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What IS An Ozone Action Day, Anyway?! I Thought We Fixed The Ozone!

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments air pollution, air quality, air quality index, aqi, business-friendly regulatory environment, california, conservation, electric vehicles, environmental justice, IAQ, nitric oxide, nitrogen oxides, nitrous oxides, NOx, ozone, ozone action, ozone action day, ozone action days, particulate emissions, particulates, pollution, public health, tailpipe emissions, VOC, VOCs

Summer has arrived early in Michigan (woo hoo, climate change!) and we’ve already braved not one, but two– count ’em- ozone action days. A little bit more about what these are and why we should pay attention.

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WOCCS Resiliency Summit: Women of Color in Sustainability

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments aspiration, BIPOC, careaux, corporate social responsibility, CSR, diversity, diversity equity and inclusion, ecowomen, enter solar, environmental justice, environmentalism, futerra, health, kinetic communities consulting, measured light, POCACITO, sustainability, Sustainability in business, united nations association, wellness, WOCCS

Nat attended a few amazing sessions at the Collective Resiliency Virtual Summit, organized by the Women of Color Collective in Sustainability, a co-creation of POCACITO fellow Jordana Vasquez.

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Interview with the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Carla Frisch on America’s Pledge

March 7, 2020March 13, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments carbon-free economy, climate change, climate leadership conference, climate policy, decarbonization, energy efficiency, environmental justice, health, michael banker, policy, public health, public policy, RMI, rocky mountain insitute

Nat sits down with the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Carla Frisch to talk about America’s Pledge, an initiative to bring together cities, states, and corporations to tackle the climate crisis– with real, quantifiable benefits for every citizen.

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Climate Leadership Conference, Day 1: Lessons Learned and Issues Highlighted

March 5, 2020March 6, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments american society of adaptation professionals, beth gibbons, climate adaptation, climate change, environmental justice, ESG, matt naud, missy stults, protest, wsp

Day 1 of the Climate Leadership Conference provides some solid lessons in adaptation and reslience while also revealing some important schisms in the sustainability movement.

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