Yale E360
JANUARY 27, 2021
A group of the world’s top ecologists have issued a stark warning about the snowballing crisis caused by climate change, population growth, and unchecked development. Their assessment is grim, but big-picture societal changes on a global scale can still avert a disastrous future. Read more on E360 ?.
Environmental and Urban Economics
JANUARY 30, 2021
Applied economists are "detectives". We know that we do not know your preferences. If we could learn about your willingness to pay for market goods such as cell phones or for non-market goods such as clean air and safe streets, then both businesses and governments will demand our services. Economists look for clues and design experiments to learn about people.
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Environmental Law Centre
JANUARY 26, 2021
Procedural Fairness and the Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns We hear a lot these days about the rule of law and the government’s duty. The post Procedural Fairness and the Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
Science & Climate
JANUARY 26, 2021
Ocean Toxin a Heartbreaking Threat for Sea Otters. Domoic Acid Raises Risk of Fatal Heart Disease for Otters in a Warming Ocean. featured image by Jacqueline Deely. Heart disease is a killer threat for southern sea otters feasting on domoic acid in their food web, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis. The study, published in the journal Harmful Algae, examined the relationship between long-term exposure to domoic acid and fatal heart disease in southern sea otters, a
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.
The Energy Law Blog
JANUARY 21, 2021
Following through with President Biden’s campaign promise to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, on January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (“Interior”) issued an order, effective immediately, mandating a 60-day moratorium on new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on public lands and waters (“Order”). Specifically, the Order temporarily suspends all authority delegated to Interior’s agencies and bureaus, which include the Bureau of Ocean Energy Mana
Montrose
JANUARY 4, 2021
Transaction expands Montrose’s environmental services footprint with U.S. Federal government and geographic presence in Southeast. IRVINE, Calif. / ORLANDO, Fla. — January 4, 2021 – Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (the “Company,” “Montrose” or “MEG”) (NYSE: MEG) today announced the acquisition of MSE Group (“MSE”), a leading provider of environmental assessment, compliance, engineering, and design services primarily to the U.S. federal government.
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Environmental and Urban Economics
JANUARY 16, 2021
In this blog post, I want to market my new co-authored book "Unlocking the Potential of Post Industrial Cities". I will do this by talking about past research on the Economics of the Rust Belt. Here is chapter one of my book and here is a r ecent video where I talk about the book. The most prominent "Rust Belt" economics paper is the 2005 Glaeser and Gyourko paper on U rban Decline and Durable Housing.
Environmental Law Centre
JANUARY 21, 2021
Alberta’s Oil & Gas Liability Management Framework: Changes to Oil and Gas Conservation Rules, the Pipeline Rules, and Directive 067 In July 2020, the. The post Alberta’s Oil & Gas Liability Management Framework appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
Science & Climate
JANUARY 28, 2021
Eyes Reveal Life History of Fish. Eye-Popping Research Helps Inform Salmon and Floodplain Management. featured image by UC Davis. If you look deep into the eyes of a fish, it will tell you its life story. . Scientists from the University of California, Davis, demonstrate that they can use stable isotopic analysis of the eye lenses of freshwater fish — including threatened and endangered salmon — to reveal a fish’s life history and what it ate along the way. .
Stack Environment
JANUARY 13, 2021
In many areas of Georgia, the smell of farm life, factories and other industries is common and tolerable. You may think nothing of sending your children out to play as strange odors waft through the air because you trust that those responsible for the odors are taking the proper steps to monitor the levels of toxins and keep them below the danger level.
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.
Law Columbia
JANUARY 8, 2021
By Amy Turner. This week, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed S.2995, An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy (the “Act”), which sets sweeping climate policy for the state, including greenhouse gas reduction targets of 50 percent by 2030, 75 percent by 2040 (both relative to 1990 levels), and net-zero by 2050, along with a process for setting more sector-specific targets.
Yale E360
JANUARY 14, 2021
Scientists believe they have solved one of the biggest mysteries about desalination — exactly how reverse osmosis membranes work to remove salt and other chemicals from water — a breakthrough they say could help make the process more efficient and cheaper. Read more on E360 ?.
Environmental and Urban Economics
JANUARY 29, 2021
General Motors has announced that it will only produce electric vehicles starting in the year 2035. Suppose that there no more new fossil fuel vehicles purchased by U.S consumers in the year 2035 and going forward. There are 270 million vehicles in the United States right now and most of them are used. This webpa ge says that 13 million new vehicles are purchased each year in the U.S.
Onya
JANUARY 30, 2021
Table Of Contents. The Rise of Backyard Chickens. Just How Sustainable Are Backyard Chickens? Reasons Why Chickens Reduce Your Carbon Footprint. Store Bought Vs. Backyard Chicken Eggs: An Environmental Analysis. The Rise of Backyard Chickens. Backyard chickens have only become more popular in the last 10 years, becoming an almost common addition to suburban households.
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.
The Energy Law Blog
JANUARY 28, 2021
Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. With topics ranging from offshore oil and gas moratoriums to restrictions on natural gas flaring and venting, the following is an overview of notable energy legislation to be heard in state legislatures this year. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda.
Water Research & Technology
JANUARY 27, 2021
We are delighted to announce that Jason Ren (Princeton University, USA) is joining the Associate Editor team for Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. Jason has been an Editorial Board member of the journal since 2018. Jason is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, USA. His research focuses on water-energy nexus and resource recovery.
JANZEN AG
JANUARY 26, 2021
Here are the 11 questions that ag tech companies must answer in order to become Ag Data Transparent certified. Who is the tech provider? What products, platform, or services within the tech company are certifying as Ag Data Transparent? Who are the primary users of the product, platform, or services? What categories of data does the data platform collect?
Yale E360
JANUARY 6, 2021
Local wind and solar cooperatives have been instrumental in fostering Europe’s renewable energy growth. Now, as multinational corporations play an ever-larger role in efforts to decarbonize Europe’s economy, the EU is looking to bolster these grassroots clean-energy initiatives. Read more on E360 ?.
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Environmental and Urban Economics
JANUARY 24, 2021
The New York Times has published an important piece on free speech on American University campuses. I'd like to share some thoughts from the perspective of urban economics. Back in 1986, I was living in London because I was a Visiting Student at the London School of Economics. On some weekends, I would go to Hyde Park or Regents Park and there would be a small crowd listening to a charismatic speaker standing on a box and he would be talking about Karl Marx or Ms.
SPR Law
JANUARY 19, 2021
In his January 13, 2021 State of the State address, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York will contract with Equinor Wind US LLC (Equinor) for 2,490 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind energy, the largest combined procurement of offshore wind energy by a state in U.S. history. Governor Cuomo also announced plans to make… The post Equinor Becomes Leading U.S.
The Energy Law Blog
JANUARY 28, 2021
In 2003, the Louisiana Supreme Court rendered its landmark decision in Corbello, et al. v. Iowa Production, et al. Since then, Louisiana courts have seen a steady stream of “legacy litigation” claims being filed. Legacy litigation claims generally concern alleged contamination arising from historic oil and gas operations under theories of both breach of contract and tort.
Environment, Law, and History
JANUARY 19, 2021
The recent issue of the Journal of Environmental Law has a review by Stephen Tromans of Richard Macrory's Irresolute Clay: Shaping the Foundations of Modern Environmental Law (Hart, 2020). An excerpt: In a series of Chapters, Macrory looks at the development of the profession of environmental law: the ‘early sparks’ of environmental law as an academic discipline; practising environmental law as a barrister; and the ‘coming of age’ of academic environmental law.
JANZEN AG
JANUARY 26, 2021
The ag data transformation of agriculture is well underway. Five years ago, the Ag Data Transparent (ADT) launched with a mission to bring clarity and simplicity to farmers’ decisions to use online ag data platforms. The central part of ADT’s vision was fulfilled by creating a certification process that involved tech providers answering 10 questions about how they collect, share, and use farmers’ ag data.
Yale E360
JANUARY 29, 2021
Three major European banks — Credit Suisse, ING, and BNP Paribas — have announced they will no longer finance the trade of oil extracted from the Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador. The decision is seen as a major victory for environmental and Indigenous rights activists, who campaigned heavily to stop the international financing of fossil fuel development in the region, Reuters reported.
Environmental and Urban Economics
JANUARY 12, 2021
I have spent my career publishing in environmental and urban economics. You can look up m y Google Scholar page to see that many of my papers are well cited. Over the years, I have written out a distinctive undergraduate environmental economics textbook that I use in my classes. You can buy the Amazon e-book here for $8. To encourage Professors to adopt parts of this book in their courses, I provide you with my 350 of my lecture slides for free and many practice exam problems.
New Scientist
JANUARY 13, 2021
A narrow focus on IQ to determine success is depriving us of key decision-making smarts, as our faltering response to problems such as covid-19 and climate change shows
The Energy Law Blog
JANUARY 21, 2021
Following through with President Biden’s campaign promise to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, on January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (“Interior”) issued an order, effective immediately, mandating a 60-day moratorium on new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on public lands and waters (“Order”). Specifically, the Order temporarily suspends all authority delegated to Interior’s agencies and bureaus, which include the Bureau of Ocean Energy Mana
Environment, Law, and History
JANUARY 14, 2021
The upcoming issue of Environment and History has an interesting, extended review by Thomas Le Roux (translated from the original French review in Le mouvement social ) of Chad Montrie's The Myth of Silent Spring: Rethinking the Origins of American Environmentalism (U Cal Press, 2018). According to the review, the book does not try to downplay the importance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring , but rather to point out the rich history of environmentalism (and environmental regulation) long predati
EPA
JANUARY 15, 2021
By Carrie Vicenta Meadows. Agriculture Advisor to Administrator Wheeler. To fulfill the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment, we need support from all Americans. We know that farmers and ranchers are the original stewards of the land and should be our natural partners Administrator Andrew Wheeler has made it a priority of EPA to engage more effectively with the agriculture community and rebuild trust with rural America.
Yale E360
JANUARY 28, 2021
The world has lost an estimated 28 trillion metric tons of ice since the mid-1990s as rising global temperatures have sped up the melting of sea ice, ice sheets, and glaciers, according to a new study published in the journal The Cryosphere. The annual melt rate has jumped 57 percent in the past three decades, the research found, from 800 billion metric tons per year in the 1990s to 1.2 trillion tons today.
Environment Next
JANUARY 29, 2021
EPA is accepting comments on an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Comments will be accepted until March 1, 2021 and should be submitted online using www.regulations.gov or by email to docket.oeaca@epa.gov referencing Docket ID Number EPA=HQ-OECA-2020-0203.
New Scientist
JANUARY 6, 2021
More people are cutting carbs and filling up on fat and protein to lose weight or get healthier – despite warnings about this boosting cholesterol.
The Energy Law Blog
JANUARY 20, 2021
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change. By granting certiorari and hearing oral arguments, the Supreme Court has agreed to review the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision remanding the suit to state cou
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