Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 27, 2023
In 2022, 85 percent of customers - nearly 3.5 million - experienced zero or one interruption in service. The post ComEd Electric Company Delivered Record Reliability in 2022 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
JANUARY 27, 2023
Solar, wind, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies saw a record-high $1.1 trillion in investment globally last year, matching investment in fossil fuels for the first time ever, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 27, 2023
A joint venture formed by FCC Environment (UK) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the Lostock plant will generate 60+ megawatts of energy utilizing residential waste for both businesses and residential areas. The post Babcock & Wilcox Gets $65 Million Providing Services for UK Plant appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 27, 2023
This blog is co-authored with Alienor Rougeot, Climate and Energy Program Manager Two prominent figures of Canada’s oil and gas industry were recently on Global TV’s politics show, The West Block with Mercedes Stephenson, where they spread a bunch of misinformation and half truths. We break down five of the myths they want Canadians to believe, and correct the record.
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.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
Want to learn more about nature and how to protect it? Want to meet more like-minded people and make a difference together? Become a PA Master Naturalist volunteer ! Local conservation partners are offering Master Naturalist training courses in Adams, Beaver, Berks, Dauphin, Lehigh, Montour, Philadelphia, and Washington Counties this Spring. Please note Allegheny and Montgomery County applications are full for this year.
New Scientist
JANUARY 27, 2023
Most UK water companies have dropped the scientifically discredited method of dowsing to find water leaks, but Thames Water and Severn Trent Water say they still use it
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The Energy Law Blog
JANUARY 27, 2023
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently released its 2023 draft Coastal Master Plan , which is required by law to be updated every six years. The most recent draft is the fourth update since it was first adopted by the Louisiana Legislature in 2007 following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. [1] The coastal forecast and the plan as a whole were developed under two environmental scenarios – lower and higher – in order to account for a broader range of environ
Endangered Species Law
JANUARY 27, 2023
On January 24, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to designate approximately 104 river miles as critical habitat for the sickle darter ( Percina williamsi ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The critical habitat designation would be divided into six areas—Little River, Emory River and Rock Creek, Copper Creek, North Fork Holston River, Middle Fork Holston River, and Sequatchie River—which together span Bledsoe, Blount, Morgan, and Roane Counties in Tenn
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
Registration for the 9th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference is now open for this regional forum that will highlight Indigenous connections to land and water resources. The Conference theme is Endemic Watershed Connections: Place. Preservation, Restoration. Presentations will address experiences related to access to clean water and healthcare, sovereignty; treaty rights; connecting tribal youth to their ancestral homeland in the Delaware River Watershed; and the identification, documentation, pre
Scientific American
JANUARY 27, 2023
What a patient and family members can expect from the recently approved drug lecanemab—and what more is needed to help stop Alzheimer’s dementia
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.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a new Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual providing guidance on the construction, maintenance and operation of stormwater control measures. ( formal notice ) The deadline for comments is April 28. DEP said the significant changes from the previous 2006 Manual include-- -- New interpretive guidance on the post-construction Stormwater Management regulations (25 Pa.
Scientific American
JANUARY 27, 2023
Speaking to people’s priorities can build the will needed to implement climate solutions
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
On January 27, the Department of Environmental Protection released the final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan and an interactive online atlas of statewide water resources and use trends to inform leaders’ decision making and educate Pennsylvanians on sustainable use of our lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater. “While Pennsylvania is a water-rich state, our water resources are affected by many factors, including the warming climate, increased development, and others,” said DEP Acting Secreta
Scientific American
JANUARY 27, 2023
To protect from deadly drought and make it on land, plants developed complicated inner plumbing
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 27, 2023
Climate change is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. With it comes threats like global warming, pollution, natural disasters, degraded landscapes and threats to biodiversity, to name a few. In order to avoid the risks brought about by climate change, we must control greenhouse gases (GHGs) from being released into the atmosphere and boost the means of sequestering them.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
The Delaware River Basin Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing on water withdrawal requests, discharges and other projects on February 8 and a business meeting on March 8. ( formal notice ) Both the hearing and meeting will be conducted remotely. The hearing will begin at 1:30 p.m. on February 8 and the business meeting will begin at 10:30 p.m. on March 8.
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 27, 2023
by David Fairhurst, Nottingham Trent University Italians are notoriously – and understandably – protective of their cuisine, as regular arguments about the correct toppings for pizza or the appropriate pasta to use with a Bolognese ragu will attest.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
On January 26, the PA Council of Trout Unlimited announced the Coldwater Heritage Partnership’s Coldwater Conservation Grant Program is now accepting applications. The deadline to apply is March 10. Trout Unlimited chapters, watershed associations, conservation districts, conservancies, and municipalities are among those eligible to apply. Proposals for planning grants up to $7,500 and implementation grants up to $15,000 will be accepted.
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Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 27, 2023
For immediate release: January 27, 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE Phil Pothen, Counsel & Ontario Environment Program Manager, and Tim Gray, Executive Director, available for comment on federal jurisdiction and duty to prevent destruction of Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve lands Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat – Following the statement by Federal Environment Minister Guilbeault that the federa
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
The Department of Environmental Protection issued a public notice on January 28 banning the sale of electronic devices made by AWOW Tech because they are not complying with the state’s electronics recycling law. ( PA Bulletin, page 674 ). Sales of electronic devices made by three other companies-- Azulle Tech , Gigabyte Technology and Evervue USA, Inc.-- are still banned in Pennsylvania for noncompliance with the Covered Device Recycling Act.
E2 Law Blog
JANUARY 27, 2023
In this episode of Greenberg Traurig’s E2 Law Podcast, attorneys Steven Russo , Zackary Knaub , and Jane McLaughlin discuss New York State’s cap-and-invest program to limit greenhouse gas emissions and share revenue with New Yorkers from disadvantaged communities to help cover utility bills, transportation costs, and decarbonization. The program is expected to help New York meet the requirements of the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of cutting greenhouse gas emissions 40% b
Arnold Porter
JANUARY 27, 2023
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Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 27, 2023
Read the full story at Food Business News. Enhancing liquidation processes, reducing the impact of mycotoxins and extending the shelf life of products are just a handful of potential solutions for reducing food waste. ReFED also recommends farmers explore new arrangements with buyers to expand product specifications and enable better upstream communication.
A Greener Life
JANUARY 27, 2023
Two new pipelines being laid in late December 2022. The pipelines will connect an oil and gas field in Arunachal Pradesh to a central gas gathering station in Assam, passing through nearly 20 kilometres of protected forest. Photo credit: Gurvinder Singh. By Gurvinder Singh Nearly 3,000 trees are to be felled during the construction of oil and gas pipelines in northeast India, in protected areas that are home to endangered species such as the western hoolock gibbon and white-winged duck.
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 27, 2023
Read the full story from the Oregonian. Google’s water use in The Dalles has nearly tripled in the past five years, and the company’s data centers now consume more than a quarter of all the water used in the city.
Acoel
JANUARY 27, 2023
Posted on January 27, 2023 by Lynn L. Bergeson Chemicals are the foundational origin of just about everything we enjoy and cannot live without. The federal law that authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate industrial chemical substances is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), an almost 47-year-old law significantly amended in 2016 by the Frank R.
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 27, 2023
Read the full story at Oregon Business. Between May and October in 2022, Milwaukie food producer Bob’s Red Mill participated in a case study with Pacific Coast Collaborative, the World Wildlife Fund, and sustainability consultant TripleWin Advisory, with the aim of generating employee-driven, ground-floor ideas for increasing company sustainability through a reduction in food waste.
New Scientist
JANUARY 27, 2023
Dirty solar panels reduce global solar energy output as much as 5 per cent, but a start-up in Israel has tested drone delivery of a new autonomous robot to clean rooftop arrays
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 27, 2023
Read the full story from Thomson Reuters. Multinational food manufacturing giant the Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) is among those companies that consistently link their global purpose platform to their sustainability agenda and ensures their purpose is centered on the well-being of their employees and other stakeholders.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
On January 26, the Damascus Citizens for Sustainability has filed suit in the United States District Cour t for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to challenge the Delaware River Basin Commission’s December 7, 2022 issuance of final rules governing oil and gas wastes and wastewater. DCS maintains that the DRBC has violated its own rule-making procedures and the directives of its formative Compact and, as a result, “lowered the standard of protection for Basin residents below what has existed f
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 27, 2023
Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader. McCormick & Company is a food company that manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavoring products to retail outlets, food manufacturers, and food service businesses. The Baltimore-based company has 14,000 employees based worldwide.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 27, 2023
The January 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation-- 9,000+ Birds Fledged Thru State Parks Cavity-Nesting Trails Program In 2022. Cherry Springs Dark Sky Assn. Working To Conserve Dark Skies. Click Here to read their entire newsletter. Click Here to sign up for your own copy. Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you.
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 27, 2023
Read the full story at The Food Institute. Annie Morris, editor in chief of Made in CA magazine, said that sustainable coffee, like the one being launched soon by Minus Coffee, is one way that companies can reduce their environmental footprint while still delivering a delicious product.
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