Legal Planet
MAY 1, 2023
In most of the world, May 1 is International Worker’s Day. It celebrates the collective struggle of workers for better wages and working conditions. That made me start thinking about the efforts that have been made to unite climate action with the interests of workers. That has been a particular emphasis of the Biden Administration and is reflected in recent spending laws.
Circle of Blue
MAY 2, 2023
A child collects drinking water in Rajasthan, India. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Transcript Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” – your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In Sudan, fighting between the national army and a militant group is limiting access to safe drinking water in the capital city of Khartoum.
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Law and Environment
MAY 4, 2023
[ This is the second post in our Hydrogen Blog Series. Read the first post here. ] In the first post, I alluded to the technical issues hydrogen developers are considering. Here we’ll look at how hydrogen is produced and what it will be used for. How is hydrogen produced today? We make hydrogen mainly using steam methane reforming (“SMR”). SMR requires steam, heat, and pressure to convert methane (in natural gas) to hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 3, 2023
Sales of new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in California hit new highs in the first quarter of 2023. According to the California Energy Commission, more than one in five of all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state at the start of this year was a zero-emission vehicle, which includes plug-in hybrids, battery electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 3, 2023
Acton Water District is adding its second renewable energy project to help power its operations.
Yale E360
MAY 4, 2023
A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has killed thousands of wild birds and is now infecting seals and other marine mammals. Researchers know the virus can jump from birds to mammals, but they are on alert to see if it can be transmitted from mammal to mammal.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 2, 2023
In March, one of the most comprehensive bills for advancing environmental justice was reintroduced in the US House and Senate: the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act (EJ for All Act). The bill, introduced in the House by Reps. Raúl Grijalva and Barbara Lee, and Sens. Cory Booker and Tammy Duckworth on the Senate side, is named in honor of the late Rep.
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 1, 2023
Global technology company Siemens predicts that the market for wireless EV charging in Europe and North America will reach $2 billion by 2028. The post Expect $264B of Investment in Electric Vehicle Charging by 2030 appeared first on Environment+Energy Leader.
Yale E360
MAY 2, 2023
Tero Mustonen has led a successful effort to restore roughly 80 areas of ecologically critical peatlands across his native Finland. In an interview, he talks about the importance of bringing Indigenous knowledge to rewilding initiatives in far northern regions and beyond.
Circle of Blue
MAY 3, 2023
Vending machine selling water on Maui, 2021. Photo: Christian Thorsberg YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN On Maui , where colonial and commercial parties stole land and water decades ago, Native Hawai’ian farmers are working to restore ancient water systems while litigating for reparations. A new study finds that the risk of natural disasters caused by glacial melt and global warming is especially profound in India, Pakistan, Peru, and China.
Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 2, 2023
After several years of drought and tinder-box conditions, abundant rains over the past winter have those of us who live in the western United States hoping for a year with less wildfire activity this summer and fall than we’ve had in recent years. The latest seasonal outlook from the National Interagency Fire Center largely points to such a reprieve—at least for the next few months.
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 2, 2023
McKinsey & Company says European industrials reduced their demand by 25 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But it adds that China and India could replace that by consuming 35 billion cubic meters, which they get at a discount.
Yale E360
MAY 3, 2023
El Niño, a phase marked by warm waters in the eastern Pacific, will likely return this year, driving up global temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Inside Climate News
MAY 1, 2023
Proven, low-cost pollution controls could quickly curb those emissions, but neither China nor the U.S. require abatement measures used by other plants around the world. By Phil McKenna Twelve chemical plants in China and the United States emit a potent climate pollutant with collective emissions equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of 31 million automobiles, according to a report published on Thursday by Global Efficiency Intelligence , an industrial decarbonization research and consulti
Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 4, 2023
In the coming years, Californians will begin to see a massive switch away from highly polluting fossil-fueled trucks to zero-emission electric trucks. Why? Because last week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) made history by unanimously adopting what is perhaps the most transformative clean trucks regulation ever considered—the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule.
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.
Yale E360
MAY 1, 2023
Just 10 countries are meeting the basic needs of their citizens in a sustainable way, according to a new study that looks at the water use and carbon emissions of 178 nations.
NRDC
MAY 3, 2023
While it may not be an outlier, the absurdity of the Triangle T Water District is a great example of why people say that in California, water flows uphill towards money.
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Law Columbia
MAY 4, 2023
Credit: Ilmi Granoff In September 2015, then Bank of England Governor Mark Carney gave a landmark speech on the “ Tragedy of the Horizon.” The concept was simple: climate change creates tremendous risk for financial markets, but these mounting risks are ignored by investors due to the market’s tendency towards myopia. The speech marked a significant turning point in finance: the starting gun in the race to internalize climate-related financial risks.
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 4, 2023
With billions of dollars in government funding becoming widely available to scale renewables and climate tech solutions, the American energy and utility market will undergo extreme changes for years to come.
Yale E360
MAY 5, 2023
India is seeking to amend its National Electricity Policy to end the construction of new coal power plants.
Scientific American
MAY 5, 2023
New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
New Scientist
MAY 1, 2023
High-frequency brainwaves in specific regions of the brain are thought to be a hallmark of consciousness and memory retrieval – now they have been recorded in two people as they died01
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 1, 2023
David's return to E+E Leader as our Editor In Chief is an exciting development for us, as his experience and passion for the environment and energy sectors align perfectly with our mission.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 5, 2023
Are You Telling Your Story? House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session May 8, 9, 10, June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 24 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainabl
Frontiers
MAY 4, 2023
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers from Brazil showed that Amazonian dark earth (ADE), soils enriched by Amerindian people thousands of years ago, increases the establishment and growth of seedlings of tree species important for reforestation. By copying the composition of ADE, especially its microbes, reforestation in Brazil and elsewhere could be sped up Between approximately 450 BCE and 950 CE, millions of Amerindian people living in today’s Amazonia transformed the orig
The Applied Ecologist
MAY 4, 2023
Xinzeng Wei talks us through their recent meta-analysis, conducted with several colleagues, which found that ecological restoration does not significantly improve the genetic diversity of plant species as compared to reference or degraded populations. Wei et al instead suggest that using passive restoration, seeding, and mixed sources could significantly increase the genetic diversity of restored populations.
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 5, 2023
Likewise, the implementation of the truck marks an important step toward new California regulations that require the adoption of zero-direct emission truck refrigeration technologies.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2023
Twenty-one school, business and community projects were honored with the 2023 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence. Collectively, the award-winning projects engaged hundreds of partners and achieved the following results: -- Grew and donated nearly 10,000 lbs. of organic produce to people in need -- Preserved over 1,500 acres of land and 32,000 LF of waterways -- Planted approximately 17,000 grasses, 15,000 trees, and thousands of shrubs -- Utilized 14 different DEP grants to accomplish
Scientific American
MAY 4, 2023
A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment
New Scientist
APRIL 29, 2023
Augmenting the artificial intelligence GPT-4 with extra chemistry knowledge made it much better at planning chemistry experiments, but it refused to make heroin or sarin gas
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 1, 2023
In today’s fast-paced world, energy plays a vital role in powering businesses and supporting their growth. But with the ever-increasing cost of energy and the pressing need to reduce carbon emissions, energy-intensive businesses need to explore ways to maximize their energy strategy. One way to do this is through active. Read more » The post Maximizing Your Energy Strategy: The Benefits of Active Participation appeared first on Environment+Energy Leader.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2023
Do you want to experience one of nature's most dazzling wonders, but you don't know the first thing about fireflies, lightning bugs, or camping in the forest? Here's a chance to observe the amazing firefly mating displays while in the comfort of a Safari-style tent with a private guide and private access to the firefly habitats on the Kellettville Firefly Farm in Forest County , Pennsylvania.
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