Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 15, 2023
With airlines trying to meet sustainability goals, many are allocating funds for sustainability and carbon impact reductions, such as finding efficient means to obtain SAF.
Circle of Blue
MAY 15, 2023
Refresh A Great Lakes News Collaborative series investigating the region’s water pollution challenges. This series explores the Clean Water Act’s shortcomings in the Great Lakes, and how the region can more completely address water pollution in the next 50 years. The collaborative’s four newsrooms — Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now, and Michigan Radio — work collaboratively to report on the most pressing water issues in the Great Lakes region.
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Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 15, 2023
During the first quarter of 2023, the renewable source generated more than 32% of the country's energy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 15, 2023
If there’s one thing I’m hearing over and over again from the activists, teachers, counselors, and fellow parents in my life, it’s that our kids aren’t all right. This observation is backed by the U.S. Surgeon General, who issued a warning in late 2021 that today’s challenges—including climate change, racial injustice and more—are wreaking “devastating effects” on our young people’s mental health.
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.
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 15, 2023
Buildings account for more than 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in the state, and the budget includes requirements for advancing zero-emission construction.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 15, 2023
New research led by the Union of Concerned Scientists and released today quantifies the contribution of heat-trapping emissions from the world’s largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers to worsening wildfires across western North America. The first-of-its-kind study has two main findings, which we detail in a peer-reviewed study and a short report : Nearly 20 million acres of the total area burned by forest fires across the western US and Canada since 1986 can be attributed to the
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NRDC
MAY 15, 2023
In the Rose Garden celebration of conservation achievements, President Joe Biden elevates the Pebble Mine veto—calling the Bristol Bay fishery “a marvel,” citing scientific consensus of unacceptable risk from large-scale mining, and thanking Alaska Natives and the broad-based coalition for their 20-year opposition to the proposed mine.
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 15, 2023
The acquisition will help combined company in energy transitions, such as expanding hydrogen production.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 15, 2023
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, WOMEN’S EARTH AND CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK Indigenous Leaders, Environmental Groups, and Concerned Citizens Call on Canada to Shut Down Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today, Indigenous, civil society, and environmental groups from the Great Lakes region delivered a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and members of his cabinet, calling for Canada to withdraw its use of the 1977 pipeline treaty and
Cool Green Science
MAY 15, 2023
There are some invasive species that get a lot of press. Many others, though, are more mundane. And you might not realize they're invasive. The post 8 Invasive Animals You Didn’t Know Were Invasive appeared first on Cool Green Science.
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
MAY 15, 2023
by Emily Heber, media relations manager Washington’s forests and eastern landscapes evolved with a naturally occurring cycle of fire, and for time immemorial Indigenous communities have used fire as a tool to maintain the health of these lands, but over a century of fire suppression has led to overgrowth which when combined with the growing threat of climate change leads to out-of-control wildfires.
New Scientist
MAY 15, 2023
The Search for Lost Birds project has already tracked down two species on its top 10 list. But is this focus on a handful of potentially extinct birds really good for conservation?
Scientific American
MAY 15, 2023
Channeling Thomas Edison and Salvador Dalí, researchers show that shaping dream imagery could spark creative ideas to target a specific problem
New Scientist
MAY 15, 2023
A genetic alteration that extends the life of mice can be transferred to other mice via blood stem cells, and this could soon be tested in humans as a cancer treatment
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.
Scientific American
MAY 15, 2023
Betelgeuse, the red star at the shoulder of the constellation Orion, has been acting strange, raising hopes for the spectacle of a lifetime
NRDC
MAY 15, 2023
Illinois has a transportation pollution problem. Expanding I-55 would only worsen it, putting vulnerable communities at risk.
Scientific American
MAY 15, 2023
Permafrost can—incongruously—be found in Hawaii, but surveys show it has been shrinking over time, in part because of climate change
Earth 911
MAY 15, 2023
Over the past two years, the United States made a significant investment to improve industries. The post Earth911 Podcast: Tracking Attacks on U.S. Environmental Policy During the Debt Ceiling Debate appeared first on Earth911.
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Cool Green Science
MAY 15, 2023
The U.S. National Wildlife Refuge system, in its 120th year, is one of the largest protected area networks in the world. And many refuges are great places to fish. The post 50 Fish, 50 States: Refuge appeared first on Cool Green Science.
New Scientist
MAY 15, 2023
Alopecia makes it harder for fur seals to keep warm, and the condition may be the result of hotter temperatures making it tough to find their preferred prey
PA Environment Daily
MAY 15, 2023
During a May 10 Commonwealth Court hearing , an attorney for Olympus Energy LLC said the hundreds of notices of violation issued by DEP to the company should not be admissible in local land use proceedings because they do not prove the company’s shale gas drilling operations have an adverse impact on the environment “beyond the normal that would be expected from any oil and gas development.
CEQA Developments
MAY 15, 2023
In consolidated litigation challenging on CEQA and Coastal Act grounds the Coastal Commission’s amendment of a coastal development permit (CDP) to (among other new use restrictions) completely phase out off-highway vehicle (OHV) use at the apparently inaptly-named Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (Oceano Dunes), the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 6) affirmed the trial court’s order denying a motion to intervene filed by a number of interested nonparties (the Northern Chumash T
Scientific American
MAY 15, 2023
At 25 days old, these specimens could be the oldest primate embryos ever grown outside the womb
PA Environment Daily
MAY 15, 2023
DCNR’s State Parks May Environmental Education newsletter highlights spring and summer educational activities and programs, including-- -- May 18 PA Native Species Day -- DEP’s Environmental Education Grants application period opening in August. -- Summer Teaching Ideas! -- Professional Development Workshops -- June 20: Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Ambassador Training -- Explore the Outdoors!
Scientific American
MAY 15, 2023
Launching a fleet of space telescopes is not the solution to the Starlink problem
PA Environment Daily
MAY 15, 2023
The Elk Conservation District will host a Regional Forest Landowners Workshop on June 17 at the Elk County EMS & 911 Center in Ridgway from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. The agenda includes-- -- Finding Funding to Implement Forest Practices: Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Joint Chiefs Initiative Grant Program; -- Implementing Forest Best Management Practices: What's in a Forest Stewardship Plan and How to get one; What types of practices can be implemented; Combatting invasive species.
NRDC
MAY 15, 2023
To protect ocean biodiversity, the International Maritime Organization must take action to require commercial ships to reduce underwater noise.
Environmental News Bits
MAY 15, 2023
Azadbakht, E. & Radniecki, T. & Schultz, T. A. & Shannon, A., (2023) “Do Open Access Mandates Work? A Systematized Review of the Literature on Open Access Publishing Rates”, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 11(1). doi: [link] Abstract: To encourage the sharing of research, various entities—including public and private funders, universities, and academic journals—have … Continue reading Do Open Access Mandates Work?
New Scientist
MAY 15, 2023
Certain kinds of "forever chemicals" can be dismantled using bacteria found in wastewater.
MGKF Law
MAY 15, 2023
On May 5, 2023 in Atlantic Richfield Company, et al. v. The County of Montgomery, Pennsylvania , No. 1338 C.D. 2021 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2023), the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rejected a novel attempt to hold paint manufacturers liable for lead paint in residential structures based on a public nuisance theory.
Environmental News Bits
MAY 15, 2023
Read the full story at Supply Chain Dive. The burgeoning technology can help companies save time and money, if they can afford the upfront costs of integration and technology training.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 15, 2023
Farmers like predictable weather, and this past year in California has been anything but. After the state suffered through the worst drought in modern history, a series of atmospheric rivers starting last December brought recurring deluges of heavy rain and snow that caused widespread and extensive damage, forcing people to evacuate in many areas across the state and resulting in multiple deaths.
Environmental News Bits
MAY 15, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the latest action to protect public health under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), proposing a ban on most uses of methylene chloride, a dangerous chemical known to cause serious health risks and even death.
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