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…
Building resilience from the business out: BARS campaign kicks off in Chelsea
Building resilience from the business out: BARS campaign kicks off in Chelsea BY KRISTIN KELLEHER, JULY 26th 2018 Massachusetts is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts; it is ranked fourth in the nation for the most commercial properties at risk by the end of the century, and about 20%…
Saved by the sea: How oceans are helping countries cope with climate change
Saved by the sea: How oceans are helping countries cope with climate change BY JACKIE RYAN, JULY 19th 2018 Earlier this year, Cape Town made international headlines. Reports had been surfacing that the coastal city, which serves as South Africa’s legislative capital, was running out of water. Theewaterskloof, once…
