… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a member of the Governor’s Council on … GC3 on Earth Day 2015 to examine the effectiveness of existing policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and identify new strategies. Connecticut’s government had already … for him. Garcia noted about natural gas, “If you're extending the infrastructure, you're building something into the system that will be around for a long time.” To provide insight …
… Join us for this week’s Environmental Economics seminar, when Sheetal Sekhri , Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia, will present her work on “Agricultural Trade and … paper can be found here . Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Environmental Economics Seminar: Sheetal Sekhri … Environmental Economics Seminar: Sheetal Sekhri …
… Join us for this week’s Environmental Economics seminar with Roger Fouquet , Principal Research Fellow with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Clean Energy Environmental Economics Seminar: Roger Fouquet … Environmental Economics Seminar: Roger Fouquet Wednesday, …
… is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. This will have catastrophic effects on human … Initiative (SBTi), the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Renewable Energy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit corporations. Greenwashing — a form of marketing that creates a false perception of a company’s …
… a small band of meteorologists, physicists and chemists began conducting observations and building models linking an increase in CO2 and other gasses in the atmosphere to the general warming of the earth’s climate, a phenomenon dubbed “the greenhouse effect”. Since CO2 was a byproduct of the burning of fossil fuels, these models … adherents as additional observations lent further support to the theory. In 1988, the greenhouse effect hit the front pages, as NASA scientist James Hansen told a Congressional …
… technologies. To inform such decisions, the International Resource Panel has written “ Green Energy Choices ,” a systematic assessment of the environmental benefits, trade-offs … and risks of low-carbon technologies for electricity generation . In this webinar, lead "Green Energy Choices" author, Edgar Hertwich, will provide an overview of the life cycle … and identify projects with high environmental impacts. 2553 Equity and Justice Clean Energy Green Energy Choices: An Environmental Assessment of Low-Carbon Electricity … Green Energy …
… Green Innovation - Lunch Deep Dives is a discussion group bringing together students from diverse backgrounds to explore different aspects of green innovation. Every two weeks this group will meet on Tuesdays for lunch for an informal … Contact Aishwarya Kuruttukulam (aishwarya.kuruttukulam@yale.edu). Environmental Innovation Green Innovation - Lunch Deep Dive … Green Innovation - Lunch Deep Dive Tuesday, September …
… Please note this has changed to an open session. Green Innovation Lunch Deep Dives is a discussion group bringing together students from diverse backgrounds to explore different aspects of green innovation. Every two weeks this group will meet on Tuesdays for lunch for an informal … Contact Aishwarya Kuruttukulam (aishwarya.kuruttukulam@yale.edu). Environmental Innovation Green Innovation Lunch Deep Dive … Green Innovation Lunch Deep Dive Tuesday, November 29th, …
… Responding to findings by scientists that linked palm oil plantations to deforestation, Greenpeace, a global environmental NGO, began campaigning in 2005 to save the Indonesian … leading palm oil firm and issued reports criticizing the practices of the company. Greenpeace’s campaign took off in 2010, when the organization targeted a GAR customer, … video that went viral on social media sites. Nestlé quickly bowed to the demands of Greenpeace and dropped GAR as a supplier. Unilever had already canceled its contracts with …
… for Bigelow's zero waste and other sustainability goals, and participated in Bigelow’s Green Team to create a monthly theme calendar of activities and social media opportunities. She also learned about how tea is … sustainability goals, and participated in Bigelow’s Green Team to create a monthly theme calendar of activities and social media opportunities. She also learned about how tea is …