In what environmentalists are calling a startling rebuke to company management, 31 percent of ExxonMobil shareholders voted in favor of a resolution calling on the company to set global warming emission targets for both its products and its operations.
In what environmentalists are calling a startling rebuke to company management, 31 percent of ExxonMobil shareholders voted in favor of a resolution calling on the company to set global warming emission targets for both its products and its operations.
Despite optimism that China is finally starting to recognize the importance of sustainability, a top Chinese official last week shrugged off requests from the European Union (EU) to take nationwide action to curb the emission of greenhouse gases responsible for human-induced global warming.
International consumer products conglomerate Unilever, which owns and operates the world’s two leading tea brands (Lipton in the U.S. and PG Tips in Great Britain), announced last week that it plans to shift sourcing of its entire tea supply to sustainable producers.
Studies have shown that we are psychologically healthier when we spend time around trees and in woods. But time constraints and the stress of daily life often limit our interactions to a quick appreciation of the bottom few feet of a few trees from ground level. There is another way, a way that utilizes rope and modern techniques to rekindle this ancient relationship: Recreational Tree Climbing (RTC).
The late Rachel Carson wrote the influential 1962 book Silent Spring that detailed how pesticides like DDT were wiping out America’s birds. Her far-reaching influence gave birth to the modern environmental movement. But does that make Carson a national hero?
Environmentalists are hoping that pressure from the world’s other industrialized nations will spur the U.S. government to finally take action on setting strong mandatory curbs on the emission of greenhouse gases.
Last week, two leading environmental groups, the Pew Charitable Trusts environmental program and the National Environmental Trust, agreed to join forces. The merged entity, with 80 staffers and an annual budget topping $70 million, qualifies as one of the largest environmental advocacy organizations in the world.
A new banner with the words "A Greener Apple" cropped up on Apple Inc.’s website recently, linking to a personal letter from company founder and CEO Steve Jobs proclaiming that the company is finally going green. In the letter, Jobs writes that consumers, employees, shareholders and the industry "want us to be a leader in [green practices], just as we are in the other areas of our business. So today we’re changing our policy."
It’s a very inconvenient truth: The organized environmental movement has been almost totally ineffective at protecting the environment since the mid 1980s.
