A laundry list of the challenges, strengths and opportunities that sustainability jobs will face in the new year.
U.S. News & World Report |
Rates surging 5 weeks post-election; will home sales weaken?
U.S. News & World Report This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, photo shows a house for sale, in Miami. Long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed for the seventh straight week following Donald Trump's election victory, again marking new highs for the year, according to information released … Mortgage rates move higher for the seventh week in a rowWashington Post UPDATE 1-Rising Interest Rates Bite into U.S. Mortgage ActivityNewsmax Mortgage Rates Move HigherMarketWatch Reuters –Bankrate.com –WFMZ Allentown –HousingWire all 150 news articles » |
TechCrunch |
Facebook now flags and down-ranks fake news with help from outside fact checkers
TechCrunch Snopes, FactCheck.org, Politifact, ABC News, and AP will help Facebook make good on four of the six promises Mark Zuckerberg made about fighting fake news without it becoming “the arbiter of truth.” It will make fake news posts less visible, append … Did Facebook Just Kickstart the Real Infowar?Daily Beast Facebook is going to use Snopes and other fact checkers to combat fake newsBusiness Insider Facebook Inches Closer to Fact-Checking Its NewsWall Street Journal Washington Post –U.S. News & World Report –Fortune –Los Angeles Times all 253 news articles » |
Reuters |
US states sue Mylan, Teva, others for fixing drug prices
Reuters A person holds pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana September 18, 2013. Picture taken September 18. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic. By Diane Bartz and Sarah N. Lynch | WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON Two years … 20 States sue generic drug firms over pricesThe Boston Globe Mass. joins 19 states in suing generic drug makersBoston Herald Attorney general sues Teva Pharmaceuticals for alleged price fixingBucks County Courier Times Bloomberg all 83 news articles » |
Nasdaq |
U.S. Solar Boom Continues: 1MW Installed Every 32 Minutes
Nasdaq Renewable energy policy faces a future of uncertainty with a new fossil fuel-friendly administration set to take office, but the U.S. solar industry just marked its best quarter to date. In the third quarter, the U.S. saw 4,143 megawatts of new solar … |
Exxon-Mobil’s mammoth write-down shows where the industry is really headed. WRI details a new way forward.
Adopting new recommendations will require organizations to better link issues around climate with corporate and investment strategy, risk and opportunity analysis.
New report card ranks Walmart, Amazon, Target, Costco and other retailers on safer chemical policies.
What does high-risk investor appetite mean for real estate sustainability disclosure and performance?
To create an effective strategy, you have to think like an investor.