John Howell

Oct 27, 2024 | greenmoney.com | John Howell |Michelle Mosser |Cliff Feigenbaum

Above image: A Green Bank 50 project, electrifying school buses in Nevada. Photo source ZUMAs the clock ticks on Biden climate initiatives, major green banks take action. Climate Week NYC produced a veritable tsunami of announcements, initiatives and progress reports. With an estimated 100,000 climate-focused professionals, activists and journalists attending more than 900 official events and scores of unofficial ones, it’s no wonder that some of this news flies under the radar.

Oct 9, 2024 | climateandcapitalmedia.com | John Howell

As the clock ticks on Biden climate initiatives, major green banks take actionClimate Week NYC produced a veritable tsunami of announcements, initiatives, and progress reports. With an estimated 100,000 climate-focused professionals, activists, and journalists attending more than 900 official events and scores of unofficial ones, it’s no wonder that some of this news flies under the radar.

Apr 25, 2024 | climateandcapitalmedia.com | John Howell

Climate & Capital’s finance editor and farmer offers an early spring preview of crop production under new climate conditions. Bulletin from the front lines of America’s agricultural heartland:It’s planting time in the Heartland of the U.S., that time of year when Midwestern and Mid-Southern farmers “keep a weather eye open” for the unpredictable spring weather that affects operations.

Jan 24, 2024 | climateandcapitalmedia.com | John Howell

Inflation Reduction Act unleashes funds to spark a move away from emissions-intensive food productionAgainst the backdrop of the trillion dollar-plus U.S. agricultural sector, $3.1 billion might seem like a rounding error. But this sum could provide the spark needed to begin tackling one of the most vexing contributors to climate change — how we produce our food.

Aug 11, 2023 | climateandcapitalmedia.com | John Howell

The big green financial issues — divest vs. invest, disclosure standards, and of course, ESG — generated a lot of thought at GreenFin23. I’m still mulling over the brain dump of insights from the annual GreenFin conference held in Boston at the end of June this year. I have 90-plus pages of notes filled with enough ideas to keep me thinking through the dog days of August. The annual three-day event is very popular, prompted by the explosive growth of activity in the sector.