Environment + Energy Leader
AUGUST 25, 2022
Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, will install recycling technology at its Florida gypsum plant, increasing the recycled content in its wallboard products. The post Saint-Gobain Increases Recycled Content of Wallboard Products appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 25, 2022
On Monday, I explained why this is an especially urgent time for new law students to be thinking about the climate crisis and how they can contribute as lawyers. The next question is how to prepare for that work. . Here’s what I would say to a student in that position: The first thing to realize is that you can make a contribution without being an “environmental lawyer” in the conventional sense.
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Yale E360
AUGUST 25, 2022
If not for climate change, 2017's Hurricane Harvey might have flooded half as many homes in the Houston area, a new study finds. Read more on E360 ?.
New Scientist
AUGUST 25, 2022
Half the planet’s wetlands are dried out or degraded, and rewetting them could limit more greenhouse gas emissions this century than restoring global forests
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.
Enviromental Defense
AUGUST 25, 2022
It’s a bold and sustainable plan with ideas that can be leveraged by communities across Ontario! This is guest blog by Kevin Thomason. A visionary Waterloo Regional Official Plan update that focuses on sustainable Smart Growth instead of ever-expanding sprawl, was approved August 18 th , 2022 with an impressive 14 to 1 vote. This sends a strong message about this bold progressive plan for the next 30 years, which has been broadly embraced by citizens across Waterloo Region.
New Scientist
AUGUST 25, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope has made the first clear detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant world, and there is also an unexpected bump in the data
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Inside Climate News
AUGUST 25, 2022
Under the study’s most extreme climate and heat scenarios, as many as 90 days each year could be unsafe for people to be outside. By Victoria St. Martin If the effects of climate change go unchecked through the end of the century, some parts of the world will likely experience roughly two weeks each year when temperatures are so high that it would be too dangerous for anyone to venture outdoors, according to a new study released Thursday.
National Law Center
AUGUST 25, 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: August 25, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
CEQA Developments
AUGUST 25, 2022
At its weekly conference held on August 24, 2022, the California Supreme Court acted to modify its recent majority opinion in County of Butte v. Department of Water Resources (State Water Contractors) (2022) Cal.5 th , Case No. S258574. In granting the request, made in a letter signed by a number of leading CEQA practitioners, for modification to correct an erroneous statement in its opinion about required topics of EIR discussion (see my 8/19/22 post on counsel’s letter here ), the Supreme Cou
New Scientist
AUGUST 25, 2022
The majority of days every year could become dangerously hot in many parts of the world if warming reaches 3°C by 2100
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.
Environmental Leader
AUGUST 25, 2022
The utility will use the energy storage system to further its goal of providing net-zero electricity and other energy services by 2050. The post Xcel Energy to Use Ambri’s Battery Energy Storage System appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story at Packaging World. Victoria Jung, Packaging Technology Leader for P&G’s Surface Care Portfolio, explains how the company uses LCA to guide its packaging design, using Swiffer, Mr. Clean, and Dawn as examples.
Ocean Conservancy
AUGUST 25, 2022
Unfortunately, I have some disappointing news: The Coral Triangle is not the forgotten member of Sebastian’s ”Under-the-Sea” band in The Little Mermaid. It is also not the pointy third wheel to SpongeBob SquarePants. However, this magical ocean spot that spans more than one billion acres among parts of Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines is anything but disappointing.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story in The Guardian. The Weald to Waves project aims to create at least 10,000 hectares (24,710 acres) of nature-friendly land in corridors running from the rolling hills of the Weald down the valleys of the Rivers Arun and Adur to boost biodiversity on land and in the sea. The ambitious nature restoration plan … Continue reading How Sussex farmers plan to rewild a nature-rich green corridor to the sea.
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.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2022
On August 25, the Department of Agriculture announced the investment of $3.166 million to protect 784 acres of farmland on 18 farms in 9 counties to ensure that prime farmland is not lost to development. Pennsylvania has now protected 6,094 farms and 614,668 acres in 58 counties from future commercial, industrial or residential development. The 18 newly preserved farms are in Berks, Centre, Chester, Erie, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Download the document. The IPCC is expressing the need for urgent action on climate change and society is expecting sustainability leaders to answer the call. Corporations play an important role in helping tackle climate change in this critical decade, through emission reductions targets and ambitious net zero goals. In January 2022, NCX interviewed 250 sustainability … Continue reading Charting the Path: Sustainability Leaders Survey.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2022
On August 25, the PA Resources Council announced it was awarded two grants this month in support of the organization’s environmental justice work throughout the Commonwealth. A nearly $300,000, two-year grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will fund PRC’s programs to build green stormwater infrastructure and community capacity to sustain and grow the initiative; while an almost $20,000 grant from American Water Charitable Foundation will support watershed education, including rai
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story from the Brookings Institution. Through indoor air conditioning, the U.S. is much better equipped to keep people safe during periods of extreme heat compared with a century ago. Nationally, about 70% of homes now have central AC, while about 10% of households have no air conditioning. But the presence and type of … Continue reading As extreme heat grips the globe, access to air conditioning is an urgent public health issue.
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PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2022
In September, the Pennsylvania Resources Council in partnership with Allegheny County Health Department will host a household chemical collection event to provide Pennsylvania residents with an opportunity to safely and cost effectively dispose of common chemicals such as cleaners, paints, stains and varnishes, batteries, motor oil and pesticides. This PRC household chemical collection will take place on Saturday, September 10, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the South Park Wave Pool parking lot.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story at Utility Dive. But power plant carbon capture has underperformed and could slow the energy transition while direct air carbon capture is largely untested, clean energy advocates say.
Environment, Law, and History
AUGUST 25, 2022
Jack Whiteley recently posted "Property in Wolves", forthcoming in the Cornell Law Review. The abstract: From colonial times until the mid-twentieth century, governments paid bounties to kill wolves, mountain lions, and other wild animals. Clearing the wild was a sustained legislative project. Yet interest in these statutes has remained confined to scholarship on wildlife conservation, and important insights for legal theory have gone unobserved.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Listen to the podcast. Synthetic chemicals are pervasive in our everyday lives. They’re in many of the products we use like fast food wrappers, cleaning products and personal care items. Even when we’re done with those things, the chemicals live on, and the impacts of that are far-reaching. A Chicago Tribune investigation earlier this year found more … Continue reading Synthetic chemicals found in over 8 million Illinoisans’ drinking water.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2022
By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal In 2020, an employee for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection smelled crude oil while driving to work in the northwestern part of the state. Trusting his instincts, he asked agency crews to follow their noses. They found an old abandoned well leaking oil within 500 feet of a dozen year-round and seasonal residences.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story at JSTOR Daily. Conservation planners in an era of climate change attempt to model and predict outcomes of mitigation strategies for the near and distant future. Global responses to the climate crisis generally have focused on the ways ecosystems will respond to mean, long-term changes in global temperatures (warming oceans, sea-level … Continue reading Ecosystems and extreme weather events.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2022
On August 25, the Public Utility Commission approved a joint settlement addressing stormwater issues for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. The Commission voted 3-0 to approve a joint settlement resolving outstanding aspects of PWSA’s Stage 2 Stormwater Compliance Plan. The settlement was submitted by PWSA, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, the City of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh United.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story from Scientific Reports. Invasions by amphibians and reptiles – when species spread beyond the regions they are native to – are estimated to have cost the global economy at least US$ 17.0 billion between 1986 and 2020, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The findings highlight the need for more effective … Continue reading Costs of amphibian and reptile invasions exceeded US$ 17 billion between 1986 and 2020.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2022
A statewide program is offering $13 million in tax credits to help Pennsylvania farmers reap the benefits of installing conservation practices that improve long-term viability, keep valuable soil on the land, and reduce pollution flowing into local rivers and streams. Tax credits through the Resource Enhancement and Protection Program (REAP) program offset 50 to 75 percent of the costs of no-till planting and precision ag equipment, cover crops, forested streamside buffers, barnyard improvements
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Resistance to renewable energy is growing in America’s farm country, including in this Ohio village where a solar proposal has divided the community. Here’s how it looks to two families that used to be friends: the Scheins and the Barneses.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2022
On August 25, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced it has formally awarded an initial $560 million from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 24 states to begin work to plug, cap and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells. Pennsylvania received a grant of $25 million and indicated it will plug 50 wells with the funding as well as ramp up the new federal well plugging program to invest future funding in conventional oil and gas well plugging.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story at GreenBiz. Today, most companies (including Google) that have declared they’re running on 100 percent renewable energy can do so because they are matching their electricity usage with purchases of solar, wind, hydro, nuclear or other forms of power generation that don’t produce carbon emissions. It doesn’t mean, however, that the … Continue reading Lessons from Google’s clean energy agenda.
Acoel
AUGUST 25, 2022
Posted on August 25, 2022 by Tom Sansonetti. The West’s Mega-Drought continues and in June 2022 the federal government’s Bureau of Reclamation sent notices to the Colorado River’s seven basin states requesting all to voluntarily accept cuts to their historic water uses. Negotiations over potential water cutbacks, should the river’s inflows continue to diminish and create shortage conditions, have long been scheduled for 2026.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 25, 2022
Read the full story at Energy News Network. The state’s Clean Energy Resource Teams, a public-private partnership, has targeted manufactured home communities for energy conservation outreach over the last four years.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2022
On August 25, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Acting Secretary Neil Weaver announced the approval of $467,636 through the Industrial Sites Reuse Program to the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Montgomery to perform environmental remediation on the former Pottstown Plating Works property in Pottstown. “The Wolf Administration continues to support the revitalization efforts of unused spaces that breathe new life into buildings and improve communities across Pennsylv
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