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State Street Issues $500M Inaugural Sustainability Bond

Environment + Energy Leader

State Street Corporation has announced that it has issued $1 billion of senior unsecured bonds, including an inaugural $500 million bond issued under its Sustainability Bond Framework, which enables the issuance of Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds. The post State Street Issues $500M Inaugural Sustainability Bond appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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As COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt Begin, Can We Get Off the ‘Highway to Climate Hell’?

Union of Concerned Scientists

I’m in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where the annual United Nations climate talks, aka COP27 , just got underway. As world leaders and thousands of civil society representatives gather here, the sobering backdrop of the climate crisis couldn’t be clearer. The world is already experiencing mounting dangerous climate extremes , the last eight years have been the hottest on record, and the current trajectory of heat-trapping emissions is wildly off-course from where it needs to be to meet the goals of t

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NYC’s Largest Geothermal System Graces Coney Island Development

Environment + Energy Leader

The geothermal project in Brooklyn will reduce emissions by up to 60%, developers say. Here’s how it works. The post NYC’s Largest Geothermal System Graces Coney Island Development appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Biden Announces New Initiative on “Game-Changing” Technologies for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions

Law and Environment

On November 4, 2022, the White House announced a new initiative to support research and development projects on 37 “game-changing” technologies to advance the Biden Administration’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Led by an interagency working group, the “Net-Zero Game Changers Initiative” will direct billions of dollars under the bipartisan infrastructure law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act toward five initial priorities: Efficient Building Heating and Cool

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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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American Express Commits $5M to Help Cities Reduce Climate-Related Damage

Environment + Energy Leader

American Express is pledging more than $5 million to organizations helping cities and coastal communities build resilience against future climate-related events. The post American Express Commits $5M to Help Cities Reduce Climate-Related Damage appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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VEGETABLE SCRAPS, ENERGY & THE SUN

Cleannovate

Vegetable waste has a unique relationship with energy It could be converted into biogas through well known processes such as … More.

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Understanding the Arguments Made by Climate Change Adaptation Pessimists: Part One

Environmental and Urban Economics

Climate change adaptation refers to our individual and collective ability to cope with Mother Nature’s more intense weather punches in terms of extreme heat, drought, fire, flood and many other place based risks. My microeconomics research, as sketched out in my 2010 Climatopolis book and my 2021 Adapting to Climate Change books, argues that capitalism accelerates our ability to adapt as market price signals encourage substitution and innovation.

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State Street Issues $500M Inaugural Sustainability Bond

Environment + Energy Leader

State Street Corporation has announced that it has issued $1 billion of senior unsecured bonds, including an inaugural $500 million bond issued under its Sustainability Bond Framework, which enables the issuance of Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds. The post State Street Issues $500M Inaugural Sustainability Bond appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Unpacking the liability argument against loss and damage funding

Law Columbia

By Andrea Nishi. Credit: Flickr. Loss and damage, the term for the detrimental impacts of climate change that cannot be addressed through mitigation or adaptation, will be a central point of discussion at COP27. For the first time in thirty years, delegates have agreed to formally add the topic to the agenda for the annual convening. The issue of funding for loss and damage was first raised by the Alliance of Small Island States in the early 1990s, when the group proposed that the financial burd

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American Express Commits $5M to Help Cities Reduce Climate-Related Damage

Environment + Energy Leader

American Express is pledging more than $5 million to organizations helping cities and coastal communities build resilience against future climate-related events. The post American Express Commits $5M to Help Cities Reduce Climate-Related Damage appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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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In a First, U.N. Climate Summit Will Discuss Climate Reparations

Scientific American

For the first time, the formal agenda of the U.N. climate talks will include discussion on how rich nations should pay poorer nations for the unavoidable impacts of climate change.

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G20 still paying billions in fossil fuel subsidies

A Greener Life

Oil drilling rigs off Invergordon, Scotland. Two-thirds of the G20’s public finance for energy went to fossil fuels in 2019–2020. Photo credit: Jiri Vondrous / Alamy. By Catherine Early. Subsidies reached new highs in 2021, even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Climate Transparency analysis finds. The G20 group of nations provided nearly US$200 billion in support of fossil fuels in 2021, despite the worsening impacts of the climate crisis and their pledge in 2009 to phase out “inefficient”

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5 articles you need to check out on the future of materials research

Frontiers

By Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer. Image: Shutterstock.com. In a fast-moving field of research like materials science, it can be difficult to keep up with the latest breakthroughs. Now at Frontiers, we highlight just five of the latest research articles to shed more light on the way we build our world around us, published by top researchers in the Frontiers in Materials Research Topic ‘ Horizons in Materials’ Growing green technology: from trees to tech.

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The US Supreme Court’s earliest pollution cases

Environment, Law, and History

Over at Legal Planet, Dan Farber recently posted on "The Supreme Court’s Earliest Pollution Cases". Farber writes: Well over a century ago, the Supreme Court ruled that it had that power to remedy interstate water pollution. That was in 1901. Six years later, the Court decided its first air pollution case. Notably, these cases came during the conservative Lochner era when the Court was hardly known for its liberalism.

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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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A floating park above the piers of Manhattan, New York

Inhabitant

Little Island by Heatherwick Studio and MNLA is exploring the creation of raised platform parks to combat rising seas. With over 11,000 square meters of space, this park on the Hudson River sits on a series of stilted platforms that look like boats aloft over the water. It hosts three new public performance venues.

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Ag and Food Law Daily Update: November 7, 2022

National Law Center

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: November 7, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Earth911 Podcast: nZero and 3Degrees Team Up to Track & Manage Emissions Goals

Earth 911

Learn how to assess the green credentials of companies. Mitch Ratcliffe talks with Adam Kramer, The post Earth911 Podcast: nZero and 3Degrees Team Up to Track & Manage Emissions Goals appeared first on Earth911.

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Key World Heritage sites will lose their glaciers by 2050

Inhabitant

One-third of World Heritage sites possessing glaciers will lose their ice by mid-century, according to a U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report. In addition, even if global warming is curbed below 1.5 degrees this would still happen.

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EUON Study Predicts Growth in European Nanomaterial Market

Nanotech

The European Union (EU) Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) announced on November 7, 2022, that it published a study on the EU market for nanomaterials, including substances, uses, volumes, and key producers, traders, and users. The study also covers the European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland. EUON states that according to the study, which was carried out in 2021 as a combination of literature research, surveys, and interviews, the European nanomaterial market is expected to gro

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JLG Architects wins three North Dakota AIA awards

Inhabitant

At a swanky event at the Jasper Hotel in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, one firm practically swept the awards for their innovative designs that focused on better health for people and for the environment.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.7.22

PA Environment Daily

Are You Telling Your Story? House returns to session November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year] -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session November 15 [Adjourn for year] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events NOTICE : PA Environment Digest will be CLOSED on Election Day. -- November 7 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling - WTAE Story Tonight At 6:0

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Solar panel skins produces energy on the surface of building

Inhabitant

Traditional photovoltaic panels, while an excellent source of renewable solar energy, have some design flaws. One of the main drawbacks is that they require lots of open, flat space for installation. As a solution to this, AVANCIS, a German firm that specializes in thin-film photovoltaics, has produced SKALA, a Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system for facades.

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Which countries have put a price on carbon?

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Our World in Data. Putting a price on carbon helps us account for the real costs of fossil fuels in the market. Which countries have a carbon tax or trading system?

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Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice Receives 39 Rankings Nationally and in 15 U.S. Markets

E2 Law Blog

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP received the most first-tier national rankings in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2023 “Best Law Firms” report for the 12th consecutive year and received the most national and metro rankings of any law firm included in the report. More than half of the firm’s Environmental Practice U.S. offices were ranked as “Best Law Firms.”.

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What’s Old Is New Again: DOJ Prosecutes First Criminal Section 2 Case Since 1977

Arnold Porter

Section 2 of the Sherman Act states: Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony. Despite this statutory language, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) had not brought a criminal case under Section 2 since 1977 in United States v.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Revised Critical Habitat for Fisher DPS

Endangered Species Law

On November 7, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to designate approximately 595,495 acres of critical habitat for the Southern Sierra Nevada distinct population segment (DPS) of fisher ( Pekania pennanti ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The critical habitat designation would span six units in California’s Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, and Tulare Counties.

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Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In Scholarships To 5 Teen Conservation Leaders In Honor Of Ralph Abele; Nominations Being Accepted For Youth Conservation Ambassadors

PA Environment Daily

On November 7, the Wildlife Leadership Academy recognized five teen conservation leaders with the Ralph Abele Excellence in Outreach Award which includes a total of $2,500 in college scholarships. Wildlife Leadership Academy is a year-round program for high-school age youth that begins with rigorous summer field schools that focus on wildlife/fisheries biology and conservation as well as leadership skills development.

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GROHE's plastic initiative strives to fight climate change

Inhabitant

GROHE, a company that employs thousands, is making huge strides toward combatting the effects of climate change.

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November 7 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

The November 7 PA Environment Digest is now available. Click Here To View Or Print The Entire November 7 PA Environment Digest 77 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic Gov. Wolf Signs Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies Into Law For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Sa

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Geverola Quoted in Global Competition Review on First No-Poach Agreement Prosecution

Arnold Porter

Antitrust partner Andre Geverola was quoted in the recent Global Competition Review article, “DOJ Secures No-Poach Sentencing.” The article discusses the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division’s first criminal conviction in a labor-market antitrust case. Geverola stated that although the guilty plea by the defendant company is an important win for the DOJ, the DOJ’s success is more dependent on whether it can convict the individual defendant in this case.

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Lessons Learned for Rapid Decarbonization of Power Sectors

Environmental News Bits

This DOE report covers key lessons learned for the rapid decarbonization of power sectors, emphasizing best practices in planning, building, and operating electricity systems. Decarbonization covers all greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane. The intended audience of this report consists of energy ministers and other high-level energy sector decisionmakers.

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Ambassador Shannon Featured in O Globo and AS/COA Q&A

Arnold Porter

Ambassador Tom Shannon was featured in the recent O Globo Q&A article, “Lula Will Be Bridge Between the Old and the New Left in Latin America, says Former U.S. Ambassador,” and the AS/COA Q&A article, “LatAm in Focus: Amb. Thomas Shannon on How Lula's Win Resets Brazil's Foreign Policy.” In the articles, Ambassador Shannon answered questions about the relationship between the United States and Brazil and discussed the impact of the Brazilian election on Europe and

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EPA Will Expand Environmental Performance Standard and Ecolabel Recommendations for Federal Purchasing

Brag

By Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 2, 2022, that it launched a new process to expand the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program’s Recommendations of Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing (Recommendations). EPA is inviting managers of standards development organizations, ecolabel programs, and other similar organizations to apply for potential assessment and inclusion in the Reco

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Cirba Solutions gets $75 million in DOE funding to expand Li-ion battery recycling facility in Ohio

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Mining.com. The Biden administration said on Wednesday it is awarding $2.8 billion in grants to boost US production of electric vehicle batteries and the minerals used to build them, part of a bid to wean the country off supplies from China. Cirba Solutions will receive approximately $75 million in federal funds to … Continue reading Cirba Solutions gets $75 million in DOE funding to expand Li-ion battery recycling facility in Ohio.