Rona Fried, Author at Sustainable Business - Page 69 of 2804Sustainable Business

October 11: 2014 Global Frackdown

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First came the Peoples' Climate March, and now fracking gets an international day of protest.

The Boundary Dam coal plant in Canada will capture 90% of carbon, most of which will be sold for enhanced oil recovery.

Many corporations that tout their green credentials are supporting the very candidates that should be defeated in November.

Spending more money than ever before, they are supporting candidates who will take action on climate change.

California is the first state to ban plastic bags and many others are expected to follow, including 150 cities.

Not surprisingly, it's a third smaller than he originally proposed, but still is the largest protected ocean area in the world.

At least seven LNG plants have been approved this year with permits to export over 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas every day... for 20 years.

Showing what strong state policies can achieve, the state is home to 6000 clean energy companies, a $10 billion industry.

8000 people attended Harvest the Hope, while Enbridge quietly doubles tar sands imports through a crude oil pipeline.

Oregon has two solar projects along rights of way and Minnesota just asked for proposals.