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Credit Cards and Climate Change
How much money is in your purse or pocket right now? Probably not very much. Credit cards or an app on our phone can get us just about anything that we want or need. It is fast and easy and we often get rewarded for using these instead of...
read morePatricia
This Hurricane is the strongest ever. Is it caused by global warming? Who knows for sure. But what we do know is that by reducing our collective carbon footprints, one footprint at a time, we can make a...
read moreChanging the Direction of Climate Change Battle: Start from the Bottom Up
While international summits and organizations seek to rally support for a global plan to combat climate change and federal governments struggle to enact policies to reduce their nations’ carbon footprints, something interesting is happening in cities and states across the world: they’re taking their own steps to go green,...
read moreDOERS do our country good
The following statement is from a Chevron Oil Company advertisement. “DOERS built this country. Hard-working DOERS and smart-working DOERS. They built the dams and the railroads, the Golden Gates and the Empire States. And all that doin’ took energy. Energy got us here. And it’s our job to make...
read moreGreen Bond Principles and Climate Bond Initiative
As we have reported in previous blogs, the amount of capital for clean energy financing raised by “Green Bonds” has been steadily rising. These bonds are being sold by governments and finance corporations. These investments that follow standards such as Green Bond Principles and Climate Bond Initiative ensure investors...
read moreGreen Bonds Showing Promise in 2015
The World Bank issued its first Green Bond Impact Report on August 11, detailing the success of its various green bond projects around the world. The World Bank reported that it has issued 100 green bonds in 18 currencies. Together, they’re valued at an equivalent of USD $8.4 billion....
read moreWhat Are Green Bonds? Know Your Investments
Green bonds are on the rise, with green bond investments projected to hit USD $100 billion this year — almost three times as much as the $36 billion in 2014, which was more than double the $11 billion issued in 2013. Not only are the total investment amounts increasing...
read moreOur Earth’s Future – Climate Change
I just completed an online course about climate change offered by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The course is five modules and you have two weeks at you own pace to complete each module. Dr. Tillinger starts out by discussing simple questions. What is...
read moreA Forum on Divesting From Fossil Fuels
On August 11th I attended a forum on pension funds and foundations divesting from fossil fuel companies. The event was organized by 350NYC and a host of other organizations including the Sierra Club and The New York Society for Ethical Culture. The seven member panel consisted of representatives from...
read moreCarbon Risk Assessment – Strategies for Financial Institutions
On July 27, 2015 I attended and afternoon series of lectures at the 7 World Trade Center office of Moody’s Investor Service in New York City. The event was organized by 2 degree Investing Initiative and was titled “Discussing Carbon Risk Assessment Strategies”. One discussion was about US Investor-Owned...
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