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Fireside Chat: California Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-43) and Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Los Angeles, Lauren Faber O’Connor

WHAT Please join E2, in collaboration with Young Professionals in Energy (YPE), for an intimate discussion with Assemblymember Laura Friedman. The Assemblymember will be interviewed by Lauren Faber O’Connor, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles and discussion topics will include California’s clean energy economy, Assemblymember Friedman’s AB-383 (Clean Energy Financing Clearinghouse), and water conservation policy. Andy […]

Michigan Businesses Band Together for Clean Water

Campaign focuses on importance of water to state’s economy GRAND RAPIDS (May 15, 2019) – Driven by the importance of water to the state’s economy, Michigan business leaders are banding together to call on lawmakers to pass smart policies to ensure safe, sufficient and clean water from source to tap. Businesses for Clean Water, a new […]

Businesses Against New Offshore Oil Drilling

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 […]

Trump Admin, Stalling on Offshore Drilling Plan, Should Scrap it and Focus on Clean Energy

Statement from Grant Carlisle, E2 Director of Advocacy WASHINGTON – Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told the Wall Street Journal the Trump administration’s plan for expanding federal offshore oil and gas leasing is on hold indefinitely, as the result of a legal ruling in a case challenging its move to open up protected areas of the […]

E2: Expanded Offshore Drilling Threatens America’s Coastal Economy

Plan ignores climate-friendly benefits of offshore wind WASHINGTON, DC (April XX, 2019) – The Trump administration today released a plan to expand offshore drilling leases off the the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The Proposed Five Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program, issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for 2019-2024, would unnecessarily expose […]

Carbon Removal – A New American Agricultural Product: How Carbon Farming and Building Soil Health Will Fight Climate Change

Farm lands can absorb significant global carbon emissions if farmers adopt agricultural practices that remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil. Thanks to the collaboration of E2 and a broad coalition of agriculture and environmental partners, along with the crucial support of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the 2018 Farm Bill enacted […]

13th Annual Sustainability Summit

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.

Rising Tide Summit

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 […]

E2 Delegation Visits Albany to Advocate for 2019 Policy Priorities

E2’s New York chapter will meet with key lawmakers to provide the business perspective on upcoming clean energy, sustainability, and advanced transportation legislative priorities.  

Senate Vote to Overturn Whitmer Action Threatens MI Businesses, Jobs

Ensuring safe drinking water crucial to Michigan’s future economy LANSING, MI —Michigan’s Senate voted 26-16 today against an environmental executive order signed last week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that would better position the government to protect the health and safety of families across the state. The move is bad for Michigan’s environment and economy and gives […]

Businesses Unite Against New Offshore Oil Drilling

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 […]

The new farm bill promotes healthy soil and a healthier climate

The Farm Bill isn’t typically considered environmental legislation, but that’s a mistake. The legislation has an enormous direct impact on the quality of our country’s air, water and, perhaps most important, its soil. As a result, it also determines the health of our economy and environment. And the 2018 edition, which provides a blueprint for […]