regulation
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The SEC Finally Issues its Climate Disclosure Rule
Government’s regulation of corporate environmental reporting has finally begun.
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The Impact of Regulation on Automobile Innovation
The transition to environmental sustainability in America requires rapid, widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Regulation driving technological innovation may help expedite this process.
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Regulating Greenwashing
The purpose of greenwashing rules is not to prevent innocent errors or ignore tradeoffs but to discourage outright deception.
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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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Cryptocurrency’s Dirty Secret: Energy Consumption
To be a true game changer, crypto may need to come clean and go green.
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Scott Pruitt and the Chemical Industry Collude to Deregulate Toxic Chemicals
The persistence of toxic chemicals and substances like plastics throughout the biosphere has impacts that are not yet well understood and may be very difficult to predict.
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We Need to Reinvent Regulation, Not Destroy It
We should be thinking about regulation as a way of ensuring our economic activity can proceed with the least possible amount of unanticipated negative impacts. We need to police ourselves and make sure that the rules of correct behavior are clear, fair, well understood and creatively applied.
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Houston’s Post-Harvey Toxic Mess
If we are to maintain the way of life we enjoy while maintaining a safe and healthy environment, we need to require more careful management of toxic substances.
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Scott Pruitt and Donald Trump’s Stealth War on the EPA
The Trump Administration’s understated attack on environmental regulation could have more impact than some of its higher-profile actions.
