The Trump Presidency
Appointments
Senate Banking Committee rejected President Trump's nominee to lead the Export-Import Bank.
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People
Helen Kopnina
Dr. Kopnina, Helen (Ph.D. Cambridge University, 2002) is currently employed both at the Leiden University and at The Hague University of Applied Science (HHS) in The Netherlands.
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Social Media
Getting some control
According to Recode, 'Twitter will also start penalizing accounts that include 'hateful imagery and display names,' presumably including Nazi insignia, or otherwise engage in abusive behavior.''
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Social Media
Getting some control
Twitter’s new rules could result in a major purge of alt-right accounts ... The new rules took effect today.
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Carbon / Climate
Carbon Offsets
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT ... Carbon Offsets Help Salesforce Go Net Zero 33 Years Early
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Region: Middle East
Quatar
NEWS/BUSINESS & ECONOMY ... Qatar central bank to probe effort to manipulate riyal
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Region: Middle East
Quatar
NEWS/BUSINESS & ECONOMY ... Why the financial war on the Qatari Riyal has failed
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Climate / Carbon
Market Mechanisms
ENERGY ... How Individuals Move the Needle by Buying on Voluntary Carbon Markets
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Climate / Climate Change
Accelerating Response
Companies acknowledge the problem / The Pope takes an active interest / The temperature at record levels in 2017
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Pollution
Plastic Pollution
A million bottles a minute: world's plastic binge 'as dangerous as climate change' ... Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021
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Pollution
Plastic Pollution
193 nations sign pledge to tackle 'global crisis' of plastic in the oceans
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Metrics / Carbon Emissions
The Gold Standard
Gold Standard for the Global Goals is [a] next-generation standard, designed to accelerate progress toward climate security and sustainable development.
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Metrics / Carbon Emissions
Verified Carbon Standard
The VCS Program is the world’s most widely used voluntary GHG program.
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Carbon / Climate
Climate Action Reserve
Climate Action Reserve is an initiative coordinated mainly by the Staste of Caslifornia under the leadership of Governor Brown
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Climate / Carbon
United States Climate Alliance
U.S. Climate Alliance was formed in response to the U.S. federal government’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, and remains committed to that agreement
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Organizations
The Sustainability Laboratory
Information about the people involved with the Sustainability Institute
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Accountancy / Audit
Conflict of Law
KPMG partners face court contempt over China audit
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People
Dame Ellen MacArthur
Ellen MacArthur: 'I can't live with the sea any more' ... The round the world record holder explains why she has turned her back on the sea to crusade for the planet.
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Climate / GHGs
US Federal Methane emission rules
California sues Trump administration over global-warming gas rules
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The Trump Presidency
GOP Tax Scam Passes
Trump may celebrate his tax giveaway – but politically it could cost him dear
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Nature
The Degradation of the Natural Environment
Our selective blindness is lethal to the living world ... Each generation is normalising the erosion of our environment, and the devastating losses to fragile ecosystems mount up
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Carbon / Climate
The Gold Standard
People involved with the Gold Standard system
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Peter Burgess
Professional Development
Webinar ... 'Landing Board Seats with Mike Lorelli, Operating Partner - Falconhead Capital'.
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The Trump Administration
EPA / Scott Pruett
What is Scott Pruitt so afraid of?
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Blockchain / Cryptocurrencies
Biggest bubble or Biggest opportunity
5 Bitcoin lessons for every investor / Price Analysis / Rising tide floating all boats
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WEAPONISING MISINFORMATION
PART OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER
7 Years Before Russia Hacked the Election, Someone Did the Same Thing to Climate Scientists ... “Why does this story sound so darned familiar?”
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Big Data Analytics
Foundational Legal Questions
A Groundbreaking Case May Force Controversial Data Firm Cambridge Analytica to Reveal Trump Secrets ... This US professor is counting on British data privacy laws to get some answers.
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The Trump Presidency
Reflections
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Most Dangerous Man on Earth ... Who Cares? Not Them, Not It, Not Him, Not (Evidently) Us // Could Donald Trump Be the End of Evolutionary History?
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Cities / Urban Design
Storm Water Infrastructure
Gray and Green Infrastructure for Increased Urban Resiliency
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Initiative
Meeting of the Minds
About
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Company: Interface
Environmental Leader
Interface Changes the Story on Climate Change from Pessimism to Optimism
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Banking and Finance
Another Bubble?
Subprime Auto Defaults Are Soaring, and Private Equity (PE) Firms Have No Way Out ... PE Firms in for Bumpy Ride as Subprime Auto Defaults Soar
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The Trump Presidency
US Foreign Policy
UN Defies Trump's Threats by Passing Resolution on Jerusalem ... ‘This vote will be remembered,’ Haley tells General Assembly ... U.K, Japan among key U.S. allies opposing Trump on issue
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Activism
Common Dreams
Objective Reporting ... year end fund raising
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Linkedin Groups
DuPont Sustainable Solutions
A Recap of DSS Social from November 2017
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Human Rights
UN High Commission on Human Rights
WORLD ... Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, Top Human Rights Official, Won’t Seek a Second Term
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Geopolitics
Fareed's Global Briefing
Fareed's Global Briefing 171221 ... What to Watch for in 2018: Europe and the Americas
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IMPACT
Impact Measurement / Impact Management
Social Value UK // Impact Management: A chance to put the reindeer before the sleigh?
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People
The Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Team
The Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Team
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Activism
Story of Stuff Project
BREAKING: Our biggest victory yet against Nestlé ... Today, the Water Board ruled that Nestlé has been taking far more water than its limited water rights allow
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Economic Disruption
Corruption
Corruption: The Root of Much Human Evil ...
Decent nations appear helpless against the spread of corruption. Their own elites keep promoting the racket.
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People
John de Graaf
A beautiful poem ... about Christmas and ...
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Company: Apple
Why phones slow down!
Apple faces lawsuits over its intentional slowing of older iPhones ... two separate class-action lawsuits claim Apple did not have user consent to slow iPhone performance and that it was forcing new purchases
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People
Layne Hartsell
Knows something about cryptocurrencies / digital assets
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Company: AT&T
SPIN: AT&T Credits Trump for Bonus Its Union Already Negotiated
AT&T promised $1,000 in bonuses because of the GOP tax plan on Wednesday. But the union representing AT&T workers bargained for that bonus earlier this month.
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The Trump Presidency
Trump / GOP Tax Reform Scam
BUSINESS ... How Trump's Corporate-Tax Plan Could Send American Jobs Overseas
The president maintains his proposal would limit offshoring. A major provision of it would do just the opposite.
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Inequality
Possible Response
Branko Milanovic // Tackling Global Inequality ... Why can’t 20th century tools be used to address 21st century income inequality?
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EVENTS / Climate
2018 Investor Summit on Climate Risk
January 31, 2018 ... Key speakers info / FAQs on the 2018 Investor Summit on Climate Risk
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Peter Burgess Essay Draft ... incomplete
About Profit
Profit dominates the corporate organization ... causing all sorts of collateral damage
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Spatial Analysis
ArcGIS
A Business Plan for the Planet ... World Bank makes its extensive data holdings readily available through maps on ArcGIS Online.
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