The Other 95 Percent: How Foundations Can Give All They’ve Got
Release Date:
05/09/2016
Melissa Beck at the Educational Foundation of America says there are three reasons to divest: economics, ethics and alignment with grantmaking.
Environment and Climate Change
Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures
Release Date:
05/06/2016
Nathan Cummings Foundation: Firstenergy's "expenditures are high and transparency is low."
Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone
Release Date:
05/04/2016
An effort to shut down coal-fired power plants reached a major milestone Tuesday, with 100,000 megawatts of coal electricity capacity having announced shutdown plans since 2010.
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Environment Program Featured in New Podcast Series
Release Date:
05/03/2016
In the first episode, we join a conversation between Bloomberg Philanthropies’ environment program lead Antha Williams and the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal director Mary Anne Hitt.
Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News
Release Date:
05/03/2016
After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.
JPB Foundation Research Finds Advanced Energy Driving Job Growth in Renewables, Smart Buildings
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Building on a state's strengths in advanced energy technology can maximize job growth and give a state a competitive economic edge, according to research from the American Jobs Project.
Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado
Release Date:
04/29/2016
The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Michael Berkowitz, who heads up the 100 Resilient Cities Project, said there are opportunities to leverage dollars spent on climate action plans to...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Poll Finds Broad Support For Clean Power Plan
Release Date:
04/28/2016
Bloomberg Philanthropies released the results of a poll that examined the attitudes of voters toward the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in four key states: Florida, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. In each of these states, attorneys general have sued the...
Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change
Release Date:
04/27/2016
Climate Central, a Palmer Square-based nonprofit group devoted to studying climate change, has joined several other scientific groups in a study that seeks to understand why many members of the public reject the findings of the scientific community...
Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.
Release Date:
04/25/2016
The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming to under 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The
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