http://www.cchange.net Covering the transformations to social, environment and economic sustainability Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sea Change Radio covers the transformations to social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Change is accelerating in positive and negative directions: the clock is ticking in the race to see which will tip first—the problems or the solutions. Join Sea Change's Host, Alex Wise, as he provides in-depth analysis to help our audience understand possible remedies and potential pitfalls. Sea Change interviews sustainability experts including Paul Hawken, Stewart Brand, Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Lester Brown, and many others. Sea Change airs on over 30 radio stations around the country. Alex Wise clean Alex Wise awise@cchange.net awise@cchange.net (Alex Wise) 2007-2011 Making Connections for Sustainability Sustainability, Climate Change, Human Rights, Environment, Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Accountability, Stakeholders, Clean Tech, Renewable Energy, Green Jobs, Wealth Divide http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/cwr-images-archive/SeaChangeRadioTAG_square144_sm.jpg http://www.cchange.net Weekly http://www.cchange.net/2011/04/05/nuclear-risks-real-perceived-breakthrough-institutes-jesse-jenkins/ http://www.cchange.net/2011/04/05/nuclear-risks-real-perceived-breakthrough-institutes-jesse-jenkins/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:27 +0000 Alex Wise http://www.cchange.net/?p=3290 http://www.cchange.net/2011/04/05/nuclear-risks-real-perceived-breakthrough-institutes-jesse-jenkins/feed/ 2 alex wise,alternative energy,breakthrough Institute,climate policy,fossil fuel,fukushima,jesse jenkins,nuclear energy,nuclear risks,sea change radio Jesse Jenkins, the Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute, a think tank that advocates for innovative solutions to energy and climate challenges, believes that nuclear power ought to be a significant part of a more sustaina... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Jesse-Jenkins2.jpg)The meltdown at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima is enlivening discussions on alternative energy around dinner tables and across debate platforms everywhere. People who call themselves(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/nuclear-power-150x150.jpg) environmentalists tend to agree on the need to curtail human reliance on fossil fuels, including the pervasive use of coal in generating electricity. That same level of consensus cannot be found, however, on the topic of nuclear power. Nuclear energy and environmentalism have traditionally been thought of as incongruous, yet our guest today on Sea Change Radio offers a logic to solve the paradox. Jesse Jenkins (http://thebreakthrough.org/staff.shtml), the Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute (http://www.thebreakthrough.org/), a think tank that advocates for innovative solutions to energy and climate challenges, believes that nuclear power ought to be a significant part of a more sustainable energy plan. Listen as Sea Change Radio host Alex Wise (http://www.cchange.net/about/alex-wise/) asks him about the risks, real and perceived, and how the catastrophe in Japan affects his views on nuclear power. For more, here's a piece that Jenkins recently co-wrote for The Atlantic titled Nuclear as Usual: Why Fukushima Will Change Less Than You Think (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/nuclear-as-usual-why-fukushima-will-change-less-than-you-think/72913/). Alex Wise clean http://www.cchange.net/2009/12/08/cop15-dispatch-business-plays-bingo-at-the-climate-conference/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/12/08/cop15-dispatch-business-plays-bingo-at-the-climate-conference/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:04:01 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=2188 http://www.cchange.net/2009/12/08/cop15-dispatch-business-plays-bingo-at-the-climate-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.cchange.net/2009/09/09/viewpoint-van-jones-first-victim-of-far-right-fight-against-climate-policy/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/09/09/viewpoint-van-jones-first-victim-of-far-right-fight-against-climate-policy/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:51:17 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=1945 http://www.cchange.net/2009/09/09/viewpoint-van-jones-first-victim-of-far-right-fight-against-climate-policy/feed/ 0 climate policy,Green Jobs,Sea Change ViewPoint,Van Jones Co-Host Francesca Rheannon brings us the Sea Change ViewPoint that digs deeper into the controversy behind Van Jones' resignation as Special Advisor on Green Jobs for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. - (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/FrancescaRheannon.jpg)(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/VanJones1-150x150.jpg) Co-Host Francesca Rheannon (http://www.cchange.net/about/francesca-rheannon/) brings us the Sea Change ViewPoint that digs deeper into the controversy behind Van Jones (http://www.ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=16&contentid=100)' resignation as Special Advisor on Green Jobs (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/10/Van-Jones-to-CEQ/) for the White House Council on Environmental Quality (http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/). A version of this ViewPoint first appeared as the weekly commentary (http://www.csrwire.com/csrlive/commentary_detail/1113-Extreme-Right-Wing-Weather-Blows-Van-Jones-Off-The-Deck) that Sea Change Media (http://www.seachangemedia.org/) writes for CSRwire (http://www.csrwire.com/). Bill Baue clean 6:09 http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/10/policy-blueprints-climate-2030-route-to-reform/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/10/policy-blueprints-climate-2030-route-to-reform/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:39:13 +0000 Francesca Rheannon http://www.cchange.net/?p=935 http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/10/policy-blueprints-climate-2030-route-to-reform/feed/ 1 Clean Energy economy,Climate 2030,Climate Bill,Climate Change,climate policy,energy economy,global warming,Rachel Cleetus,Stern_Review,Sustainable Public Policy,Transportation for America,union of concerned scientists We talk with Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists about the group's National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy, Climate 2030 and with David Goldberg about Transportation for America's Route to Reform. (../2009/06/03/climate-bill-pass-or-fail/)(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rachaelcleetus-150x150.jpg)Last week on Sea Change Radio, we featured the pros and cons of the climate bill (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.+2454:) now set to wend its way through the halls of Congress. Today, we take a look at two proposals from the grassroots that have some important bearing on climate policy. We talk with Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org/) about the group's National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy, Climate 2030 (http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/big_picture_solutions/climate-2030-blueprint.html) and with David Goldberg about Transportation for America (http://t4america.org/)'s  Route to Reform (http://t4america.org/pressers/2009/05/11/transportation-for-america-issues-national-blueprint-for-transportation-reform/). Economic recession doesn't mean the world can't afford to tackle climate change. In fact, the costs of delay dwarf the costs of moving to a clean energy economy. The British economist Lord Stern says it will take 2% of the world's GDP (http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/lord-stern-on-global-warming-its-even-worse-than-i-thought-1643957.html) to avert catastrophic climate change, whereas GDP would drop 20% or more if we don't (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_Review). But the Union of Concerned Scientists goes further. In Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy, the UCS argues that strong climate change policy will actually create substantial savings for consumers and the economy as a whole, not just in the distant future, but right here and now. The report forecasts $1.7 trillion in net cumulative savings between 2010 and 2030 and annual savings of $465 billion by the latter date. Francesca Rheannon spoke with Rachel Cleetus, economist with the Climate program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Her work focuses on designing and advocating for effective global warming policies at the federal, regional, state and international levels. Dr. Cleetus has also worked as a consultant for the World Wildlife Fund (http://www.worldwildlife.org/) and the Tellus Institute (http://www.tellus.org/). (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/t4a.jpg) In light of climate change, peak oil, and energy dependence on volatile regions like the Middle East and Central Asia, how our transportation system is structured is a matter of national and economic security. Every six years, the United States Congress passes a bill to authorize federal spending on transportation, and it's up for renewal this year. The third largest spending bill in the budget, it covers both funding targets and policy goals. How should we fund transportation: with a gas tax or a road-use tax (or other ways)? How much of the transportation pie should go to roads and bridges or to high speed, light rail, and even bike paths? Do we want to keep plumping up suburban sprawl by investing in roads and bridges or do we want to encourage denser, walkable communities with light intercity rail? These questions are up for grabs in the 2009 bill. They are being addressed by Transportation for America in a blueprint proposal to the Congress, called Route to Reform. Francesca spoke with communications director, David Goldberg. Francesca Rheannon clean 29:21 http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/03/climate-bill-pass-or-fail/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/03/climate-bill-pass-or-fail/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:58:07 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=908 http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/03/climate-bill-pass-or-fail/feed/ 2 carroll muffett,center for american progress,Clean Tech,Climate Change,climate policy,Climate Progress,Green Jobs,Greenpeace,joe romm,Renewable Energy,Sustainable Innovation,Sustainable Public Policy The Waxman-Markey Climate Bill is making its way through Congress, and stirring up controversy within the environmental movement between those who support it as a necessary first step, and those who think it's fatally flawed. (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/joeromm-140x150.jpg)(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/carrollmuffett-150x150.jpg) The Waxman-Markey Climate Bill (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.+2454:) is making its way through Congress, and stirring up controversy within the environmental movement between those who support it as a necessary first step, and those who think it's fatally flawed.  Sea Change Radio talks with both sides.  Joe Romm (http://climateprogress.org/about/), editor of the ClimateProgress.org (http://climateprogress.org/) blog and a senior fellow (http://www.americanprogressaction.org/experts/RommJoseph.html) at the Center for American Progress, favors passing the Bill.  Carroll Muffett (http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/carroll_muffett) of Greenpeace (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/) says the bill fails to address key issues in solving the climate crisis. HR 2454: The American Clean Energy and Security Act (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02454:). A draft (http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090331/acesa_discussiondraft.pdf) of the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, as it's better known, was released by the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 31st (http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1560). Greenpeace immediately greeted it as a “good first step, but improvements needed (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/waxman-markey-bill-a-good-firs).” ClimateProgress blogger Joe Romm agreed, grading the bill a B+ (http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/31/waxman-markey-energy-global-warming-bill/). By the time the Bill came out of Committee (http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1630:energy-and-commerce-committee-passes-comprehensive-clean-energy-legislation&catid=122:media-advisories&Itemid=55), however, it had undergone significant changes – changes that Greenpeace (and a broad coalition of environmental organizations (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/broad-coalition-criticizes-cli)) lambasted for “failing to impose necessary reductions (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/climate-change-legislation-fai)” And Romm downgraded the Bill to a B- (http://climateprogress.org/2009/05/13/waxman-markey-deal-renewables/). Despite the Bill’s flaws, though, Romm supports it, and criticized Greenpeace (http://climateprogress.org/2009/05/17/greenpeace-attack-waxman-markey-european-trading-scheme/) for its attacks on the Bill. Sea Change Radio spoke first with Joe Romm.  The conversation started with discussion of the problems in the Bill.  Despite these problems, Romm considers passage of the Bill essential for solving the climate crisis.  He sees US climate policy as a multi-stage process, with this Bill as a starting point.  As climate science gets stronger, future emissions reduction targets can be strengthened.  Romm also discusses the role of emissions allocations, defending the shift from a regime of 100 percent auction of allocations as promised by Barack Obama on the campaign trail to a percentage of free allocations. Romm and other supporters of the Waxman Markey bill argue that the first order of business is to get the knobs in place that can then be ratcheted up in the future to tighten controls on greenhouse gas emisisons. They say, if we spend all of our time arguing over what the settings are, we'll never get the knobs on the climate console. Romm is no starry-eyed optimist, however.  Even if the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill becomes law, he predicts a mere 10 to 20 percent of averting disaster.  He says that "the human race does not have many examples of instances where the world collectively got together and transformed itself before something bad happened." To hear the complete interview with Romm, click here (http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/03/joe-romm-on-waxman-markey-climate-bill/). Bill Baue clean 29:41 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/after-capitalism-prout-as-a-sustainable-democratic-economic-model/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/after-capitalism-prout-as-a-sustainable-democratic-economic-model/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:14:18 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=470 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/after-capitalism-prout-as-a-sustainable-democratic-economic-model/feed/ 0 Alternative Economic Models,Clean Tech,Climate Change,climate policy,Climate Progress,Community Economic Engagement,corporate governance,corporate social responsibility,EPA,greenhouse gas emissions,joe romm,Lisa Woll Today, Dada Maheshvarananda meditates on the alternative economic model of Progressive Utilization Theory, or PROUT. Joe Romm of Climate Progress analyzes the climate resolve of the Obama Administration. Lisa Woll of the Social Investment Forum propose... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dadamaheshvarananda-150x150.jpg) Today, Dada Maheshvarananda meditates on the alternative economic model of Progressive Utilization Theory (http://www.prout.org/), or PROUT. Joe Romm of Climate Progress (http://climateprogress.org/) analyzes the climate resolve of the Obama Administration. Lisa Woll of the Social Investment Forum (http://www.socialinvest.org/) proposes (http://www.socialinvest.org/documents/ObamaAdministrationFINAL1.14.pdf) an Office for Innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility to the Obama Administration.  And auto and environment expert Jim Motavalli (http://www.jimmotavalli.com/index.html) comments on the significance of President Obama's executive order (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_greenhouse_gases) directing the EPA to reconsider its refusal to grant California a waiver allowing it to regulate greenhouse gases from autos. Capitalism, in the highly deregulated form currently practiced, is showing signs of collapse.  What happens After Capitalism?  Dada Maheshvarananda meditates on this very , which outlines the alternative economic model of Progressive Utilization Theory, or PROUT.  Maheshvarananda directs the PROUT Institute of Venezuela (http://www.priven.org/).  Last Thanksgiving, he visited our studios, soon after he had published a commentary (http://vcr.csrwire.com/node/11848) entitled "The Human Cost of Economic Meltdown and Its Alternative." Bill Baue clean http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/change-we-cant-believe-in/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/change-we-cant-believe-in/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:28:04 +0000 Francesca Rheannon http://www.cchange.net/?p=317 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/change-we-cant-believe-in/feed/ 0 cap and trade,Climate Change,climate policy,global warming,new york times,Obama,stimulus,stimulus package Barack Obama has said time and again that change comes from the bottom up at least as much as from policy directives from on high. He's right--and he seems to be giving signs that pressure from below is going to be needed to keep him true to his own ca... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cropped-moi21-150x150.jpg)Barack Obama has said time and again that change comes from the bottom up at least as much as from policy directives from on high. He's right--and he seems to be giving signs that pressure from below is going to be needed to keep him true to his own campaign promises. This past Sunday, I opened the New York Times to the front page headline: Economy May Delay Work on Campaign Pledges (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/us/politics/11obama.html?_r=1&hp). Obama’s campaign pledges, of course.  Uh, oh, I thought. I hope climate change policy isn't on that list. But it was. The Times reports that Obama may "put off" restricting carbon emissions and initiating a cap-and-trade program. The President-Elect has put some terrific climate crisis-savvy people on his team for energy matters (Stephen Chu) and science (John Holdren and Jane Lubchenco). But if they are to be more than mere window dressing, Obama needs to remember that climate change policy isn’t a frill. It’s basic. While I personally think a tax on carbon is best (combined with comparable cuts on payroll taxes and subsidies for consumer use of renewable energy and conservation), an effective cap and trade system is at least a step in the right direction. Moreover, Obama seems a bit cheaper than his word when it comes to the funds allotted for clean energy in his stimulus package, as Joe Romm noted January 9th on his blog Climate Progress (http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/09/senate-dems-unhappy-with-level-of-energy-spending-in-obama-stimulus-plan/#more-4612). The plan offers a measly $10 billion in an overall package of $300 billion. Heck, Obama was willing to throw almost three times that much---no strings attached--to the Detroit boys who helped put us in this mess--and who continue to fight tooth and nail (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/04/07/auto-alliance-lobbying-state-legislatures-in-co-sub-2-sub-fight/) against (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/03/25/automakers-and-ethanol-producers-fight-minnesota-emissions-rules/) controlling the greenhouse gases spewed (http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0412/p04s01-wogi.html) by their products. If Obama ends up putting off his campaign promise to control carbon emissions, it would indicate a disturbing lack of judgment. He would be subscribing to a the bankrupt idea that the economy and the environment play a zero-sum game. In fact, their fortunes go hand-in-hand. If he thinks we are "running out of time" to fix the economy, he ought to consider that we are running out of time on the climate crisis (http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/09/stabilize-at-350-ppm-or-risk-ice-free-planet-warn-nasa-yale-sheffield-versailles-boston-et-al/), with far more devastating results--to the economy and everything else. The current recession will look like the days of wine and roses when compared to the lean and barren years ahead as we try to cope with crop losses due to megadrought, infrastructure damage due to extreme weather, loss of life and property, lack of potable water and the staggering costs of disease and resource wars that are sweeping down on us on the back of the climate catastrophe. New Orleans was the first major U.S. city to be devastated by global warming. Think about New York and Boston (http://www.climatechoices.org/ne/resources_ne/nereport.html). There is literally no time for delay. So I’d like to quote some words of wisdom about the climate crisis to Mr. Obama from someone he knows very well: “The science is beyond dispute… Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response.” Those words, Mr. President-Elect, are yours. And for the rest of us: it's up to us to keep Mr. Obama's feet to the fire. --Francesca Rheannon Francesca Rheannon clean 3:14 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/07/the-transition-to-sustainability/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/07/the-transition-to-sustainability/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:06:16 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=287 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/07/the-transition-to-sustainability/feed/ 0 Charlie Cray,Clean Tech,Climate Change,climate policy,EPA,Green Jobs,hunter lovins,Obama,paul hawken,Renewable Energy,sustainability movement,Sustainable Business Today we talk with Hunter Lovins, founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, about the Presidential Climate Action Project.  The Sea Change ViewPoint comes from Charlie Cray of the Center for Corporate Policy. - For many people, Today we talk with Hunter Lovins, founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, about the Presidential Climate Action Project.  The Sea Change ViewPoint comes from Charlie Cray of the Center for Corporate Policy. For many people, the election of Barack Obama as the US President stoked hope for big change.  The transition to the Obama Administration brings promise of shifts to government regulations and policies to promote sustainability.  Long before the election, though, a group of influential sustainability leaders gathered to brainstorm recommendations to the incoming President on tackling climate change.  The Presidential Climate Action Project was born, midwived by the University of Colorado School of Public Affairs in Denver.  The P-CAP Advisory Committee hashed out a plan with over a hundred recommendations for the incoming President on climate policy. (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/new_pcap_cover.jpg)Advisory Committee member Hunter Lovins also authored a separate report for P-CAP to map a broader survey of the current sustainability landscape.  Lovins helped pioneer the sustainability movement by co-founding Rocky Mountain Institute in the 80s with Amory Lovins. They also co-authored Natural Capitalism in the late 90s Paul Hawken.  Earlier this decade, she founded Natural Capitalism Solutions.  We caught up with Lovins between commitments in California, where she teaches at the Presidio School of Management.  It's one of a handful of new MBA programs with sustainability embedded in its DNA. The Economic Case for Climate Action (http://www.natcapsolutions.org/publications_files/PCAP/PCAP_EonomicCaseForClimateProtection_04xii07.pdf) by Hunter Lovins Natural Capitalism Solutions (http://www.natcapsolutions.org/) Bill Baue clean http://www.cchange.net/2008/12/24/the-future-of-climate-policy/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/12/24/the-future-of-climate-policy/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:07:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2008/12/24/the-future-of-climate-policy/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/12/24/the-future-of-climate-policy/feed/ 0 Climate Change,climate policy,Harvard,HSBC,kyoto protocol,Obama Over the weekend, President-Elect Barack Obama appointed John Holdren as his Science Adviser, a move applauded by many environmentalists. Holdren is director of the Woods Hole Research Center and teaches at Harvard. Over the weekend, President-Elect Barack Obama appointed John Holdren as his Science Adviser, a move applauded by many environmentalists. Holdren is director of the Woods Hole Research Center and teaches at Harvard.  Corporate Watchdog Radio has featured him twice. We aired part of his opening address at the 2008 UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk. And in September 2006, he talked with us about the pros and cons of nukes as a low-carbon solution to the climate crisis.  This week, we reprise these shows to give a sense of Holdren's opinions. John Holdren (http://www.whrc.org/about_us/whos_who/CV/jholdren.htm) John Holdren's Presentation at the 2008 UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk: "Global Climatic Disruption: Risks and Opportunities" (http://www.ceres.org//Document.Doc?id=282) CWR March 26, 2008: "Field Report from the UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk" (http://corporatewatchdogmedia.blogspot.com/2008/03/field-report-from-un-investor-summit-on.html) CWR September 6, 2006: "Will Nuclear Power Save Us from Global Warming?" (http://corporatewatchdogmedia.blogspot.com/2006/09/will-nuclear-power-save-us-from-global.html) CWR News Analysis: Nick Robins of HSBC Analyzes the Poznan Climate Talks and the EU Climate Legislation -- As head of the Climate Change Centre for Excellence at the major UK bank HSBC, Nick Robins (http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/newsroom/news/news-archive-2007/hsbc-hires-specialist-to-head-up-new-climate-change-centre-of-excellence) attended the recent climate talks in Poznan, Poland. This was the last step for the Kyoto Protocol before talks in Copenhagen in late 2009 negotiate post-Kyoto climate agreements. And, as world leaders met in Poznan, European Union Commissioners hammered out new climate legislation. Robins, co-author with Cary Krosinsky of the new book Sustainable Investing, weighs in on these as well from the HSBC offices in the UK. CWR ViewPoint: Real or Fake -- Christmas Tree, That Is! Ellipsos Study: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Artificial vs Natural Christmas Tree Bill Baue clean 29:32