MS in Sustainability Management News10
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Student Spotlight: Kate Morsink, Future Sustainability Consultant
After she completes the Sustainability Management program in December, Kate will work for the Boston Consulting Group, helping businesses inject sustainability into their core strategy.
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The Evolution of Sustainability and Organizational Management
Management education that omits environmental and other sustainability concerns will be inadequate as managers must navigate a highly regulated and complex organizational terrain.
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Fossil Fuels Are Dying, but They’re Not Dead Yet
It’s relatively easy to hang banners and call for rapid change. It’s far more difficult to do the work required to build the new energy system we need.
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New York Needs the Environmental Bond Act
The bond will provide funding for capital projects to protect our homes and ecosystems in an era of extreme weather and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases. It is a necessary step, but it is far from sufficient.
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Preventing a Fossil Fuel Comeback in Congress
It makes economic, political, national security, and environmental sense to promote renewable energy and allow energy price competition to drive fossil fuels out of the marketplace.
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We Need a Realistic Path to Decarbonize New York’s Electric Grid
Decarbonization is largely unpredictable, but there are some elements we can predict.
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The Private Sector Push for Environmental Sustainability
Building the organizational capacity to measure, analyze, and report a company’s environmental impact is necessary but not sufficient to reduce that impact. The next step is to build the capacity to reduce impact through changes in work processes and/or technologies.
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Climate-Fueled Extreme Weather: Protection, Recovery, and Reconstruction
When a weather disaster happens every hundred years, it is an emergency. When it happens every year, it is a routine, periodic occurrence from which we need to protect ourselves.
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It’s Time to Push Congestion Pricing Over the Finish Line
Congestion pricing is close to implementation. All we need is a little political courage to push it across the finish line.
The first Earth Day in 1970 ignited a movement to stop polluting our planet. Today, our scientists and experts are tackling the most pressing challenges to achieve real-world impact. This Earth Day, join us in our commitment to realizing a just and sustainable future for our planet. Visit our Earth Day website for ideas, resources, and inspiration.
