Energy
Invest in Networks for Exponential Climate Wins
As time ticks down on the transition to clean energy, networked solutions will be crucial for beating the clock.
Energy Innovations in sustainable energy
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Circular Construction
A multinational team is upcycling old concrete and brick for new buildings in the Czech Republic.
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Building Sustainable Value Chains From Hemp and Flowers
To reduce global consumption, entirely new value-creation models must be created that can integrate renewable resources into unsustainable industries.
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The Low-Cost AI Illusion
What the next economic phase of artificial intelligence means for public interest work and how organizations can protect equity, access, and themselves.
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A New Environment for Climate Politics
An excerpt from Organize or Burn on how movement politics can respond to democratic crisis
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The Oil and Gas Industry Is Costing American Taxpayers, Consumers, and Communities
Investing in people and places is an antidote to the climate crisis.
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The Democracy Emergency Coming From the Oil and Gas Industry
The fight to protect our communities and the environment is also a fight to protect democracy.
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Removing the Barriers to the Renewable Energy Boom
Renewables are more reliable and affordable compared to their oil- and gas-powered alternatives. Can they survive political headwinds and continue to make big gains in the United States?
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The Next Phase of Business Sustainability
The era of corporations integrating sustainable practices is being surpassed by a new age of corporations actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable. Open access to this article is made possible by The Regents of the University of Michigan on behalf of the Erb Institute.
The Complicity of Corporate Sustainability
Long hailed as a major piece of the climate solution, sustainable business practices have not only fallen short: They even enable the continued dominance of fossil fuel.
Time to Put the Fossil-Fuel Industry Into Hospice
If humanity is to survive the climate crisis, we must manage a just and orderly transition away from fossil fuels. The correct models for this resolution are triage, euthanasia, and hospice.
Open-access to this article made possible by University of Michigan.
Roundtable on Shared Value
Executives from 10 major corporations discuss the innovative ways that they are putting societal issues at the core of their companies’ strategy and operations.
Picking Green Tech’s Winners and Losers
Unless clean tech follows well-established rules of innovation and commercialization, the industry’s promise to provide sustainable sources of energy will fail.