Yesterday, draft language for the long-awaited Clean Energy Jobs Bill was released. If passed, the legislation would create a Cap-and-Invest program that would place an economy-wide limit on greenhouse gas emissions, create a market-based program to drive least-cost emission reductions and invest the program’s proceeds into climate change mitigation projects, including clean energy projects such as wind […]
As the Trump administration attempts to roll back the Mercury Air Toxics Standards (MATS), E2 members send this letter to Administrator Wheeler urging him to continue support of these clean energy and environmental standards.
Please join E2 for a special webinar this Wednesday, Jan. 30 to learn about current and upcoming action on climate, clean energy and transportation issues in the new Congress. Our special guests include Rep. A. Donald McEachin, who leads several key climate and clean energy efforts in the House; Kenneth DeGraff, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s […]
Interested in learning more about Oregon’s clean energy economy and the economic opportunities presented by the Cap & Invest program expected to be considered by the Legislature in early 2019? Want to hear about the role agriculture can play in Oregon meeting its climate goals? Join E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) and our local partners for this gathering of […]
Interested in learning more about Oregon’s clean energy economy and the economic opportunities presented by the Cap & Invest program expected to be considered by the Legislature in early 2019? Join E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) and our local partners for this gathering of the business, policy and investor communities in Greater Portland to hear about Oregon’s growing clean […]
The Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) advocacy group organized a letter to every member of the new Congress imploring them to “take immediate and ambitious action” to address the economic threats of climate change. It was signed by more than 500 business leaders and other professionals and was released on Jan. 8. “Congress has not only the […]
As the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is holding a confirmation hearing today on the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E2 members write this letter to Senators Collins and King urging the Senate to advise Mr. Wheeler to reconsider his troubling positions on these issues to […]
As the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is holding a confirmation hearing today on the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E2 members write this letter to Senators Collins and King urging the Senate to advise Mr. Wheeler to reconsider his troubling positions on these issues to ensure […]
A group of more than 500 business leaders and investors are demanding that lawmakers “take immediate and ambitious action” to address the economic threats from climate change made clear in the Trump administration’s 4th National Climate Assessment via a letter sent to all members of the Congress. The letter, organized by E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), was signed by executives from […]
E2 is co-hosting a screening of documentary filmmaker James Balog’s newest film, The Human Element, on December 5 at 7:00 pmat the Sie Film Society in Denver. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and local leaders. Please contact Rocky Mountains Advocate Susan Nedell ([email protected]) if you’d like to attend.
The Trump administration tried to bury the latest volume of the National Climate Assessment by releasing it the day after Thanksgiving. The attempted burial failed. The New York Times and Washington Post – but also the Houston Chronicle and St. Louis Times-Dispatch, along with many other publications – covered the report. They covered the report because of the dire warnings around economic and environmental damage […]
Join us for an evening with Assemblymember Todd Gloria, the author of the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan and co-author of the 100% Clean Energy Act of 2018 (S.B. 100), which was a top E2 priority this year. Hear Assemblymember Gloria’s thoughts on how these policies complement each other, what he sees as the […]