Daily Archives: December 17, 2019

Goldman Sachs (finally) urges carbon pricing and action on human sustainability

This week, Goldman Sachs joined more than a dozen of the world’s largest banks in announcing policy changes to help human sustainability, including that it will no longer finance new oil projects in the Arctic where President Donald Trump and … Continue reading

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The necessary ‘R’ in battling waste epidemic is ‘refuse’

Since China stopped accepting mountains of our trash in 2018, it’s become clear that most of our waste is not recycled and “reduce, reuse and refuse.” is the necessary mantra for consumers and policymakers.   See The Atlantic:  Is this … Continue reading

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The dark side of electronic waste recycling

Electronic waste is a hazardous and difficult form of garbage to manage. Though a lot of e-waste can be recycled responsibly, many e-waste processors choose instead to ship it overseas for junkyards in poorer nations to deal with. Remarkably, exporting … Continue reading

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