E2 California has been highly involved in the effort to extend our Cap-and-Trade program this year. For us, this is personal. It's not only the most effective, market-driven way to ensure emission reductions, but it's also the product of one of E2's earliest advocacy efforts. In times when the news out of Washington about climate […]
I learned at least two important things [in May], while advocating for good clean energy policy on Capitol Hill with E2. Lesson one: Both sides of the aisle are confounded by the Trump administration, often as surprised and shocked as the rest of us at the erratic moves of the executive branch, and not […]
On Earth Day this year, E2 launched an exciting new fellowship to build business voices and support for sound policies that benefit the environment and the economy. The 1 Hotels Fellowship at E2 is made possible thanks to a generous donation from Barry Sternlicht, the Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group and founder of […]
We are excited to announce that E2’s Emerging Leaders (EL) Program will launch next month with a special webinar on March 9 –“We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For: A Call to Action for Emerging Leaders Around the Country.”Through the EL program, business leaders under age 35 can join E2 at a reduced […]
Business leaders in the cleantech sector are company and job creators – and that’s what makes them the most effective advocates for policies that grow the clean economy. E2 sponsored a panel for the Cleantech Forum on January 25 in San Francisco to highlight the impacts of public policy on the prospects of cleantech businesses […]
Want to take action but not sure what to do next? It’s more important than ever to make business voices – voices like yours – heard in Washington and beyond. Here are some resources and easy steps you can take today: Stay Informed NRDC's Trump Watch, is a digital tool to keep up with all […]
As President Trump and the current Congress look to drastically change American climate, environmental and clean energy policy, business voices are essential to pushing back on an oft-repeated and bogus message that pro-business means anti-environment. In the next two months, E2 members are coming to Washington to do just that. First, in March, […]
Longtime E2 members Lisa and Charly Kleissner, through their non-profit Toniic Institute, have produced a new report analyzing the results impact investors are having on climate change issues and other areas. The new Toniic Institute report, called the T100 Project, combines first-person stories with analysis of impact and financial returns for more than 50 portfolios moving to 100 percent impact alignment […]
In the coming month and a half, E2 will engage in three advocacy areas linked by two common purposes: limiting greenhouse gases and promoting efficiency in energy production and use. E2 Thanks EPA for Strong First Step Curbing Methane from New Sources and Urge Action on Existing Sources On June 21, E2 sent our members […]
Christine Luong, who has been an integral part of E2 for more than eight years, is no longer working with the organization. Christine most recently served as operations director for E2, but as many members know, she has held a wide range of important roles within E2 over the years – including supporting our Northern […]
Over the course of two days in April, the E2 Spring 2016 DC Delegation converged on Washington, DC and met with 55 legislators and members of the Administration. Nearly half of our meetings on Capitol Hill were with Midwestern legislators, and a third were with Republican offices. The E2 delegation spoke before the House Sustainable Energy […]
E2 has been telling the story of how clean energy works with our jobs reports, our www.cleanenergyworksforus.org site and our direct and indirect advocacy with lawmakers at the national and state level for years now. Recently, we deployed an interesting new communications tool – with some great success. If you walked in or around the state capitols […]