Blog/Commentary
A dirty secret: Here’s why your ESG ETF likely owns stock in fossil-fuel companies - MarketWatch
I'm quoted in this article: Some ESG ETFs funds also may own tobacco and gambling stocks.
How to Tell If the Companies You Invest in Are Greenwashing
I'm quoted in this Business Insider article: There are no standards for investments that prioritize environmental, social, or governance factors, so investors have to do the work themselves.
What Can You Really Do to Help The Climate? - Sunday Edit
Earth Equity's Kerry Keihn quoted in this article on climate lifestyle!
Markets & Economy
Investors bought up a record share of homes last year - Washington Post
An analysis of 40 major metro areas revealed unequal levels of investor activity, with southern cities and Black neighborhoods disproportionately affected
March 2020: How the Fed Averted Economic Disaster - WSJ
As markets plunged, Jerome Powell and his colleagues vastly expanded the reach of the central bank, with implications that will be felt for years to come
Inflation is surging, and corporate pricing is, too - Vox
Corporations pass more than increased costs on to consumers.
Climate Change
Serious, Salty Trouble Is Brewing Under Antarctic Glaciers | WIRED
Alarming new research suggests warm seawater is rushing under the ice, perhaps doubling the rate of melting.
Climate change could make skiing less diverse, more exclusive
As the world warms, it gets more expensive to make artificial snow, and more costly to hit the slopes—effectively shutting many out of the sport.
Health/Biotech
Woman Appears Cured of HIV After Umbilical-Cord Blood Transplant - WSJ
The patient’s transplant in New York City could help researchers who are developing gene therapies to cure HIV.
Culture
Christopher Walken Shares the Secrets of Acting Like Christopher Walken - The New York Times
“I’ve played scenes pretending that I was Elvis or Bugs Bunny or a U-boat commander.”
Museum Security Guard Adds Eyes to Painting’s Faceless Figures - The New York Times
The guard at a museum in Russia has been suspended after he used a pen to draw on “Three Figures,” an avant-garde painting from the 1930s.
Gun safety groups denounce a new AR-15 marketed to kids
The JR-15 recently launched at an annual shooting-sports trade show. Gun safety and reform experts say it’s the most brazen example of marketing guns to kids they’ve ever seen.