Ohio’s 2024 Climate and Economic Crossroads: A Year of IRA Gains and ESG Challenges
As 2024 comes to a close, Ohio finds itself at the intersection of two transformational national policy trends: the Inflation Reduction Act […]
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Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working To Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping
A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy “grassroots” group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm—and each other.
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Business Leaders Challenge Texas Law Targeting Responsible Investors
In a significant legal move, the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN), representing sustainable investment groups such as Etho Capital and Sphere, has […]
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Ranked Choice Voting is making progress in DC.
Small Businesses applaud Initiative 83 being on ballotOpens up voting participation to all registered voters Washington, DC—The Business for Democracy-DC collaborative is […]
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Nearly all households opt-in to East Palestine settlement
Households in the affected area still feeling the impact of the toxic spill.
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Houston’s post-Beryl outages highlight benefits of distributed energy
Distributed energy resources are confirmed to provide resilience in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.
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Supreme Court Overturns Chevron: Implications for Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Today marks a significant shift in the legal landscape as the Supreme Court overruled the precedent set by Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense […]
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EPA spends $21B, puts drinking water standards on forever chemicals
Legally enforceable drinking water standards related to what are commonly known as forever chemicals have been given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency along with funding.
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Ohio’s Lost Opportunity: How An Economic Development Subsidy is Failing to Help Disinvested Communities
A massive tax break for the wealthy, touted as a way to drive prosperity to poor and left-behind places, has instead throughout Ohio driven more gentrification in a few select urban areas, a new Good Jobs First analysis has found.
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State regulators OK huge Ohio solar plant
State regulators have greenlit a 6,050-acre solar farm in Madison County. The Oak Run project includes agrivoltaics and will greatly benefit local economies and governments.
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After a massive bee kill, a scientist challenges pesticide policies
In 2016, Judy Wu-Smart’s flourishing career took a drastic turn when her bee colonies began experiencing catastrophic die-offs, prompting Wu-Smart to question and challenge existing pesticide policies.
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NTSB: East Palestine explosion unnecessary
NTSB Chair admits incomplete information given before chemical explosion from Ohio train derailment; Senator Vance expresses concern for potential poisoning of the area.
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