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Is the ‘Legacy’ Carbon Credit Market a Climate Plus or Just Hype?

Yale E360

As major corporations look to buy carbon credits to offset emissions, critics are questioning the value of "legacy" credits from green projects that are a decade or more old. What’s needed, experts say, is to reform the credit system so it delivers actual carbon reductions. Read more on E360 ?.

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How to Become a Sustainability Consultant: Gaining the Knowledge and Skills (post 2 of 3)

Eco Coach

In the second of the three-part series, I will be looking at ways to gain the knowledge and skills that you need if you aspire to become an environmental sustainability consultant. If you missed the first of the series, be sure to check it out here. That first blog walked through the steps to gaining clarity to help you decide whether environmental sustainability consulting is truly a career for you. 1.

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Fortescue ‘strong-arming’ Western Australia aboriginal group to sign iron ore lease

Corp Watch

Fortescue Metals Group, an iron ore mining company based in Perth, Western Australia, withheld $1.9 million in royalty payments from the Wintawari Guruma aboriginal peoples after the tribe asked the company to provide details of extraction plans on their traditional lands that contain many sacred cultural sites.

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Emerging Investigator Series – Niveen Ismail

Water Research & Technology

Niveen Ismail is currently an assistant professor in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, an all-women’s liberal arts college. She received her MS (2011) and PhD (2015) in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. She received her MS in Biology (2010) from Temple University and B.S. in Chemical Engineering (2003) from New Jersey Institute of Technology.

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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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Tuberculosis

New Scientist

An infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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