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The Obama administration's rule leans heavily on renewable energy to meet its goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent by 2030, which is an increase of 2 percentage points from the draft it released in the summer of 2014. While states have two additional years until they must begin cutting emissions - 2022 instead of 2020 - they are expected to start devising ways to improve their environments, which will focus on shifting to cleaner burning fuels and away from carbon-heavy ones. "The trend we are on will get us there," says Rob Gramlich, senior vice president for government affairs at the American Wind Energy Association, in a phone interview. "As the nation moves from coal to gas, and as it adds more wind, solar and energy efficiency, we will reach that 32 percent target."

The Obama administration's Clean Power Plan rule will require states to begin cutting carbon emissions by 2022. "The trend we are on will get us there. As the nation moves from coal to gas, and as it adds more wind, solar and energy efficiency, we will reach that 32% target," said Rob Gramlich of the American Wind Energy Association. To comply, states can choose among options including boosting renewables, improving heat rates for coal-fired steam generators, and using more nuclear energy and lower-emitting natural gas. Forbes (8/4) 

McDonald's announcement that it would transition to using cage-free eggs in its food was designed to appeal to socially conscious consumers -- but the fast-food giant will need a more holistic approach to succeed, writes Phil Lempert. "Just using cage-free eggs in an Egg McMuffin ... really doesn't change much about the sandwich," he notes. 

AT&T and IBM - along with Mueller Water Products, a large maker of pipes, valves and fire hydrants - are working together to try to put more information in water managers' hands. The companies have put together a new service to hook up all those pipes to the internet.

This month, Sodexo unveiled a new 200-item plant-based and plant-forward menu, developed in partnership with the Humane Society of the United States. Some of the dishes are vegan, some are vegetarian, and the rest include meat but still give plants a starring role, like a blended burger that replaces 25% of the beef with mushrooms.

Launched by two leather rookies, Billy Tannery is the first ever entirely British goat leather brand. Shocked at learning that almost all goat hides end up in the trash, Jack Millington and Rory Harker, two friends, decided to create a sustainable goat leather brand at home in the UK.

36 major brands and retailers have now signed up to the 100% by 2025 pledge, including four of Forbes magazine's list of the world's ten largest global apparel brands, and three of the top 10 UK clothing retailers.

FabScrap works with 135 labels across the city, collecting and recycling their textile waste including swatches and items of clothing.

Following 10 months of pressure, G-Star joined the Detox campaign in early 2013, committing to eliminating all uses of hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products by 2020. Now, as Forbes' Rebecca Suhrawardi reports, the company is launching "the most sustainable denim ever."

Surprisingly, there are a small percentage of TV meteorologists that express skepticism on climate change. On the June 21, 2018 Summer Solstice, over 100 meteorologists will wear an item of clothing like the tie below. This pattern could not be more simple... red for warmer temperatures than normal, blue for cooler than normal from 1850 to 2017.

Starting this month, the big box giant aims to drive down the price of organic food nationwide with its new in-house line of 100 or so products in exclusive partnership with Wild Oats, a pioneering health brand of the 1980s. Walmart's new Wild Oats organic products - including kitchen cupboard staples like olive oil and black beans - will cost about 25 percent less than those sold by competitors, based on price comparisons of 26 national brands.

On September 27, 2015, Paris will go car-free for the first time in the city's history to raise consciousness of its pollution problem and encourage sustainable transportation. City officials worked with the environmental nonprofit Paris Sans Voiture to announce "A Day Without Car," which will turn the French capital into a "pedestrian and bicycle paradise."

Big companies can get big results by leveraging their supply chains, says Kathleen McLaughlin, president of the Walmart Foundation. "Our goal to sell more sustainable products really means making the entire supply chain more sustainable for people and planet, end-to-end," she explains