Yale E360
AUGUST 29, 2022
As the war in Ukraine drags on, scientists are increasingly concerned about the environmental consequences of the destruction. From forests ignited by shelling to wrecked factories spewing pollution to precarious nuclear plants, the long-term impacts could be profound. Read more on E360 ?.
Environment + Energy Leader
AUGUST 29, 2022
The tire company has been researching and implementing materials from the desert plant since 2012. The post Bridgestone Increases Investment In Guayule for Natural Rubber Materials appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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Enviromental Defense
AUGUST 29, 2022
Written by Annette Paiement, Artist, Producer. Growing up in Ontario, I have always had a deep connection to the Great Lakes, so when the opportunity arose to work with Environmental Defence to assist with raising awareness about threats to Lake Erie, I jumped at the chance. With a background in arts & culture, using visual art to engage people was a natural way for me to connect with people from different communities.
Environment + Energy Leader
AUGUST 29, 2022
The University of Florida's Center for Coastal Solutions is partnering with analytics company SAS to study the factors that influence water quality in Charlotte Harbor. . The post SAS Develops Analytics to Study the Factors that Influence Water Quality appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story from U.S. DOE. A new fiberglass recycling technology is helping to develop a circular wind turbine economy while creating jobs and revitalizing a historic site. Carbon Rivers, a company that produces advanced material and energy technologies, has commercialized a process to recover clean, mechanically intact glass fiber from decommissioned wind turbine … Continue reading Carbon Rivers makes wind turbine blade recycling and upcycling a reality with support from DOE.
Environment + Energy Leader
AUGUST 29, 2022
EPA is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response. The post EPA Says Certain PFAS Should Be Labeled Hazardous Chemicals appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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The Energy Law Blog
AUGUST 29, 2022
A petition filed on July 19 by Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf seeks review of a “dredge and fill” permit granted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Driftwood LNG – a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction near Lake Charles. The permit was issued under the Clean Water Act in March 2019 – the same year the project received FERC approval – and will allow construction crews to “clear, grade, excavate and place fill material” on site to build the plant, which is being built
A Greener Life
AUGUST 29, 2022
By Jeremy Williams. Sustainable transport begins with active transport and then public transport , but cars will remain important for the foreseeable future. We have to stop burning oil in those cars if there is to be any hope of protecting a liveable climate, and that is a deeply embedded habit to unpick. It’s well worth keeping an eye on who is leading on this, and what we can learn from them.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 29, 2022
This article first appeared in the August Catalyst newsletter from the Butler County-based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition -- Once again, the Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference was a great success! Held at the Ramada Inn at State College June 22-23, this year’s event was a hybrid conference and had nearly record turnout. Most of the 150-ish attendees chose to show up in person at State College, but there were also about 30 virtual attendees.
New Scientist
AUGUST 29, 2022
Following a low-fat vegan diet along with eating 86 grams of soybeans daily reduced the frequency of hot flushes by 78 per cent in postmenopausal women
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 29, 2022
A microgrid system will be installed at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), the Department of Defense’s largest open-air military test facility in New Mexico. The post Microgrid System to Be Installed at the White Sands Missile Range appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
New Scientist
AUGUST 29, 2022
By performing a DNA comparison of two similar jellyfish species, researchers have found the genes that could stop and reverse ageing in immortal jellyfish
National Law Center
AUGUST 29, 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 29, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Environmental Leader
AUGUST 29, 2022
A microgrid system will be installed at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), the Department of Defense’s largest open-air military test facility in New Mexico. The post Microgrid System to Be Installed at the White Sands Missile Range appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story at Chemical & Engineering News. They’re cute, they’re colorful, and they’re gobbling up market share in both home and personal cleaning. Pods packed with detergent for laundry machines and dishwashers have been around for more than a decade, but in the past few years they’ve gone from niche product to mainstream. … Continue reading What makes dissolving detergent pods hold together, and are they safe for the environment?
Environmental Leader
AUGUST 29, 2022
Projects like recent microgrid installations in Pennsylvania and New Mexico are driving the growth in the market. The post Microgrid Controller Market to Surpass $14 Billion by 2030 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story at Biocycle. A unique project in Toronto’s Rouge National Urban Park is recycling manure and inedible food waste into renewable clean energy and fertilizer. Welcome to ZooShare, Canada’s first zoo-biogas plant that generates power from zoo manure, preprocessed green bin waste, produce from grocery stores, and grease trap waste from local … Continue reading Toronto Zoo facility codigests manure and food waste.
New Scientist
AUGUST 29, 2022
NASA has had to delay the launch of its powerful SLS rocket.
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Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story at Just Style. Non-profit Better Cotton has announced 192 retailers, brands, suppliers, manufacturers and civil society organisations joined its membership in the first half of 2022, including apparel retailers Macy’s and JCPenney.
Endangered Species Law
AUGUST 29, 2022
On August 25, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) filed a stipulated settlement agreement (Agreement) in a case challenging the agency’s failure to timely make a 12-month finding on a petition to list the dunes sagebrush lizard ( Scleroperus arenicolus ) (Petition). Under the Agreement, the Service will submit a 12-month finding on the Petition to the Federal Register no later than June 29, 2023.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for public comment a draft revision to the unreasonable risk determination for carbon tetrachloride pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 6(b). The draft revised risk determination proposes to find that carbon tetrachloride, as a whole chemical substance, presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health … Continue reading EPA releases Draft Revised Risk Determination for Carbon Tetrachloride for pub
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 29, 2022
The Pennsylvania Resources Council Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program provides a free recycling service that rotates through a variety of locations in western Pennsylvania. This innovative program provides residents with a higher quality glass recycling option than typical curbside programs, ensuring that glass deposited into the bin meets the highest standards and can be fully recycled.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story in the Washington Post. Human-driven climate change has set in motion massive ice losses in Greenland that couldn’t be halted even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, according to a new study published Monday. The findings in Nature Climate Change project that it is now inevitable that 3.3 percent … Continue reading Greenland ice sheet set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 29, 2022
The August 29 PA Environment Digest is now available. Click Here To View Or Print The Entire August 29 PA Environment Digest 58 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic L
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story from U.S. EPA. When you think of water, you might imagine deep blue ocean waves crashing against a shoreline or perhaps the still calm of a forested lake, but on an August morning in the summer of 2015, the lockmaster at the Pike Island Lock and Dam saw something much different. … Continue reading A better way: An application for risk characterization of HABs on the Ohio River.
Brag
AUGUST 29, 2022
By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton. On August 25, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that registration was open for the 2022 Conference on the State of the Science on Development and Use of New Approach Methods (NAM) for Chemical Safety Testing. EPA notes that there will be limited availability in person at EPA headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 12-13, 2022 , and a virtual option will also be available.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story at Energy News Network. North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are proving it is possible for utilities to remove massive quantities of coal ash from ponds where it endangers groundwater, placing it in safer lined landfills. This could be a model for other states, but challenges remain.
Frontiers
AUGUST 29, 2022
On 25 August 2022, the White House unveiled a new policy to end the paywalls surrounding federally funded scientific research in the United States. The Office of Science and Technology Policy announced ground-breaking new guidance to remove any “delay or barrier between the American public and the returns on their investments in research.” When implemented, it will make the results of taxpayer-supported research immediately available to the public at no cost.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story at Centered. Plants take in carbon dioxide from the air and transform it into essential chemicals via photosynthesis. Some of these natural chemicals, called aromatic compounds, are also used in a plethora of products for humans, including fuel, industrial materials, and medications like aspirin and morphine. But it’s difficult to get … Continue reading Genetic alterations let plants capture more carbon.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 29, 2022
These articles first appeared in the August Catalyst newsletter from the Butler County-based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition -- Westminster College H.S. Science Camp On July 7th, Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition participant Cliff Denholm provided assistance to Westminster College’s High School Science Camp program [in Lawrence County]. The summer camp program led by Westminster College professors Dr.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
Read the full story at The Shelby Report. The Independent Grocers Alliance and Ratio Institute, an independent nonprofit dedicated to sustainable efficiencies, have partnered to offer food retailers a sustainability program. This program offers food retailers education, a nationally recognized certification program and the marketing materials needed to create awareness around their sustainability initiatives.
Academy of Natural Sciences
AUGUST 29, 2022
Against a backdrop of wildfires, floods and drought, there is cause for optimism. Drexel Dragons from all walks of life are responding to perils the planet faces with creativity, collaboration and even a degree of confidence. From their respective disciplines, they’re converting industrial food waste into plastic, building electric vehicle batteries with domestic materials and helping vulnerable citizens adapt to extreme weather, to name a few.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 29, 2022
U.S. EPA recently announced the Phase 1 winners of the Environmental Justice (EJ) Video Challenge for Students. The challenge is intended to enhance communities’ capacity to address environmental and public health inequities. Its goals are to: Inspire students at accredited colleges and universities in the United States and its territories to work directly with communities in the … Continue reading U.S.
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