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Scientists Create the First Global Map of Bee Distribution

Yale E360

Scientists have created the first global distribution map for bees, analyzing nearly 6 million public records of where individual species have appeared around the world. The project, published in the journal Cell Biology , found that bee diversity is higher in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern, and that bees prefer temperate regions over the tropics.

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Government of Canada introduces bill to legislate net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

Manning Law

Yesterday, the Canadian Government introduced legislation, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act , to achieve Canada’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Act will do the following: Legally bind the Government to a process to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Set rolling five-year emissions-reduction targets and require plans to reach each one and report on progress.

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Louisiana Third Circuit Confirms Settled Application of Subsequent Purchaser Doctrine Where Expired Mineral Leases at Issue

The Energy Law Blog

As it “is impossible to transfer rights to an assignee under an expired mineral lease,” in a case where oil, gas and mineral leases had expired prior to plaintiff’s acquisition of the property, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Litel Explorations, L.L.C. v. Aegis Development Company, L.L.C., et al. affirmed dismissal of claims pursuant to the subsequent purchaser doctrine, which provides that the right to sue for property damage is a personal right that belongs to the landowner who

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Stormwater Management

Global Green

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT METHODS and Opportunities for Compost Use. By Joseph Lim. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IS AN ISSUE FACING many communities across the country. Stormwater runoff causes flooding, pollution of water, contamination of drinking water supplies and a danger to public health. Many cities in the United States have combined sewer systems which are designed to collect stormwater runoff, sewage, and industrial wastewater.

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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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California Air Resources Board increases reporting obligations

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL BLOGS

    As many as 800 new chemicals will have to be reported by industry under new regulations approved on November 19, 2020 by the California Air Resources Board.   See [link].

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Solar for Haiti

Global Green

PROJECT. Helping Haiti rebuild green following the devastating earthquake in January 2010. OUR PARTICIPATION. Global Green mobilized immediately after the earthquake, and we received generous donations from individuals as well as actor and activist Walton Goggins (who raised over $6,000), and SBE (which raised $20,000 from their employees) to help us make an impact.

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Global Green Biogas Program

Global Green

Global Green to expand biogas program to 2 California cities. By Global Green | March 26, 2018. Non-profit, Global Green announced March 23 it will select two Southern California cities as partners to participate in a new food waste recycling program, using an Eco-Ambassador resident outreach model. The two cities will be chosen based on existing access to food-waste-to-biogas production, or an interest in investing in biogas production infrastructure, as well as their focus on underserved commu

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Jordan’s Green Guide #running

Global Green

JORDAN MCKAY DECEMBER 15, 2017. Invented as a form of exercise during the 70’s, running is one of the most popular forms of exercise in the US. I began running to serve an objective — weight loss. I lost the weight (circa 100lbs) over a decade ago, but I’m still running…like….a lot. I’m addicted. I’m dependent. I NEED it. Of running, I would use all of those cliched descriptions like, “It’s my happy place,” or “It’s a form of meditation, the only place I can clear my head and think”.