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Program Aims to Reduce Carbon Emissions of Heavy Machinery

Environment + Energy Leader

A program from Volvo Construction Equipment will tailor emissions reduction plans for heavy machinery users. The post Program Aims to Reduce Carbon Emissions of Heavy Machinery appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Recent Ruling Has Empowered Ecuador's Indigenous People to Protect Their Lands

Yale E360

Indigenous groups in Ecuador are blocking new mining and drilling projects, empowered by a February ruling from the country's Constitutional Court, which requires that the government seek the consent of Indigenous people for projects that impact their land. Climate advocates are calling on other countries to provide similar legal protections to help preserve Indigenous lands.

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Maersk Will Hit the High Seas with Carbon-Friendly Vessels

Environment + Energy Leader

Maersk is replacing some of its vessels with those that can run clean energy -- a move that it hopes will make it carbon neutral and impact the shipping industry. The post Maersk Will Hit the High Seas with Carbon-Friendly Vessels appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Fish can add and subtract, physics of board-game box lids, a silicone raspberry for robots

Physics World

It has longed been known that fish can count, at least to four, but new research shows they can apparently do much more. Researchers led by Vera Schluessel from the Institute of Zoology at the University of Bonn showed cichlids and stingrays a collection of geometric shapes such as four squares. If these objects were coloured blue, it meant “add one” while yellow meant “subtract one” The animals were then shown two new pictures – one with five and one with three squar

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Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

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.

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Maersk Will Hit the High Seas with Carbon-Friendly Vessels

Environment + Energy Leader

Maersk is replacing some of its vessels with those that can run clean energy -- a move that it hopes will make it carbon neutral and impact the shipping industry. The post Maersk Will Hit the High Seas with Carbon-Friendly Vessels appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Edible, biodegradable, anti-microbial plastic boasts higher tensile strength than petroleum-based plastic

Environmental News Bits

By José Tadeu Arantes | Agência FAPESP Disposal of food packaging is a major cause of environmental pollution worldwide. More than 350 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year, and 85% of the garbage dumped in the oceans is plastic, according to estimates. Brazil is the fourth-largest producer, accounting for some 11 million … Continue reading Edible, biodegradable, anti-microbial plastic boasts higher tensile strength than petroleum-based plastic.

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Data from landmark Illinois Basin carbon storage project are now available

Environmental News Bits

by Tricia Barker, Prairie Research Institute The first-of-its-kind Illinois Basin – Decatur Project (IBDP), which concluded in 2021 after successfully demonstrating the safe geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) at an almost-commercial scale, is releasing datasets in two easily accessible locations. Complete datasets are available through the U.S.

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Meet the 100: Dan Gavin, VP of National Real Estate, ALDI

Environment + Energy Leader

The Environment+Energy Leader 100 is an annual list that recognizes environment and energy management “doers.” Here, Dan Gavin offers tips for professionals seeking to make their locations more environmentally friendly and explores upcoming challenges. The post Meet the 100: Dan Gavin, VP of National Real Estate, ALDI appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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The Big Sprawl and the Ontario election

Enviromental Defense

The outcome of this year’s provincial election will determine how Ontarians will live, work, relax, and get around for the next three decades. . Right now, the province is poised on the edge of disaster. Current plans would push our environment and communities past the breaking point, locking us into 30 years of the same highway-and-sprawl-driven approach that’s already paved huge swathes of our best farmland and destroyed much of our most diverse and sensitive wildlife habitat.

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EPA, Utah Settle with Oil and Gas Companies for Clean Air Act Violations

Environment + Energy Leader

The EPA has settled with two oil and gas companies regarding pollution violations in Utah. The post EPA, Utah Settle with Oil and Gas Companies for Clean Air Act Violations appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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.

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Analysis: Moving the dial on ocean-based CO2 removal

A Greener Life

Options for enhancing the ocean’s capacity to take in carbon include restoring ecosystems like kelp forests, adding minerals such as lime and using electricity to boost alkalinity. Photo credit: Daniel Poloha / Alamy. By Olive Heffernan. Additional reporting by Chelsea Noack. Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis.

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Meet the 100: Dan Gavin, VP of National Real Estate, ALDI

Environment + Energy Leader

The Environment+Energy Leader 100 is an annual list that recognizes environment and energy management “doers.” Here, Dan Gavin offers tips for professionals seeking to make their locations more environmentally friendly and explores upcoming challenges. The post Meet the 100: Dan Gavin, VP of National Real Estate, ALDI appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Proposed Louisiana Senate Bills Could Secure Up To $200M In Federal Funds For Orphan Well Restoration

The Energy Law Blog

Congress has dedicated $4.7 billion to orphan well plugging, remediation, and restoration activities nationwide through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”). A substantial portion of this money will be apportioned to the various states based on each state’s capacity and ability to effectively utilize the funds to plug orphan wells. Louisiana Senate Bills 23 and 245, filed by Senator Bret Allain, are designed to maximize Louisiana’s share of IIJA funds by streamlining the procedure

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Linking research and action: protecting seabirds in the face of climate change

The Applied Ecologist

In their latest research, Henry Hakkinen and colleagues explore how existing knowledge can be brought together in a pressure-state-response framework that connects climate change ecology, conservation evidence assessments and management. The impacts of human activities on ecosystems and natural resources across the world are well known, and now extend to nearly every ecosystem on Earth.

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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Earthx2022 Law Symposium – April 21, 2022

Acoel

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Allan Gates. On April 21, Earthx2022 will feature a law symposium, entitled “ Responsible Corporate Conduct and the Environment—The “E” of ESG.” The symposium is the product of an Advisory Council that includes a number of ACOEL fellows: Jim Bruen, John Cruden, Dan Esty, Scott Fulton, Allan Gates, Pam Giblin, Tracy Hester, Seth Jaffe, Melinda Taylor, and chair, Jeff Civins.

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California Department of Water Resources launches new website to improve tracking of local and statewide water conditions

Environmental News Bits

Source: California Department of Water Resources The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has launched a new website, California Water Watch, that helps Californians easily access information on current local and statewide water conditions – down to their own region and even neighborhood. “The variability of California’s climate and current water conditions we are experiencing now make … Continue reading California Department of Water Resources launches new website to improve tracking

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Ag and Food Law Daily Update: April 1, 2022

National Law Center

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 1, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Time crystals, life as a tech founder and demons as teachers: the April 2022 issue of Physics World magazine is now out

Physics World

Time crystals: in search of a new phase of matter. If there’s one thing you can be sure of here at Physics World , it’s that any coverage of “time crystals” gets lapped up by readers. With that in mind, the cover feature of the new April 2022 issue of Physics World magazine , is sure to intrigue you. Written by Pedram Roshan from Google’s AI quantum team in California, the article describes this elusive form of matter and how it could be simulated on the company’s S

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Create a Water-Wise Garden

Academy of Natural Sciences

Gardens come in all shapes and sizes. Whether you have a small patch between sidewalks, a brimming window box, a wide landscaped yard or a medley of hanging baskets, there’s one thing they all have in common: your plants need water. Gardeners also come in all shapes and sizes. Mary Alice Hartsock/ANS. But as our climate changes toward unpredictability and green spaces decrease as human-made infrastructure increases, our precious water resources become more important — and more burdened — t

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Butterfly survival reduced by warmer and longer autumns

New Scientist

Pupae of the green-veined white butterfly use more energy if autumn is long and warm, which leaves them too weak to emerge as butterflies in spring - and the results might apply to other butterfly species too

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Racing to save the planet

Physics World

Cars – and in particular racecars – might seem the villains in a world grappling with climate change. Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Change the World hopes to convince you of exactly the opposite, with science journalist Kit Chapman showing how motorsports not only pioneers new, planet-friendlier machines and materials, but saves lives on and off the track too.

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Ukraine reclaims Chernobyl nuclear plant as Russian forces withdraw

New Scientist

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant is now back in Ukrainian hands, but hasn't confirmed reports that Russian troops left because they were experiencing radiation sickness

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Defying a gendered ‘narrative’

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Inside Higher Education. Are biased letters of recommendation one reason that women remain seriously underrepresented in experimental particle physics, at just about 15 percent of the field’s faculty? A new study suggests not.

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When people say ‘people’ online they may mostly be thinking about men

New Scientist

An analysis of 630 billion words published online suggests that people tend to think of men when using gender-neutral terms, a sexist bias that could be learned by AI models

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Connections: Diaper déjà vu all over again

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Biocycle. Demand for compostable diapers hasn’t gone away. So are we closer to a solution that successfully closes the loop from a baby’s behind to the compost heap?

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Bubbles give off weird light when popped because of quantum physics

New Scientist

Sonoluminescence, in which small bubbles in a liquid produce flashes of light when they collapse, is now known to be a quantum process

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Target to help customers identify products with sustainable packaging

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at ESG Today. Retail giant Target recently announced the launch of Target Zero, a new initiative aimed at enabling customers to identify products and packaging that are designed to reduce waste, including those that are refillable, reusable, or compostable, made from recycled content, or made from materials that reduce the use … Continue reading Target to help customers identify products with sustainable packaging.

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Crows may owe their intelligence to an abundance of certain neurons

New Scientist

Corvids such as rooks and crows seem to have a unusually high number of interneurons, brain cells involved in processing information

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State-of-the-art “living” concrete alternative soaks up carbon and heals itself

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from Anthropocene Magazine. Its secret is an enzyme found in red blood cells that absorbs CO2 from the air and produces calcium carbonate to build and later heal the material.

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There's a huge flaw in the EU's draft net-zero carbon emissions plan

New Scientist

The European Union’s plan to achieve climate neutrality could lead to more deforestation because it ignores what happens when more land is used to produce bioenergy

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Food giants form coalition to tackle flexible packaging pollution

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Food Navigator. Five of Europe’s largest food manufacturers have formed the Flexible Packaging Initiative, a joint scheme to promote circularity in flexible packaging.

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Holograms might speed up diagnosis of urinary tract infection

New Scientist

By sending light through urine it’s possible to generate a hologram that can reveal the presence of bacteria or other signs of disease

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How I got my job as an Antarctic climate researcher

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Fast Company. It may take a lot of years in school, but Dr. Craig Cary has a pretty awesome job studying underwater bacteria in the deep sea and drilling into an active active volcano. Here’s what it’s really like.

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Climate change may mean more extreme rain after wildfire in western US

New Scientist

Under severe warming scenarios, the risk is growing that areas of the western US will experience extreme rainfall within a year or so of being hit by a wildfire