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How California Is Tackling Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

In view of the urgent warnings recently issued by the IPCC, we can look to California for its leadership in reducing GHG emissions.

Businesses, cities, and states across the U.S are stepping up to climate action

U.S. Cities, States and Business Tackle Climate Change Despite Trump Inaction

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Despite inaction from the Trump administration, cities, states, and businesses take up the mantle of climate action.

Charitable Foundations Pledge $4 Billion for Global Climate Action

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Announced at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit, the $4 billion pledged is to be invested in advancing deployment of low- and zero-carbon solutions.

On the eve of the Global Climate Action Summit, Jerry Brown signs SB100 into law

California Governor Signs Historic Bill on the Eve of Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Where ambition finds a home World leaders and participants from around the world are gathering this week in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit. The goal of the summit is to “take ambition to the next level.” Since agreed to in Paris in December 2015 and signed on Earth Day the following year, the Paris Agreement has looked…

The Case For Carbon Pricing

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

The Florida Republican House representative Carlos Curbelo recently introduced legislation that would put a price on carbon. The legislation, called the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kick-start the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, or the MARKET CHOICE Act (H.R. 6463), would impose a tax on carbon emissions starting at $24/ton of carbon equivalent (CO2e)…

Extended Producer Responsibility takes hold in Ottowa

Why Extended Producer Responsibility Will Change the Recycling Game

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Guest Contributor | 1 Comments

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a waste management concept that, while not new, is finally getting the attention it deserves from a world that is waking up to its importance. Essentially, EPR is a strategy that assigns responsibility for the post-consumer phase of goods to the producers of the waste. As governments around the world try to cope with historic…

When government falters, business can lead on climate change action

Business Leads the Way In Climate Change Action

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Where government fails, business can lead. That axiom has never been truer than it is now under President Trump. Trump announced on June 1, 2017, that the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate treaty. Businesses began signing the We Are Still In declaration in June 2017, along with mayors and governors. The coalition now has over 2,700 representatives from…