Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Since then, the World Bank has taken on the role of hosting the fund and serving as its trustee on an interim basis for four years. Last year on the opening day of COP28, nations agreed to launch the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage , a hard-won historic achievement, but one that came with paltry initial pledges.

Fossil Fuels

Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

A multimillion-dollar bank stabilization project proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could protect one of the densest collections of ceremonial and burial mounds still existing in North America.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2025

Planting Trees Along Streams: Nature as Flood Armor One cornerstone of Pennsylvania’s approach is the widespread restoration of riparian buffers – trees and shrubs along the banks of streams. Through DCNR and partners, thousands of acres of native trees and shrubs have been planted along creeks, rivers, and streams.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-Columbia) said the Conyngham coal bank fire located in Wilburton Number Two in Columbia County remains active, but the operator and owner have made significant progress according to the Department of Environment Protection. On February 24, Sen.

Carbon Monoxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A permanently installed power bank is one option, and that might be the best one for households with large or critical electric needs, such as medical devices. An EV can be a backup battery on wheels Fossil fuel generators have been the status quo, but there is a better way to power a home during an outage—batteries.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental News Bits

JULY 3, 2025

Some are even growing crops beneath them, which is great for … Continue reading Farmers are making bank harvesting a new crop: Solar energy As the price of renewable energy technology has plummeted and water has gotten more scarce, growers are fallowing acreage and installing solar panels.

Renewable Energy

Inside Climate News

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The citys only wetlands mitigation bank on Staten Island sells credits to waterfront developers so they can comply with a federal no net loss policy for these coastal ecosystems.

Sea Level

Inside Climate News

MAY 21, 2025

Outside, Georges Creek had already breached its banks, flooding nearby homes and streets, while rain continued to pound the mountain town. By Aman Azhar The water surged fast, outpacing local emergency response efforts and trapping nearly 200 students and staff inside Westernport Elementary School in Marylands Allegany County.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2025

You might organize stream cleanups, design and install a demonstration rain garden, or plant native plants to stabilize stream banks or one of dozens of other ways to help. An important part of the program happens after the formal training, when you take part in 20 hours of service in your community, sharing what youve learned.

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Photo: Loyalsock Creek in Lycoming County near a shale gas development water withdrawal point (courtesy of Barbara Jarmoska , on the banks of the Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County); Map of red dots showing water withdrawal restrictions.) Follow SRBC on Twitter , visit them on YouTube.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

Live staking is a stream repair technique where branch cuttings are harvested from certain native shrub and tree species and then inserted into an eroded stream bank to provide bank and soil stabilization. These branch cuttings are harvested when the host plant is dormant and before bud breaks in the spring.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JUNE 20, 2025

I nearly burst out laughing when I read their description of how Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) try to estimate the degree of adaptation in development projects: MDBs assign a simple “adaptation ratio” to each project that they finance. And even on the input front, there is a huge problem.

2016

Circle of Blue

APRIL 16, 2025

Because of limited precipitation, the Ogallala as it has been managed is essentially a finite resource, a bank account slowly being drawn down to produce immense quantities of grain. All told, the Ogallala supports an agriculture industry worth $35 billion. Some areas on the aquifers fringe are already too depleted for irrigation.

2013

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Senator Casey also established the Farm to Food Bank program to ensure farmers are able to recover some of the costs that would be lost otherwise from food waste. This program reimburses farmers for the costs to produce, harvest, process, and transport agricultural products that are donated to food banks. 6 Hearing, Dec.

Greenhouse

Environmental News Bits

JULY 9, 2025

McGrath, S. O’Connor, D., & Nriagu, J. Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health. Science, 388(6744), 316–321. link] Abstract Toxic metal pollution is ubiquitous in soils, yet its worldwide distribution is unknown.

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

From the governor’s office to the banks of the Conestoga, we are grateful for this kind of leadership, progress, and momentum. Pennsylvania is all in.” This is the kind of leadership that can inspire action across state lines, party aisles, and at all levels of government. But now is not the time to rest on our accomplishments.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

Related Articles: -- EPA Announces Organizational Changes, $300 Million Cut In Agency Spending -- Reuters: US EPA Plans To Reduce Staff to 1980 Levels, Dissolve Research Office -- AP: EPA Announces Broad Reorganization That Includes Shuffle Of Scientific Research -- WPost: Proposed FY 2026 Federal Budget Cuts By Agency -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: (..)

Pollution Control

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A lot is happening on the banks of the humber! On a summery day in October, I crossed the bustling intersection of Church and Weston and made my way down three flights of stairs to where Cruickshank Park stretches out along the banks of the Humber River. HPR often has raffles or giveaways, like coupons for local shops.

2021

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 2, 2025

The big banks acknowledgment that the world is likely to fail at preventing warming of more … Continue reading Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 6, 2025

billion from the National Clean … Continue reading EPA $20B funding freeze leaves green bank nonprofits unable to pay bills Last April, the Climate United Fund was tapped to manage $6.97

Greenhouse

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Recent projections from the World Bank estimate that by 2050, over 216 million people could be displaced by climate-related events. Unseen and Unprotected: The Ongoing Struggle of Climate Refugees in the United States by Isaiah Gonzales and Professor Siu Tip Lam I.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

Additionally, Keep Coatesville Beautiful is considering establishing a land bank or Main Street program to address vacant properties and support economic revitalization efforts in the community. Keep Coatesville Beautiful represents more than just a cleanup effortit's a movement to foster pride, resilience, and unity in our community.

Recycling

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A long-term PPA with a credit-worthy counterparty (which includes most utilities) is often considered the “gold standard” for new generation technologies looking to find debt financing at reasonable rates and conditions, since the bank has the assurance that the generator has locked in revenues via the PPA.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The World Bank is serving as the trustee for the Fund and the Fund’s first executive director, Ibrahima Cheikh Diong , began his four-year term this month. Global civil society representatives meet with new UN Fund for Loss and Damage Executive Director Ibrahima Cheikh Diong.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

Related Articles This Week: -- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep PA Beautifuls Pick Up Pennsylvania; How To Join Or Host Events [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collections Launch May 17 In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Little Juniata River Association Organized 150 Volunteers To Clean Up 20 Miles Of River Banks In Blair, Huntingdon (..)

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

JULY 18, 2025

Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery. Read the full story at The Guardian.

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The federal government’s proposed regulations to reduce emissions in electricity generation are achievable without breaking the bank. In fact, studies show that clean energy is a more affordable option than continuing to rely on fossil fuels.

Electricity

New Scientist

JUNE 17, 2025

Nobody had ever taken a sea star, frozen it at the larval stage and successfully settled it, which has tremendous implications for their conservation,” says Reuven Bank at Sunflower Star Laboratory. The giant pink star has a similar larval cycle to sunflower stars, and we’re moving on to sunflower stars next,” says Bank.

2013

ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Ideally, this urgency will be from development banks and international financial institutions to execute their role in this systemic shift. This shift in narrative aims to move beyond GDP and embrace ecological and social indicators as pillars of progress. A key topic of this session was the need for a stronger sense of urgency.

2024

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 24, 2025

Governments, financial experts and regulators (including the Bank of Canada and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ) have long warned about the existential nature of climate risks for companies and Canadas financial system. They are also critical for investors and companies to prepare for climate disruption.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

The filing also alleges the US government has a record of the lobbying firms payments Forlit received for the job, which he deposited into US bank accounts controlled by him and his companies. According to the filing, this November 2015 memo specifically references some of the victims of the hacking that would subsequently take place.

Fossil Fuels

Cleannovate

JUNE 7, 2025

Well, they have two choices; either rely on harsh synthetic chemicals or bank on nature to provide solutions. Imagine a detergent company desiring to incorporate natural agents that break down dirt like nothing else. Enzymes are part of the solutions nature gives us.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2025

Olympus Energy wanted to drill six shale gas wells on the Heracles well pad in Elizabeth Township on the east bank of the Monongahela River about 2,400 feet from a high school. Elizabeth Township approved the plan in January 2023 and the case made its way to Commonwealth Court.

Law

A Greener Life

JULY 2, 2025

Unconnected to the Spanish report, the European Investment Bank announced funding worth €1.6 Critics have argued that the outage exposed Spain and Portugal’s relative lack of interconnections, especially as France and Morocco played a crucial role in restoring power. Upon completion, it will deliver a doubling of power exchange capacity.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Yaw Introduces Skill Gambling Games Regulation Bill Directing Some Revenue To Clean Streams Fund [PaEN] -- American Water Foundation Awards 14 Water & Environment Grants To Organizations In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Aqua Pennsylvania, PA Environmental Council Award More Than $55,000 In Local Grants To Protect Your Drinking Water In Southeast Pennsylvania (..)

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

[PaEN] NewsClips: -- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Farm Conservation Work In Chesapeake Region Hit Hard By Federal Funding Freeze -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Fetterman, McCormick Must Defend Federal Program That Connects Farmers, Food Banks - By Second Harvest Food Bank -- Penn State College Of Ag Sciences Course Helps Students Plan, Design (..)

2018

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

This swift action stabilized the bank to prevent structure damage. The DEP Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation (BAMR) was able to respond immediately and began reclamation work on the same day.

Environmental Protection