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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Michael Mann - Climate Champion Award PennFuture honored Dr. Michael E. Mann, one of the world's best-known climate scientists and author, with the Climate Champion Award for his life's research on climate studies and the impacts of human-caused climate change. from Villanova University School of Law.

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As its Lone Climate Scientist Board Member Departs, ExxonMobil Still Heads in the Wrong Direction

Union of Concerned Scientists

There has been comparatively less attention to the decision by climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery not to seek re-election to the ExxonMobil board of directors. Yet this shift in corporate leadership is significant, marking the end of a chapter in ExxonMobil’s long and ongoing history of climate deception and disinformation.

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10 Air Quality Influencers You Should Know

Breezometer

Jeff Smith is an expert on air quality monitoring, a staunch clean energy advocate who consults the World Health Organization on environmental and indoor air quality monitoring as well as community engagement urban health projects with a focus on air pollution. Gabriela Adler - Climate Scientist.

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Opinion: In the worst April heatwave in history, South Asia must demand these urgent climate actions

A Greener Life

With our children already paying a terrible price for climate change, we must act to protect their future, urges an IPCC scientist. When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this as a climate scientist and a mother of two young children.

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

A 2022 peer-reviewed study that built on UCS’s Climate Accountability Scorecard found that BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell continue to depend almost entirely on fossil fuels, with insignificant and opaque spending on clean energy. Please join us—and share your additions to this glossary!

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

CBD said that even if rehearing were not granted, the court should modify its “overbroad” conclusion that EPA’s Guidance for Determining Best Available Control Technology for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Bioenergy Production (Bioenergy BACT Guidance) was rational. motion to intervene Oct.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. 16, 17, 18 [PaEN] -- DEP Starts Taxpayer-Funded Hazardous Sites Cleanup Process For American Biodiesel Site In Erie County; Hearing Sept. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.