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Is Your Mutual Fund a Climate Change Denier or Climate Champion?

Is Your Mutual Fund a Climate Change Denier or Climate Champion?

By Rob Berridge and Jackie Cook New proxy voting data showcasing how mutual fund companies voted on climate change resolutions in 2015 reveals a major divide in their thinking on this mega issue that will have wide-ranging ripples on investment portfolios. Among 42 mutual fund companies whose voting we analyzed, nine companies, including the world’s […]

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    Whole Foods Teams Up With SolarCity, NRG to Install Solar on 100 Stores

    Whole Foods Teams Up With SolarCity, NRG to Install Solar on 100 Stores

    Whole Foods is teaming up with NRG Energy and SolarCity to install rooftop solar on 100 of its stores and distribution centers across the country. Whole Foods is going even greener after striking a deal with SolarCity and NRG Energy to install solar panels across 100 stores. Fortune reported that SolarCity, co-founded by Elon Musk, will install roughly […]

    Bloomberg: The Electric Car Revolution Is Here to Stay

    Bloomberg: The Electric Car Revolution Is Here to Stay

    Within six years, the cost of owning an electric car will be cheaper than purchasing and running a petrol or diesel model. That’s the conclusion of a report on the fast-expanding electric car market by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The report says that even if petrol or diesel driven cars improve their fuel efficiency over the […]

    Dear President Obama, The Clean Energy Revolution Is Now

    Dear President Obama, The Clean Energy Revolution Is Now

    By Oceans 8 Films Dear President Obama, The Clean Energy Revolution is Now, narrated by 3-time Academy Award nominated actor Mark Ruffalo, calls on President Obama to ban fracking and join the “anti-drilling” majority growing across the U.S. Oceans 8 Films is excited to announce the film’s premiere in Washington, DC on March 18, as […]

    Renewable Energy Revolution Rocks On: All New Generating Capacity in January From Wind and Solar

    Renewable Energy Revolution Rocks On: All New Generating Capacity in January From Wind and Solar

    By SUN DAY Campaign Two new federal government reports underscore not only the continued rapid growth of renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) in the electric power sector but also the ongoing failure of government forecasts to accurately anticipate and predict that growth. The new renewable energy capacity added in January is […]

    First-of-it-Kind Supermarket Sells Expired Food, And It’s a Hit

    First-of-it-Kind Supermarket Sells Expired Food, And It’s a Hit

    In an effort to stamp down on food waste, Denmark has opened a supermarket that exclusively sells food that’s usually meant for the dumpster. Denmark's new grocery store #WeFood sells surplus food destined for landfills: https://t.co/2LTQCDBt2A #ZeroWaste pic.twitter.com/H38E8LR2Td — UN Environment Programme (@UNEP) March 1, 2016 WeFood, in Amager, Copenhagen, sells bread, fruits, vegetables, dairy, meats, […]

    Bike Washing Machine Gives Whole New Meaning to ‘Spin Cycle’

    Bike Washing Machine Gives Whole New Meaning to ‘Spin Cycle’

    Want to get a good workout and get a mundane chore out of the way—all while not using electricity? Now you can, thanks to the Bike Washing Machine, designed by students at Dalian Nationalities University in China. The Bike Washing Machine allows you to wash your clothes while you work out. Photo credit: Bike Washing Machine Colin […]

    Iowa Grannies Plant Seed for Solar Tree

    Iowa Grannies Plant Seed for Solar Tree

    As a game-changing “solar tree” public art initiative, the 100 Grannies for a Livable Future in Iowa City has galvanized a groundswell of support for a community-based, inclusive and environmentally focused alternative that could serve as a public art model for other American cities. Incorporating the original purpose of the city’s Black Hawk Mini Park […]

    IKEA Plans to Ditch Toxic Polystyrene for Biodegradable Mushroom Packaging

    IKEA Plans to Ditch Toxic Polystyrene for Biodegradable Mushroom Packaging

    IKEA is planning to switch up their packaging in an effort to slash waste and increase recycling. The Swedish furniture giant is in talks to replace its polystyrene packaging with biodegradable fungus, The Telegraph reported. Ecovative’s Mushroom Packaging uses mushroom roots and recycled farm waste to create packaging. Photo credit: Evocative “We are looking for innovative alternatives to materials, […]