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UK Is Now Halfway Toward Meeting Its Zero-Carbon Goal by 2050

Yale E360

Greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom have plunged by 51 percent since 1990 and the country is halfway toward slashing its CO2 emissions to zero by 2050, according to the Web site Carbon Brief. Read more on E360 ?.

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Recycled plastic bags turn into fabrics

Successful Green

Engineers at MIT have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bags. The team has published their findings in the journal Nature Sustainability. Polyethylene is thin and lightweight, and could keep... The post Recycled plastic bags turn into fabrics appeared first on successful GREEN.

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CERCLA Claims and Statute of Limitation Issues: An Analysis

SPR Law

The remediation of decades-old hazardous waste sites has increasingly prompted defendants in CERCLA cases to assert the statute of limitations as a defense, revealing two inflection points that the CERCLA practitioner must navigate. The first is whether a party has asserted a cost-recovery claim under CERCLA Section 107(a) or a contribution claim under Section 113(f). … The post CERCLA Claims and Statute of Limitation Issues: An Analysis appeared first on Sive Paget Riesel.

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Soviet water law

Environment, Law, and History

"And Defeat Drought", by Viktor Govorkov (1949) Both Central Asian and Soviet water law are underexplored in the English-language literature, so I was excited when a friend recently pointed me to an article by Beatrice Penati in the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, "Continuities and Novelties in Early Soviet Law-Making about Central Asian Water".

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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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Solar Power Had a Big Day at FERC

Renewable + Law

Today was a big day for the solar power industry at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In its monthly open meeting, FERC announced two decisions that significantly impact the industry — one involving PURPA and the other related to PJM’s Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR). First, FERC reversed its Broadview Solar decision issued in September 2020, which prior decision overturned decades of precedent related to the method for determining the net output of qualifying facilities under PUR

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Stealth Chemicals: A Call to Action on a Threat to Human Fertility

Yale E360

In an interview with Yale e360, epidemiologist Shanna Swan talks about how falling sperm counts and other fertility problems are linked to chemicals in consumer products and explains why the Biden administration needs to follow Europe’s lead in restricting these substances. Read more on E360 ?.

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Webinar Looks Back at Energy Act of 2020, Forward to Further Innovation

Cresforum

One of the lasting legacy items of the Trump Administration came when the bipartisan Energy Act of 2020 was signed into law in December — the nation’s first clean energy innovation package in more than a decade. O ur policy and advocacy team held a webinar to take a look back at this incredible accomplishment that was years in the making.

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