When the week-old Biden administration announced its first steps on climate change such as halting new oil and gas leases on public lands and mandating electric vehicles for the federal government Zach Stein cheered.
He did so in part because the Albany resident, an alumnus of Urban Adamah’s Fellowship program in Berkeley, happens to be an ardent environmentalist. But he also cheered because every step back from fossil fuels is a step forward for the Carbon Collective, the online investment advisory firm he co-founded.
The Carbon Collective isn’t a mutual fund or a brokerage house. Rather, it offers clients low-fee portfolios that invest in companies dedicated to climate solutions (such as solar, wind and other renewables) or any company as long as it has committed to fully decarbonizing.
Menlo Park candy store boycotted after owner spotted at Trump rally near U.S. Capitol
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Sugar Shack, a Menlo Park candy store, has been closed since the store owner’s attendance at Wednesday’s Trump rally was posted by people urging a boycott on social media. Carey Mitchell, a local real estate business owner stopped by with flowers and signs to show support.Michael Cabanatuan / The Chronicle
Sugar is sweet but the reaction a Menlo Park candy store owner received after a photo of her attending President Trump’s rally in Washington appeared on social media has been intensely bitter.