NOAA's "new normal" climate report is anything but normal By JEFF BERARDELLI - May 8, 2021 Just a quick glance at the new U.S. Climate Normals maps published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [...]
Here’s What A Civilian Climate Corps Could Look Like By Alexander C. Kaufman A new proposal from an influential policy outfit outlines how the Biden administration could put 1.5 million Americans to work. CORBIS [...]
One of the Country’s 10 Largest Coal Plants Just Got a Retirement Date. What About the Rest? By Dan Gearino - May 3, 2021 The largest coal-fired power plants keep on going, even as many smaller [...]
Streams and lakes have rights, a US county decided. Now they’re suing Florida Isabella Kaminski - May 1, 2021 A novel lawsuit is taking advantage of a local ‘rights of nature’ measure passed in [...]
As Extreme Weather Batters America’s Farm Country, Costing Billions, Banks Ignore the Financial Risks of Climate Change By Georgina Gustin - May 2, 2021 The effects on agriculture of more frequent and intense natural disasters could [...]
Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals By Dan Gearino - May 3, 2021 The largest coal-fired power plants keep on going, even as many smaller ones close. Emissions rise from stacks the Duke Energy [...]
Case Study: Enbridge Oil, Energy & Gas, Headquarters Decommission 2013 – 2016 Beginning in spring of 2013, Green Standards and Enbridge, the North American leader in the safe and reliable delivery of energy, embarked on [...]
The Hidden Environmental Costs of Downsizing an Office: What We Learned Sabrina Jensen - April 21, 2021 Remote work is better for the planet... right? Whether you're downsizing or ditching the office entirely, it [...]
Case Study: General Motors Industry: Automotive, Multiple Campus Revitalization 2016-2021 Since 2016, Green Standards’ partnership with GM has diverted 5,000+ tons of surplus furniture from landfill while making in-kind donations of more than $900,000 to nearly [...]
Satellites show world's glaciers melting faster than ever BY SETH BORENSTEIN - April 28, 2021 Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according [...]
