Interesting Developments

With all the recent and fully justified attention being paid to the need for rapid societal decarbonization, there is a real danger of overlooking the other, equally important dimension of...

The Trump Administration and many of its members came into office with a well-deserved reputation for being skeptical of government programs, particularly those thought to influence or replace activities common...

I had an opportunity this week to finally sit down and read a report issued last month by a former client and collaborator, the National Association for Environmental Management, more...

Yesterday, as was widely expected, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. government would formally withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement (see previous posts for what this agreement says and...

With many people focusing on the pending decision of the Trump Administration regarding whether to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement or remain within it (undetermined at this...

For the latest in the occasional dog-bites-man stories that tend to pique my interest, let’s turn to the global specialty chemical industry.  A few weeks ago, some of the world’s...

In an interesting example of how most things environmental are not as simple as you might think, the seemingly straightforward matter of promoting less paper use is attracting some strong,...

Many major companies are actively pursuing sustainability as a business strategy.  Among the larger companies in many industries, the focus of activity is shifting (or expanding) from internal operations (e.g.,...