• Forests

Tackling Climate Change Begins With Investing in Our Forests

by Larry Selzer, President and CEO, The Conservation Fund  Climate change threatens every life support system we rely on—food, water, and biodiversity. The things that keep us alive are at risk, which means we are at risk. We recognize that climate change is the most pressing global challenge we have ever faced, and we must […]

• People

Oh, Happy Day!

• animals
• International Day of Happiness
• nature
• wellbeing
• wildlife

By Beth Allgood, President, OneNature It was a long hike, and rugged. The Himalayan altitude was almost as breathtaking as the scenery, which became more stunning with every switchback turn. I had arrived in Bhutan two days before on my second trip to the remote mountain kingdom.  The first, twenty-four months earlier, was to attend […]

• Sustainability

Special Interests Are Preventing the Expansion of Sustainable Building Codes

• green buildings
• green construction
• ICC
• sustainability

by Brynn Furey As many government officials look for opportunities to make our buildings greener, special interest groups want to put up blockades. Recently, construction and gas industry associations succeeded in erecting a new barrier to sideline city leaders from influencing codes that determine the health and safety of our buildings — and have a […]

• Climate Change

Direct Air Capture is Ready for its Close-up

• carbon capture
• carbon emissions
• CO2
• DAC
• direct air capture
• nature based solutions
• offset

By Dr. Julio Friedmann As Congress prepares major climate legislation and President Biden looks to take more executive action, net-zero emissions has become the science-based star of the show. That show features a climate solution that is often overlooked – undiscovered and waiting in the wings. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which pulls carbon dioxide (CO2) […]

• Energy

Batteries Can Bring Clean Energy To Those Who Need It Most

• battery storage
• clean energy
• renewables

By Lew Milford With its recent executive orders on environmental justice, the Biden administration has put energy equity at the front and center of its domestic policy agenda. The challenge now is to put these principles into practice. That job has been made much more critical with the massive power outage that just crippled Texas. […]

• Sustainability

We Can’t “Build Back Better” Without Addressing Plastic Pollution

• Build Back Better
• circular economy
• plastic
• plastic pollution
• recycling

by Erin Simon, Head of Plastic Waste and Business, World Wildlife Fund   After a year of unprecedented devastation and loss, the arrival of 2021 has shown us at least a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. Our top priority remains the immediate health and safety of our fellow citizens, but we […]