Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 6, 2023

More CPG companies than ever before are done talking about sustainability and are ready for action. Read the full story at Packaging Strategies.

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JUNE 6, 2022

This report by IPES-Food examines the sustainability and health claims about livestock, fish, alternative proteins and makes recommendations to reframe the discussion, overcome polarization, and put the conditions and frameworks in place for reformed pathways to emerge.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 21, 2022

Land occupation of nuclear energy generation is about the same as for an equivalent capacity gas-fired power plant, but significantly smaller than wind or solar PV. Nuclear is as sustainable as any other activity already included in the Taxonomy, or even more so. The result is an almost 400-page report on the topic.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

By Bennett Gould, David & Margaret Yasenchack This article originally appeared in the Summer newsletter of the Foundation for Sustainable Forests -- David and Margaret Yasenchack live near Cambridge Springs, Crawford County. Margaret practices veterinary medicine at the Cochranton Veterinary Hospital. If so, we would love to listen!

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 11, 2023

Read the full story at GreenBiz. Finance and accounting professionals are increasingly being brought in to incorporate ESG considerations into decision-making processes and reports.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Instead, they are working alone or together on new ways to advance sustainability within IT and throughout their businesses. Read the full story at CIO Magazine. IT leaders aren’t waiting to be pushed to address environmental concerns.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 3, 2023

As concerns about climate change continue to mount, many individuals and communities are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and adopt more sustainable practices. Solar power is a key component of this effort.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 22, 2021

Here’s everything you need to know about how Tokyo 2020 is helping… Read more → From the hydrogen-powered cauldron to medals made from recycled mobile phones, from gender balance to the first official Pride House, the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 are blazing a trail for the future.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 16, 2023

Philadelphia residents and visitors will notice the Eagles Go Green-wrapped SEPTA buses around the region, which will feature educational messaging about sustainability and reducing your carbon footprint. The post Philadelphia Eagles Announce Partnership with SEPTA appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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JUNE 29, 2023

His research examines how digital technologies are ushering in a new form of environmental governance within food systems, specifically as it relates to sustainability assurance within aquaculture. Sustainability assurance within aquaculture has traditionally been performed by corporate, nonprofit, and governmental initiatives.

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Legal Planet

JULY 14, 2022

In May, Stanford grabbed headlines by announcing a billion dollar gift to launch a new School of Sustainability. There hasn’t been much written about the details of Stanford’s effort, or about what other schools are doing along similar lines. There’s also extensive writing about how to design sustainability curriculums.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2022

In my last post, I wrote about universities like Stanford that are creating new programs in sustainability. Even if a sustainability school is going to recruit additional faculty and staff, there are real administrative costs in launching such a program, not to mention financial ones. Are these costs worthwhile? Research. .

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Photos by Evan George) When California lawmakers enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014, it was an effort to tame the wild , wild west of water. Nearly a decade later, there’s been some progress creating local sustainability plans, but Big Ag corporations are still hogging water and bullying smaller groundwater users.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Incentivizing dairy digesters is a mitigation approach designed to keep this industrial model the same, rather than shift towards a more sustainable dairying model—even though alternatives are more common in other states.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

But what gets me excited about the ARA is a small but powerful section about research that includes truly transformative changes to the vision of the US Department of Agriculture Research, Education, and Economics (USDA REE) mission area and to priority areas in its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). And it’s about time.

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Scientists have long drawn up a Red List to alert officials about wildlife and plant species threatened with extinction. Now some say it’s time to flip the script and create a “green status” category that identifies how to bring these species back to sustainable levels. Read more on E360 ?.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Philadelphia residents and visitors will notice the Eagles Go Green-wrapped SEPTA buses around the region, which will feature educational messaging about sustainability and reducing your carbon footprint. The post Philadelphia Eagles Announce Partnership with SEPTA appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Here, Vlada Kenniff talks about the challenges of updating NYC’s buildings so they can be part of the clean energy transition. The post Meet the Honorees: Vlada Kenniff, Senior VP for Sustainability, NY City Housing Authority appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2024

In paving the way to a truly sustainable economy, Environmental Defence is pushing for stronger rules to govern Canada’s money. Earlier this year, an environmental group exposed over $11 billion in so-called “sustainable loans” used to bolster fossil fuel production.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Electrification and sustainable mining advocates in North America and Europe could emphasize the importance of governance and anti-corruption measures in their advocacy. Specifically, advocates can better incorporate anticorruption into benchmarks or reports that assess companies’ sustainability provisions and/or responsible sourcing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

And if that wasn’t enough, here are four more reasons why everyone in California should care about snow. It’s a natural form of water storage that provides about one-third of California’s water supply. Such a process needs to consider economic, water, and social and environmental sustainability. billion in 2020.

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Environment + Energy Leader

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Here, Vlada Kenniff talks about the challenges of updating NYC’s buildings so they can be part of the clean energy transition. The post Meet the Honorees: Vlada Kenniff, Senior VP for Sustainability, NY City Housing Authority appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The large industrial corporations that have hijacked our food system do not care about their impact; they only care about raking in record profits every quarter. That’s why the 2023 food and farm bill needs to redefine food security to protect our right to sustainable nutrition for all. And our communities are getting sick.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

Over the next 15 years, California will have to repurpose about 1 million acres of cropland, most of it out of the 5.5 It is the opposite of sustainable agriculture. To be clear, when I talk about extractive agriculture I am not talking about local farmers. You can check out a flyer about Nettie here.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The UK construction industry as a whole appears optimistic about sustainability. Yet it acknowledged that certain barriers must be overcome. The top concern was. The post UK Construction Industry Cites These Barriers to Net Zero Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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JULY 19, 2023

New narratives, startups, and mobility experiments were based on great optimism about electric, digital, autonomous, hybrid, micro, or even aerial (drone) mobilities. Are these new policies, technologies, and street designs finally bringing about the demise of fossil-fueled cars and the rise of a new low-carbon sustainable urbanism?

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That changed this year with the Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action , which was signed by 134 world leaders. Even though most of the food served to attendees at COP was vegan, a broad conversation about meat production and about changing to a plant-based diet was also absent.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

But what was even more surprising was just how little Tyson was doing to make all that farmland sustainable for the future. In 2018, Tyson talked a good game about farmland sustainability, pledging in its annual sustainability report to improve environmental practices on 2 million farm acres by 2020.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 28, 2022

In 2021, Delta spent about $3.2 billion to become more environmentally sustainable. Billion to be Environmentally Sustainable. Most of that money went to new aircraft that are 25% more fuel-efficient per mile. The post Delta Has Spent $3.2 The Progress? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 15, 2023

Pervasive economic incentives over the past decades made agronomists focus on maximizing profit for farm operations instead of integrating nature, sustainability, and nutrition into conventional agricultural practices. And then there’s the water problem There is not enough water in California to sustain our current agricultural practices.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

On December 13, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced the Delaware County Office of Sustainability has completed the process of becoming the newest affiliate of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful (KPB)—Keep Delco Beautiful! For more information about Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s local affiliates, visit KPB’s Affiliate Network webpage.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 7, 2024

Much has been said and written about how this total eclipse can connect us. Much less has been said about what this total eclipse reveals about humanity’s shared experience on a warming planet that we’re making dangerously inhospitable. So why do so many ignore scientists’ predictions about climate change?!!”

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APRIL 5, 2023

A panel of international scientists warned in March that the world faces a “rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future,” and that the actions implemented over the next few years will have consequences “now and for thousands of years.” has declined to turn over requested documents about the projects.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Let’s be clear about what Black Friday is; it is all about profit and making people feel guilty about not buying enough products, and it is products that in most instances people don’t need, will hurt their pockets and will also hurt the planet.

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APRIL 9, 2024

But for CBAs to result in meaningful benefits and long-term positive change, communities must have opportunities to learn more about what’s possible and funders and others must invest in capacity building and technical assistance for involved, impacted communities. Many communities are currently asking, “What should we try to negotiate for?”

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Achieving a sustainable EV battery supply chain is crucial as demand increases. CLEE recently released a policy brief summarizing pivotal developments from 2022 and previewing future actions that can advance a just and sustainable battery supply chain. New policy in the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Can the life cycle of wind turbine blades , lasting about 25 years, be as circular as the elegant arcs they carve in the sky? This post will follow the wind turbine blade from “cradle-to-grave,” then explore solutions for a more responsible, sustainable life cycle. The wind turbine blade life cycle can be just as circular.

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