Allen J. Hershkowitz
@drhershkowitz
Environmentalist. Chair Sport & Sustainability Int’l, Past Pres Green Sports Alliance. Sustainability Advisor NY Yankees, NBA & MLS Former Senior Scientist NRDC
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http://www.SandSI.org 18-04-2017 16:47:15
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“Traditional banks were skeptical that such investments would yield a return, & few ever issued loans for clean energy or efficiency measures.” NYT Climate World Bank World Economic Forum World Economic Forum Ceres NRDC 🌎🏡 President Biden nytimes.com/2024/04/04/cli…
“the world failed again last year to significantly slow the pace of global forest destruction” Canopy Dogwood Alliance Food and Agriculture Organization USDA Forest Service NRDC 🌎🏡 Rainforest Action Network (RAN) 🌴 UN Environment Programme Sport Positive nytimes.com/2024/04/04/cli…
“Thousands of schools in the Philippines have stopped in-person classes due to unbearable heat. In Indonesia, prolonged dry weather has caused rice prices to soar. In Thailand’s waters, temperatures are so high scientists fear coral could be destroyed.” theguardian.com/environment/20…
“The first test in USA of technology designed to brighten clouds & bounce the sun’s rays back into space, a way of temporarily cooling a planet that is now dangerously overheating.” Prof Michael E. Mann US EPA Research UN Environment Programme NYT Climate nytimes.com/2024/04/02/cli…
A humanitarian in many ways & exemplified by his collaboration with #KatieHass to create first sustainability project #Fenway & for Red Sox #RIP Citi Field nytimes.com/2024/04/02/spo…
This Map Shows Where Planting Trees Would Make Climate Change Worse USDA Forest Service One Tree Planted Arbor Day Foundation National Forest Fdn. UN Environment Programme Vermont Forest Industry Summit Bureau of Land Management - National US Department of the Interior National Parks | USA e360.yale.edu/digest/tree-pl…
“On Friday, ahead of César Chávez Day, the Chávez family formally endorsed President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. One of César Chávez’s granddaughters, Julie Rodriguez Chavez, serves as Biden’s 2024 campaign manager.” Kerry Kennedy nbcconnecticut.app.link/iyjN9LBjnIb
A fertilizer spill in Iowa is one of the most ecologically devastating chemical spills in recent years.
“a near-total fish kill for 60 miles of a river is astounding & disheartening.” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Iowa Women's Basketball Iowa Men’s Basketball U.S. EPA Water nytimes.com/2024/03/29/us/…
🏀 From passing to planting, the Milwaukee Bucks have range! They planted 612 trees at Wisconsin schools last season for every 3-pt shot made during the season. 🌳
Planting trees helps clean and cool the air and provides a habitat for local wildlife.
“The OECD calculated the total to be about $14 billion in 2022. Two of the biggest tax breaks have been in place for a century.” Bill McKibben Prof Michael E. Mann U.S. Department of Energy Tax Policy Center Sport Positive NRDC 🌎🏡 nytimes.com/2024/03/15/cli…
“…rich, technologically advanced countries-former colonial powers-are dictating terms & changing rules of trade when it suits them. “Regulatory Imperialism” a tension in the economics of climate change…” Stand4Forests Bill McKibben nytimes.com/2024/03/14/bus…
“In Kansas, one utility has postponed the retirement of a coal plant to help power a giant electric-car battery factory.” Bill McKibben Prof Michael E. Mann U.S. Department of Energy Sport Positive U.S. EPA President Biden NRDC 🌎🏡 nytimes.com/interactive/20…
“How do you produce a global sporting event, with millions of people swooping down on one city, in the age of global warming?” Sport Positive IOC MEDIA FIFA World Cup NBA Major League Soccer NFL MLB USTA nytimes.com/2024/03/16/cli…
“The deal comes just months after the US joined other nations in a promise to transition away from fossil fuels...It comes as Biden works to shore up support from climate-minded voters for his re-election.” President Biden NYT Climate nytimes.com/2024/03/14/cli…
“Oil & gas producers in major oil fields across the United States may be emitting three times as much planet-warming methane gas as official estimates…” NYT Climate U.S. Department of Energy US EPA Research Bill McKibben Prof Michael E. Mann nytimes.com/2024/03/13/cli…
“The goal the world set in Paris in 2015 of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times is now functionally dead…” NYT Climate Bill McKibben Prof Michael E. Mann nytimes.com/2024/03/06/opi…
via @NYTOpinion NYT Climate Bill McKibben Prof Michael E. Mann nytimes.com/2024/03/06/opi…