LEAD FEATURE ❧ The automobile industry has more than doubled fuel efficiency under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program and is set to double it again by 2025. That is, until President Trump attacked the most successful ever greenhouse gas reduction program.
LEAD FEATURE ❧ The constellation of computer services is a huge consumer of energy, but its climate impact has been stable even as total use multiplies. At the same time, the collection and processing of information will yield huge environmental improvements in other sectors.
Onerous for experts, IPCC process is in danger of becoming politicized.
COLLOQUY ❧ Former banker and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson took the stage at the annual dinner and responded to questions from ELI Vice Chair Ben Wilson about environmental protection in China and environmental policy in the United States and internationally. Paulson’s conclusion based on his decades of experience: It takes business, NGOs, and government working together to get things done.
Institute is a key player in quadrennial international conclave.
Cities are talking trash again — and this time it's zero trash.
CENTERPIECE ❧ Environmental law is informed by science, but policymakers are beginning to understand — and embody in habitat protection regimes and responses to crises like climate change — sources of local and indigenous knowledge, often passed down orally from generation to generation.
Acknowledging Role of Nuclear Power in Meeting Climate Goals.
CENTERPIECE ❧ We live in a material world. The unsustainable consumption of natural resources translates into environmental degradation and increased business risk. Economic growth and raw materials need to be decoupled. Fortunately, there is a path forward.
States and Localities Are Finding a Huge Potential in Green Bonds.
