plans Fall Well Short of Targets, With a Few Bright Spots
• The Fight to Define Green Hydrogen, With Billions of Dollars at Stake
• Natural Gas: Fasten Your Seat Belts
• House Republicans Can Make 2023 ESG’s Worst Year Yet
• Republicans’ Anti-ESG Crusade Could Hurt Retirees’ Savings
• Inside BP’s Decision to Dial Back Its Green Transition
• Why Processing Sweden’s Rare-Earth Haul Won’t Be Easy
• Nikola Constructs Hydrogen Fuel Network to Power Zero-Emissions Trucks
• Save Endangered Species From Environmental Regulations
• Europe’s Next Energy Test: Wrestling Solar Back From China
• Volvo in Advanced Talks on Possible Lithium Mining
• Shell Directors Are Sued Over Action on Climate
• EU Leaders to Clash Over Response to U.S. Green Subsidies
• China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.
• Methanol Takes Lead in Shipping’s Quest for Green Fuel
• Can the Power Grid Handle a Wave of New Electric Vehicles?
• As Rocket Launches Take Off, So Do Concerns About Emissions
• Can Developing Economies Have High Growth Without Using Coal? A Debate.
• Carbon-Credit Raters Aim to Assess a Notoriously Opaque Market
• India’s markets regulator asks green debt issuers to appoint third-party reviewer
• Business School Leaders, It’s Time to Engage With Nature
• [Caution: Misleading headline. The study found retail investor net flows declined, but institutional investor net flows did not.] Investors Are All for ESG. Except, That Is, When Times Are Tough
• Biodiverse Logged Forests Need Protection Too
• The Cities at the Cutting Edge of Urban Biodiversity
• The Vanishing of Biden’s Biodiversity Agenda
• How to Reverse the World’s Plastic Predicament
• How to Craft Successful Sustainability Programs
• [Note: misleading headline. Carbon capture in concrete is at demo scale, and there’s no clear path to scaling it up.]: Concrete traps CO2 soaked from air in climate-friendly test
• ESG: Is There Something to Salvage from the Wreckage?
• SEC Considers Easing Climate-Disclosure Rules After Investor Pushback
• ‘Green’ Funds Cost Three Times More Than You Think
• Ryan Gellert Wants Patagonia to Be Part of the Environmental Solution
• Nebraskans Are Sitting on Strategic Metals. Is Mining a Patriotic Duty?

January 2023

• Geoengineering in Latin America may create more problems than it solves
• Bolivia’s biodiesel play: economic sense or another Amazon threat?
• Shift to Mined vs. Man-Made Graphite Raises Shortage Risk for EVs
• Food giants at risk of ‘greenwashing’ over regenerative agricultural practices: report warns
• EU States Deadlocked Over ‘Low Carbon’ Hydrogen in EU Transition
• G.M. Posts Solid Profit as It Pushes to Take On Tesla in E.V.s
• GM and Lithium Americas to Develop U.S.-Sourced Lithium Production through $650 Million Equity Investment and Supply Agreement
• BP’s CEO Plays Down Renewables Push
• Many Companies Boost Sustainability Budgets Despite Economic Uncertainty
• EU Sets Out Options to Compete With U.S. Green Subsidies
• E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska
• ‘Recession Resilient’ Climate Start-Ups Shine in Tech Downturn
• TravelCenters of America to Add EV Fast-Charger Stations
• Alaska Cannot Afford to Lose Its Ice Roads
• Two Climate Activists, 40 Years Apart in Age, on the Movement’s Future
• As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain
• Biden Administration Blocks Mining in Minnesota Wilderness Area
• California to Provide More Water to Farmers and Residents After Recent Storms
• 4 reasons why banks and insurers can’t withstand the climate crisis without extra loss-absorption capacity
• The Federal Reserve is starting a climate experiment
• How leading companies are tying executive pay to sustainability
• Is the insurance industry walking away from fossil fuels?
• The Climate Blockers: BASF quietly lobbies against strong climate policy while talking a big game
• Can renewable energy help reduce inequality in the Amazon?
• Sápara: the Amazon community going global in its fight against oil majors
• Companies Rush to Trace Sprawling Supply Chains as Sustainability Rules Loom
• Steelmaking Is Trying to Make Itself Greener and Researchers May Have Found a Way
• Investors Push Mining Companies to Adopt Better Sustainability Standards
• U.S. Energy Subsidies Kick Off Global Battle for Jobs, Billions in Investment
• Climate Change May Usher in a New Era of Trade Wars
• We’re taking Danone to court over plastic pollution
• Investors Plow Into Renewables, but Projects Aren’t Getting Built
• How Is Your Phone Powered? Problematically.
• Biden’s next climate hurdle: Enticing Americans to buy green
• What Does the Future Hold for Natural Gas?
• The Offshore Oil Business Is Gushing Again
• Could Curbing Cow Burps Slow Global Warming?
• Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just Another Fad
• A California startup is turning greenhouse gas into a biodegradable plastic alternative that’s being used by Shake Shack, Nike, and H&M
• Could Air Someday Power Your Flight? Airlines Are Betting on It.
• In Davos, a Skirmish Over the Role of Oil States at Climate Talks
• Coming Soon to Carbon-Credit Markets: New Principles Aiming to Enhance Quality
• Mexico Bans California Climate Startup’s Experiments to Cool Atmosphere
• Rio Grande Water Deal Between Texas and New Mexico Is Opposed by U.S.
• Agriculture Companies Push Carbon-Capture Farming; Growers Are Skeptical
• Many Companies Are Shying Away From Carbon Credits
• It’s time for companies to take on ‘scope 3’ emissions to tackle the the full climate impact of their products
• Larry Fink Says ESG Narrative Has Become Ugly, Personal
• Nest Co-Creator Wants You to Pay $33 a Month Not to Trash Your Food
• Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off
• The Sustainable Markets Initiative launches a Hospitality and Tourism Task Force to accelerate sustainability
• EVs Made Up 10% of All New Cars Sold Last Year
• Dwindling Snow Leaves Swiss Alpine Villages Staring at an Identity Crisis
• FTC Weighs Stiff Penalties on Deceptive ‘Green’ Marketing
• Washington Bets on Green Hydrogen and Companies Line Up to Cash In
• Back to the future: Toyota sets sights on old-car upgrades in zero-emissions drive
• Cities Really Can Be Both Denser and Greener
• German Village at Center of a Fight Over Coal and Climate Is Cleared Out
• Extreme heat takes a toll on tropical countries’ economies
• Indonesia’s biofuel push must go beyond palm oil to reduce risk, experts say
• U.S. Solar Manufacturing to Get $2.5 Billion Investment From South Korean Conglomerate
• Biodiversity breakthrough or time to stop global environmental meetings altogether?
• Big Investors Expected to Scrap ‘Dark Green’ Labels on More EU Funds
• GM, Ford, Google partner to promote ‘virtual’ power plants
• Conserving the Conservation Tax Break
• Restoration of the Ozone Layer Is Back on Track, Scientists Say
• Good Company: OLEADA’s Sustainable, Functional Handbags
• ISSB Plans to Finalize Rules on Disclosure of Climate-Related Risks in 2023
• Antitrust Threats Cloud Business Cooperation on Climate Action
• Australia’s Push to Invest More Responsibly Gets Reality Check
• Regulations Set to Be Issued This Year Will Determine Course of Deep-Sea Mining
• Electric Vehicles Are Bringing Out the Worst in Us
• Floods Show California’s Climate Dilemma: Fight the Water, or Pull Back?
• Renewable Companies Strive for 24-Hour Power
• Regulators release NC Carbon Plan order that adheres closely to Duke Energy proposals, punts on 2030 deadline
• Piedmont Lithium reaches amended deal to supply Tesla with electric vehicle battery materials
• Tourism and Manufacturing Fight for the Future of Power in Europe

December 2022

• Investigative report challenges green claims of wood pellet maker Enviva
• 2022: A Tumultuous Year in ESG and Sustainability
• Passage of low-carbon concrete bill praised by environmental groups
• How should North Carolina shift to electric trucks? DEQ wants to know
• NYT Opinion: For Lula and the World, the Tough Job of Saving the Amazon Begins
• U.S. finance faces ESG backlash, more to come in 2023
• After a Bumpy Year, Renewable Energy Looks Poised for Boom Times
• S&P energy sector’s record 2022 performance ‘built on downfall of others’
• Battery swapping spurs Kenya’s electric motorbike drive
• Right-Wing Attack on Sustainable Finance Is the Latest Form of Climate Denial
• Rising Power Prices in Europe Are Making EV Ownership More Expensive
• Startup Plans to Make Synthetic Natural Gas With Green Hydrogen
• Rising Power Prices in Europe Are Making EV Ownership More Expensive
• Big tech is laying off workers. The growing ‘green collar’ job industry hopes to recruit them
• ESG investing faces challenges from all sides. Can it survive?
• Farmers use $60 billion of pesticides each year. 2 MIT scientists have developed a new technology that could cut that number in half
• BlackRock Touts Its “Green” Investments — While Working to Undermine Climate Regulations
• U.S. Proposes Green Steel Club That Would Levy Tariffs On Outliers
• West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore Joins Calls For BlackRock CEO Larry Fink To Resign
• Texas Has an Obvious, Affordable Fix for Its Electricity Problem
• Carbon-Credit Investors Start to Pay Up for Quality
• ISSB describes the concept of sustainability and its articulation with financial value creation, and announces plans to advance work on natural ecosystems and just transition
• Why Measuring Biodiversity Co-Benefits in Carbon Credits Matters
• Companies Face Prospect of New Biodiversity Rules From U.N.’s COP15 Summit
• Corporate Biodiversity Reporting Takes Shape at U.N. Summit
• EU Delays Labeling Lithium Toxic as Concerns From EV Industry Mount
• Blockchain Fails to Gain Traction in the Enterprise
• Kenyan bitcoin mining startup Gridless raises $2m seed funding for expansion
• China’s Xi Jinping Pledges More Energy Deals With Gulf Producers
• Workers at GM-LG Battery Plant in Ohio Vote to Unionize
• Prices on Lithium Deals Start to Move With the Times
• Cotton-Price Decline Could Cushion Apparel Margins
• Green Hydrogen Gets a Boost in the U.S. With $4 Billion Plant
• The Five-Year Engineering Feat Germany Pulled Off in Months
• Endangered Whales Get Lifeline From High-Tech Lobster Traps
• The Money Rush Into Climate Startups Isn’t Dominated by VCs Any More
• Wish You Were Here. Ignore the Floods and Fires.
• UN Says New Biodiversity Credits Can Succeed Where Carbon Offsets Failed
• EU climate plan sacrifices carbon storage and biodiversity for bioenergy
• Waste pickers push to be heard in global plastics treaty negotiations
• Putting car industry lobbyists’ ZEV claims to the test
• Seven ways to include nature in our economic choices
• The collapse of insects
• Businesses want COP15 nature summit to deliver clarity
• BlackRock chief Larry Fink pressured to resign over ESG ‘hypocrisy’
• Activist Bluebell Urges BlackRock to Oust Fink as CEO Over ESG
• BlackRock’s Larry Fink Shows Just How Ridiculous GOP Fearmongering About Sustainable Investing Really Is
• NRG Energy to Buy Vivint Smart Home for $2.8 Billion
• A Microsoft Leader’s COP27 Takeaway: It’s Time for Companies to Get Things Done
• The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action
• Will We Ever Be Able to Recycle Our Clothing?
• The EU wants to legitimize carbon removal schemes
• The New Battleships in Europe’s Energy War Are in Short Supply
• Baby Gear Rental Startup Loop Hires Former Glossier Marketing Chief as CEO
• Timberland Manager Manulife Moving Into Forest Carbon-Offset Market

November 2022

• The Pandemic Bike Boom Survives—in Cities That Stepped Up
• SHELTER FROM THE STORM: A plan to wall off Houston and nearby industry from flooding caused by hurricanes will cost tens of billions of dollars. Will it be enough?
• Defining the onset of the Anthropocene
• Reforestation means more than just planting trees
• Amazon’s AWS Aims to Reduce Water Use at Its Data Centers
• With Federal Aid on the Table, Utilities Shift to Embrace Climate Goals
• U. S. to Pay Millions to Move Tribes Threatened by Climate Change
• Where Does All the Cardboard Come From? I Had to Know.
• Get ready for a net zero business backlash
• Products Made With Captured Greenhouse Gas Are Reaching Commercial Scale
• SEC charges Goldman Sachs Asset Management with not following ESG investments policies
• First Set of draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
• First set of draft ESRS: putting sustainability and financial information on an equal footing
• Some Companies Band Together to Support Nascent Low-Carbon Products
• Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries
• Inside the Saudi Strategy to Keep the World Hooked on Oil
• The Accountant Shortage Threatens Capitalism’s Future
• Industrial clusters for deep decarbonization
• Toward a low-carbon transition in India
• Fashion Giants Vow to Buy More Recycled Fibers in Boost to Sustainable-Textile Mills
• Schneider Electric-Backed Venture Firm to Launch $520 Million Fund
• Bureaucracy Is Blocking the Green Energy Revolution
• Enel to Build Massive Solar Panel Factory in U.S.
• Upside’s cell-cultured chicken is first to receive FDA blessing for its production method
• In Colombia, Drilling Pays the Bills. The Country’s Leaders Want to Quit Oil.
• Auto Makers Shift to Lower-Cost Batteries for Electric Vehicles
• Electric Vehicles Require Lots of Scarce Parts. Is the Supply Chain Up to It?
• Electric Vehicles Need More—and Faster—Charging Stations. How Do We Get Them?
• New Technology Lets Farmers Use Land for Both Solar Panels and Crops
• To Store Renewable Energy, Some Look to Old Mines
• How Droughts in Mexico Could Shape the Future of the Beer Industry
• Carbon Market Under Pressure to Deliver Billions in Climate Funding
• Gabon Targets a Huge Payday With Carbon Credits
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions Increased in 2022 as Crises Roiled Energy Markets
• China Resists Climate Pressure From West, but Makes Gains on Its Own
• Lyft-Backed Proposal to Tax Rich for Green Initiatives Rejected in California
• U.S. Plan to Ramp Up Carbon Credits Faces Doubts at COP27
• U.N. Group Recommends Stricter Rules Over Net-Zero Pledges
• Corporate Executives Call for Action-Based Approach at COP27
• Clipped Green Claims at COP27 Might Signal Progress
• After Decades of Resistance, Rich Countries Offer Direct Climate Aid
• Draft Report Offers Starkest View Yet of U.S. Climate Threats
• New law provides hydrogen’s biggest boost yet
• Good Company: Paka Transforms Alpaca Fiber Into Fashionable Apparel
• Giving to Combat Climate Change Rises But Still Falls Short, Report Says
• Rising Caribbean Sea Pushes Indigenous Group Off Island
• E-Bikes and the Urban Commute
• France’s EDF Warns of Lower Output Across Nuclear Fleet
• When Your Spouse Doesn’t Recycle…
• Why Do ESG Ratings Vary So Widely—and How Can Investors Make Sense of Them?
• Investors Aren’t Adding ESG to Their 401(k)s—Even When They Have the Option
• How Investors Feel About ESG Initiatives
• ESG Investors Face a Choice: Do You Use a Positive or Negative Screen?
• Zara Lets U.K. Customers Resell Used Clothes to Help Soothe Environmental Concerns

October 2022

• The most annoying barrier to getting your home off fossil fuels
• The Unstoppable Ocean: 10 stories from the edge of Maine
• Net Zero Hinges on Lower-Emission, Circular Technology, Cisco’s First Sustainability Chief Says
• 10 Years After Sandy, Renters Remain Most Vulnerable to the Impacts of Climate Change
• Workers Shouldn’t Have to Pay the Costs of the Energy Crisis
• Forests & Finance: From logging in Cameroon to cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire
• Saving the economically important hilsa fish comes at a cost to Bangladesh fishers
• To save the Amazon, scientists are listening to its rich sounds
• Biofertilizers cut costs and GHG emissions for Brazilian soybean producers
• Playing dangerously: The environmental impact of video gaming consoles
• With FSC rule change, deforesters once blocked from certification get a new shot
• Bangladesh e-waste rules hang in limbo as electrical goods companies ask for delay
• How Oyster Growers Use Mangroves to Fend Off West Africa’s Rising Seas
• Europe considers large-scale seaweed farming; environmental effects unknown
• China Is Doubling Down on Coal Despite Its Green Ambitions
• Finance’s Largest Net-Zero Club Needs New Talking Points for COP
• Emerson sells majority stake in climate tech unit to Blackstone
• Fuel company issues diesel shortage warning, says conditions ‘rapidly devolving’
• Natural-Gas Prices Have Plunged Into Autumn
• Frackers Jockey With Potash Miners for Space to Grow in Top U.S. Oil Field
• Can a Start-Up Help Companies Monitor and Manage Their Water Use?
• Farm Groups Rally Against SEC Proposal to Report Climate Data
• Global firms urge governments to require mandatory disclosures on nature
• Carbon-Capture Projects Are Taking Off. Here’s How They Stash the Greenhouse Gas.
• Apple Urges Its Suppliers to Decarbonize Manufacturing
• Companies Face Pressure to Improve Environmental Sustainability in Supply Chain
• EU Reaches Political Deal on Combustion-Engine Vehicle Ban as of 2035
• World’s Largest CO2 Removal Deal Ever Depends on Tech That Isn’t Ready Yet
• GE Lowers Profit Goals Amid Losses in Renewable-Energy Business
• GM Dials Back EV Sales Target, Following Upbeat Earnings Report
• Oil-Field Services Drill Down on Pricing Power
• EU Proposal to Call Lithium Toxic May Affect Refining Projects
• SEC Could Ease Up on Scope 3 Greenhouse-Gas Emission Reporting, WSJ Panelists Say
• HSBC’s COP26 Climate-Change Ads Were Misleading, U.K. Watchdog Says
• Wind and Solar Farms Are Hard to Predict. Utilities Are Looking to Change That.
• Air Products to Invest $500 Million in Green Liquid Hydrogen Production Plant
• Lego Fanatics Come Apart Over New Packaging
• As Snowmelt Becomes Uncertain, Grit and Tradition Prevail
• Solar Power Stayed On as Hurricane Ian Knocked Lights Out Across Florida
• They’re ‘World Champions’ of Banishing Water. Now, the Dutch Need to Keep It.
• Exxon Bets on Ex-Auto Executive for Climate-Friendly Profits
• That Reusable Trader Joe’s Bag? It’s Rescuing an Indian Industry.
• Utilities Have a High-Wire Act Ahead
• Not Ready to Go Full EV? Some Car Companies Bet Bigger on Hybrids
• Tackling unlit and inefficient gas flaring
• Solar Rollout Rouses Resistance in Europe’s Countryside
• Association calls on charcoal producers to end deforestation
• The Climate Economy Is About to Explode (in a good way)
• Opinion by Maersk CEO: Industry is now looking to US on green issues — everyone else must catch up
• Big Companies Can Turn the Tide on Food Waste—if They Act Now!
• Financial Stability Oversight Council Establishes New Climate-related Financial Risk Advisory Committee
• Fund Managers, Regulators Wrestle Over Plans to Tighten ESG Rules
• Long-Duration Battery Startup Form Energy Raises $450 Million
• Treasury Creates Racial Equity Committee to Narrow Economic Disparities
• Climate Change for Preschoolers: A TV Show Explores Unmapped Ground
• 6 U.S. Banks Will Assess Their Climate Resilience in Fed Pilot Program
• Rising Temperatures Heat Up Need for Schools to Keep Students Cool
• New plan to step up Yangtze River protection

September 2022

• Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land
• Australian scientists to develop technology to harvest resources from wastewater
• As crises hit, staying the course for sustainable palm oil
• Senate Approves Climate Treaty Amendment Cutting HFCs in Air Conditioners
• China calls on rich countries to stick to their climate targets
• GM Sustainability Chief Discusses Auto Maker’s Push to an All-Electric Lineup
• Drought in U.S. West Leads Farmers to Look Elsewhere for Revenue
• Jaguar Land Rover to retrain 29,000 staff worldwide to prepare for all-electric future
• Without Permit Reform, Path to Clean Energy Could Face a Detour
• China’s EV Brands Could Hit Speed Bumps in Europe
• Opinion (New York Times): Don’t Believe Wall Street’s Social Responsibility Hype
• Opinion (Wall Street Journal): You Can’t Eat Without Natural Gas
• Hydrogen, CCS and e-cracking: Can Dow decarbonise its largest European chemicals plant?
• Report: Oil pipeline plans would jeopardise Paris Agreement
• easyJet bets big on hydrogen in new net-zero strategy
• From hydrogen trucks to regenerative agriculture: The sustainability success stories of Climate Week NYC 2022
• How China Targets the Global Fish Supply
• Dodging Blackouts, California Faces New Questions on Its Power Supply
• ‘Crippling’ Energy Bills Force Europe’s Factories to Go Dark
• Wind Project Sparks Battle in Rural Ohio
• Indonesia amnesties 75 companies operating illegally inside forest areas
• Africa food crisis: Bill Gates and smallholders see different solutions
• EU lawmakers vote to include maize, meat imports in anti-deforestation rules
• Regulator approves first deep-sea mining test, surprising observers
• U.S. farm agency to triple investment in climate-friendly farming
• Solar Fee May Push Californians to Flee Grid, Sunrun Says
• Rooftop Solar Digital Platform Taps Into Climate Law Incentives
• Salmon are nosing at the riverbanks trying to escape the Klamath River
  • Aug 2022: Wildfire kills Klamath fish: ‘Everything that’s in there is dead.’
• Lack of Global Collaboration Risks COP26 Goals, IEA Report Says
• China’s no new coal power overseas pledge, one year on
• ChinaDialogue Opinion: Better data is key to success of China’s carbon market
• Offsets aflame: The risk of wildfires to tree-planting carbon credits
• Where the New Climate Law Means More Drilling, Not Less
• The World Got Diamonds. A Mining Town Got Buried in Sludge.
• Mexico: ESG Comparative Guide
• Green hydrogen will power production of Japanese whisky Hakushu
• How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable
• China’s EV Startups Suffer Widening Losses Despite Sales Boom
• Mining Giant Fortescue to Spend Billions in Bid to Eliminate Fossil Fuels by 2030
• Private Oil Drillers Are Hitting Their Limits
• Another Culture War Front: Are Companies Too ‘Woke’ When It Comes to Climate?
• NYT Opinion: What I Saw as the Country’s First National Climate Adviser
• NYT Opinion: A Sneaky Form of Climate Obstruction Hurts Pension Funds
• Your Utility Bill Is Going to Hurt, but the Market Might Benefit
• Ford Reveals New EV-Selling Rules to Dealers
• Battery Recycling Race Heats Up After Inflation Reduction Act
• WSJ Opinion: The SEC Can’t Transform Itself Into a Climate-Change Enforcer
• Biden Climate Law Sparks New Market for Trading Tax Credits
• Households a Wild Card as Europe Moves to End Russian Gas Dependence
• The Best Electric Scooters Under $1,000
• Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company (Related: An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives)
• Patagonia Founder Is Giving His Company Away in Pledge to Fight Climate Change
• Amazonian Destruction Soars Before Brazil Presidential Election
• Rising Temperatures Turn Middle East Region Into Climate Hot Spot
• New Ford Mustang Sticks With Gas Engine
• Tesla Shifts Battery Strategy as It Seeks U.S. Tax Credits
• Investing in Green Index Funds? They Probably Aren’t Aligned with the Paris Agreement
• At 75, the Father of Environmental Justice Meets the Moment
• European Manufacturers Reel From Russian Gas Shutoff
• How Russian Gas in Europe Is Dwindling
• Global coal demand is set to return to its all-time high in 2022
• El hidrógeno verde es clave para salvar el MidCat y que España sea exportador
• La crisis energética lleva el consumo mundial de carbón a igualar el récord alcanzado en 2013
• Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River. There’s a Model to Avert the Worst.
• Climate Change Could Worsen Supply Chain Turmoil
• Clean Energy Projects Surge After Climate Bill Passage
• Climate Law a ‘Game Changer’ for Highways and Bridges
• Green Steel Provider Secures $191M Funding
• Companies Are Buying Large Numbers of Carbon Offsets That Don’t Cut Emissions
• U.S. bank regulators still weighing options on measuring climate risk
• BoA’s Triad president talks all-digital banking, languages, balancing energy sources
• WSJ Editorials: Shareholders Stand Up for Profit and Against ESG at Chevron
• WSJ Editorials: ESG Can’t Square With Fiduciary Duty
• Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy
• JPMorgan Product Reveals Wall Street’s Shifting Views on ESG
• Anti-ESG Activist Investor Urges Chevron to Increase Oil Production
• Fashion Firms Look to Single-Fiber Clothes as EU Recycling Regulations Loom
• Sheep Are the Solar Industry’s Lawn Mowers of Choice
• Federal Oil Leases Slow to a Trickle Under Biden
• It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off.
• Accenture snaps up climate consultancy Carbon Intelligence for undisclosed sum
• An interview with beauty industry critic Jessica DeFino on the connections between the beauty industrial complex and the oil industry
• America Is Getting Battery Plants—What About Mines?
• Blackstone, Carlyle Take Different Sides on Oil-and-Gas Investment
• California Nuclear Plant Gets Extension in Last-Minute Vote
• California Fights Its NIMBYs
• A Solar Firm Plans to Build Off-Grid Neighborhoods in California
• UN talks fail to finalise high seas biodiversity treaty

August 2022

• Dutch wind farm blows away opposition as ‘new millers’ get a stake
• Deep-Sea Mining Is Close to Reality Despite Environmental Concerns
• Inflation Reduction Act is a turning point in US climate policy
• Hasbro’s Plastic-Free Initiative Has Some Collectors Upset
• Palm oil derivatives: are sustainability promises lost in the supply chain?
• Global warming makes more heatwaves inevitable for East Asia
• How China’s courts implement climate policy
• Federal Protection Sought for Rare Salamander in Coal Country
• Why Do Some People in New Jersey Suddenly Have Bags and Bags of Bags?
• Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor
• After Deadly Fires and Disastrous Floods, a Canadian City Moves to Sue Big Oil
• Be ‘Less Squeamish’ About Drinking Recycled Wastewater, British Official Says
• E.P.A. to Designate PFAS, or ‘Forever Chemicals,’ as Hazardous
• Business as a driving force behind SDGs collaboration
• ‘Highly significant’ UN vote on right to a sustainable world
• An evolving landscape: the future of sustainability reporting
• Setting the tone for transparency on impacts
• Piedmont Lithium pegs its investment in Gaston County, North Carolina mine project at more than $100M
• European Energy Rationing This Winter Is Looking Less Likely
• U.K. Energy Bills Set to Jump as Country Awaits New Leader
• China’s Scorching Heat and Hydropower Missteps Test Nation’s Power Grid
• California E.V. Mandate Finds a Receptive Auto Industry
• Temasek Sustainability Chief Doubles Down on the ‘Carbon Ecosystem’
• Battery Metals Mining Has a Resource Nationalism Problem
• Climate Bill May Not Be Enough for Low-Carbon Jet Fuel to Take Off
• EV Charging-Station Operators Set to Battle for Ad Dollars
• Should investors expect to earn high returns on sustainable investments?
• Cost crisis: Are businesses backtracking on sustainability, just as they need to step up?
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom Races to Keep State’s Nuclear Plant Running
• A Gas Shortage Could Crunch Beer Bottles Too
• The Nation That Gave the World Avocado Toast Now Has Too Many Avocados
• Endangered sea turtles found on Louisiana islands for first time in 75 years
• Deep-Sea Mining Is Close to Reality Despite Environmental Concerns
• EV transition: Ford Confirms Layoffs, Says It Is Cutting About 3,000 Jobs
• H&M Aims to Reduce Emissions and Grow Sales—All at Once
• Energy Projects Sought Across the U.S. Face Local Hurdles
• Your ‘Widely Recyclable’ Plastic Yogurt Container Is Rarely Recycled
• Hydrogen Planes Show Promise—and Their Limitations
• Toyota Executive Warns EVs Face Obstacles to Wider Adoption
• Money Pours Into Funds Targeting Solar Power, Cell Towers and Data Centers
• The World Needs More Lithium, and Pilbara Can Help
• Drought and heat impacts on economic systems
  • China Extends Power Curbs Amid Heat Wave, Drought
  • Droughts Hurt World’s Largest Economies
  • Coffee Could Get Even Pricier as Brazil’s Harvest Falters
  • China’s Scorching Heat Leads to Power Cuts, Factory Disruptions
  • Makers of Heating, Cooling Systems Expect Climate Bill to Boost Sales
  • Drought Devastates U.S. Cotton Harvest
  • U.S. Orders Historic Colorado River Cuts to Drought-Stricken Southwest States
• Summer of heatwaves highlights corporates’ supply chain emissions failures
• Kaluza turns to Google Cloud to drive down emissions through data-based efficiency upgrades
• West Africa Is Drowning in Plastic. Who Is Responsible?
• Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland operations: Domino’s Pizza Group sets science-based emissions targets on path to net-zero by 2050
• WSJ Opinion: The ESG Investing Backlash Arrives
• WSJ Opinion: Arizona Defends Retirees Against ESG
• Farm Conservation Efforts Get $20 Billion Bounty From Climate, Health and Tax Bill
• Supermarkets Move to Simplify Date Labels to Cut Food Waste
• Wall Street, Like the Climate Bill, Bets on Both Green Energy and Fossil Fuels
• Poland-Germany fish kill
  • It’s mercury: Poland: ‘Huge’ amounts of chemical waste dumped into river
  • Oops, not mercury: What killed tons of fish in European river? Mystery deepens
• Circular economy an ‘important part’ of built environment’s net-zero transition, study finds
• Government unveils CCUS project shortlist to help decarbonise industrial clusters
• Government ponders energy bill relief for energy-intensive industries
• In Hawaii, the Search for Sustainable Tourism
• Rivian’s Losses Nearly Triple to $1.7 Billion
• Hydrogen Stock Ceres Power Is Heating Up Again
• The Place With the Most Lithium Is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution
• Tesla, EV Makers Stand to Get Billions for Factories From Senate Bill
• Striking Graphs That Show Humanity’s Domination of the Earth
• Wildfires are destroying California’s forest carbon credit reserves, study says
• Large asset managers lagging on net-zero targets
• Ottawa mulls new carbon tax system for oil and gas sector
• Duke Energy carbon proposals boosted by Senate deal to expedite Mountain Valley Pipeline, which could extend into Triad
• North Carolina’s roads are feeling the heat. It could become very costly.
• Permitting process for Piedmont Lithium’s North Carolina mine expected to stretch into 2023
• Ethanol Industry Wants to Bury Its Carbon, but Some Farmers Stand in the Way
• Surprise climate bill will meet ambitious goal of 40% cut in U.S. emissions, energy models predict, but more action is needed to reach Biden’s pledge to halve emissions by 2030
• The unrecognized value of grass
  • Sep 2021: 2.6 Million Acres of Grassland Habitat Lost in North American Great Plains in One Year
  • Nov 2016: North America’s grasslands are slowly disappearing — and no one’s paying attention
  • Dec 2016: Grasslands in US Great Plains are being destroyed at “alarming rate”
• Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions
• Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise
• The hidden costs of batteries
• Science editorials responding to the US Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia v. EPA
  • How will EPA regulate the power sector?
  • The court is lost
• The Other Electric Vehicle: E-Bikes Gain Ground for Americans Avoiding Gas Cars
• Can the New Chevy Bolt EUV Win Back America’s Trust?
• N.C. A&T to use $23.7 million ARPA grant to create clean energy workforce program
• Coastal Flooding in the U.S. on the Rise as Sea Levels Climb, Scientists Say
• Rivian Says Senate Climate Deal Puts It at Disadvantage
• EV Startup VinFast Hits the U.S., Opens First Showrooms In California
• Manchin Touts Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill, Which Draws GOP Criticism
• Geothermal plant wins appeal but pauses Nevada construction
• Delectable but destructive: Tracing chocolate’s environmental life cycle

July 2022

• General Motors and Livent Enter Long-Term Lithium Hydroxide Supply Agreement
• Climate Bill Stands to Give Green-Energy Investors a Lift
• Senate Tax-and-Climate Plan Hinges on Streamlining Energy Projects
• Momentum builds for national approach to climate risk reporting
• Energy Prices May Keep Inflation High for Years
• America’s New Energy Crisis
• The Wall Street Journal covers–and reacts to–the Senate Democrats’ climate policy bill
  • Manchin, Schumer Revived Climate Bill in Secret Talks, Now Seek Democrats’ Support
  • What’s in Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer’s Reconciliation Deal on Climate, Health and Tax Policy?
  • Inside Climate Bill, a Broad Energy Push
  • WSJ Editorial: The Schumer-Manchin Tax and Subsidy Pact
  • WSJ Editorial: The Senate GOP Got Played
  • WSJ Opinion: Manchin and the GOP Dupes
  • WSJ Opinion: The Schumer-Manchin Bill Will Ease Inflation and Climate Change
• Sprite Goes Green by Ditching Its Green Bottle
• Europe’s Heat Waves Force Shift Back to Coal and Natural Gas
• Maximising sustainable nutrient production from coupled fisheries-aquaculture systems
• Ten-year Yangtze fishing ban not enough to save migratory species
• Chemicals Giant to Cut Production of Key Fertilizer Ingredient Amid Russian Gas Crisis
• GM Slows Down, Needs More Batteries
• In a paradox, cleaner air is now adding to global warming
• What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River?
• Shell to Proceed With Jackdaw Natural-Gas Project as U.K., Europe Seek New Supply
• Redwood Materials Plans $3.5 Billion Battery-Materials Plant in Nevada
• Energy Department to Lend GM Joint Venture $2.5 Billion for Battery-Cell Plants
• German Lessons for the Energy Transition
• Congo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’
• Pakistan’s Deadly Flood Season Worsened by Climate Change and Bad Infrastructure
• Energy Department will lend G.M. and LG $2.5 billion to build battery factories.
• Heat Wave Hits U.S. Farms, Stressing Crops and Ranchers’ Herds
• Minnesota Power, Great River Energy plan nearly $1 billion line connecting Iron Range, central Minnesota
• Oil Doesn’t Have to Boom for These Companies to Thrive
• Tesla Looks to Open Its EV-Charging Network
• New Volkswagen Chief Has History Backing Synthetic Fuels
• Booming Carbon-Credits Market Took Hit as Stocks Sold Off
• Drivers Get Steep Discount at Gas Stations Across France
• World’s Growing Thirst for American Gas Tests U.S. Ability to Meet Demand
• Warehouse Developers See Spark of Demand for Electric-Vehicle Chargers
• Ford’s Route to EVs Runs Through China
• WSJ Editorial on Ford: The False ‘Green Jobs’ Promise
• WSJ Opinion: How the Climate Elite Spread Misery
• California went big on rooftop solar. Now that’s a problem for landfills
• Migratory Monarch Butterflies Now Endangered, Conservation Group Says
• Heat Wave Hits U.S. Farms, Stressing Crops and Ranchers’ Herds
• Heat Wave Sends Natural-Gas Prices Soaring
• Here’s Your New Bike Lane. Oh, Did You Want It to Go Somewhere?
• Opinion: Sales tax to fund state highways
• App State’s Team Sunergy wins second place overall in national solar vehicle competition
• Opinion: How slavery ruined the South’s environment
• Opinion: Investing in sustainable palm oil is key to mitigating future crises
• Shipping industry prepares for a future powered by sustainable fuels
• BlackRock Is Buying Renewable Natural Gas Producer for $700 Million
• Can Watershed corner the market for carbon accounting?
• WSJ Opinion: Biden’s ESG Tax on Your Retirement Fund
• WSJ Opinion: Hydrogen Power Isn’t as Green as It Looks
• EU Shipowners Race to Move Russian Oil Before Sanctions Kick In
• Crypto Crash Stalls WeWork Founder Adam Neumann’s Climate Venture
• Recent Surge in EV Car-Fire Recalls Frustrates Drivers
• WSJ Editorial: The West’s Climate Policy Debacle
• WSJ Editorial: All the Heat in Europe: Politicians boast about ‘net-zero’ climate goals for 2050 but do little or nothing for severe weather mitigation today.
• As the Planet Cooks, Climate Stalls as a Political Issue
• Biden Signals He Would Back Prescription Drug Bill Without Climate Measures
• Senate Climate Setback Puts Pressure on Biden
• GM and Pilot Plan National Electric-Vehicle Charging Network
• Big-Name Investors Pour Billions Into Clean Hydrogen Projects
• Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Adds to Big Oil Bet
• The Startups Predicting Climate Risk for Bond Investors
• Raft by Raft, a Rainforest Loses Its Trees
• Analysis: Bear market puts ESG investing to its first big test
• Soda Brands Are About to Get Possessive of Their Trash
• We Need to Stop Pretending we can Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C
• Manufacturers Brace for Nord Stream Repairs, Fearing Pipeline Won’t Reopen
• NYT Opinion video on net zero: New Climate Promises, Same Old Global Warming
• Companies’ Climate Promises Face a Wild Card: Farmers
• Businesses Urge SEC to Consider Mergers in Climate-Disclosure Rule
• The Buried Treasure in Panama’s Mangrove Forests: the Carbon They Store
• The 100% Recyclable Running Shoe That’s Only Available by Subscription
• K2 Launches Certification Against Investment Greenwashing
• War and the clean energy transition
  • Europe Scoops Up LNG, Choking Off Power Supplies in Poorer Nations
  • France to Nationalize Power Company EDF to Help It Combat Europe’s Energy Crisis
  • European Industries Jockey for Scarce Natural Gas
  • Gas and Nuclear Power Can Be ‘Green’ Under New EU Plan
  • Food, Energy Issues Set to Dominate G-20 Meeting of Top Diplomats Amid Ukraine War
  • WSJ Opinion: The Global Search for Energy Security
• Volkswagen announces $20 billion effort to build its own EV batteries
• Climate change: ‘Sand battery’ could solve green energy’s big problem
• Plant-based meat by far the best climate investment, report finds
• Private Equity Should Take the Lead in Sustainability
• Consumer Goods Companies Are Among the Heaviest Adopters of Net-Zero Targets
• How organizations are planning for a carbon credit supply crunch
• Quitting Oil Income Is Hard, Even for States That Want Climate Action
• Germany to Bail Out Energy Suppliers Ahead of Winter Without Russian Gas
• Rubber used by leading European tire makers linked to forest loss in Africa: Report
• Enzymes Could Help Brands Like Patagonia and Puma Hit Plastic-Recycling Targets
• Cost of Going Green Surges as Companies Seek Renewable-Energy Shift
• The World’s Most Eco-Friendly Countries (and What They’re Doing Right)
• How to Convert Public Support for Climate Into Policies That Work
• Gas and Nuclear Power Can Be ‘Green’ Under New EU Plan
• Private Sector’s Role in Climate Fight Grows During War in Ukraine
• Coal Makes a Comeback as the World Thirsts for Energy
• Maine Farmers Dump Milk, Lose Crops as Forever Chemicals Taint Soil
• Cost of Going Green Surges as Companies Seek Renewable-Energy Shift
• Ford’s Talk of New EV-Selling Rules Rattles Some Dealers
• The hydrogen blues (and greens and grays)
• Environmental justice is only the beginning
• How a salmon farm disaster changed Northwest aquaculture forever
• Exxon Mobil to Sell Canadian Shale Gas Assets for About $1.5 Billion
• For India’s and Japan’s Green Ambitions, the Heat Is On

June 2022

• How Businesses Can Hold Their Banks Accountable on Climate Change
• Council agrees on new rules to drive down deforestation and forest degradation globally
• The matter of a clean energy future
• Introduction to the June 24 Science Magazine Special Section on Our Climate Future
  • Can biofuels really fly?
  • Strengthen climate adaptation research globally
  • How trade policy can support the climate agenda
  • Current global efforts are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C
  • Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change
  • Climate change and the urgency to transform food systems
  • Getting ahead of climate change for ecological adaptation and resilience
• ‘Something this radical is not easy’: Inside Carlsberg’s quest for a fully fibre-based beer bottle
• At a glance: 7 key talking points of the CCC’s net-zero progress report
• EU to ban new petrol and diesel car and van sales in 2035
• A ‘scientific necessity’: Businesses warned over ignoring deforestation on road to net-zero
• Business-led solutions for combating climate change
• Advancing sustainable production on land and sea
• Can Dual-Use Solar Panels Provide Power and Share Space With Crops?
• Biden’s Inner Circle Debates Future of Offshore Drilling
• Heat Waves Around the World Push People and Nations ‘to the Edge’
• Private Investors Betting on Clean Energy Despite Market Selloff
• Tesla, Ford and GM Raise EV Prices as Costs, Demand Grow
• Volkswagen Sells Stake in Electrify America to Siemens
• Russian Gas Cuts Threaten World’s Largest Chemicals Hub
• Exxon and Chevron Investors Approve 2 Climate Proposals
• High Gas Prices Spur Companies to Give Workers Cash for Commuting Costs
• U.S. Jump-Starts Effort to Curb Residential CO₂ Emissions
• Satellite Data Can Inform Water Policy
• Is Fast Fashion Moving Too Fast?
• How to fix the broken carbon-offset system
• Piedmont Lithium looks abroad for supplies as its NC mine awaits approvals
• Why climate litigators may be coming for your company
• Insurers Harness Data to Help Clients Weather Storms, Floods
• Google’s Plan for 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Ran Into Headwinds in 2021
• Investors Balk at Tough Climate Proposals: 2022 Proxy Voting Roundup
• Ukraine War’s Latest Victim? The Fight Against Climate Change.
• “It’s a Very Western Vision of the World” How ideological bias and structural inequality prevent the IPCC from exploring possibilities for fundamental transformation
• Nuclear Power Is Poised for a Comeback. The Problem Is Building the Reactors.
• Unilever CEO Has ‘No Idea’ How It Will Meet Full Net-Zero Target
• High Gas Prices Hit Demand as Drivers Cut Back at the Pump
• Energy Investments Aren’t Enough to Bring Down Prices, IEA Says
• Florida Homeowners to Pay Higher Premiums as Reinsurers See Risks and Pull Back
• Green Energy’s Big Looming Problem Is Red Tape
• Digital Advertising Companies Look to Reduce the Industry’s Carbon Footprint
• Republican Drive to Tilt Courts Against Climate Action Reaches a Crucial Moment
• Justice or overreach?: As crucial test looms, Big Greens are under fire
• GM and Ford, Driving to Beat Tesla, Turn on Each Other
• Mining Firms’ Cautious Spending Threatens Shift to Green Energy
• Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2022 UN climate conference
• Deloitte Pegs Price Tag of Climate Inaction at $178 Trillion over 50 Years
• UN sustainable development goals failing to have meaningful impact, our research warns
• Here are some of the ways the fight against climate change could make our daily lives better
• As Europe Thirsts for Natural Gas, U.S., EU Signal Support for Long-Term Deals
• Duke Energy Carolinas sees record set for summer power usage amid heat wave
• A Piedmont Lithium founder builds next critical-materials company here
• Consumer countries mull best approach to end deforestation abroad
• Second Indonesian province moves to retake forests from palm oil companies
• How unsustainable is Sweden’s forestry? Very. Q&A with Marcus Westberg and Staffan Widstrand
• WTO finally nets deal curbing fisheries subsidies, but tables key bits for later
• Energy Price Surge Threatens U.N. Climate Pledge
• Energy Inflation Derails Biden’s Climate Agenda
• One Grocer Wanted to Give Up Plastic. It Got Rotting Bananas.
• Sky to support £100m Planet Fund for sustainability innovations
• Unilever spearheads $120m programme to scale bio-based fossil fuel and palm oil alternatives
• McDonald’s joins Zero Carbon Forum as it builds towards net-zero emissions goal
• Foxconn Starts Building a Plant for Electric-Vehicle Batteries in Taiwan
• Against a Carbon Tax
• NextEra’s Plan to Ditch Carbon Is a Huge Bet on Hydrogen
• Plug Power Bets on Green-Hydrogen Production
• Old Electric-Vehicle Batteries Are Getting a Second Life
• Ferrari promises electric means ‘even more unique’ cars
• World’s Biggest Miner Scraps Immediate Thermal-Coal Exit
• A Hotter, Poorer, and Less Free America
• How can we save NC forests?
• ESG Investment Cools as the Sector’s Notoriety Grows
• “Fossil Law” Stands in the Way of Climate Justice
• How to Fight Climate “Delay”—Denial’s Hipper, More Dangerous Cousin
• The White House Will “Partner” With Caribbean Countries on Climate Change—Just as Long as They Don’t Ask for Too Much Money
• Objective Analysis, Sponsored by ExxonMobil
• Why Did Democrats and Solar Companies Just Kill a Climate Bill in New York?
• Climate change: Airlines miss all but one target – report
• Climate change: Green energy ‘stagnates’ as fossil fuels dominate
• One Site, 95 Tons of Methane an Hour
• Raft by Raft, a Rainforest Loses Its Trees
• Ganfeng kicks off construction of Mariana lithium project in Argentina
• Soy traders failing to monitor indirect suppliers in Brazil’s Cerrado
• Environmentalism, journalism, and murder
  • Suspect Confessed to Killing British Journalist Dom Phillips in Amazon, Brazilian Police Say
  • Man Confesses to Killing Journalist and Activist and Leads Police to Remains, Police Say
  • Search for missing British journalist and Indigenous expert in Brazil now homicide investigation: Police
  • 1,540 land and environmental defenders were killed between 2012 and 2020
• Canada’s climate engagement initiative names 40 target companies
• Investors get fast food giants to commit to science-based targets, call for more action on water
• EU will fail to meet methane pledge without downsizing animal agriculture, report warns
• UK Government launches first licensing round for carbon storage projects
• Companies ‘overstating climate benefits’ of purchasing renewable energy certificates
• Race to Zero toughens up membership criteria with new requirements on fossil fuel financing and lobbying
• U.S. Proposes Higher Standards for Home Gas Furnaces
• Electric-Vehicle Maker Electric Last Mile Solutions to Liquidate in Bankruptcy
• BP Bets Big on Giant ‘Green Hydrogen’ Project in Australia
• Struggling to Make Sense of ESG Investing? Here’s Help.
• Biden Plan for EV Chargers on Highways Meets Skepticism in Rural West
• Heat Wave, Inflation Crank Up Air-Conditioner Bills
• Power Company NextEra Plans to Cut Carbon Emissions to Close to Nothing by 2045
• Invasive Carp Eye the Great Lakes
• Report: Net-zero targets hitting critical mass, but ‘credibility gaps’ must be addressed
• How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet
• SEC Is Investigating Goldman Sachs Over ESG Funds
• Car Makers Ask for Time as EU Ban on Conventional Engines Progresses
• Fuel
  • As Gas Prices Near $5 a Gallon, Record Fuel Costs Upend Businesses, U.S. Economy
  • High Fuel Prices Squeeze African Consumers, Strand Truckers and Snarl Flights
• Can a Start-Up Make Sustainable Construction the Next Frontier in Eco-Business?
• Plans approved for £20m plastic-to-hydrogen plant in West Dunbartonshire
• Vision 2050: Aligning Aviation with the Paris Agreement
• Remarks by Superintendent Peter Routledge at the Responsible Investment Association Virtual Conference, June 7, 2022
• Deloitte Press Release: Deloitte research reveals inaction on climate change could cost the world’s economy US$178 trillion by 2070
• Global investors write to U.N. to urge global plan on farming emissions
• When Is a Bumblebee a Fish? When a California Court Says So
• M&S launches innovation challenges on sustainable agriculture and consumer behaviours
• IEA: Supercharging energy efficiency efforts could deliver a third of emissions cuts needed to reach net-zero
• Stockholm+50: A climate failure of five decades?
• Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada
• Israeli Tech Firm Rolls Out Tracking Devices the Size of Postage Stamps
• Mothballed Uranium Mines Get New Lease on Life as Energy Prices Soar
• Plug Power Bets on Green-Hydrogen Production
• Lucid, Rivian Each Awarded CEOs More Than $400 Million in Pay Last Year
• Carbon-Removal Industry Draws Billions to Fight Climate Change
• WSJ Editorial: The World Health Organization’s Climate Neurosis
• As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’
• More Than 22 Million in Southwest Brace for Dangerous Heat
• Nickel and Green Energy Transition Commodity Markets
  • Investing in Electric-Vehicle Commodities Is Harder Than It Looks
  • London Metal Exchange Faces Lawsuits Over Nickel Crisis
• Solar Manufacturing and International Business
  • NYT Opinion: Installing Rooftop Solar Can Be a Breeze. Just Look at Australia.
  • Background from April 2022: US to Investigate Use of Chinese Materials in Imported Solar Panels
  • Tariff Pause Won’t Solve Challenges for Solar Stocks
  • Biden Invokes Emergency Power in Bid to Resolve Solar Import Dispute
  • WSJ Opinion: Biden’s Green-Energy Industrial Policy
  • Good News on Tariffs Won’t Solve Challenges for Solar Stocks
• Ford and GM are going all in on electric cars, and thousands of jobs hang in the balance
• GM Slashes Prices for Its Electric Vehicles (To Compete With Tesla)
• Adam (Smith) and EVs: Going in Different Directions
• SEC’s planned new ‘woke’ rules creating cost concerns for business leaders
• Solid Power aims to ship first solid-state battery cells by year-end to BMW, Ford
• Allergies are bad this year in Michigan. Climate change is making them worse
• Nuclear power is having a moment in Michigan after Palisades
• Buffett-Backed BYD Jumps Ahead of Tesla in Battery Metal Push
• Musk’s Mixed Tesla Jobs Messages Send Everyone on Wild Ride
• China’s Renewable Energy Fleet Is Growing Too Fast for Its Grid
• Thai Miner Banpu Using Coal Windfall for Cleaner Fuel Transition
• Tariff Fight Paralyzing US Solar Threatens American Steelmakers
• Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe
• New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures
• Biden Has ‘Only Bad Options’ for Bringing Down Oil Prices
• High California Gas Prices Rattle Democrats Ahead of Midterms
• Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Highest in Human History
• To Take Real Action on Climate Change, Australia Must Rebuild Its Public Sector
• “The Climate Wars Are Over” in Australia? Not Even Close.
• Hottest Summer on Record?
• Stellantis Unit to Pay $300 Million After Pleading Guilty in Emissions-Fraud Case
• The End of Energy Free Trade
• Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing
• I Rented an Electric Car for a Four-Day Road Trip. I Spent More Time Charging It Than I Did Sleeping.
• The Republicans’ New Climate Plan Is Really an Old Plan for Destroying the Planet
• If Democrats Can’t Pass Climate Legislation in New York, We’re All Doomed
• Planned Sale of Emerging-Market Coal Plants Is Test Case for Phaseout Plans
• Fossil-Fuel Shares Lead the Stock Market. How Awkward.

May 2022

• DDT Is Still With Us, 50 Years Since It Was Banned
• It’s Going to Be a Hot Summer. It Will Be Hotter if You’re Not Rich.
• Trump Policies Sent U.S. Tumbling in a Climate Ranking
• Companies Rush to Cash In on EPA Rules for Capturing Methane Emissions
• While Electric Vehicles Proliferate, Charging Stations Lag Behind
• Hit Hard by High Energy Costs, Hawaii Looks to the Sun
• Why is climate ‘doomism’ going viral – and who’s fighting it?
• After Nixing 50-Million-Gallon-A-Day Desalination Plant, California Demands Residents Use Less Water
• Editorial on the carbon-free energy transition: Biden Promises To ‘Transition’ America Back To The 1870s
• The Well-Deserved Death of ‘Stakeholder Capitalism’
• Are Electric-Vehicle Mandates Coming to Your State?
• A Heretic in the Climate Church
• A City Fights Back Against Heavyweight Cars
• ESG Haters Think Climate Investors Are Controlling Everything. If Only
• ‘Woke Capitalism’ Does Not Advance Social Justice
• Biden Is Aiming to Destroy a Historic Climate Change Lawsuit
• Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal
• Sun-Starved Sweden Turns to Solar to Fill Power Void
• Brazil announces partnership with Elon Musk to connect Amazon rainforest
• Blockware Solutions to build 150-megawatt Bitcoin mining facility in West Virginia: “Blockware Solutions (BWS) announced Wednesday that it’s partnering with SEVA — a climate-focused company working to recreate mine lands and economies in West Virginia — to support its solar farm endeavor.”
• How an Organized Republican Effort Punishes Companies for Climate Action
• WSJ Opinion by Salim Ramji, BlackRock’s Head of iShares and index investing: BlackRock Replies: Proxy Voting Is Changing
• WSJ Opinion by former USA Vice-president Mike Pence: Republicans Can Stop ESG Political Bias
• Engine No. 1 opts for accommodation over confrontation with Big Oil and big banks
• Supreme Court Allows Greenhouse Gas Cost Estimates
• The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground
• SEC Proposes More Disclosure Requirements for ESG Funds
• Carlyle’s Traditional Energy Strategy Goes Beyond Divesting
• New U.S. Gas-Export Plant Gets Green Light as Europe Thirsts for LNG
• TotalEnergies to Buy Stake in U.S. Wind and Solar Company in Green-Energy Push
• Palantir, Trafigura aim to track carbon emissions for the oil, metals industry
• The Largest Carbon-Offset Registry Cracks Down on Crypto
• Green hydrogen: EU’s draft ‘additionality’ proposal prompts mixed reaction
• Pilot partners sign up to test Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ beta framework
• Biodiversity Day 2022: The case for transparency and change
• A sustainable future requires business action for the SDGs
• Chief Finance Officers can step up as sustainability leaders
• Whipsawed by erratic weather, North Carolina mountain forest ecosystems under stress
• Future Returns: How to Bridge the Gap for Financing Climate Infrastructure
• Cryptocurrency and the Climate Crisis
• Funding Climate Change Efforts
• Changing Tides: How climate change affects North Carolina’s fisheries and the people who rely on them for a living
• When EVs Die in the Wild (And Trust Us They Will)
• Oil is entering a New World Order. Here are the big winners and losers
• In South Korea, an Emphasis on Recycling Yields Results
• Climate change is a top concern for Australians, but candidates are reluctant to campaign on the issue
• In Minnesota, the PolyMet mine pits renewable energy needs against tribes and the EPA
• Should Mayonnaise, Shampoo and Ice Cream Have a Mission? Consumers Aren’t So Sure
• British food and drink majors support new WRAP initiative to unify sector’s Scope 3 emissions reporting
• Is California giving its methane digesters too much credit?
• Europe Plots Solar Revival to Replace Russian Gas
• Opinion: The Welcome Pushback Against Politicized Investment Managers
• Elon Musk Calls ESG ‘An Outrageous Scam’ After Tesla Was Removed From Index
• The air conditioning paradox: How do we cool people without heating up the planet?
• Iberdrola opens Spanish green hydrogen plant
• European Union Sets Out Plan to End Russian Energy Imports
• Do Airline Climate Offsets Really Work? Here’s the Good News, and the Bad.
• Cryptocurrency’s climate conundrum
• Wealthy countries could cut their agriculture emissions by 62% with flexitarian diet
• Canadian pension funds are making climate promises they’re not backing up
• Cash-Rich Companies Urged to Push Banks to Act on Climate
• Fight Brews Over Cost of SEC Climate-Change Rules
• Tens of Millions of U.S. Properties Face Wildfire Risk, New Study Says
• Coca-Cola to add tethered lids to plastic bottles in bid to reduce litter
• America Leans on Aging Power Plants to Fend Off Electricity Shortages
• In US, states struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue
• Canada banks face ‘greenwashing’ claims as oil & gas firms obtain sustainable financing
• Podcast: LandScale: tackling landscape level challenges in Guatemala
• New Restrictions Could Cut Carbon Offsets From Major Rainforests
• Opinion: ‘Climate’ is the new buzzword in a crop of new ESG funds that were just launched
• Cat Litter Could Be Antidote for Climate Change, Researchers Say
• Saudi Aramco’s Profit Soars as Oil Prices and Output Jump
• Oil is entering a New World Order. Here are the big winners and losers
• Fund Managers Jump Into ESG Niche With Potential to Grow 2,000%
• Chile Copper Mines Dodge Radical Changes as Convention Vote Ends
• Venture Capitalists Are Aiming to Disrupt Fish Farming
• CEOs Feel the GOP Squeeze for Weighing In on Social Issues
• Electric-Vehicle Startups Run Low on Cash After SPAC Deals
• Beach Houses on the Outer Banks Are Being Swallowed by the Sea
• South Africa’s Climate Change Struggles Offer a Grim View of Our Future
• The Thorny Ethics of Historic Preservation in the Age of Climate Change
• Why the Biden Administration’s Plan to Fix Gas Prices Isn’t Working
• From the US political left: “Awareness” Will Not Save Us From Climate Disaster
• From the US political right: ESG, Energy, and War: BlackRock’s Nod to Reality
• Chinese Wind-Turbine Companies Seek Global Growth as Western Rivals Struggle
• AI Tool Aims to Help CIOs Monitor Carbon Emissions from Cloud Operations
• California desalination plant project
  • Agency unanimously rejects California desalination project
  • California nixes plant, but says open to desalination
  • Desalination project website from its developer Poseidon Water
• Biden Administration Cancels Oil-and-Gas Drilling Leases in Gulf of Mexico, Alaska Coast
• Human Behavior Is the Other Puzzle for Climate-Change Modeling
• Power Executives See Roadblocks to Decarbonization Efforts
• Silicon Battery Maker Amprius to Go Public in $1.3 Billion SPAC Merger
• Creaky U.S. power grid threatens progress on renewables, EVs
• EU lawmakers back effective ban on new fossil-fuel cars from 2035
• Strategy: Mary Barra’s ‘Long Game’: Winning the E.V. Race
• U.S. Offshore Wind Plans Collide With Fishing Concerns off Carolina Coast
• Farmers Are Racing Against Poor Weather to Plant Crops
• Hawaiian Airlines Bets You’ll Want to Island Hop on Electric Seagliders
• Novelis Plans New Aluminum Plant to Meet Demand for Cans
  • Aluminum Makers Seek Old Cans, Shredded Cars to Fuel New Plants
• Climate-Data Startup Arcadia Raises $200 Million
• Use of ‘too hot’ climate models exaggerates impacts of global warming
• Crypto and energy: Talen Energy to Hand Power-Plant Business to Bondholders
• What proactive steps can businesses take to ensure a reliable supply of clean electricity for their EV needs?
• Cement industry bets on carbon capture start-ups to help reach net-zero
• EV Stocks Face a Long Road to Redemption
• Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals, Study Finds
• May 14: Ford Unloads Further 7 Million Shares of Electric-Vehicle Startup Rivian
• May 9: Ford Sells About 8% of Its Stake in Electric-Vehicle Startup Rivian
• Climate-Change Token Startup Bets on Gold Price
• Caterpillar Works to Turn Old Engines Into New Profits
• One Small Step From Financial Materiality to Sesquimateriality: A Critical Conceptual Leap for the ISSB
• Soaring Demand for Palm Oil Puts Rainforests at Risk Again
• WSJ Opinion piece by the treasurer of the state of Utah: S&P Hits U.S. States With Politicized Credit Scores
• Building Direct Air Capture Responsibly from the Ground Up
• Senate Committee Approves Climate Treaty
• Toyota Plans to Invest $624 Million to Make EV Parts in India
• Electricity Shortage Warnings Grow Across U.S.
• US needs better policies to reduce oil price surge, American Gas Association president warns
• EU body sets out draft sustainability disclosure standards
• Canada overestimating hydrogen’s potential cut carbon emissions, report says
• Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits April record, nearly double previous peak
• Shell obtains injunctions against UK climate protests
• The Climate Conundrum Baked Into India’s Heat Wave
• Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight
• Occidental shareholders reject climate proposal from activist investors
• Chile constitutional assembly could reshape mining rights on Saturday
• U.S. Steel Bets on a New Technology—and the South—to Survive
• Phenology: Scary Spring: Earlier Blooms Are a Sign of Climate Change
• USA politics: The Rise of the No-Compromise Climate Candidate
• Growing a New Future for Farming
• A French Sneaker Maker Grapples With How to Bring Production Home
• A Fight Over America’s Energy Future Erupts on the Canadian Border
• The Ocean’s Biggest Garbage Pile Is Full of Floating Life
• Carbon-Dioxide Level in Atmosphere Hits Historical High
• The Solar Boom Will Create Millions of Tons of Junk Panels
• DOJ to Resume Push for Polluters to Fund Environmental Projects
• U.S. Recycles 5% of Plastic Waste, Studies Show
• The Rise of the No-Compromise Climate Candidate
• Companies confront a new climate challenge: home offices
• California’s All-Renewable Moment Shows the Future of the Power Grid
• Bill Gates Says Shorting Tesla Isn’t Hurting the Environment
• Uber’s Push to Electrify London Turns Former Foes Into Partners
• The E-Bike Effect Is Transforming New York City
• The world’s fastest cars are going electric—and still setting speed records
• A 115-Degree Heat Wave Is Making India’s Power Crisis Worse
• Why Are Some Climate Models Running Red Hot? Scientists Have an Answer
• The Global Glut of Clothing Is an Environmental Crisis
• Who will profit from saving Scotland’s bogs?
• Stanford Gets $1.1 Billion for New Climate School From John Doerr
• Standards: Transatlantic cooperation on green steel: Building effective standards
• Europe Is About to Ban Russian Oil: What’s Next?
• The Most-Hated Solar Company in America
• Tariff Case Darkens Prospects for U.S. Solar (WSJ)
• Solar Industry ‘Frozen’ as Biden Administration Investigates China (NYT)
• Hydroponic Lettuce Was Seen as Safe From Salmonella, Until an Outbreak
• Companies can soon start paying the Bahamas to store carbon in the ocean
• Take the train — without the emissions
• Sustainable aviation fuels take flight
• Climate governance
  • Calif. Senate passes bill requiring large companies to report Scope 3 emissions
  • Companies worry U.S. SEC climate rule may require broad emissions disclosures
  • Corporate sustainability reporting in the EU
• edie publishes new Communications Handbook for sustainability professionals
• The climate benefits of veganism and vegetarianism
• Constraining Cities
• Why the Debate Over Russian Uranium Worries U.S. Tribal Nations
• Conservation Tax-Break Deals Keep Flowing Despite IRS Crackdown
• Considering a Conservation Easement to Trim Your Tax Bill? Here’s What You Need to Know

April 2022

• Google Cloud: A policy roadmap for 24/7 carbon-free energy
• Who is setting the pace for personal sustainability?
• Enjoy your chocolate this Easter Monday — but give a thought to the children who harvested the cocoa
• Global land degradation serious, U.N. report finds, but restoration offers hope
• Climate Funds Dig Deeper Roots
• Solar Industry ‘Frozen’ as Biden Administration Investigates China
• States Sue Postal Service Over New Gas-Powered Mail Trucks
• New civil society initiative aims to ‘green’ China-Brazil agriculture trade
• Apple just launched its first self-repair program. Other tech companies are about to follow.
• The risks and rewards of the minerals required for the energy transition
• New Rules Will End the Century-Long Run of Classic Light Bulbs
• EPA Issues Emergency Waiver Allowing Sales of Higher-Ethanol Fuel Starting May 1
• Record Fertilizer Prices Drive Investors, Farmers to Microbes
• America’s Snarled Railroads Are the Latest Hit to Farmers
• Exxon and Chevron, Buoyed by High Oil Prices, Shower Investors With Cash
• Blue carbon offsets taking root
• Going green? Chinese policy banks’ changing role in global energy development
• Three steps to make a success of the Kunming biodiversity conference
• 2021 Climate Check: Business’ views on environmental sustainability (report pdf)
• North America’s Biggest Landfill Operator in Push to Turn More Trash Into Fuel
• Exxon Subpoenaed in California’s Probe of Plastics Makers
• Biofuels are getting a second look — and some tough questions
• How Abercrombie & Fitch used the outdoors to sell clothes
• As the ‘Greenest’ Stocks Rise in Price, Some ESG Fund Managers Look Elsewhere
• First all-electric heating mandate for buildings passes in Washington state
• The risks and rewards of the minerals required for the energy transition
• Smart grids: the next step for energy in Latin America
• Amid hopes and fears, a plastics boom in Appalachia is on hold
• FEMA’s new flood insurance system is sinking waterfront homeowners. That might be the point.
• How rights of nature and wild rice could stop a pipeline
• Deforestation Is High, Despite COP26 Promises
• Invesco Launches Electric-Vehicle Metals ETF Amid Price Surge
• Indonesia, World’s Largest Palm-Oil Producer, Bans Exports of Ubiquitous Commodity
• Amazon palm oil: sustainable fuel or deforestation risk?
• Apple Opens Self-Repair Store With $300 iPhone Screens, 19-Cent Screws
• Southern California Residents Face Water Restrictions Amid Drought
• Strategy: The beef with fake meat: Dairy and meat lobbies take aim at plant-based products
• Facing Texas pushback, BlackRock says it backs fossil fuels
• Carbon Credits Are the New Canadian Gold Rush
• Strategy: Batteries are getting cheap. So why aren’t electric vehicles?
• Consumer Brands Push for Clean-Energy Tax Credits
• Hotels With Net-Zero Ambitions
• Sen. Joe Manchin Pushes for Democratic Compromise on Climate Agenda
• The Roots of Renewable Energy
• Can Portland Be a Climate Leader Without Reducing Driving?
• Happy Earth Day From Your Co-Worker Who Is Secretly Sorting the Office Recycling
• Oil Trade Group Drafts Carbon-Tax Proposal That Could Raise Prices at the Pump
• Gas-Engine Bans Drive Landscapers Toward Electric Mowers and Blowers
• Climate-Change Risks Get the Attention of Real Estate Investors
• Cement Makers Burn Turbine Blades as Wind Power Faces Recycling Headache
• Climate Change: The Technologies That Could Make All the Difference
• What Role Does a Corporate Board Play in Sustainability Issues?
• Countries Ramp Up Rules Regarding ESG Disclosure
• A Large Investor’s View of the Role of Sustainability
• A Different Kind of Solar Power Attracts Attention
• How Goldman Sachs Is Encouraging Companies to Disclose Emissions Data
• World’s Best-Performing Stock Markets Are in the Middle East This Year
• European Wind-Energy Sector Hit in Wave of Hacks
• Consumer Brands Push for Clean-Energy Tax Credits
• Plug Power Stock Rises on Agreement to Supply Green Hydrogen to Walmart
• The Next Hurdle in Europe’s Energy Transition: Being More Enticing Than NFTs
• Jim Farley Tries to Reinvent Ford and Catch Up to Elon Musk and Tesla
• Utilities Want to Convert Coal Plants to Nuclear; Skeptics Abound
• Rivian CEO Warns of Looming Electric-Vehicle Battery Shortage
• Utilities Plan Huge Electric Grid Upgrades, Adding to Power Bills
• Finance: Financing a Healthy Future for Coral Reefs
• Probe Threatens Southeast Asia’s Role as U.S.’s Top Solar Supplier
• Schick Designs a Disposable Razor to Appeal to Environmentally Conscious Consumers
• Oil Industry Objects to Fees, Permits to Mitigate Accidental Bird Killings
• Biden Administration Resumes Oil Leases on Federal Land
• Intel to Focus on Chemicals to Meet Net-Zero Goal
• Steel: How can finance help China’s heavy industries decarbonise?
• The reforms needed for ‘deep decarbonisation’ in China
• It May Look Like a Vacation Home, but This Finnish House Is Built for Every Season
• Europe’s Carbon Market Passes the Test
• JPMorgan’s New Manhattan Headquarters to Be All Electric Powered
• Walmart Makes Progress on Emissions Target By Winning Over Suppliers, CSO Says
• Intel to Focus on Chemicals to Meet Net-Zero Goal
• Scope 3 emissions accounting
  • Scope 3 Rules Hinder Progress on Emissions, Researchers Say
  • HBR: We Need Better Carbon Accounting. Here’s How to Get There.
• GM Strikes Deal to Secure Cobalt for Electric-Car Batteries
• Ethanol, hunger, gas prices
  • Biden will allow summertime sales of higher-ethanol gas
  • Biden to Allow More Ethanol in Gas This Summer in Bid to Lower Prices
  • Food Fight Heats Up for Ethanol
• Amid Soaring Demand for Warehouses, an Effort to Make Them Greener
• Stripe, Alphabet and Others to Spend Nearly $1 Billion on Carbon Removal
• Truck Makers Face a Tech Dilemma: Batteries or Hydrogen?
• Wind Energy Company to Pay $8 Million in Killings of 150 Eagles
• A ‘New Era of Air Pollution’ in the Tropics Could Have a Huge Toll
• As Gas Prices Went Up, So Did the Hunt for Electric Vehicles
• Methane Emissions Soared to a Record in 2021, Scientists Say
• Del Monte foods sets 2050 net-zero target, applies for SBTi verification for emissions goals
• United Kingdom Energy Security Strategy
  • From renewables to fossil fuels: Everything you need to know about the UK’s Energy Security Strategy
  • ‘Economically and environmentally illiterate’: Green economy reacts to UK Energy Security Strategy
• U.N. Report Details How Moves to Address Climate Change Could Affect Key Sectors
• Climate-Reporting Rules Could Let Companies Look Greener Than They Are
• Short-termism: Quarterly Capitalism Isn’t Ruining the World
• Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns
• Tribes, Industry Groups Reach Deal to Boost U.S. Hydroelectric Power
• Labels: How to Read a Food Label: A Healthy Skeptic’s Guide to the Buzzwords
• In Congo, China Hits Roadblock in Global Race for Cobalt

March 2022

• China Unveils its First Long-Term Hydrogen Plan
• The Green Future Index 2022
• Podcast: How to make a landscape approach work for the entire value chain
• True sustainability leadership means moving past PR spin
• Stop treating carbon removal technologies as a silver bullet, MPs warn Government
• World leaders must ‘radically’ scale up renewable energy now, IRENA warns
• Three in five Brits would switch their job for a more sustainable one, survey reveals
• UN unveils scrutiny group for net-zero targets
• An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
• Disappointment as UN biodiversity talks close without ambitious agreement
• Businesses failing to back net-zero commitments with robust decarbonisation plans, investors warn
• Iceland forced to backtrack on palm oil pledge as war in Ukraine hits sunflower oil supply chain
• Strategy: The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated
• Shopify Puts Up Cash for Rooftop Carbon-Capture Machines, Tree-Planting Drones
• Occidental plans up to $1 billion for facility to capture carbon from air
• War in Ukraine Reveals Flaws in Sustainable Investing
• Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures: Quantifying Companies’ Impact on Forests, Oceans Is a Challenge
• Science Based Targets Initiative: Group That Vets Corporate Climate Plans Aims to Strengthen Its Own Governance
• Disclosures on Nature, Climate Go Hand in Hand, Nestlé Risk Chief Says
• SEC Climate Disclosure Proposal Looms as Litigation Risk
• Crediting agricultural soil carbon sequestration
• Insights on individual and collective action: Stopping a Pandemic Deadlier Than Covid
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom Proposes $400 Debit Cards for Car Owners, Free Transit, Gas Tax Cuts
• Disclosures on Nature, Climate Go Hand in Hand, Nestlé Risk Chief Says
• IFRS Foundation and GRI to align capital market and multi-stakeholder standards
• Putting sustainability reporting in perspective
• ‘Greenwashing’ concerns can’t be addressed without effective reporting standards
• SEC Proposes Rule on Climate Disclosure Requirements
• Bitcoin Miners Want to Recast Themselves as Eco-Friendly
• Climate change: less space between one disaster and the next
• This Timber Company Sold Millions of Dollars of Useless Carbon Offsets
• Experts fear DTE Energy’s new proposal will kill rooftop solar for future residential customers
• Electric vehicles have a fuel-efficiency problem
• Tesla set the model for selling EVs; Ford, VW and others want to follow
• Deep-sea mining could begin next year. Here’s why ocean experts are calling for a moratorium.

February 2022

• Business Schools Must Do More to Address the Climate Crisis
• U.N. panel warns of global warming’s toll on humans and nature
• Setting Science-Based Targets to Combat Climate Change

January 2022

• 10 Ways Boards Can Act on Sustainability in 2022
• Can We Feed Billions of Ourselves Without Wrecking the Planet?

December 2021

• Accounting for Climate Change

June 2021

• Maine’s having a lobster boom. A bust may be coming.