Whenever there is a surprise in stocks, customers’ stocks usually start pouring. But recently, financial advisers have been getting more and more customers from worrying about the devastation of West Coast wildfires, which come amid the worst public-health crisis of a century this year. “We always get a lot of …
Read More »California plagued by scorching heat (130 degrees!), Lightning, blackouts and even fire tornadoes
After a weekend of wild and burning weather, California residents were warned Sunday to step in for Wednesday’s chance to shine. More than 200,000 PG&E Corp. PCG, -2.18% customers in Northern California on Saturday lost power in the state’s first sequence of rolling blackouts since the Enron-fueled statewide energy crisis …
Read More »Microsoft, Starbucks and Nike choose to show and tell to drive others to achieve zero net carbon emissions
Microsoft has partnered with Unilever, Starbucks, Nike, and a handful of other global companies that seem to have little in common with established plans to reduce carbon pollution, and what its executives say is a willingness to teach others how to achieve emissions. net zero. 2050. The companies, which also …
Read More »P&G catches up on climate change, but critics say troubling tree-to-toilet pipe needs to go
Charmin’s toilet paper maker Procter & Gamble Co. has teamed up with other consumer product conglomerates with its own updated climate change campaign, and agrees with its rivals that the next decade is a critical time for action, but drawing new concerns from natural resource groups. CEO David Taylor and …
Read More »‘Greener Ice in the NHL’ – Amazon names headquarters for Seattle’s new hockey franchise, the Climate Pledge Arena
Amazon.com Inc., the fast-delivery giant historically under fire for its impact on the environment, has bought the name rights to Seattle’s KeyArena, giving up a corporate nickname for calling the site Climate Pledge Arena. The facility, where the city’s incoming NHL franchise will play and where the WNBA’s Storm already …
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