Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 18, 2023
This acquisition will give them 100% ownership of the wind energy project located 15 miles off the coast of New Jersey and will help Ørsted to deliver New Jersey’s 1st offshore wind energy project. The post Ørsted Acquires PSEG’S Ocean Wind 1 Equity Shares appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
JANUARY 18, 2023
The amount of dust generated by desert windstorms has grown markedly since the mid-19th century, helping to curb the global rise in temperature, new research shows. Read more on E360 →.
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Energy & the Law
JANUARY 18, 2023
Co-author Brittany Blakey. The takeaway from Hahn v. ConocoPhillips Company is that in Texas a NPRI holder may not diminish his rights by ratifying pooling of an oil and gas lease unless there are provisions explicitly purporting to do so. Kenneth and brother George each owned ½ of the surface estate of a tract and ¼ of the mineral estate. Siblings and Charles owned the rest.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 18, 2023
Mourners hold a vigil outside the Organization of American States for Berta Cáceres, who was murdered in Honduras on March 3, 2016 for opposing a dam project. Photo courtesy Daniel Cima / Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos via Flickr Creative Commons. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Two water defenders, protesting an open-pit iron oxide mine in Carlos Escaleras National Park, are killed in Honduras.
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.
Inside Climate News
JANUARY 18, 2023
Ice in Greenland, one of the planet's refrigerators, is defrosting, leading to melting events that could raise sea levels 20 inches by the end of the century. By Bob Berwyn Global warming is spiking in one of the world’s coldest places, atop the 2-mile thick ice sheet in central Greenland, where new research shows that the first decade of the 2000s was clearly the warmest 10 years on record in at least 1,000 years.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 18, 2023
On January 17, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources opened a new application period for the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program. The deadline for applications is April 5. The grant programs opening include-- Community Recreation & Conservation Planning; Community & Watershed Forestry; Land Acquisition & Conservation; Motorized Trails; Non-Motorized Trails; Park Rehabilitation & Development; and State & Regional Partnerships.
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Frontiers
JANUARY 18, 2023
By Peter Rejcek, science writer The global population recently hit eight billion people. Yet climate change and human environmental impacts threaten our long-term food security. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, recently published a scientific review demonstrating that microalgae and other microscopic, plant-like organisms could help feed the world’s growing population more sustainably than current agricultural systems.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
Photographer Julian Abrams' new project, Everything Beautiful Is Far Away, celebrates some key telescopes from around the world – and the impressive structures that house them
Washington Nature
JANUARY 18, 2023
by Grace Lee Kang While out in the waters of the Stillaguamish Estuary, the marsh where the Stillaguamish River meets Port Susan Bay, Nature Conservancy Aquatic Ecologist Dr. Emily Howe and Skagit River System Cooperative Lead Field Biologist Brian Henrichs witnessed something they had never seen before. And one urgent question was running through their minds— where have all the Chinook gone?
E2 Law Blog
JANUARY 18, 2023
Continuing the trend toward protecting environmental justice communities, New York Gov. Hochul is expected to sign a chapter amendment to a recently passed bill that would have established new standards under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) – New York’s “Little NEPA” environmental review statute. The bill would also have changed the procedures employed by New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for issuing permits under the Environmental Conservation Law. .
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.
Washington Nature
JANUARY 18, 2023
by Grace Lee Kang This is part two of a two-part series on important work happening at the Port Susan Bay Preserve; you can read part one here. Rebuilding an estuary, one of the most productive ecosystems on earth, takes dedication. Estuaries, the marshy areas that exist between where the land meets the sea, provide productive feeding grounds, refuge from predators, and are an important transition zone for young salmon as they physiologically acclimate from fresh to salt water.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
By upending the idea that a chemical imbalance in the brain is behind depression, we are starting to understand some of its mysteries and develop better treatments
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 18, 2023
The Better Path Coalition will host webinars at Noon and 7:00 p.m. on January 26 to brief legislators and staff as well as the public and press on the Environmental Impacts From The Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reserves. The featured presenter will be Dr. John Stolz from the Department of Biological Sciences and Director of the Center for Environmental Research and Education at Duquesne University.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
The Deep Sea Explorers project is calling for volunteers to help remove noise from data collected by a neutrino telescope at the bottom of the sea, finds Layal Liverpool
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.
Inhabitant
JANUARY 18, 2023
Wyke Farms has been in the cheddar cheesemaking business since 1861. The Clothier family company kept their award-winning, 160-year-old recipe and spent nearly 15 years on bioengineering to become the UK’s first 100% self-sufficient in green energy. As their next step in sustainability, they launched their Ivy’s Reserve Vintage Somerset Cheddar, the first carbon-neutral cheese in the world.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
White cotton can normally only be made fire resistant by adding toxic flame retardants, but a new form could enable us to make inherently non-flammable cotton fabrics
Inhabitant
JANUARY 18, 2023
In my Portland, Oregon household, we spend way more time thinking about and eating vegan ice cream than we probably should. And come January, we get very interested in what our local ice cream shop gone national is doing. Because since 2018, Salt & Straw has celebrated Veganuary by featuring five carefully crafted vegan flavors. Readers, act now.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
From Hannibal to Whitechapel and now this fine adaptation of a bestselling video game, why do fungi so often steal the show in TV thrillers, wonders Bethan Ackerley
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A Greener Life
JANUARY 18, 2023
The President and CEO of Swedish mining company LKAB Jan Mostrom and Sweden’s Energy Minister Ebba Busch host a joint news conference at LKAB in Kiruna, Sweden upon the discovery of Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth metals. Photo credit: TT News Agency / Jonas Ekstromer. By Anders Lorenzen The Swedish state-owned mining company, LKAB, (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) has announced a huge rare earth minerals discovery in Kiruna, in the northern part of the country.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
The fungus that produces oyster mushrooms preys on tiny animals by releasing a paralysing nerve gas called 3-octanone before growing into their bodies
Arnold Porter
JANUARY 18, 2023
Arnold & Porter announced today that Catherine Hagerty has joined the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice as counsel, resident in San Francisco. Ms. Hagerty advises financial institutions and other lenders, borrowers and equipment leasing companies on the structuring, documentation and administration of various forms of complex debt financings.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
A review of hydnora plants has identified one new species based on preserved specimens and reinstated two others, bringing the total number to 10
Arnold Porter
JANUARY 18, 2023
Welcome to the third installment of Arnold & Porter’s Virtual and Digital Health Digest. This edition primarily covers December 2022 highlights across the virtual and digital health space. This digest focuses on key virtual and digital health and telehealth-related developments in the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union in the healthcare, regulatory, privacy, and corporate transactions space.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
Most hospitals ban all drinks for two hours before surgery, but there is growing evidence that these guidelines are out of date, says Clare Wilson
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 18, 2023
Kim S, Beier A, Schreyer HB, Bakshi BR (2022). “Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a Novel Cultivated Meat Burger Patty in the United States.” Sustainability. 14(23):16133. [link] Abstract: The meat industry has a substantial negative impact on the environment. As a result, this industry is in a period of change to alternative meat to mitigate … Continue reading Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a Novel Cultivated Meat Burger Patty in the United States.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
A way to cut the scale of artificial intelligence models by 60 per cent could save huge amounts of energy and make them more accessible
Arnold Porter
JANUARY 18, 2023
Consumer Products senior associate Elie Salamon was quoted in the Law360 article, “Walls Start To Close In On Acquitted Conduct Sentencing.” The article discusses (1) Arnold & Porter’s petition for a writ of certiorari in McClinton v. United States , challenging the constitutionality of judges basing sentencing enhancements on acquitted conduct, and (2) the U.S.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
A study of more than 250 fossil eggs found in India suggests long-necked titanosaurs nested in large groups, but left hatchlings to fend for themselves
Arnold Porter
JANUARY 18, 2023
Legislative partner Mark Epley was quoted in the recent POLITICO article, “A brief guide to the next Ways and Means chair’s alumni on K Street.” The article discusses the new chair of the New Ways and Means Committee Chair, Jason Smith. Epley spoke on the decision to elect Smith as chair, stating that Smith’s colleagues believe Smith has “the capacity to speak to how to advance U.S. competitiveness, and grow U.S. jobs.
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
A drone has revealed information on the animals inhabiting a tree's canopy simply by brushing against branches and collecting loose particles of environmental DNA with its sticky surfaces
Arnold Porter
JANUARY 18, 2023
Ambassador Tom Shannon was Quoted in The Guardian, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic on the South American political climate. Shannon spoke on the current events in Brazil and Venezuela, as well as these events relation to the United States. » Read the full The Guardian article. » Read the full The Washington Post article (Subscription required).
New Scientist
JANUARY 18, 2023
Two eggs laid by a pair of nesting bald eagles in California are the latest symbol of success for the once-imperiled species
Arnold Porter
JANUARY 18, 2023
Legislative partner Kevin O’Neill was quoted in The Washington Post article, “The view of the House GOP from K Street.” The story discusses how lobbyists and their clients are reacting to the new speaker of the House. O’Neil spoke on client concerns around the raising of the debt limit expected to happen this year. » Read the full article (subscription required).
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