“We need to keep it open so we have jobs.” Those are the words of a retired miner, explaining why the local mining operation is so important to his community. But he wasn’t talking about a coal mine in Appalachia. He was referring to a local asbestos mine — in Russia. Through the 1970s, the […]

“I never trust air I can’t see.” One of my predecessors as mayor of New York regularly uttered that line to draw laughs. But that was 50 years ago, and the dangers of air pollution weren’t as well known back then. Today, few city dwellers around the world consider air pollution a laughing matter, and […]

Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump belittled the concerns of environmentalists and derided the Environmental Protection Agency as an unruly bureaucracy whose regulations made it “impossible for our country to compete” in the global economy. Trump also renounced the historic Paris climate change agreement, and regularly whipped up support for the waning coal industry. He […]

Mike Bloomberg said Monday that despite President Trump’s rhetoric, he would not be able to resuscitate the country’s declining coal mining industry. “In all fairness, he is not going to be able to bring back those jobs,” the billionaire media mogul told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric. “There is nothing that is going to […]

A new CBS poll shows a majority of Americans have a pessimistic outlook for the environment, with 57 percent believing it will be worse for the next generation. A new book by Mike Bloomberg and former Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope offers a more optimistic view. It’s called “Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, […]

Rachel Martin speaks with Mike Bloomberg and former chairman of the Sierra Club Carl Pope about how cities should respond to climate change and their new book, Climate of Hope. Listen now  

View Mike Bloomberg’s full interview with Steve Kroft here. The name Bloomberg is a worldwide brand that could refer to a number of things…a cable channel, a radio network, a news service, a magazine, or a 75-year-old former mayor of New York who founded the Bloomberg Financial media empire and flirted with running for president. […]

It’s easy to be despondent about climate change. The issue received almost no attention during an eighteen-month presidential campaign that tested everyone’s patience. As a candidate, Donald Trump said he would “cancel” the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and has rolled back many of the Obama administration’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. His pick to lead […]

President Trump’s unfortunate and misguided rollback of environmental protections has led to a depressing and widespread belief that the United States can no longer meet its commitment under the Paris climate change agreement. But here’s the good news: It’s wrong. No matter what roadblocks the White House and Congress throw up, the United States can […]

No individual has contributed more to the commercial and civic life of New York City over a longer period of time than David Rockefeller. I was fortunate to call him a good friend – something my father, a bookkeeper, never would have imagined possible – and I have long admired his commitment to the city, […]