Living Deliberately in the City
Somewhere in my subconscious, I believe I was driven by a Thoreau-like obsession to live deliberately. More in the forefront of my mind, I knew...
Environment
Good ESG Practices Lead to Better Operational and Stock Performance
We encounter the effects of climate change more and more every day. For example, in Turkey, we experienced a winter without snow on New Year’s...
Filmmaker Susan Kucera: A Realistic Environmentalist
“If oil went away tomorrow, millions of people would die – not just because of not being able to turn on the light switch –...
Top Four Workplace Hazards in Renewable Energy – And How to Prevent Them
As our energy spectrum evolves from traditional sources to renewables, the energy workforce will evolve along with it. It may surprise you to know that...
Four Ways to Acquire Renewable Energy Certificates
To reduce Scope 2 emissions (those associated with electricity use) and meet renewable energy targets, companies need to acquire, and retire, renewable energy certificates (RECs)....
Achieving Oil Terminal Water Authority Compliance with Automated Wastewater Treatment
Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA has identified 65 pollutants and classes of pollutants as “toxic pollutants,” of which 126 specific substances have been...
Lost in Translation: Transitioning into the Renewables Space
Traditional oil and gas companies are transitioning into the renewables space. One might presume they would be particularly well suited for offshore wind development after...
Q&A with Sequana CEO Liz Madaras
Rebecca Ponton: What motivated you to begin thinking about a solution to chemical and plastic pollution, and form the company that would eventually become Sequana?...
New York State of Mind
In 2010, Robin and Duncan Ross, owners of Arrowhead Spring Vineyards in Lockport, New York, needed alternative power generation capabilities for their growing vineyard. Until...
Saving Humanity with Trees and Natural Gas
Last year, in the name of climate change, the federal government and some state governments did much to impede American natural gas production. They blocked pipelines,...