California is Leading
Will the nation follow? California’s new cap-and-trade program may very well change the course of human history.
The Politics of Motherhood
“Mommy Wars” exclude the huge population of low-income, less-educated mothers who don’t have the luxury to even consider attachment parenting.
Kids Are More Than Data Points
Co-founder Jim Steyer asks social media moguls to please think about the kids whose lives they’re changing when they develop their platforms.
Energy Security in the U.S.
How vulnerable is our energy supply, and why does it matter?
Rough Road for Electric Car Owners
Claire Tomkins’ first “Transition to Green” blog, on the Huffington Post
ExxonMobil Got It Right
Matt James
President and CEO
ExxonMobil got it right - and you have no idea how it pains me to say that.
This is a company that has been less than stellar in the discussion of climate change and has a checkered past on environmental issues, as Steve Coll recounts in a recent issue of The New Yorker.
But where the company got it right was starting a campaign five years ago, calling for deeper investment in science education though The National Math and Science Initiative.
Continue reading »
Investor Takes Major Role in Philanthropy
Stephanie Strom
NEW YORK TIMES
Tom Steyer has joined with his brother to build The Center for the Next Generation, a nonprofit group formed to participate in major public policy debates.
“I believe there is a huge void in American society because no one likes to speak out,” Tom Steyer said. “One of the reasons I admire Warren Buffett so much is that he has the courage of his convictions and steps up and takes part in the public debate.”
Continue reading »