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This year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year.On Dec. 18, we announced the winner: 90.5
December 28, 2018 by Liberty Vittert
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Transportation, at its essence, is about life. It's how people get to school and work, buy groceries or make it to hospital appointments. And technology — in
December 27, 2018 by Katie Fehrenbacher
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Week in ReviewTune in around 8:47 for a roundup of news.Uber is expanding and rebranding — is that a good thing?Tyson gears up for test of emerging, emissions-
December 14, 2018 by Heather Clancy
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While the "Green New Deal" proposed by a number of policy makers is a great idea, it couldn’t be a more terrible name. It calls specific reference to the New
December 7, 2018 by Marilyn Waite
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Waste is considered business as usual for apparel and home goods brands. Should it be?Waste — product that is made, but is unsellable — costs brands money and
November 16, 2018 by Nicole Bassett
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The following Q&A is an edited excerpt from the Bard MBA’s Nov. 16 "The Impact Report" podcast. The Impact Report brings together students and faculty in
November 16, 2018 by Heather Bowden
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The latest U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report argues that carbon pollution must be cut to zero by 2050 to avoid devastating levels of
November 15, 2018 by Kelly Sims Gallagher
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Week in ReviewTune in around 5:25 for a roundup of news.Here’s what it will take to get aviation biofuels off the groundHow financial innovation could ease the
November 9, 2018 by Heather Clancy
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Amid public concern about the global plastic-pollution crisis, companies recently have begun stepping up their efforts to eliminate single-use plastics and do
November 5, 2018 by Shannon Bouton
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Week in ReviewTune in around 6:20 for a roundup of news.5 takeaways from the New Plastics Economy Global CommitmentClean Energy Deal Tracker: Novartis and J.M
November 2, 2018 by Heather Clancy
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This 12-part series highlights women-led ventures in the green economy.I thought I was serving as a good ocean steward by not throwing plastic bottles on the
October 24, 2018 by Marilyn Waite
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Public awareness of the perils of plastic waste never has been higher, thanks to National Geographic’s June magazine dedicated to the problem. Company
October 15, 2018 by Meg Wilcox
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New Belgium Brewing's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is the same every year. It's not the ingredients it uses to make its beer or the trucks that
October 12, 2018 by Scott Breen
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The materials collection and processing supply chain necessary to support a shift to the circular economy is only as strong as its weakest link. That means
October 9, 2018 by RP Siegel
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When today’s solar panels are tomorrow’s electronic waste, who will finance their recycling? Within a few years, the United States will be facing the sunset of
September 18, 2018 by Nikki Springer
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Following years of extremely high and low temperatures, catastrophic hurricanes, droughts, floods, forest fires and sea-level rises eating away at valuable
September 17, 2018 by Terry F. Yosie
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Millions of Americans head outdoors in the summer, whether for a day at a nearby lake or a monthlong road trip. For environmental economists like me, decisions
August 8, 2018 by Timothy Haab
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As U.S. livestock farming becomes more industrial, it is changing rural life. Many people live near Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) — large
August 6, 2018 by Sacoby Wilson
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It’s getting simpler for HP Inc.’s chief sustainability and social impact officer Nate Hurst to justify his strategy to his CFO. He lets the numbers do the
July 9, 2018 by Heather Clancy
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It’s been a little over 100 years since the first synthetic resin, Bakelite, was created from coal tar and wood alcohol. In the century that followed,
July 2, 2018 by RP Siegel
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By the nature of their work, it is no surprise that hospitals produce millions of tons of waste annually.According to Practice Greenhealth, surgical
June 25, 2018 by Sister Mary Ellen Leciejewski
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Many regions and cities find themselves ill-equipped to handle the hurricanes, extreme temperatures and fires occurring more frequently with climate change.
June 22, 2018 by Holly Secon
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Framed by a momentum towards energy independence and ambitious sustainability targets at the VERGE Hawaii conference, a group of key stakeholders gathered on
June 21, 2018 by Lauren Phipps
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If you need to skip the straw at lunch today, consider this: Scientists found that even Arctic sea ice — far removed from most major metropolitan areas — is no
June 7, 2018 by Mathy Stanislaus
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Hawaii continues to make waves with bold commitments to a low-carbon future.Its latest splash came in early May with a pledge to become carbon neutral by 2045
June 6, 2018 by Heather Clancy