environment

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) CEO Ed Bastian said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" the company will become "fully carbon neutral" as of March 1. What Happened Delta understands its business needs to do more than just take care of its customers, workers and shareholders. As of...

Of the tens of thousands of notices issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for trucks with expiring registrations this month, around 4,000 informed owners their vehicles were noncompliantwithstate air quality regulations and therefore could not be registered. The registration...

Beyond Meat Inc.'s (NASDAQ: BYND) shares continued their surge on Tuesday as Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) said it would expand into more plant-based options to reduce its carbon impact. In an open letter on Tuesday, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said the coffee chain would aim to...

The Climate Finance Partnership (CFP) organization is seeking to raise $500 million as initial funding for its environment protection fund. BlackRock Takes Charge The CFP was announced at the One Planet Summit in September 2018. Leading partner BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) said the vehicle will...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Thursday said it's planning to become ‘carbon negative' by 2030. What Happened This means that the company will aim to clear more carbon from the environment than it emits. Microsoft also pledged to entirely eliminate all carbon that the...

Seattle-based e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is threatening employees with consequences for speaking publicly about its business, an Amazon employee union said in a statement on Thursday. What Happened The Amazon Employee For Climate Justice (AECJ) said that some of the...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is building more tents over its solar test structures in solar test houses in Fremont, Calif, according to CNBC. What Happened Elon Musk’s Tesla, which aims to have its Solarglass rooftops ready in 2020, is putting up “canopy covers” over its solar...

The United Nations Climate Change Summit in Madrid ended on Sunday with a few commitments and disagreements, according to The Washington Post. What Happened Countries that participated in the UN climate talks agreed that there is an urgent need to increase the carbon-cutting targets, but...

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio said in a statement on Saturday that he is proud to stand with organizations protecting the Amazon rainforest. Brazil President Blames DiCaprio For Fires The Oscar-winning actor’s statement came a day after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused...

California is cracking down on the automakers who backed the Trump administration in opposing the state’s bid to set its own emission standards. What Happened The California government will bar all state agencies from purchasing any further vehicles from these companies, the New York Times...

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to update standards for hydrochlorofluorocarbons, including import requirements. EPA announced that its proposed updates include requiring electronic reporting for importers and exporters; improving the process for petitioning to import used...

News reports about the 2019 Copenhagen Fashion Summit (May 15-16, 2019) highlighted current efforts by the French government to encourage fashion companies to establish sustainability goals for the industry. French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Francois-Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering SA, to...

Members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee agreed on Thursday, February 7 on the need for a bold and long-overdue plan to fix the nation's infrastructure, but the big unanswered question continues to be how to fund it. Raise the gas tax? Install a vehicle-mile...

Scientists say they’ve figured out how much plastics the world has produced, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Of the 9.15 billion tons produced since plastics began their heyday in the 1950s, 6.95 billion tons is packed into landfills or littered elsewhere in the environment. That’s...

Nobody likes drama — except for the public sycophant, who has undoubtedly seen a convenient opportunity or two in recent political turmoil. Amid policy controversies and under the pressure of brand boycotts, a few American corporations quickly embraced fashionable causes ━ and the cameras...