A Greener Life

MARCH 3, 2024

The site of Project One. Photo credit: Ineos. By Anders Lorenzen Jim Ratcliffe, the UK’s richest man and the founder and CEO of Ineos , the petrochemical giant, who perversely pays little UK tax as he resides in the tax haven of Monaco, has won UK government backing from a giant fossil fuel project which campaigners have labelled as climate wrecking.

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New Scientist

MARCH 3, 2024

What better way is there to celebrate pi day than with a slice of mathematics?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

The Washington & Jefferson College’s Center for Energy Policy and Management in Washington County will host a free webinar Thursday, March 7, on the basics of carbon capture and direct air capture as part of its Energy Lecture Series starting at 11:00 a.m. “The Future of Carbon Capture,” will be led by Dr. Dave Luebke, technical director of the Direct Air Capture Center at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh.

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New Scientist

MARCH 3, 2024

Gaze-tracking devices normally rely on cameras, but a new system uses reflected sound to track where someone is looking based on the shape of their eyeballs

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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.

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Ohio Environmental Law

MARCH 3, 2024

Back on August 29, 2023, U.S. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA which significantly reduced the number of wetlands that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). (See, prior post discussing Sackett) The Court limited federal jurisdiction to only wetlands that are adjacent to navigable waters and those with a continuous surface connection to relatively permanent waters adjoining navigable waters.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 3, 2024

This blog may sound like a broken record as we have time and again warned about the risks of a business claiming that they will be “net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040” or the like. For readers who may not have heeded our warnings and even clients we have offered counsel and advice to before they make environmental marketing claims or disclosures required by governments (e.g., tenants disclosing greenhouse gas emission data to landlords under building energy performance standards (BEPS) la

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- Saint Vincent College Professor's Internship Program Aims To Help Continue Cleanup Of Local Mine Drainage, Waterways In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- DCNR Forest Fridays: Inspirational Women In Botany -- Inside Climate News: Swarthmore College Breaking New Ground In Pursuit Of Clean Energy Campus Grants -- Reading Eagle: Kutztown University’s Organic Farming Pr

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

Here are 111 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- In Memoriam: Fmr State Sen. Noah Wenger, Longtime Lancaster County Farming, Chesapeake Bay Advocate Dies At 89 -- DEP: Oil & Gas Regulatory Program Will Be In The Red By Fall; All Sectors Green

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- In Memoriam: Fmr State Sen. Noah Wenger, Longtime Lancaster County Farming, Chesapeake Bay Advocate Dies At 89 -- Gov. Shapiro -- AP: PA Sets Up Election Security Task Force Ahead Of 2024 Presidential Contest -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Shapiro Administration Launches Election Integrity Task Force -- Erie Times: Why Shapiro’s Agenda Could Hinge On 3 Election Updates In State Senate -- TribLive: Shapiro Releases Specifics Of Higher

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