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Divirod, Databricks Partner to Provide Real-Time Water Risk Analytics

Environment + Energy Leader

The dataset provides location-specific and demographic water risk information, empowering decision-makers to address water-related challenges more effectively.

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U.S. Officials Block Lithium Mining in Desert Flat Used to Calibrate Satellites

Yale E360

Federal officials have blocked lithium mining in the heart of Nevada’s Railroad Valley, a dry lakebed that NASA says is needed to calibrate satellites used for, among other things, forecasting weather and studying climate change.

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Digital Twin Project to Help Decarbonize UK’s Transportation Infrastructure

Environment + Energy Leader

The UK government is aiming to achieve its net-zero commitments by embarking on the TransiT project, also known as Twinning for Decarbonizing %

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Texas Tax Man Catches up with Leasehold Seller

Energy & the Law

Co-author Kamal Omar* Texas, famously, does not tax individuals’ income, but it does impose franchise taxes on “taxable entities”, such as limited liability companies. Federal tax law treats them as partnerships unless they elect to be treated otherwise. In Hibernia Energy LLC v. Hegar , a Texas court addressed how Hibernia, a non-taxable entity under federal law, is taxable under Texas law.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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.

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ESG Report Shows Big Gains in Capital Raised for ESG

Environment + Energy Leader

Preqin, a renowned provider of alternative assets data and insights, has recently released its annual report, "ESG in Alternatives 2023.

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Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation

Environmental News Bits

by Robert Glennon, University of Arizona The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., covers 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) in the Southwest – an area larger than 10 states. Today it is home to more than 250,000 people – roughly comparable to the population of St.

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Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Now Accepting Applications For Urban Community Green Infrastructure, Water Quality, Access, Resilience Mini-Grants

PA Environment Daily

The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary is now accepting applications for the Urban Community green infrastructure, water quality, access, community health and resilience and environmental justice mini-grants. The deadline for applications is July 7. Eligible organizations can request up to $10,000 to cover or partially support the costs of projects related to green infrastructure, water quality and access, community health and resilience, and environmental justice for communities in the urban

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Department of Energy Approves $9.2B Loan for Ford-SK Battery Plants

Environment + Energy Leader

The DOE will loan up to $9.2 billion to a joint venture from Ford Motor Company and SK On to ramp up electric vehicle production in the United States.

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Penn State Watershed Friendly Certification Program Expands To Large And Small Properties, Apartments

PA Environment Daily

By Beth Yount & Jodi Sulpizio, Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Coordinators The Watershed Friendly Certification Program , a collaboration between the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program and The Nurture Nature Center , has been expanded to include very small and very large properties. This allows more Pennsylvania residents to learn more about watershed health and take action to achieve Watershed Friendly certification.

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3M Agrees to $10.3 Billion PFAS Settlement

Environment + Energy Leader

3M said it has entered into a $10.3 billion agreement to settle lawsuits regarding PFAS contamination in water supplies in the United States.

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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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DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 24 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the June 24 PA Bulletin -- -- The Environmental Quality Board published notices in the June 24 PA Bulletin about these final regulations-- -- Final Regulation Setting NPDES Permit Schedules Of Compliance -- Final Regulation Changing Radiological Health Fees -- Final Regulations Making Stream Redesignation Changes For Dunbar Creek, et al -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 24 [PaEN] -- The

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Viridi, American Organic Energy Launch Food Waste-to-Energy Project

Environment + Energy Leader

Viridi Energy has teamed up with American Organic Energy to convert 210,000 tons of food waste per year into renewable natural gas (RNG).

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Is Fukushima Wastewater Release Safe? What the Science Says

Scientific American

Radiation in water from Fukushima will be diluted to almost background levels, but some researchers are not sure this will be sufficient to mitigate the risks

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Is There a Difference Between Arms and Tentacles?

Ocean Conservancy

At Ocean Conservancy we love cephalopods AND we love being very specific about … well, everything. So, what better blog to dive into than one on specific terms and information about cephalopod appendages. This blog contains all the information you didn’t know you needed. Arms, tentacles—the words are often used interchangeably because they are both types of appendages found on cephalopods.

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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.

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Heart chambers 3D printed from live human cells can beat for months

New Scientist

A new technique enables 3D printing of miniature heart chambers called ventricles that can beat on their own, and may one day help create whole hearts for transplantation

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Where Are the Worst Bridges in the U.S.?

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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River Thames was pumped full of oxygen in 2022 to prevent fish deaths

New Scientist

Falling oxygen levels caused by sewage and hot weather saw a specialised boat deployed for 11 days in August to save plants and fish

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EPA marks National Pollinator Week by proposing protections for 27 of the most vulnerable endangered species from pesticides

Environmental News Bits

Today, during National Pollinator Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing its work to protect pollinators by proposing geographically-specific protections that would limit the use of pesticides in the habitat of 27 endangered and threatened (listed) species, including some pollinators.

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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Zapotec communities fight Électricité de France wind turbines in Oaxaca, Mexico

Corp Watch

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is one of the windiest locations in the world. Located in Oaxaca state, México, it has been historically famous as the shortest distance between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Today it is also the location of major conflict between Indigenous communities and wind energy companies.

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Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story in the Washington Post. When Iowa meteorologist Chris Gloninger got an email notification last June, it read: “Getting sick and tired of your liberal conspiracy on the weather.” “What’s your address,” another asked Gloninger a few days later.

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Tentacle robot can bend through pipes and unscrew bolts

New Scientist

A soft, tubular robot can bend, twist, expand and contract when exposed to different intensities of light

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Study finds carrying pollen heats up bumble bees, raises new climate change questions

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from North Carolina State University. A new study finds carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions about how these species will be impacted by a warmer world due to climate change.

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DEP Now Accepting Applications For Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants Starting June 30

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection announced it will start accepting applications for Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants starting June 30. ( formal notice ) Two deadlines for applications were set-- August 25 and December 15. Approximately $3 million in grants will be available for school districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, nonprofit entities, corporations and limited liability companies or partnerships incorporated or registered in the Commonwealth to support: --In

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The US has tons of leftover food. Upcycling turns would-be trash into ice cream and pizza

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the Associated Press. At Tyler Malek’s ice cream parlors, one cook’s trash is another chef’s frosty treat. The head ice cream maker at the Portland, Oregon-based Salt & Straw uses the whey leftover from yogurt makers in upstate New York to make his lemon curd flavor. For chocolate barley milk, … Continue reading The US has tons of leftover food.

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Mark Rylance play: Who was Dr Semmelweis and what did he discover?

New Scientist

New Scientist talks to actor Mark Rylance, writer Stephen Brown and director Tom Morris about their new play Dr Semmelweis, which spotlights the work of this maverick 19th-century obstetrician

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Out of the frying pan: Coyotes, bobcats move into human-inhabited areas to avoid apex predators — only to be killed by people

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the University of Washington. Conservationists have argued that the presence of wolves and other apex predators, so named because they have no known predators aside from people, can help keep smaller predator species in check.

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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 32 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use Permits In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties

PA Environment Daily

In May, the Executive Director of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission gave his approval to 32 water use permits for individual shale gas well drilling pads in Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming counties. ( formal notice ) The approvals were granted under SRBC regulation 18 CFR 806.22(e) and (f) that creates a general permit-type process to grant approval for water use by individual shale gas drilling pads.

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To improve multifamily housing energy efficiency and resiliency, HUD offers $4.8B for retrofits

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Utility Dive. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has opened its first round of funding applications for the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, or GRRP, which will provide a total of $4.8 billion in direct loans and grants for HUD-assisted multifamily properties to fund green, energy-efficient and resiliency renovation … Continue reading To improve multifamily housing energy efficiency and resiliency, HUD offers $4.

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5 Takeaways from the Montana Climate Trial as We Await a Historic Ruling

Scientific American

Young Montanans put their state on trial for its contributions to climate change.

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Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the Associated Press. America’s honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their managed colonies, an annual bee survey found. But using costly and Herculean measures to create new colonies, beekeepers are somehow keeping afloat. Thursday’s University of Maryland and … Continue reading Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year.

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These Ants Are Probably Better at Navigating Than You Are

Scientific American

Desert ants living in the featureless salt pans of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home.

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New supply chain model to empower seabound hydrogen economy

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the University of Technology Sydney. A team of researchers has created a new supply chain model which could empower the international hydrogen renewable energy industry.

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Lessons from Someone Else’s Book About a Big Matter I Handled

Acoel

Posted on June 23, 2023 by David G. Mandelbaum I recently finished P. David Allen II’s and Susan Campbell’s new book Paper Valley: The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup (Wayne State Univ. Press 2023). Allen was a wildlife biologist in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Green Bay Field Office. Campbell was the environment beat reporter for the Green Bay Press Gazette.