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We signed the Climate Declaration — and your firm should, too 20 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
In May, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. became the first major Chicago company to sign the Climate Declaration, a call for a coordinated effort to combat climate change. Becoming a signatory is more than just...
Lessons From A Drying River 16 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
Water users in the parched Southwest U.S. were just hit with a devastating warning. Due to water shortages in the Colorado River Basin, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation today announced first-ever cutba...
Two New States to Require Climate Risk Survey; More Companies Must Now Respond 13 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm
Connecticut and Minnesota regulators have decided to join California, New York and Washington in requiring insurers to respond to a survey on climate change. Additionally, California Insurance Commis...
Bold leadership from US insurers is needed to tackle climate change 13 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
There's a huge opportunity for insurers to take on the climate change challenge but the US insurance industry is only taking baby steps. The insurance industry's core business is to protect people – ...
The Good News and Bad News of Declining Water Demand 9 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
Water utilities across the United States are planning major infrastructure investments in the coming decades. How much? The Environmental Protection Agency estimates about $300 billion will need to be...
Investors Achieve Strong Results on Climate Change, Supply Chains, Water Risks During 2013 Proxy Season 8 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
Investors achieved noteworthy victories during this year’s shareholder proxy season, with a near record 110 shareholder resolutions filed with 94 U.S. companies on corporate sustainability challenges ...
Assessing Water System Revenue Risk: Considerations for Market Analysts 7 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
Water utilities are on the brink of extraordinary investments to replace aging infrastructure—the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that by 2030, capital expenditures of more than $300 billion...
Global Investor Survey on Climate Change 2013 5 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
The results of this third global survey of climate-related investment practices, summarized in this report, are consistent with last year’s results: while members of the investor networks surveyed con...
$100M in natural gas being burned off monthly in ND 29 Jul 2013 | 10:03 pm
Oil producers in North Dakota are reportedly allowing $100 million of natural gas per month — a third of what's drilled — to burn off into the air. NEW YORK — Oil producers are allowing nearly a thir...
Flaring Up: North Dakota Natural Gas Flaring More Than Doubles in Two Years 29 Jul 2013 | 01:00 pm
In its World Energy Outlook 2012, the International Energy Agency projected that the United States would become the world’s largest oil producer by 2020, a position the U.S. last held in the 1970s. Th...
