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The Sustainable Energy Heroes Who Are Resisting A Tough Macroeconomy
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 12:45pm | 1157Read More...2019 set quite a few records when it comes to stock market growth. And this is despite the tensions caused by Brexit and and the USA-China trade war saga. But the energy industry suffered some dramatic movements due to all this drama. And by energy industry, we mean the total of all companies...
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Oregon Republicans Walk Out Over Climate Bill Opposed By Trucking Industry
Monday, February 24, 2020 - 5:15pm | 365Read More...In a replay of last year's drama over climate change legislation, Republicans in the Oregon Senate staged a walkout Monday morning to slow a Democratic bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions, OregonLive reported. Under the state Constitution, a two-thirds majority of the Senate must be present for a...
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Bezos Is Creating A $10 Billion "We Can Save Earth" Fund. Will Amazon Follow?
Friday, February 21, 2020 - 3:14pm | 881Read More...The founder of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Jeff Bezos, decided to enter the climate change battle by creating Bezos Earth Fund, his biggest humanitarian investment. The fund should start issuing grants within few months, currently from $10 billion which will come from Bezos, and hopefully will...
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Jeff Bezos Gives Away $10B To Save The Planet From Climate Change
Monday, February 17, 2020 - 11:55pm | 469Read More...Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos will commit $10 billion to fight climate change. What Happened Bezos wants to support scientists, activists, and NGOs in a global initiative beginning this summer. He will commit $10 billion for his Bezos Earth Fund to “explore new ways of fighting...
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How Climate Change Will Drive A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance
Sunday, February 16, 2020 - 4:50pm | 895Read More...Extreme weather conditions and natural disasters have swept through the world this year. From bushfires in Australia to flooding in the U.K., the climate catastrophe is pushing sustainable investing to the forefront. BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink said concerns about climate change will drive...
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Commentary: Davos 2020 Is About Supply Chains, Disguised As Climate Change
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 4:24pm | 827Read More...The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is hosting its annual conference for global academic, business, policy and political leaders beginning today, January 21, through...
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Cramer Says Microsoft's Green Initiative A 'Shocking Paradigm Shift'
Friday, January 17, 2020 - 2:41pm | 435Read More...CNBC's Jim Cramer spent a day at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) to better understand how the tech giant is balancing sustainability initiatives in its operations. Microsoft 'Can Do It' Microsoft announced Thursday a new plan to not only become carbon negative by the end of the...
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Will Joaquin Phoenix's Golden Globes Speech Dent The Private Plane Market?
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 5:15pm | 923Read More...Actor Joaquin Phoenix has joined a chorus of celebrities and environmentalists criticizing private jets as an irresponsible contribution to carbon emissions in an era of climate change, a line of critique that may be starting to worry the small jet market. At the Golden Globes award show last...
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California Conference Sounds Alarm About Sea Level Rise, Storms
Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 9:44am | 1546Read More...Speakers at a "Storms, Flooding and Sea Level Defense Conference" in Oakland, California, warned attendees about myriad dangers to coastal and inland residents in coming years from rising sea levels. Sponsored by the Propeller Club of Northern California, the event featured about three dozen...
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The European Green Deal And What It Means For The Rail Freight Industry
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 10:04am | 806Read More...The onset of the new decade will usher in the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) sulfur cap regulations to the maritime industry, spurring the global push to make transportation more sustainable and carbon-efficient. Within Europe, much has happened in terms of regulations and policymaking...
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Exxon Mobil Gets Trial Win In Case Over Records On Cost Of Climate Change
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 5:03pm | 453Read More...Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) got a win Tuesday in an important securities fraud lawsuit when a judge ruled the state of New York failed to prove the company tried to hide the cost of climate regulations from investors. New York State Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager found the plaintiffs...
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Germany €54 Billion Climate Package Might Be Too Little Too Late
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - 1:54pm | 734Read More...Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, unveiled an ambitious climate package to the tune of €54 billion, buoyed by public protests on Germany's inability to hit its upcoming emissions target of 2020. The frustration of not reaching its climate targets is of great annoyance to Germany, as the...
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Truck Tolls, EV Subsidies Drive $60B Climate Package In Germany
Monday, September 23, 2019 - 11:29am | 554Read More...German officials have unveiled a $60 billion climate policy package, one of several government and private-sector emissions reductions schemes that have been introduced ahead of next week's UN climate summit in New York. The German plan, unveiled on Sept. 20, the day after Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ...
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Port Report: K + N Looks To Offset Carbon Footprint By 2030
Monday, September 23, 2019 - 10:47am | 546Read More...The issue of climate change takes center stage in New York as representatives of over 70 countries assemble for the United Nations' Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23. The Summit comes as weather records continue to be broken, according to a UN-sponsored study on the state of the world's climate....
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Innovation In Global Supply Chains Will Be Driven By Consumer Attitudes Towards Climate Change
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 6:19pm | 954Read More...When I discuss technological innovation in global supply chains with people who do not share my enthusiasm for the topic I often get the reaction; "No one wakes up thinking about innovation in supply chains." Obviously, they are exaggerating, but I know what they mean; For a long time supply chains...
