Federal energy regulators rejected a Trump administration plan to increase grid resiliency and reliability for corporations by subsidizing older coal and nuclear plants, saying it would deter investments in grid modernization.
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The tax bill just reconciled by the US House and US Senate keeps the traditional benefits afforded all energy forms, including oil and gas as well as wind and solar.
Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt said that his agency will formulate the Clean Power Plan’s future in early 2018. And while Pruitt said that the agency would “replace” the proposal and not “repeal” it altogether, others are questioning his true intent.
The federal tax bill now pending in the US Congress would favor oil and gas development over renewable energy projects, all to the consternation of hi-tech companies that now rely on wind and solar energies to power their businesses.
The Northeast is proposing to increase its greenhouse gas reduction goals by 30% from 2020 levels. The effect on business? Analysts say it is improving grid reliability and wholesale prices.
(Pictured: Apple Park in Cupertino, CA*) Apple says that 320,000 acres of working forest in China have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and that the company is now protecting and creating enough sustainable working forest to cover the paper use in its packaging for all products. Apple’s forestry … Read more »
The Group of 20 almost unanimously supports efforts to combat climate change, pointing out that progress is inevitable because of the support of business.
Just as the president has said the United States would eventually withdraw from the Paris climate accord, the shareholders of the world’s biggest oil company made a very different statement: Exxon Mobil Corp. must increase its transparency and reduce its CO2 releases.
Companies like Ikea and Apple with extensive supply chains are investing in downstream suppliers to ensure sustainability and manage supply chain risk.
Members of the Trump administration are meeting tomorrow to discuss the global climate treaty accord and whether the United States should remain involved.
The corporate community, by-and-large, is standing by efforts to curb carbon emissions under the Clean Power Plan, all in the wake of an executive order to weaken it.
Apple suppliers’ facilities diverted more than 200,000 metric tons of waste from landfills in 2016, compared to 74,000 metric tons in 2015.
