The original green sector – agriculture — hasn’t been on the radar for environmental, social and governance investors, given industrial agriculture’s heavy dependence on pesticides, fertilizers and genetically modified seeds.
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3 questions to ask your financial adviser if you are serious about sustainable investing
Christine2021-11-18T17:42:34-05:00Interested in sustainable investing but not comfortable tackling all the extra due diligence that goes into picking stocks and funds?
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Opinion: Lithium is at the heart of the electric-vehicle revolution — here’s how the market for the raw material works
Christine2021-11-18T17:25:49-05:00Tesla drew attention to the raw materials needed to make electric-vehicle batteries when it signed a sales agreement with Piedmont Lithium to secure about a third of the startup’s production for up to 10 years, even though its mine isn’t …
ESG investors struggle to find the right balance in doing good – and solar panels show why
Christine2021-11-18T17:24:21-05:00The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a stark warning this month that human-led warming from burning of fossil fuels is causing climate change and removing carbon emissions will cause warming to cease.
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How can I tell if this ESG fund digs deep on sustainability or is just greenwashing?
Christine2021-11-18T17:22:43-05:00Sustainable investing is hot, and when Wall Street sees a trend, it wants a piece of the action. How hot? In 2020, US SIF Foundation, which measures this type of investing, said 33% of U.S. assets under professional management use …
Better than recycling? These manufacturers are taking part in a ‘circular economy’
Christine2021-11-18T17:20:03-05:00The circular economy rethinks our current single-use product-design model, replacing it with more efficient use of products and materials to reduce strains on natural resources.
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Houston Will Get Hit With Another Harvey. Now’s The Time For It To Get Ready.
Christine2018-07-23T10:06:34-04:00As Houston begins the long rebuilding process after Hurricane Harvey, it has an opportunity to transform itself into a city ready and resilient in the face of climate change and the possibility of more extreme weather events.
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This new technology could save the troubled nuclear power industry
Christine2018-07-23T10:07:20-04:00Small nuclear reactors, funded by investors like Bill Gates, are emerging in the US as cheaper, safer alternatives to traditional nuclear power plant designs.
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Chicago Is Fighting Climate Change No Matter What Trump Says.
Christine2018-07-23T10:14:03-04:00As President Donald Trump chops away at federal efforts to slow down climate change, local officials across the country are promising to take action anyway.
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Weather system revamp hopes to bring sunshine to US economy
Christine2020-06-03T19:50:46-04:00New legislation requires NOAA to improve weather research and forecasting, boosting industries from farming and airlines and improving the public warning system.
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