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The new bottom line

Examining the business case for investing in social and environmental change
  • As solar energy becomes cheaper, it’s attracting investment across the world, evidenced by the $116bn that flowed into solar projects, companies and technologies in 2016.

    Powerhouse: the startup making solar the most accessible energy in the world

    It’s one of the only incubators focused on solar companies – but Powerhouse is part of a larger movement to nurture new companies in the low-carbon future
  • A train near hauls coal mined from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin near Bill, Wyo., Tuesday, March 28, 2017. President Donald Trump’s lifting of a federal coal leasing moratorium issued last year by President Barack Obama will allow new leasing of federal coal to resume in the basin and elsewhere. (AP photo/Mead Gruver)

    President Trump, it's time we left coal behind

    Danny Kennedy
    Coal isn’t the future of the American economy – it’s renewable energy. The sooner Donald Trump realizes that, the better
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    Green energy in a coal state: the struggle to bring solar jobs to West Virginia

    Local entrepreneurs want to replace disappearing coal jobs with employment in solar – but that’s a tough move in a state that lacks the solar-friendly regulations of places like California
  • ***BESTPIX*** NOAA Report Shows Carbon Dioxide Levels In Atmosphere Reached Record High Last Year<br>SUN VALLEY, CA - MARCH 10: The gas-powered Valley Generating Station is seen in the San Fernando Valley on March 10, 2017 in Sun Valley, California. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached a new record high in 2016 and have continued to climb in the first two months of 2017, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported today. The vast majority of climate scientists contend that increasing greenhouse gas emissions drive climate change but new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt disagrees.  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

    A guide to the EPA data under threat by the Trump administration

  • Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt<br>President Donald Trump shakes hands with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, center, before signing the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) executive order, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, which directs the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which expands the number of waterways that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    The financial benefits of the EPA data Trump doesn't want you to know about

  • TG_sunpower<br>DAVIS, Calif., January 13, 2017 Kingsley Chen, a SunPower employee, demonstrates a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or drone, used to survey areas for potential solar array placement at SunPower R&amp;D Ranch in Davis, Calif., Jan. 13, 2017. Photo by Robert Durell

    How drones are helping design the solar power plants of the future

    A cottage industry is growing around new technology for solar power developers to design, build and operate solar farms to help compete with fossil fuel power
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    Only 14% of plastics are recycled – can tech innovation tackle the rest?

    A new group of companies is innovating on the problem of plastics recycling by tackling everything from styrofoam to Ziploc bags
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    Microfibers are polluting our food chain. This laundry bag can stop that

    Two German inventors created a laundry bag to prevent shedding microfibers ending up in oceans. Now, Patagonia will start selling it to customers
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    Tesla moves beyond electric cars with new California battery farm

    The project is part of Elon Musk’s plan to help transform the power grid
  • A man wearing a mask depicting U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump protests during a demonstration against climate change outside of the U.S. Embassy in London, Britain on November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

    Businesses and investors renew plea to Trump: don't ignore climate change

    A letter released today contains signatures from 530 companies including Campbell Soup and Johnson & Johnson, urging the president-elect to take action
  • The time and expenses required to get organic certification present major roadblocks for increasing the amount of organic farmland in America.

    Will 2017 be the year we get serious about sustainable food?

    The next few years could be pivotal for sustainable food in the realms of organic farming, sustainable fishing and plant based meat alternatives
  • The Eiffel tower is illuminated in green with the words “Paris Agreement is Done”, to celebrate the Paris U.N. COP21 Climate Change agreement in Paris, France, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/File Photo

    Businesses no longer have an excuse not to disclose their climate risks

    Anne Simpson
    New recommendations will help companies to predict the impact of climate change on their finances – and give us more firepower to demand disclosure
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    Why is corporate America picking wind power over solar?

    Google, Microsoft, Dow Chemical and other big companies are buying five times more wind than solar electricity in the race to hit ambitious emissions targets
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    US advances on clean energy with first offshore wind farm

    Offshore wind farms are in development across the country, but the election of Donald Trump may weaken federal support and squelch an emerging industry
  • A common honeybee pollinates a wildflower in southeast Alaska Thursday July 17, 2008. Honeybees account for over 80% of all insect pollination as well as provide humanity with pollen, honey, beeswax, propolis, and bee venom. (AP Photo/Klas Stolpe)

    Bee's knees: a new $4m effort aims to stop the death spiral of honeybees

    General Mills is co-funding a project with the federal government to restore the habitat of pollinators such as bees and butterflies on North American farms
  • Businesses, like homeowners, have historically relied on their local utilities for power. Now, tech companies like Google and Facebook are racing to reach a 100% renewable energy target.

    Google, Apple, Facebook race towards 100% renewable energy target

    A global campaign to promote 100% renewable energy use in the business world means more Silicon Valley giants are now investing in solar and wind electricity
  • Power Production At Coal Powered TVA Fossil Fuel Plant<br>Plumes of water vapor emit from the Tennessee Valley Authority Paradise Fossil Plant in Paradise, Kentucky, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. The plant generates and delivers 14 billion kilowatt-hours of coal-fired electricity per year to Western Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images AMERICA; AMERICAS; AMERIC|SOUTH; SOUTHEAST; US|ENERGY; RESOURCES|ELECTRICITY;

    Donald Trump supports 'clean coal' – but does it really have a future?

    Trump wants to bring back millions of coal jobs, but a technology that could help has struggled to become affordable
  • TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Adam PLOWRIGHT (FILES) This file photo taken on October 02, 2016 shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arriving for a rally at Spooky Nook Sports center in Manheim, Pennsylvania. Donald Trump's election in the United States and a surge in far-right nationalist groups in Europe have led to a fierce debate among historians and commentators about the parallels between the current decade and the catastrophic 1930s. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

    What businesses want Trump to know about climate change

    Nearly 400 companies and nonprofits signed a letter to express support for the Paris climate agreement. We asked a handful to tell us why
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    The latest weapon in the fight against illegal fishing? Artificial intelligence

    A $150,000 reward is up for grabs for any data scientist who can write code for facial recognition software that can pinpoint illegal catch on fishing boats
  • Donald Trump<br>U.S. President-elect Donald Trump smiles as he arrives to speak at an election night rally, early Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. Trump’s election has small business advocates expecting changes in government policy on issues like health care and the environment. But they’re concerned that gridlock will continue in Washington even though there will be a Republican president and a Congress that looks to be GOP-dominated. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

    Trump's influence on the future of clean energy is less clear than you think

    Michael Liebreich
    The president-elect is a political novice whose energy plan doesn’t account for the economic reality of coal and renewable energy
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