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Pet sustainability, or the truth about cats and dogs

GreenBiz

One of the biggest environmental impacts is associated with the food for meat-eating pets, a product category that contributed at least 64 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually as of 2017.

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Diverse Acting Nominations Since 2017 Are Nearly Triple the Number From 2009 to 2016

3BL Media

Since those two blank years, the number of diverse nominees has nearly tripled in the acting categories compared to the eight years before 2017 according to new research on diversity at the Oscars by Nielsen’s Gracenote. From 2017 to 2024, 44 acting nominations have been diverse with 11 of those nominees going on to win.

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Setting the perfect stage for wildfires in the Western US

GreenBiz

In California, the 2017 and 2018 wildfire seasons were massive, deadly, and costly.

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Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables

Renew Economy

The owners of the largest gas plant in South Australia have been hit with a heavy fine for the role it played in a major blackout in early 2017, when it sat idle and failed to comply with market rules. The post Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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4 ways companies can build low-carbon supply chains

GreenBiz

From McDonald's 2001 commitment to sustainable fish to Walmart’s 2017 Project Gigaton launch, the length and path of these journeys ranges widely.

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Large scale solar PV projects at lowest level for seven years. Will contractors stay the course?

Renew Economy

The number of large scale solar PV projects under construction in Australia is lowest since 2017, raising fears some contractors will move on. The post Large scale solar PV projects at lowest level for seven years. Will contractors stay the course? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Voting rights advocate Jerome Foster is raising youth climate awareness

GreenBiz

In 2017, Foster created his second entrepreneurial venture in digital media, The Climate Reporter, a collection of international youth writing about climate change, global warming and environmental justice,