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  Apple is calling for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to start requiring companies to disclose emissions information. Arvin Ganesan, Apple's chief of energy and environmental policy, said that the company believes the SEC should issue rules mandating public disclosure of wide-ranging and third-party-audited emissions information. "Disclosure is an important tool in the fight against climate change. Measuring and mapping carbon emissions enables companies to understand their footprint, develop strategies to reduce emissions and, ultimately, achieve decarbonization," said Ganesan....

Maxwell Bernstein | March 12, 2021 In a 66-34 vote, the Senate confirmed Michael Regan, North Carolina’s top environmental leader, to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) according to Politico. Regan is the first Black man to head the EPA and the second African American person to manage this organization since Lisa P. Jackson, President Obama’s pick for the EPA in 2008. According to Iowa Environmental Focus, the Biden administration vowed to eliminate fossil fuel from the power grid by 2035 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, which Regan will push these efforts. The admini...

Maxwell Bernstein | March 12, 2021 In a 66-34 vote, the Senate confirmed Michael Regan, North Carolina’s top environmental leader, to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) according to Politico. Regan is the first Black man to head the EPA and the second African American person to manage this organization since Lisa P. Jackson, President Obama’s pick for the EPA in 2008. According to Iowa Environmental Focus, the Biden administration vowed to eliminate fossil fuel from the power grid by 2035 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, which Regan will push these efforts. The admini...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Wednesday it will invest US$10 billion in an initiative called "One Million Black Women" to support Black women ...

In 1962, Malcolm X said, “The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” Now, almost 60 years later that statement unfortunately still rings true for millions of Black women across the country. Despite being the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S., more educated than any other group by percentage of degrees earned, 81 percent of the breadwinners driving their families’ economic security and the community leaders working for justice at the intersection of racism and sexism, Black women have not been commensurately acknowledged, appreciated or rewarded for their ...