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In the wake of the home mortgage crisis of 2008, Green America launched its Get A Better Bank map, listing hundreds of community development banks and credit unions as alternatives to the megabanks that tanked the economy and heavily finance fossil fuel projects.
Now in the wake of the home insurance crisis, Green America is launching a similar tool: its Climate Smart…
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Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles are key for a just financial and sustainable future. They are a tenet of the free market, ensuring individuals have all the necessary information before making decisions about where to invest their money. Across the country, however, state legislators and executives are risking a safe future for people and planet by pushing…
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Now is the time to break up with your megabank. Find a community development bank or credit union on our Get a Better Bank map.
What if you found out the money in your bank account was being used to fuel fires and floods, leading to contaminated water from fracking or coal mining, or air pollution where you live? If you bank with one of the large Wall Street…
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In the crooning voices of the Beach Boys: Let’s go surfing now, everybody’s learning how. It’s summer and the world beckons, from surfing to gardening and campfires to fitness. Whatever your favorite sunny day pastimes, though, it’s important to apply your green living experience and consider things like waste, carbon footprint, toxic chemicals, and more. Fortunately, Green…
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Instead of passing the buck on to the rest of us and our most vulnerable citizens, big insurance companies must use their leverage and clout to push the energy transition to a more sustainable future.
Cathy Cowan Becker, Guest columnist
This column was originally published by the Des Moines Register on May 23, 2024.
As the planet warms, the insurance…
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Climate change is real. Some solutions are not. This is true when it comes to the wood pellet controversy: cutting down forests, burning the trees, and then claiming forest destruction is a renewable energy source.
That is what industry and some governments are claiming. Known as biomass or wood pellets, many countries burn wood pellets for electricity, claiming it’s green. The…
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Across the United States, the wealth gap is seen and felt in various areas, from wages to investment funds, and all aspects of owning and improving property. BIPOC and low-income Americans struggle in specific ways because of the wealth gap, including a lack of equity, savings, and access to clean environments. Clean Energy Credit Union (CECU) {GBN} is seeking to change that with…
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Medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) trucks are part of the backbone of our economy. Yet, the majority of these vehicles are polluting and expensive to run and maintain. Fossil fuel engines emit concentrated amounts of dangerous pollutants harming human health and the environment. Much of that pollution is disproportionately affecting disenfranchised communities, including low-income…
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A groundbreaking label from Green America’s Soil & Climate Initiative (SCI) will soon arrive in grocery stores, and with it an inspiring vision of a thriving, sustainable future for our food system.
“The Soil and Climate Health Initiative Verified label represents a measurable commitment to farming systems that seek to restore the land that feeds us,” said Adam Kotin,…
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