Williams-Sonoma’s New Sustainable Home Brand GreenRow
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 17, 2023
The product line will include low-impact and responsibly sourced materials made with sustainable manufacturing.
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Opinion: Any company promoting Black Friday cannot be truly sustainable
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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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2022
This post will follow the wind turbine blade from “cradle-to-grave,” then explore solutions for a more responsible, sustainable life cycle. To learn about the current lifecycle and a more sustainable solution for the rare earth elements in wind turbine generators, read How Are Wind Turbines Made?
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Mining Raw Materials for Solar Panels: Problems and Solutions
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 18, 2022
But manufacturing the solar panels necessary for such a huge increase in solar power production will require a surge in the mining of raw materials. This post looks at the concerns in the supply chain for solar panels as well as solutions the industry must move towards if solar power is to expand responsibly and sustainably.
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Louisiana Royalty Owner Survives Challenge to Demand For Payment
Energy & the Law
JANUARY 10, 2023
On November 1, 2019, Smith Logging made a 30-day demand to Indigo/SWN for payment of unpaid royalties under the lease. Indigo/SWN made three payments. Alternatively, it failed to state a valid cause of action because Hopkins was lessee of record at the time demand was made. The trial court sustained the exceptions.
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Just and Sustainable Solutions for the Mining and Recycling of Rare Earth Elements in Wind Turbines
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Wind energy companies have a strong commitment to ensuring the sustainable, responsible life cycle of their turbines and are progressing towards achievement of fully circular supply chains. The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production.
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Paula García Knows Renewable Energy Is for the People
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 26, 2024
The subsequent decades brought expansion, commercialization and ultimately a boom of oil production in the Huila region, where García’s family lives. Traveling to the southern region of Colombia as a young child, Paula García remembers being taught by her elders about the deep interconnectedness between humans and the natural world.
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Seven sustainable Christmas gifts ideas
A Greener Life
DECEMBER 3, 2023
By Anders Lorenzen In case you have not yet wrapped up your Christmas shopping, we bring you eight sustainable minimalistic gift ideas. These have all been tried and tested and sustainability vetted by A greener life, a greener world. It is sustainably produced with 100% recycled polyester by the German outdoor activewear brand.
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Sustainable Finance 101: Transforming Finance for a Sustainable Future
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 25, 2024
There are financial regulations in Canada designed to safeguard our savings and the economy, while ensuring responsible profit generation. In paving the way to a truly sustainable economy, Environmental Defence is pushing for stronger rules to govern Canada’s money. Why financial regulation?
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Perspective | Water is the New Carbon
Circle of Blue
APRIL 7, 2022
When it comes to acknowledging society’s impact on climate, environment, and human security, water is the next frontier for comprehensive accounting and adaptation strategies — for industry, municipalities, governments, and individuals, all of which have made impressive commitments and progress to track carbon pollution. Provocative?
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The USDA’s Climate Hubs Could Help Farmers Adapt to Extreme Weather
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and our partner organizations have long advocated for a transformational food and farm bill —one that will not continue business as usual but help build a food system that is healthier, more sustainable, and more equitable. After months of delay, it appears possible (though far from guaranteed!)
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As the USDA Invests in “Climate-Smart” Agriculture, It’s Hard to Follow the Money
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Agriculture is responsible for emitting around 11 percent of all global warming pollution in the United States—roughly the annual equivalent of 141.75 These grants will support pilot projects intended to increase production of, and spur demand for, products grown in ways that have measurable climate benefits. million cars.
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Want Clean Energy? Then You Also Want Battery Recycling.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 22, 2022
The grid energy storage industry represents a much smaller fraction of the lithium-ion battery market than electric vehicles, but it too has a responsibility to ensure batteries are responsibly and sustainably produced and then productively recirculated at end-of-life. Sustainable supply chain solutions exist.
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What’s in Store for 2024? Here Are Our 10 Environmental Predictions for the New Year
Enviromental Defense
DECEMBER 27, 2023
At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action, plastic waste, toxic chemicals and biodiversity conservation. Nonetheless, there was significant progress made in re-protecting the Greenbelt and reining in sprawl in Ontario. Learn more and take action at stopthe413.ca.
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Why the IPCC 7th Assessment Matters
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 16, 2024
While the global understanding of climate change is well-established, the world’s response remains sluggish. It’s essential that as policies and public awareness evolve, the science keeps pace, offering the latest policy-relevant insights to effectively combat climate change. The view from our spot. Source: Delta Merner, UCS.
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California’s Progress Toward Recycling Policy for EV Batteries
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
The report outlines a package of policies that could become the first lithium-ion US battery recycling regulation – including producer responsibility for battery recycling. Two policy options to determine the responsible party were proposed. Yes, EV battery recycling is happening in facilities around the United States.
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Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Announces Mimi Joy Cooper As Recycling Coordinator
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 3, 2024
During this time she has worked to successfully apply for hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding; made continued improvements to our Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event; and is currently working diligently to help implement the Navusoft routing program, for greater efficiency in our Collections department.
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Release: Senate Advances Agriculture Appropriations Bill
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel.
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How Are Solar Panels Made?
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 19, 2022
With so many solar panels planned for the coming years, you might be wondering: what exactly are solar panels and how are they made? The most common type of PV panel is made using crystalline-silicon (c-SI). silver and other metals, according to the Institute for Sustainable Futures. Set a timer for 60 seconds and wait.
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The USDA Has a Plan to Fix Our Nutrition Crisis—But Will It Work?
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2022
Nevertheless, these changes, many of which were part of the COVID-19 pandemic response, were significant. More people in the United States are sick than are healthy. There is no age group in this country that scores higher than 63 out of 100 on the Healthy Eating Index, a validated tool used to measure the healthfulness of what we eat.
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Ask a Scientist: What’s Up With the Attack on ESG Investing?
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 12, 2022
EN: First, it would be helpful if you could explain how ESG investments differ from other sustainability investment strategies. Who coined the term, and how is ESG different than socially responsible investing or impact investing? Below is an abridged version of our exchange.
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Climate Litigation Is Spreading Around the World
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 18, 2023
In recent years, there has been a growing movement to hold corporations accountable for the harm caused by the climate change that has resulted from their products. These lawsuits aim to establish corporate legal responsibility for the adverse impacts of climate change and push for transformative action to mitigate its effects.
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NEPA, the “Magna Carta” of Federal Environmental Laws, May Be About to Improve
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Section 101 of the statute states the aim of the law simply: “to create and maintain conditions under which [people] and nature can exist in productive harmony.” A draft proposal from the Biden Administration to update NEPA’s implementing regulations is currently open for public comment until September 29 th and is worthy of your support.
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60% of home ‘compostable’ plastic doesn’t fully break down, ending up in our soil
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
These results highlight the need to revise and redesign this supposedly sustainable plastic waste management system. In response to this pollution crisis, several countries have set targets to eliminate all single-use plastics and to make plastic packaging 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2025. Un)compostable plastics.
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Achieving EV Battery Sustainability
Legal Planet
MARCH 30, 2023
Achieving a sustainable EV battery supply chain is crucial as demand increases. 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.
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Guest Blog: Fossil Fuel Promotion in City Facilities? Not in My Municipality
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 11, 2024
He’s passionate about mobilizing people to promote and enjoy biodiversity, sustainability, and community. It couldn’t be because of revenue: Ottawa made less than $6,000 on fossil fuel ads in non-transit City facilities last year and another $7,000 in transit facilities. It’s possible. This should be a slam dunk.
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U.S. Counts on “Climate-Smart” Farms to Slow Global Warming
Circle of Blue
APRIL 5, 2023
This report was made possible by an investigative reporting fellowship awarded by the Alicia Patterson Foundation. By funding 141 experimental projects, the administration is hoping to push an industry currently responsible for generating 10% of U.S. Skill or Task U.S. A version of this article was co-published by The New Lede.
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Sustainability Triumphs: A 2023 Year in Review with an Eye Toward Decarbonizing
Greenbuilding Law
DECEMBER 24, 2023
As we sing Auld Lang Syne to 2023, a pivotal year for global sustainability efforts, it’s time to reflect on the strides made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the realm of the built environment, all as described in our top 10 most read blog posts of the year.
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Agriculture Secretary Highlights New Consumer Labeling Requirements Of Fertilizer Law To Save Money, Protect Environment
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 28, 2024
On March 28, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited Cashman’s Hardware Store in Adams County to promote Pennsylvania’s updated fertilizer law and educate consumers on best practices to manage their lawn care in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way. The revisions to the Pennsylvania Fertilizer Law, signed by Gov.
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Everything you Need to Know About the Sustainable Jobs Act (Bill C-50)
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 22, 2024
On April 15th, Members of Parliament did something we have been urging them to do for months: they passed the Sustainable Jobs Act, or Bill C-50. Now that the dust has settled and the legislation is off to the Senate to be further studied and voted on, let’s look back at what the Sustainable Jobs Act will achieve for Canadians.
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Will World Leaders Step Up to Deliver at the UN Climate Ambition Summit?
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Back in March of this year, when the sobering IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report was released, the UN Secretary-General made a powerful speech calling the scientific report a ‘how-to guide to defuse the climate time-bomb.’ The big question, though, is whether world leaders will show up and deliver—or will they, once again, fail us?
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HotSpots H2O: In Northern Mexico, Harsh Drought Compounds Water Inequality
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 15, 2022
But any long-term response must confront the historical squeeze at the region’s core: that urban growth is outpacing infrastructure capacity. It has not invested enough in the storage necessary to sustain its growing population, and managerial gaps handicap water distribution plans. Now water costs nearly as much as gasoline.”.
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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 2, 2022
That is another way of saying the jig is up on “greenwashing,” the corporate practice of misleading consumers and investors with false or misleading claims of environmental and social benefits of their products and portfolios. Five years ago, the World Bank said it would end investments in oil and gas extraction by 2019.
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USDA Scientists Produce Nanobodies in Plant Cells that Block Emerging Pathogens
Nanotech
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
According to ARS, as a proof-of-concept, researchers showed that nanobodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be made in plant cells and remain functional in blocking the binding of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to its receptor protein: the process responsible for initiating viral infection in human cells. AgroSource, Inc.
Guidance on Avoiding Greenwashing while Providing Input Down Under
Greenbuilding Law
AUGUST 13, 2023
The Australian government has issued draft Environmental and Sustainability Guidance describing the obligations under Australian consumer law which businesses must comply with when making environmental and sustainability claims.
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A Year After the Deadly Pakistan Floods Began, Hard Lessons About Climate Loss and Damage
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 13, 2023
These floods came soon after the nation had experienced an intense heatwave, made 30 times more likely because of climate change. Pakistan is responsible for just 0.3 The floods killed more than 1700 people, a third of them children; affected 33 million people and displaced 8 million; destroyed more than 2.2 million homes and 4.4
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No, EVs are Not Worse for the Planet
Legal Planet
APRIL 5, 2024
There’s a lot of reasons for this electric car culture war: President Biden has made EVs central to his climate and economic policies. Programs that “promote American leadership in EV manufacturing and production” generate 53% support, with support outnumbering opposition 3:1. That’s exactly what oil and gas companies want.
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Ask a Scientist: Taking a Holistic Look at Big Ag
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 13, 2022
With indirect control over so much farmland, Tyson has an opportunity—and the responsibility—to ensure that that land is farmed sustainably. Last June, the company reported that it set up a sustainability pilot program for only 408,000 acres. It fell woefully short. Tyson Foods is a near monopoly and monopsony.
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Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Public action and awareness-raising is bringing increased attention to the urgency of responsible sourcing. Public action and awareness-raising is bringing increased attention to the urgency of responsible sourcing. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources. It is wasteful by design.
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Senate Hearing Finds No Definition Or Standard For ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Natural Gas; PA Producers Already Below One RS Threshold
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 17, 2023
On October 17, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held an informational briefing on Project Canary , a company that measures, analyzes and reports on methane emissions from natural gas production and distribution infrastructure.
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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit
Environmental Progress
JULY 3, 2023
The data is voluntarily submitted by the industry in response to academic surveys. But, as we’ll see below, a new investigation led by a Mr Enrico Mariutti suggests that the number is closer to between 600 and 1200 gCO2/kWh, depending on the energy mix used to power PV production. Department of Energy, February 24, 2022, [link].
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Release: Strengthening Local Meat Economies Act Promotes Fairness in Procurement
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. With JBS’ business ethics under question both at home in the US and abroad , taxpayer dollars should not be spent on contracts with such companies when there are more responsible alternatives available.
Choose Clean Water Coalition, Partners Release Newest PA Clean Water Legislative Briefing Book - Water Quality Issues, Legislative & Funding Solutions
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
With production made possible by the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds , the briefing book was spearheaded by the Choose Clean Water Coalition, Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, and PennFuture. While these waterways face several threats, there are pragmatic, tangible solutions at hand. million individuals, with 5.7
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When will Canada stop funding fossils?
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 27, 2024
And while the Government of Canada is taking some important steps, they’re also continuing to funnel billions of taxpayer dollars towards the very companies most responsible for the climate crisis: oil and gas companies. Communities burnt down, livelihoods were destroyed and lives were lost. billion for carbon capture and storage projects.
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