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Forbright Bank’s Latest Deal Shows Just How Broad Climate Funding Can Be
I have been a keen observer, advisor and investor in the climate space for many years. I am a believer that the lowest hanging fruit in our decarbonization efforts revolve around investments related to energy generation through the... Read →
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Forbright Bank’s Funding of Renew Projects Is A Template for the Type of Deals that We Need to See In the Renewable Space
The climate crisis is continuing, even while other global crises and risks capture all of the media's attention. It is just as incumbent today as it was two months ago that banks fund wind and solar projects in order to expedite the... Read →
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Al Gore Is Speaking Out Against A Global "Block And Delay" on Climate Action
I am fairly sure that we would not be in quite the dire climate catastrophe that we are in now if Al Gore had won the 2000 US Presidential election (and as a corollary, I blame Ralph Nader's maniacal third party candidacy for the... Read →
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With Climate at a Tipping Point, Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan and Chase’s Jamie Dimon Need To Take Bold Action
A couple of months ago, I spent the day at a climate change conference at Columbia Business School, my alma mater. Columbia has more than a couple dozen professors, backed by scores of data scientists and McKinsey-type advisors using the... Read →
A Difficult Couple of Days in NYC, But Still No Urgency to Invest in Wind and Solar
It has been a difficult few days in New York as the air quality has been the worst in the world for most of the last 48 hours due to the wildfires in Quebec. The City of course has seen tougher days, much tougher. It has also... Read →
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Could the Climate Crisis Lead to A Banking Crisis?
I’ve previously espoused the belief that banks need to be given time to formulate a response to the current climate crisis. After COP26 in Glasgow, it is clear that the costs of wind and solar are falling and production advances in... Read →
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The Biden Administration Needs to Stop Appeasement of the Nuclear Lobby
I follow developments in renewable energy and work in the space. 2021 has been a remarkable year for the decline in the cost of offshore wind. We are seeing something similar in the solar/PV space. It is ending with Vestas's surprise... Read →
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Here is How Banks Can Act Now On Climate Change
At COP26 in Glasgow, unlike before, the financial world showed up and a group of 450 financial institutions pledged to invest $130 trillion in the transition to a low carbon world. But, there is so much to be done and it is now incumbent... Read →
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Examining the Banks’ Climate Policies Critically
It is pretty clear at this stage that those of us alive today and our children, grandchildren and their descendants are facing a climate crisis unlike anything the inhabitants of Earth have ever faced. It is also very clear that this... Read →
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