Tue.Feb 02, 2021

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Change Leadership Means Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

Eco Coach

Recently, I was speaking with some individuals who wanted to support their organization in going green at work but found it hard to get buy-in from their colleagues. We brainstormed multiple ways that they could create change, how to position their project so that it could be best received, and addressed some of the mindset shifts required in order for them to succeed with their project.

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Environmental dispute resolution 4,500 years ago

Environment, Law, and History

Fragment of the Stele of the Vultures, c. 2450 BCE The latest Yearbook of International Environmental Law has an interesting contribution by Peter Sand, "Environmental Dispute Resolution 4,500 Years Ago: The Case of Lagash v Umma ". Sand begins: Legal historians sometimes contend—albeit tongue-in-cheek—that ‘environmental law has no history’ or that the origins of international treaty law in this field, at any rate, hardly date back more than two centuries.

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New Editorial Board Member: Takahiro Fujioka

Water Research & Technology

We are pleased to announce that Takahiro Fujioka (Nagasaki University, Japan) is joining the Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology team as an Editorial Board member. Takahiro is an Associate Professor at Nagasaki University, Japan. His research interests centre on advanced wastewater treatment technologies for potable water reuse. His research team is working on the development of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membrane technologies for enhancing the removal of pathogens and

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EPA ANNOUNCES LIMTIED USE OF AIRBORNE ANTI-VIRAL MIST FOR COVID

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL BLOGS

  [link]. "On Thursday, January 14, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an emergency exemption for an antiviral air treatment, Grignard Pure, to be used in certain indoor spaces where social distancing can be challenging. This exemption has been granted to Georgia and Tennessee. After carefully reviewing safety and efficacy data, EPA has determined the product will provide another tool to assist Americans during the current public health emergency.

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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.