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Minnesota lawmakers are beginning work on clean energy legislation that would require utilities to generate 100% of their electricity from carbon-free resources by 2040, as a renewed focus on climate change ramps up with a new administration in the White House. Read More

Environmental groups sued EPA yesterday over “unscientific and unlawful” decisions regarding a chemical risk assessment released in the final weeks of the Trump administration. Read More

As EPA moves forward with plans to regulate two “forever chemicals,” it must first answer some basic questions that could significantly shape the process. Read More

Q4 2020: Amazon, AT&T, McDonald’s and Starbucks lead the way as clean energy procurement matures Sarah Golden Thu, 01/14/2021 – 04:11 After a strange year, corporate renewable procurement deals ended on a high note, with corporations inking some of the biggest, most complex transactions to date. The result was a blockbuster fourth quarter, with more […]

How the EU’s new ‘toxic-free’ vision could shape your safer chemicals strategy Bob Kerr Thu, 01/14/2021 – 01:00 For the last two decades, the European Union has played a leadership role in tackling the risks hazardous chemicals pose to our health and environment. It has now proposed a new vision for a “toxic-free environment” and […]

Toxic chemicals phased out years ago may imperil male porpoise fertility, with grim implications for other marine mammals like killer whales. Read More

20 c-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. If a crisis is the ultimate test of leadership, last year provided ample narratives about leaders […]

Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be Heather Clancy Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:00 One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry pledging millions of dollars to one of nature’s most effective […]