Mass. climate tech companies react to Trump administration's environmental policy

Companies used to tout their climate plans. Under Trump, they've gone quiet.

Just a few years ago, pledges to tackle climate change were a staple of corporate PR. Amazon trumpeted its climate pledge and stamped it on the name of Seattle’s biggest arena. Walmart promised to slash a gigaton of carbon emissions from its supply chain, and the world’s largest money manager, BlackRock, with its $11 trillion in investments, pressured companies to come up with a plan to zero out their emissions by 2050. Now, many corporations ar…

The ecological transition is wavering under the pressure of a powerful backlash (backlash) worldwide. From the United States to France, climate measures are being restrained or even abandoned. How to explain this retreat and...

Mass. climate tech companies react to Trump administration's environmental policy

Columnist Scott Kirsner shares how local climate tech businesses are reacting to the first months of the Trump administration.

Top scientists warn that Trump policies are causing a 'climate of fear' in research - TPR: The Public's Radio

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research. The post Top scientists warn that Trump policies are causing a ‘climate of fear’ in research appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.

It's a difficult time to be an environmental activist. On his first day in office, Trump reversed nearly all of the Biden administration's climate policies with a series of executive orders. Since then, the administration has frozen funding for clean energy projects and climate grants, placed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Justice on administrative leave, and rolled back vital environmental protections. Trump …