Celeste LeCompte

This month’s Climate Confidential theme is “Unconventional Wisdom.” I wrote the third story in this issue, challenging the notion that “small is beautiful” with a look at the challenge of regulating small factories. Despite their sizable impact, these firms have slipped under the radar when it comes to both public scrutiny and regulatory oversight. However, with the growing emergence of electronic tools for collecting and auditing environmental data, small firms could soon come into focus. Read the whole story (pdf)