Science Based Targets & the Future of Corporate Climate Action
Science Based Targets & the Future of Corporate Climate Action By TIM CRONIN, September 27th 2018 In the past month, ambitious emissions reduction plans have been all the buzz. California has set a blistering pace by announcing a goal of 100% renewables for the electric sector (read more about…
BARS Update: South Shore
BARS Update: South Shore BY: KRISTIN KELLEHER & SARAH PYKKONEN, September 27th 2018 With only a few towns left to visit in our Businesses Acting on Rising Seas (BARS) Campaign, we spent the last two weeks in the South Shore hearing about how businesses in Scituate and Duxbury have…
BARS Campaign Update: Gloucester & Rockport
BARS Campaign Update: Gloucester & Rockport BY: KRISTIN KELLEHER & EMILY HARTMANN, SEPTEMBER 13th 2018 As North and South Carolina prepare for Hurricane Florence on the East Coast, spurring evacuations, it reminds us of the devastating effects extreme weather and flooding can have on local businesses, and our own…
BARS Campaign Update: Ipswich, Essex & Manchester-by-the-Sea
BARS Campaign Update: Ipswich, Essex & Manchester-by-the-Sea BY: KRISTIN KELLEHER & EMILY HARTMANN, AUGUST 23rd 2018 Over the past three weeks our Businesses Acting on Rising Seas (BARS) Resiliency Team targeted Ipswich, Essex, and Manchester-by-Sea to continue our outreach campaign on the impending impacts of climate change, and how…
Trump’s Attack on Fuel Efficient Cars Would Hurt Our Economy
Trump’s Attack on Fuel Efficient Cars Would Hurt Our Economy BY TIM CRONIN, AUGUST 15th 2018 Last week President Trump’s EPA announced its unprecedented plan to rollback the nation’s auto emissions standards, jeopardizing national and local economies, while hindering our ability to fight climate change. This irresponsible action…
‘Hothouse Earth’: What is it and What Can We Do About It?
'Hothouse Earth': What is it and What Can We Do About It? BY MARIA VIRGINIA OLANO, AUGUST 9th 2018 This week, an international team of scientists published a new study, suggesting we are now dangerously close to the tipping point for a “Hothouse Earth”. While that might sound…
What if we treated Earth like it was our business?
What if we treated Earth like it was our business? BY MARIA VIRGINIA OLANO, AUGUST 2nd 2018 Much like a business, our planet has a budget. If it exceeds that budget it is borrowing resources, like a business requiring a line of credit. The difference is that the…
5 End-of-Session Climate Takeaways for Business Leaders
5 End-of-Session Climate Takeaways for Business Leaders BY TIM CRONIN, AUGUST 2nd 2018 In Massachusetts the two-year legislative session is over, with the passage of two new laws addressing climate action and clean energy. As we reflect on what these laws do (and don’t do), here are our top five…
[Massachusetts] End of Session Climate Policy Summary
[Massachusetts] End of Session Climate Policy Summary BY TIM CRONIN, JULY 31st 2018 With the Massachusetts’ two-year legislative session over, we summarize the climate action policies lawmakers decided to make into law. Massachusetts’ two-year legislative session is over and lawmakers have decided on the climate policies that they want…
