Environment + Energy Leader
APRIL 11, 2022
Vital Pet Life is incorporating recyclable packaging with its first product in its Vital Pet Life Plus line, becoming members of How2Recycle and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. The 2019 GlobalWebIndex, Sustainable Packaging Unwrapped data cites that 64% of consumers say recyclability is the most important aspect of environmentally friendly packaging. .
Legal Planet
APRIL 11, 2022
If we switch to renewables, we won’t need to worry about saving energy. Right? Wrong! One reason to save energy is to limit carbon emissions from the energy we use. That’s going to important until the energy system has been completely cleaned up. But energy conservation is important for reasons that go beyond the direct effect on emissions. Before I get to the reasons, I need to explain what I mean by energy conservation and why it’s different than energy efficiency.
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Environment + Energy Leader
APRIL 11, 2022
Employees will have ESG targets as part of their annual reviews as Pharmanovia expands its sustainability goals. The post Employee ESG Goals Part of Pharmanovia’s Sustainability Initiatives appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2022
Physical and social scientists are playing a critical role in the rapidly growing field of climate litigation, which—to be successful—must be informed by robust and powerful science throughout the entire legal process. In partnership with the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF), UCS recently published a guide for scientists and hosted a panel discussion explored ways that experts can get involved and how to avoid common pitfalls in the courtroom.
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.
Environment + Energy Leader
APRIL 11, 2022
The Hartford today announced a goal to achieve net zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGe) for its full range of businesses and operations by 2050, in alignment with the Paris Climate Accord. The post How The Hartford Will Reach Net Zero GHG Emissions by 2050 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2022
The November 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, includes an $8 billion “regional clean hydrogen hubs” program that charges the Department of Energy (DOE) with the development of at least four hydrogen hubs to advance the nation’s clean hydrogen sector. Hydrogen’s role in the nation’s clean energy transition is critically important—and constrained.
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Law and Environment
APRIL 11, 2022
Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. As all IPCC reports are, it’s a serious piece of work and not easily summarized at blog length. Nonetheless, here are some of what seemed to me to be important takeaways: Firstly, and most importantly, we’re not doing a very good job at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
Yale E360
APRIL 11, 2022
The ninth annual Yale Environment 360 International Film Contest is now accepting entries. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
APRIL 11, 2022
When exploring an unfamiliar place, many of us default to a rather modern method of navigation: watching a blue dot move around a map, on a screen, and course-correcting to keep it on the right track. We owe this convenient technology to global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) – such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), Galileo and BeiDou – which regularly broadcast radio-waves from their orbits around the Earth.
New Scientist
APRIL 11, 2022
There has been a cluster of cases of hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among young children in the UK, which could be linked to an unknown infection
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.
Physics World
APRIL 11, 2022
Some high-energy neutrinos detected in the Antarctic ice and thought to have come from outside the solar system may have been produced in Earth’s atmosphere. That is the conclusion of physicists in Poland and Brazil, who have analysed how neutrino detections made by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory may have been shaped by the presence of heavy charm quarks within protons and neutrons.
Frontiers
APRIL 11, 2022
Author: Leticia Nani Silva. Space has always been a massive curiosity of mine as a scientist. Despite my interests in biology and human behavior shining brighter in my career, my interest in space and astronomy has always lived in the background. This is why when I got the chance to speak to one of the leading researchers in the field of planetary science and astronomy, my enthusiastic and curiosities knew no boundaries.
Inside Climate News
APRIL 11, 2022
Researchers are studying dramatic changes in the vast northern forests: thawing permafrost, drowned trees, methane releases, increased wildfires, and the slow transformation from carbon sinks to carbon emitters. By Ed Struzik, Yale Environment 360 This article was originally published by Yale Environment 360. Read the original story here.
Physics World
APRIL 11, 2022
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Source: Shutterstock/souvikonline200521. Electrochemistry has long held potential as a tool for constructing a wide variety of organic molecules, and the organic chemistry community is both recognizing and impressively exploiting that potential with increasing regularity. Those efforts have taught us a great deal about how to think about electrochemical reactions and how to use the technique to accomplish new transformations that enrich the s
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.
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 11, 2022
Read the full story in The Guardian. From the “boing” of a minke whale to the “drum” of a red piranha, scientists are documenting more sounds in our world’s oceans, rivers and lakes every year. Now, a team of experts wants to go a step further and create a reference library of aquatic noise to … Continue reading Thwop, muah, boop: fish chatter and whale sounds to be collected in global library.
Physics World
APRIL 11, 2022
A solar cell that incorporates both three-dimensional and two-dimensional forms of perovskite crystals retains its efficiency even after exposure to high heat and humidity – a first for a device made from this promising yet notoriously unstable photovoltaic material. The device, which was developed by researchers in Saudi Arabia, preserves 95% of its initial efficiency after enduring 1000 hours at 85°C temperatures and an 85% relative humidity, thereby meeting a critical industrial stability sta
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 11, 2022
Read the full story from the University of Waterloo. A study of more than 2,000 streams around North America found that those altered by human activity are at greater risk of flooding. The study from the University of Waterloo analyzed the seasonal flow patterns of 2,272 streams in Canada and the U.S. and found that … Continue reading Human actions accelerate climate-driven floods and droughts.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 11, 2022
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has just opened voting for the Viewers' Choice Award as part of the 2022 Photo Contest. The deadline for voting is April 22. There is one Pennsylvania photo among the ten finalists for this award-- Frozen House Rock in Lancaster County offering views of the Susquehanna River by Dustin Underkoffler. Click Here to vote! For more on Chesapeake Bay-related issues in Pennsylvania, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA webpage.
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Environmental News Bits
APRIL 11, 2022
Ghardallou, W. (2022). “Corporate Sustainability and Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of CEO Education and Tenure.” Sustainability 14, 3513. [link] Abstract: The aim of this research is to investigate the impact of corporate sustainability on a firm’s financial performance. It particularly investigates the effectiveness of CEO characteristics as a moderator on corporate social responsibility (CSR)–firm financial … Continue reading Corporate Sustainability and Firm Performa
Breezometer
APRIL 11, 2022
Increasing concerns about air pollution in Paris led city officials in the historic French capital to pursue a major endeavor: to transform Paris’s heavily polluted Place de la Nation square and reclaim the air quality in and around the historic landmark. By combining Cisco’s sensor network with BreezoMeter’s environmental intelligence, Paris’ revolutionary campaign gave a whole new meaning to the term ‘smart city’.
The Applied Ecologist
APRIL 11, 2022
Each year, Journal of Applied Ecology awards the Southwood Prize to the best paper in the journal by an author at the start of their career. In this post, Anthony Waddle (University of Melbourne, Australia) discusses his shortlisted paper which developed a vaccine approach for increasing amphibian resistance to chytridiomycosis.
New Scientist
APRIL 11, 2022
CT scans of humans, chimpanzees and macaques reveal that human collarbones slow their growth rate in the final months of pregnancy, perhaps to make it easier for babies to squeeze through the pelvis
HumanNature
APRIL 11, 2022
Guest Post by Fionna Samuels , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University The Colorado State University campus is home to our own version of the Svalbard Seed Vault. Within the walls of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) facility here , there are two distinct areas where plant material is stored.
A Greener Life
APRIL 11, 2022
The IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee during the unveiling of the report: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Photo credit: IPCC / Mark Speight. By Anders Lorenzen. Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) yet again warned us about the climate impacts hurtling toward us at breakneck speed. They set out the state of climate mitigation and impacts in a report released on Monday the 4th of April.
New Scientist
APRIL 11, 2022
The ability to sense the internal state of the body, known as interoception, may be linked to our mental health, and macaques appear to have similar capabilities to us
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 11, 2022
Need to get rid of tires or wheels from your car or light truck? The Independence Conservancy will hold affordable community tire collections in cooperation with the following municipalities this spring-- -- April 23: Allegheny County, Clinton, PA: Findlay Township Public Works Department, 1058 Clinton Rd., -- May 14: Beaver County, Rochester, PA: New Sewickley Township Municipal Building, 233 Miller Rd., -- May 21: Beaver County, Darlington, PA: Big Beaver Borough Municipal Building, 114 Forest
New Scientist
APRIL 11, 2022
Mobile phones ping signals to nearby communications towers, allowing both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers to track the movement of opposition forces
Earth 911
APRIL 11, 2022
Meat production accounts for the lion’s share of greenhouse gas emissions in the human food. The post Earth911 Podcast: Future Meat’s Koby Nahmias on Lab-Grown Beef, Chicken, and More appeared first on Earth911.
New Scientist
APRIL 11, 2022
Nearly two decades of observations have shown that Neptune's southern hemisphere has been slowly cooling down when it should be heating up, and we don’t know why
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 11, 2022
Read the full story from ASME. Creating equipment that could monitor the air for contamination, weather patterns, or even airborne diseases meant thinking small, really small. Engineers from a Northwestern University research group bandied [sic] together to design such a miniaturized device.
New Scientist
APRIL 11, 2022
A robot with thin magnetic plates at each end can be steered and compressed using external magnetic fields so it releases an accurate dose of medicine
National Law Center
APRIL 11, 2022
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: April 11, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
New Scientist
APRIL 11, 2022
A tracking study suggests males of one species of toad are prepared to go without food for several months for an opportunity to reproduce
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