McDonald’s continues to dodge meaningful movement on climate change policies, which would require a big shake-up of its beef dominant product mix. Meanwhile, three supermarket chains have dropped Brazilian beef suppliers over deforestation concerns.
Read more...An issue to keep in mind as fossil fuel demand declines: plugging costs can no longer be kicked down the road.
Read more...“Requiring workers to work through such a major tornado warning event as this was inexcusable.”
Read more...California to launch mandatory residential food waste management program in January.
Read more...Agrochemical and pesticide giants like Bayer and BASF are pushing for weaker action on harmful chemicals and climate goals.
Read more...Crop shortages are a big contritucor to high food prices, and the fundamentals aren’t likely to revert to the old normal.
Read more...The UN’s FAO publishes first effort report on how the use of plastics in farming erodes the health of soils, threatening food safety and human health.
Read more...Climate adaptation in the global South needs to be addressed through development. Moving from de-risking to diversification requires a developmental state committed to ‘green’ industrial policy – involving investment and technology.
Read more...Oil companies and regulators must bolster nascent efforts to repair the damage that has already been done.
Read more...PR firms have played a key role in obstructing action on climate change over the past 30 years.
Read more...IKEA pledges to phase out plastics packaging; federal and state lawmakers should impose a similar bank on all U.S. companies
Read more...Banks continue to provide financing to fossil fuel firms that the bond market would not finance as long as they do not price the risk of stranded assets. In this setting, stranded assets risks may have shifted to large banks.
Read more...Why biofuel is a scam, except perhaps as a subsidy to Big Ag.
Read more...Carbon offset markets allow the rich to emit as financial intermediaries profit and undermine efforts to cut greenhouse gasses.
Read more...Finance, which some see as uniquely positioned to save the planet, has already bankrolled 1.5֯ C of warming.
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