Yale E360
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas was once a major oil producer. Now, companies hope to extract lithium — a key metal for electric vehicle batteries — from its underground brines using technologies they say could reduce mining’s carbon emissions and water use.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation , agents of obstruction, and drivers of climate change. From Pulitzer-prize winning investigations to groundbreaking scholarly research , the evidence of their knowledge and deception is irrefutable. And yet, these corporations continue to sow disinformation and reap record- breaking profits.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
It seems clear that in some form, carbon removal is going to be an important component of climate policy, especially later in the century to deal with carbon levels that overshoot the targets in the Paris Climate Agreement. The problem is not with the concept but with its misuse. One of the risks that comes with such good ideas is that they provide cover for poorly conceived and badly executed policies.
Clean Energy Law
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will also launch 12 key initiatives, including a levy on sustainable aviation fuel and low-carbon electricity imports. By Paul A. Davies , Farhana Sharmeen , Michael D. Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has launched the Singapore Sustainable Air Hub Blueprint (Blueprint) as part of its efforts to decarbonise Singapore’s aviation sector while enabling sustainable growth.
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.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Chatbots vary their answers depending on the exact wording used to prompt them, and now it seems that asking an AI to answer as if it were a Star Trek captain boosts its mathematical ability
Inside Climate News
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
A recent well blow-out in West Texas highlights the challenges of finding and plugging thousands of wells across the state. By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News and Carlos Nogueras, Texas Tribune IMPERIAL, Texas—Mounds of dirt towered over Bill Wight, who stared helplessly at the piles that had once been pasture for his cattle.
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A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Photo credit: WindEurope. By Anders Lorenzen Analysis by WindEurope , Europe’s wind power industry group, reveals a record-breaking year for European wind power when it comes to investments in the industry as well as installing new capacity. The report revealed a significant comeback. The wind sector having struggled in 2022 with soaring inflation, interest rates and the volatile energy markets as a result of the war in Ukraine.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
For the first time in nearly a century, a new genus of plant has been discovered in Japan, but it looks more like a squid or an alien than a plant
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
On February 22, the Choose Clean Water Coalition , Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed and PennFuture released the 2024-25 Pennsylvania Clean Water Legislative Briefing Book , a comprehensive guide to protecting and restoring Pennsylvania's rivers and streams. The Briefing Book examines a wide array of issues plaguing the Keystone State's waterways and provides a variety of solutions and investments to leave a legacy of clean water to future generations.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The UK's JET nuclear fusion reactor has been shut down after 40 years, and now researchers hope to repurpose many of its components in a world-first attempt at recycling a tokamak
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.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Last month, the Government of Alberta publicly responded to the federal government’s framework on the oil and gas emissions cap. The response from Premier Smith and her government was yet another step in their effort to battle against desperately needed climate policies in Canada. Amongst other things, Alberta’s response contained wild assertions about the damage that emissions cap could do to the Canadian economy.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
In a small study, people with type 2 diabetes maintained their weight loss on the low-carbohydrate ketogenic for a year after they stopped using Ozempic or similar medications
Environmental Law Centre
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
“This winter, snowpack is below average, rivers are at record low levels and multiple reservoirs remain well below capacity.”[1] This is the stark introduction to a Government of Alberta announcement. The post Drought Watch 2024: Wetlands & Drought Management in Alberta appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Advocates highlight new polling that shows 4 out of 5 people living in Canada want action on PFAS Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Yesterday, environmentalists, firefighters, and Northern Indigenous health experts met with federal decision makers to demand action on toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals.
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.
Inside Climate News
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
A Department of Veterans Affairs report identified hospitals in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona and Florida as most at risk for climate change-driven storms, flooding, wildfires and extreme temperatures that could damage facilities, cut staffing and hinder access to care. By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse On July 19, 2022, a soupy, relentless heat smothered Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Earth 911
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
As recycling and reuse programs evolve, you can positively impact your community by learning how. The post Tap The SWEEP Standard To Talk With Your Community Leaders About Waste Generation, Prevention and Recycling appeared first on Earth911.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
A fermentation experiment on the International Space Station produced miso paste with a flavour distinct from two samples that were fermented on Earth
NRDC
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
State funding for an expanded library of pop-up fishing gear will dramatically increase access for fishers and support critical testing efforts.
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New Scientist
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
If an unfamiliar person spends 15 minutes following a dog, it tends to follow them back in a possible sign of friendship
NRDC
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
As the climate crisis intensifies, the fossil fuel industry is spending billions to secure oil and gas production into the 2030s.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
23andMe's DNA test was once named "invention of the year", but now the company is in dire financial straits. Is this a sign that genetically based medicine's promise has been exaggerated?
National Law Center
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
On February 15, 2024, a federal court in the District of Columbia issued a ruling formally vacating the Environmental Protection Agency’s. The post Federal Court Revokes Florida’s CWA Section 404 Permitting Authority appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Between 1990 and 2022, obesity rates more than doubled among adults and quadrupled among children and adolescents worldwide
Nanotech
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on February 27, 2024, that it received a petition requested that iso-butanol (also known as isobutanol, iso butyl alcohol, 2-methyl propan-1-ol, or 2-methyl-1-propanol) be added to the list of taxable substances under Section 4672(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. 89 Fed. Reg. 14558. OQ Chemicals Corporation, an exporter of iso-butanol, filed the petition.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Penn State Extension will host another in its series of virtual Water Cooler Talks on Algae and Microplastics Stick Together March 22 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Many aquatic ecosystems are under threat from microplastic pollution, the smallest of which can enter the food web through consumption by fauna. Very small microplastics (< 100 microns) can be similar in size to suspended algae cells, which readily aggregate into large clumps through cohesion due to their sticky biological exudates.
Washington Nature
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Welcome to Exploring Nature, an illustrated blog series that (re)discovers the natural world through art, science, and observation. Illustration by Erica Sloniker, Marketing and Visual Communications Specialist Transcript Sandy Beaches at Foulweather Bluff Preserve Thursday 2-22-24 A forest of ferns accompanied by a welcome saltwater breeze instantly hit me like a childhood memory.
Nanotech
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and The Acta Group (Acta®) are pleased to announce the appointment of several professionals to key roles at our firms. Mark J. Washko has joined our firms as Senior Government Affairs Advisor. Mr. Washko has guided policy advocacy and government affairs for more than 30 years for global Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, law firms, and on Capitol Hill.
Montrose
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. & ARVADA, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (“Montrose” or “the Company”) (NYSE: MEG), a high-growth global environmental solutions company, today announced the acquisition of Two Dot Consulting, LLC, a leading environmental consultancy specializing in regulatory services to the oil and gas, and renewables sectors in the Rocky Mountain and adjacent regions.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Download the report. Hydrogen Market Formation: An Evaluation Framework guides first movers, investors, and policymakers to pinpoint new opportunities and challenges for building a clean hydrogen market in their region based on information around three primary factors: today’s hydrogen industry; regional interest and support from policymakers, industry leaders, and local communities; and untapped growth potential.
National Law Center
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for. The post The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 4 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
by Lisa Sheppard, Prairie Research Institute A recent Prairie Research Institute (PRI) study of attitudes about land conservation found that Illinois farmers view themselves as stewards of their land, balancing conservation with earning a profit. Nearly half of farmers surveyed said they would use conservation practices even without financial compensation from federal land conservation programs.
Nanotech
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted a February 2024 guidance entitled “Foods Derived from Plants Produced Using Genome Editing: Guidance for Industry.” According to FDA, one purpose of the guidance is to clarify how its 1992 policy statement “Statement of Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties” (NPV policy) (57 Fed. Reg. 22984) applies to foods derived from NPVs produced using genome editing.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
by Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Rutgers University – Newark; Erna Ruijer, Utrecht University, and Gregory Porumbescu, Rutgers University – Newark Governments increasingly rely on large amounts of data to provide services ranging from mobility and air quality to child welfare and policing programs.
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