Legal Planet
APRIL 16, 2024
A key part of California’s climate policy has always been its cap and trade system. Because the regulations aren’t very transparent, there have been a lot of misconceptions about the system. I’ve been digging into the rules , the explanatory website set up by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and secondary sources to try to figure some of these things out.
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 16, 2024
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat. Keith Brooks, Programs Director: “This budget is intended to be geared towards younger generations, but it fails to deal with a major source of anxiety for young people by offering little to address climate change. Young people will bear the brunt of the impacts of the climate crisis.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
In a pivotal week for environmental justice, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, delivered rulings on three climate cases. A landmark ruling in the Swiss Women’s case criticized governments for not acting in line with science and unequivocally stated that inadequate government action on climate change constitutes a violation of human rights.
New Scientist
APRIL 16, 2024
A serendipitous lab accident revealed that hibernating bumblebee queens can make it through days of flooding, revealing that they are less vulnerable to extreme weather than previously thought
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.
Scientific American
APRIL 12, 2024
Insertion of genetic material from a virus into the genome of a vertebrate ancestor enabled the lightning-quick electrical impulses that give animals with backbones their smarts
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
The longevity of naturally occurring carbon sinks, like those in Earth’s forests, is a key part of all modeled and projected pathways to net-zero. Without the considerable carbon absorption capacity of our lands (and oceans), we’d currently have much more CO 2 in the atmosphere and an accelerated timeline of warming. But the complexities of the interactions between the land and atmosphere, especially in a rapidly changing climate, are challenging to model, leading to uncertainty around the magni
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NRDC
APRIL 16, 2024
After officials repeatedly dismissed claims that Flint’s water was making people sick, residents took action. Here’s how the lead contamination crisis unfolded—and what we can learn from it.
New Scientist
APRIL 16, 2024
A black hole 33 times the mass of the sun is the largest stellar black hole ever spotted, and its strange companion star could help explain how it got so huge
Scientific American
APRIL 15, 2024
Genomic research of Fusobacterium nucleatum isolated from colon cancer tumors may help researchers develop future screening tests and cancer vaccines
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 16, 2024
The Commonwealth Financing Authority is now accepting applications for Act 13 Program watershed restoration, abandoned mine drainage abatement, baseline water quality data, orphaned or abandoned well plugging, sewage facilities, flood mitigation programs and recreation grants. The deadline for applications is May 31. These grants are funded by the Act 13 drilling impact fees paid by unconventional shale gas drillers.
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.
Inside Climate News
APRIL 15, 2024
Construction of the pilot project on U.S. Highway 52 began this month. State officials hope it can help quell range anxiety and electrify long-haul trucks. By Kristoffer Tigue Blake Dollier spoke excitedly as he watched the construction crews pulverize concrete along a quarter-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 52 where it passes through West Lafayette, Indiana.
NRDC
APRIL 11, 2024
The Southeast is facing a spike in electric load growth projections. Utilities are proposing a massive gas buildout to meet it—we can do better.
New Scientist
APRIL 16, 2024
Remote-controlled cockroaches with computers mounted on their backs can move as a swarm towards a target location, and could be used for search missions
Scientific American
APRIL 10, 2024
The Nobel Prize-winning theorist’s prediction of the Higgs boson sparked a half-century quest of discovery that reshaped physics—and our understanding of the universe
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.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 16, 2024
Through a partnership between Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful , D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. and Keep America Beautiful, Route 209 in the Pottsville area of Schuylkill County received extra care and attention by way of a roadway cleanup project. On April 12, Yuengling employees and their family members met at Francis E. Lubinsky Park to sign in and receive supplies of bags, gloves and safety vests.
National Law Center
APRIL 16, 2024
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the implementing regulations for Section 10. The post FWS Streamline ESA Voluntary Conservation Programs appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 15, 2024
Statement from Phil Pothen, Environmental Defence Counsel, on discontinuation of the current Federal Impact Assessment of Highway 413 Canada–Ontario Memorandum of Understanding on the Assessment of Effects in Areas of Federal Jurisdiction of the Highway 413 Project Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Today’s announcement that the current federal impact assessment of the proposed Highway 413 has been discontin
New Scientist
APRIL 12, 2024
An Arctic-wide survey has found that the permafrost region is emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs, causing the planet to heat even further
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Scientific American
APRIL 10, 2024
The European Court of Human Rights found that climate change is a human rights issue, providing a blueprint for Europeans to force their governments to tackle rising temperatures
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 10, 2024
On April 9, the Westmoreland County-based Protect PT advocacy group joined the rising chorus of groups calling on DEP to ban the road dumping of conventional oil and gas wastewater, just like they have shale gas drilling wastewater. In remarks before DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council , Tom Pike, an Environmental Policy Advocate with Protect PT, said -- “ProtectPT is requesting that the PA Department of Environmental Protection revise its rules on road spreading of gas industry waste.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
APRIL 15, 2024
This week, farmers, consumers, and advocates across the country are making calls to Congress with a central message: pass a farm bill for all farmers that centers conservation, not consolidation. Farm bill negotiations may be heating up once again after a standstill that has left members of Congress divided about what to prioritize. Now is the time to act.
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 16, 2024
Paying taxes helps governments to fund the services we all depend on, like education, healthcare and funding programs to tackle the climate crisis. Taxes also allow the federal government to provide subsidies to support a specific industry, like sports or culture, or to achieve a desired social outcome. However, for decades governments have also provided oil and gas companies with significant subsidies and other types of financial support.
New Scientist
APRIL 16, 2024
Starfish feet are coordinated purely through mechanical loading, enabling the animals to bounce rhythmically along the seabed without a central nervous system
Scientific American
APRIL 15, 2024
As hard as it is to study these denizens of the deep, researchers have found some intriguing evidence to support the idea the "sperm whale culture" exists.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 12, 2024
Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 13 PA Bulletin -- -- Act 14: Little Known State Law Gives Municipalities, Counties First Chance To Comment On DEP Permits Before Applications Are Submitted; Critical First Step In Public Involvement Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency.
NRDC
APRIL 15, 2024
A bill to protect Illinois’ remaining wetlands is moving forward in the state legislature, seeking to close a regulatory gap created by the Supreme Court.
Inside Climate News
APRIL 13, 2024
And, how to prepare. Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine.
New Scientist
APRIL 11, 2024
A once-independent bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitrogen to algal cells – an event so rare that there are only three other known cases
Scientific American
APRIL 16, 2024
Certain brain layers specialize in particular waves—which might aid understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 15, 2024
The PA Association of Environmental Educators and the North American Association for Environmental Education Affiliate Network have relaunched a pledge campaign called Outside for 5 encouraging teachers, administrators, nonformal educators, youth development leaders, and parents in Pennsylvania to engage students and children in outdoor learning for at least five minutes a day, five days a week, or any meaningful amount of time.
Earth 911
APRIL 15, 2024
The built environment, particularly office buildings other urban facilities, are responsible for 39% of the. The post Earth911 Podcast: Making Billions of Square Feet of Commercial Space Sustainable with CBRE’s Rob Bernard appeared first on Earth911.
Inside Climate News
APRIL 15, 2024
In a small Texas city, officials say land previously treated with a prescribed burn stopped the Windy Deuce Fire from entering neighborhoods. But the practice of intentionally burning excess vegetation has faced opposition from some private landowners. By Keaton Peters BORGER, Texas—Months before the Texas Panhandle erupted with destructive wildfires, fire crews in Borger were igniting fire intentionally on a seven-mile, roughly 250-foot wide ribbon of land on the edge of town.
New Scientist
APRIL 10, 2024
Artificial intelligence is taking on some of the hardest problems in pure maths, arguably demonstrating sophisticated reasoning and creativity – and a big step forward for AI
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