Blog/Commentary
My latest column in Crain Currency: Understanding Greenwashing and Why It Matters
Creating a legacy for your children, grandchildren and generations to come takes lots of foresight and planning. It also means investing in companies that are working toward a sustainable future. Unfortunately, because ESG investing has become a buzzword, greenwashing has become more prevalent.
Politics
Senators to Propose Ban on U.S. Lawmakers, Executive Branch Members Owning Stock - WSJ
Kirsten Gillibrand and Josh Hawley will unveil a bill as new polling shows strong public support for a stock ban.
Alternative Energy
Climate Change
She’s on a Mission From God: Suing Big Oil for Climate Damages - The New York Times
A lawyer started small with a creative tactic. It grew into an effort that could force fossil fuel companies to pay hundreds of billions in damages.
Extreme Heat Grips 3 Continents as Climate Change Warms Earth - The New York Times
Across North America, Europe and Asia, hundreds of millions of people endured blistering conditions. The U.S. special envoy for climate change called it “a threat to all of humankind.”
Beach seaweed: Sargassum is the new mess of algae taking over shorelines and ruining vacations.
Welcome to our hot sargassum summer.
Extreme Heat Is Deadlier Than Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes Combined - Scientific American
When dangerous heat waves hit cities, better risk communication could save lives
Environment
Here are all the positive environmental stories from 2023 so far | Euronews
We're going to be regularly updating this page with good news about our planet in an effort to combat climate anxiety.
Technology
The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity - Vox
The founders of Anthropic quit OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done.
How to spot an AI cheater - BBC Future
Students, lawyers and others are passing off writing drafted by artificial intelligence as their own. How to spot it?
Culture
At the Met, She Holds Court. At Home, She Held 71 Looted Antiquities. - The New York Times
Shelby White has given the museum generous gifts and 33 years of service as a trustee. But investigators recently seized many of her ancient artifacts, including 17 that were on loan to the Met.