SEJ Investment Policy and Procedures
The SEJ Board of Directors has adopted this Investment Policy to provide guidelines for the investment of funds held by the organization, as well as a structured approach for management of SEJ’s cash reserves.
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"Breeding Sea Stars in a Lab to Rehabilitate Warming Oceans"
"In an island laboratory off the coast of Washington State, scientists are bringing back to life a gorgeously ferocious predator that suddenly perished amid a climate change-driven marine heat wave seven years ago." "Climate change helped to kill most of the world’s sunflower sea stars. Resurrecting them could revive carbon dioxide-sequestering kelp forests."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 05/04/2021
"DuPont Loses Plastic Pollution Vote With Record 81% Rebellion"
"An overwhelming majority of DuPont de Nemours Inc. investors voted in favor of a proposal calling for more transparency on pollution, rebuffing the chemical giant’s management at its annual meeting."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/04/2021
"Biden Plan to Boost Public Transit Funding: Visionary or Wasteful?"
"If President Joe Biden gets his way, the federal government will double public transit funding in the coming years. He sees it as an essential part of his proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package: a way to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality and meet rider demand."
Source: Pew/Stateline, 05/04/2021
Environmentalists Sue Army Corps Of Engineers Over Pipeline Permitting
"A coalition of five environmental groups on Monday sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying the corps did not properly analyze environmental impacts when issuing a broad pipeline permit."
Source: The Hill, 05/04/2021
"California Senator Seeks Expansion Of Land, Water Protection"
"California Sen. Alex Padilla on Monday proposed a vast expansion of government protection for public lands and rivers that he said would fight climate change and safeguard natural treasures for generations to come."
Source: AP, 05/04/2021
"U.S. Approves Massive Solar Project In California Desert"
"The Biden administration on Monday said it has approved a major solar energy project in the California desert that will be capable of powering nearly 90,000 homes."
Source: Reuters, 05/04/2021
"A Growing Summertime Risk for Cities: Power Failures During Heat Waves"
"The growing risk of overlapping heat waves and power failures poses a severe threat that major American cities are not prepared for, new research suggests."
Source: NYTimes, 05/04/2021
"Leaked Docs: Gas Industry Secretly Fights Electrification"
"In public, Eversource Energy likes to tout its carbon neutrality goals and its investments in offshore wind. But officials from New England's largest utility struck a different tone during an industry presentation in mid-March. Instead of advocating for lower emissions, company officials outlined a defensive strategy for preserving the use of natural gas for years to come."
Source: E&E News, 05/04/2021
"Memphis Pipeline Faces Environmental Justice Reckoning"
"Brad Robinson's eyes roll upward in thought as he counts them out — his mother, father, grandmother, his father-in-law and more. 'All of 'em,' he said. 'Died of cancer, and we never knew why.'"
Source: E&E News, 05/04/2021
