The California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB) is pleased to announce E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) as this year’s Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Award recipient. CCEEB recognizes E2 for its ability to bring together business leaders, investors and professionals from every sector of the economy to advocate for smart policies that are good for the […]
Advocacy is at the center of everything E2 does – but we can’t do anything without the strong voices of our members. So how do you get your message across to lawmakers and policymakers, whether at the statehouse, the U.S. Capitol or by phone or email? Please join E2 for a special Advocacy 101 webinar […]
Please join E2 for the opportunity to talk with U.S. Senator Tom Carper (DE) about advancing climate change policy in America. As the ranking member on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Carper leads the Democratic agenda on environmental issues in the Senate. Senator Carper will address climate action in the 116th Congress including infrastructure […]
The New York State Legislature is considering two pieces of climate legislation: the State Assembly’s Climate and Community Protection Act and Governor Cuomo’s Climate Leadership Act (starting on page 231 of his executive budget package). Together, these bills could serve as sweeping, nation-leading climate legislation. The State Assembly and State Senate must now come together, […]
As members of Congress will soon vote on legislation that would compel the Trump administration to honor and plan for meeting the United States’ commitment under the Paris Agreement, E2 members send this letter urging legislators to support HR 9 and to ensure that we continue to focus on actions to protect our climate and […]
The Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast (BAPPC) is the leading business voice opposing new and expanded oil and gas development off the Pacific Coast. BAPPC formed in response to the Trump Administration’s plans to open federal waters off California, Oregon, and Washington to new oil and gas drilling via the Five-Year Outer Continental […]
The CEO of Tofurky on how the policy can help manufacturers slash energy bills and add jobs.
With ample land and its proximity to big Western markets like California, the state is already benefiting from the increased demand for renewables. On Earth Day, Sisolak is expected to sign legislation raising the state’s renewable standards to 50 percent by 2030. Earlier this month, Environmental Entrepreneurs released a reportshowing the state was first for clean […]
As California continues to lead the nation in combatting climate change, join our local business, government and non-profit leaders at the Sustainability Summit to explore how to California is creating climate resilient economies and growing access to clean energy and water resource technologies.
The past few years we’ve had a leading publication put the plastic issue on the cover of their magazine, major brands from the consumer goods forum redesigning plastic waste out of their operations and packaging, bans on plastics bags, straws and micro beads, and entrepreneurs putting purpose before profit. And NGO”s the world over are helping to drive these changes. While there are […]
More than 70 Oregon business executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other professionals sent a letterto state lawmakers on Wednesday urging them to pass the Clean Energy Jobs bill (H.B. 2020). According to the letter signed by Oregon members, supporters and partners of the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), the groundbreaking bill would send a clear, long-term signal […]
Last year E2 worked in close partnership with the Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast (BAPPC) to oppose President Trump’s Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program. While our work resulted in key victories (see below), the Federal Government is moving forward with its plans to extend offshore drilling on the West Coast, and E2 […]