Yale E360
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
For decades, 1960s research for the American Petroleum Institute warning of the risks of burning fossil fuels had been forgotten. But two papers discovered in libraries are now playing a key role in lawsuits aimed at holding oil companies accountable for climate change. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
I recently had the chance to visit the Los Angeles Auto Show and I was amazed at the number of electric vehicle (EV) offerings. The first time I had visited the show in 2015, there were only a handful of EVs scattered among hundreds of gasoline cars and trucks, while this year many automakers had EVs front and center in their displays. From prototype promises to real EVs.
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Environment + Energy Leader
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The report, which tracks and analyzes commercial solar adoption, named Meta, Amazon, Apple, Walmart, and Microsoft as the top five corporate solar users in America. The post Corporate Solar Adoption Rates Soar appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have dubbed the six-month stretch from May through October “ Danger Season ” because of the confluence of extreme weather—record heat, raging wildfires, severe storms, and flooding—that is putting people at risk around the world. In 2022 alone, cities in Arizona, California, Nevada , Texas , and Utah recorded temperatures of 105°F on multiple days and often over long stretches.
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
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The report outlines pathways that include decarbonizing the power sector and transportation. The post BloombergNEF Outlines Energy Transition Net-Zero Scenarios appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Law and Environment
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a writ of mandamus to the Center for Biological Diversity, imposing a deadline on EPA to issue an “effects determination” concerning the potential impacts of the pesticide cyantraniliprole. This effects determination was supposed to be issued before EPA registered the pesticide. Unfortunately, EPA did not do so.
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Energy & the Law
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The Kingfish would be proud of the Louisiana Supreme Court in Louisiana Ex Rel Tureau v. BEPCO, L.P. et al. The issues were the prescriptive period applicable to a citizen suit for injunctive relief under R.S. 30:16 and whether the petition stated a cause of action under R.S. 30:14 and 30:16. The court held that a 30:16 citizen suit is not subject to liberative prescription of any duration and, insofar as the petition accused the defendants of violating Louisiana conservation laws, rules, regula
Environment + Energy Leader
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The financing will help the company further develop its system that can track and report on a company's sustainability efforts. The post FigBytes Receives $14.5 Million to Enhance ESG Platform appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Contractors for Houston Public Works work on a wastewater and drainage project in the Greater Eastwood neighborhood in Houston, Texas. Photo © Elizabeth Conley / Circle of Blue. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. After a power outage at a water treatment plant, a boil-water order was issued for the Houston area. Planned reservoirs in France’s farming regions are the site of protests and military protection.
Environment + Energy Leader
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The report, which tracks and analyzes commercial solar adoption, named Meta, Amazon, Apple, Walmart, and Microsoft as the top five corporate solar users in America. The post Corporate Solar Adoption Rates Soar appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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.
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – Following the recent passage of Bill 23, Environmental Defence is gathering concerned Ontarians to rally at Bay and College Streets in downtown Toronto on Saturday December 3, 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The rally will demand that Bill 23 be repealed and that the Ontario government cancel its plan to hand out 7,400 acres of Greenbelt land to sprawl developers
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The use of hemp as a material is gaining speed across industries, including health and beauty, textiles, food and more. One of the industries that now utilizes it is in construction. Hemp can be used to create building materials such as hemp-clay bricks and hempcrete. One of the newest hemp innovations is using it as a form of building insulation. HempWool has been pioneered by Hempitecture, a non-woven materials manufacturer.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The World Meteorological Organization warns that climate-related shortages in water resources could affect two thirds of the world’s population by midcentury and will be felt unevenly.
Academy of Natural Sciences
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Happy Holidays from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University! Check out our great gift ideas for that special bookworm, young environmentalist or nature enthusiast in your life. Membership. This season, give your family a sustainable feel-good gift that lasts all year — a membership to the Academy of Natural Sciences. Members receive a full year of unlimited, free admission to the museum, access to monthly members-only museum hours, special events and activities, discounts on program
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.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Several species of ant have been observed producing a liquid while in a pupal stage that is consumed by ant larvae and adults, and this is likely to occur across all ant species
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
On November 30, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the public is invited to again vote online for the 2023 Pennsylvania River of the Year , choosing from among four waterways nominated throughout the state. The Conestoga River, Perkiomen Creek, Schuylkill River, and Susquehanna River-North Branch are the nominations for the 2023 River of the Year.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Researchers have used Google's Sycamore quantum computer to simulate a simplified wormhole for the first time, and sent a piece of quantum information through it
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Statement from Keith Brooks, Programs Director, Environmental Defence. Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – The Auditor General’s reports confirm what Ontarians already know: this government is not interested in protecting the environment, keeping Ontarians safe from the impacts of climate change, or in making evidence-based decisions.
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Superconductivity, fractional charges and magnetic vortices are just some of the weird quantum phenomena lurking in materials like graphene when they get skewed
Ocean Conservancy
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
In November, countries around the globe came together at the 27th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to negotiate a collective path forward towards solutions to the climate crisis facing the planet. Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
These photographs are of JETT3 and D-RATS, two Earth-based missions designed to replicate aspects of future moon landings and help NASA engineers enable astronauts to do science on the lunar surface
Nanotech
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
On November 30, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) announced that its scientists have determined that plants could be used to produce nanobodies that quickly block emerging pathogens in human medicine and agriculture. The nanobodies are small antibody proteins naturally produced in specific animals like camels, alpacas, and llamas.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The drug lecanemab slowed the rate of cognitive decline among people with early Alzheimer's disease by 27 per cent, compared with placebo infusions, but some question if its potential safety concerns outweigh any benefits
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Everybody agrees you can’t improve on the beauty of a deep green pine tree for Christmas, right? Well, not the folks who are buying the unusual purple or blue trees offered by Hanggi’s Tree Farm in upstate New York.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Uncertainty and crisis are key to this year's best sci-fi offerings, from Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian to Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea
National Law Center
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
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 30, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
A star orbiting a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy was ripped apart in a tidal disruption event, the furthest ever observed
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Washington County-based Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management will host “ And on His Farm He Had… A Photovoltaic System? Where Solar and Farming Meet ”—a free webinar discussing the growing field of agrisolar—on December 7 at 11:00 a.m. The term “agrisolar” refers to the co-location of agriculture and photovoltaic energy generation (solar power) systems.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The bacterium Yersinia pestis causes frequent outbreaks that kill people, but a new vaccine based on cutting edge technology has shown promise in a mouse study
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The PA Recreation and Park Society is pleased to acknowledge outstanding achievements by agencies, boards, commissions, and individuals toward the advancement of community recreation and park services through its Recognition & Awards Program. Open to PRPS member and non-member individuals, agencies, companies, organizations, and universities; awards are presented annually.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
A skull bone from 67 million years ago reveals that ancestors of modern birds had jointed beaks, not immobile ones as biologists have long thought
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Vrataruša wind farm near Senj, Croatia. Photo credit: Croq – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 – via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen. Croatia, the Balkan country probably most known for its beautiful Adriatic coastline, has been urged to fulfil its enormous renewable energy potential. A report by Global Data, an analytical firm, has found that the country could ease its reliance on energy imports significantly, by expanding its renewable energy industry.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
From concrete dinosaurs to human evolution, exquisite plants to space travel, we pick the best non-fiction to give to those you love this year
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