Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 16, 2022
NatureWorks will automate their new, greenfield plant in Thailand, converting sugar cane to the polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymer called Ingeo. The post Thai Plant Will Convert Sugar Cane to Sustainable Plastics appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
MARCH 17, 2022
From East Africa to Mongolia, fences are going up rapidly as livestock farming and border barriers increase. Now, a growing number of studies are documenting the impact of these fences, from impeding wildlife migrations to increasing the genetic isolation of threatened species. Read more on E360 ?.
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Legal Planet
MARCH 14, 2022
I’m excited to announce that Louise Bedsworth is CLEE’s new Executive Director. It was no easy task to find the right person to run the center during such a crucial time for environmental and energy policy. Louise was previously the head of our land use program and a senior advisor to the California China Climate Institute at CLEE led by Jerry Brown.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2022
Deputy Policy Director Julie McNamara urges policymakers to see calls from the fossil fuel industry to invest more in their operations--in response to market instability because of the war in Ukraine--as an opportunistic attempt to lower their costs and increase their profits, at great cost to us.
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
MARCH 14, 2022
An intelligent water management system is designed to improve water efficiency and sustainability for energy companies with the possibility of expanding the information across industries. The post Cloud-Based Management System Helps Energy Companies with Water Efficiency appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
MARCH 14, 2022
As the conflict in Ukraine rages, European leaders are pushing for a faster switch to renewables as part of a strategy to end dependence on Russian gas. Their ambitious plans now call for fast-tracking deployment of solar and tripling clean energy capacity by 2030. Read more on E360 ?.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2022
The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. It’s widely viewed as the “gold standard” for energy projections, even though there’s much debate in the energy community about the validity of the assumptions behind these projections.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 16, 2022
Silver Fern Farms is selling net zero beef, which was produced using carbon emission reduction systems on the farm, in the United States. The post Silver Fern Farms Produces Net Zero Beef Aided by Carbon Sequestration appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
MARCH 16, 2022
Denmark is pledging to increase production of green hydrogen, its government announced Tuesday. The low-carbon fuel could supplant oil in airplanes, trucks, and cargo ships, and replace coal in the production of steel and cement, helping to curb pollution from transportation and heavy industry. Read more on E360 ?.
Legal Planet
MARCH 14, 2022
I first wrote a version of this post way back in July 2021, when Ezra Klein dropped a couple of lines knocking the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) into one of the op-eds The New York Times loves to perennially run about how California is actually the worst (I’m sorry it can’t be 80 degrees in March everywhere, guys). At the time, I thought it was possible his mischaracterization of CEQA was a one-off, but it’s now apparent that Klein has joined the all-out crusade against the law tha
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 15, 2022
It's time for action to support Central Valley farmers, workers, and communities, and all of us who depend on them. .
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 14, 2022
A Deloitte survey of 300 senior finance, legal and sustainability leaders shows how companies can evolve to meet the growing expectation for high quality ESG reporting information. The post Deloitte Survey Finds Companies Are Working Toward More Transparent ESG Plans appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
MARCH 15, 2022
Planned coal mining projects could lead to a surge in methane pollution at a time when growing emissions of the powerful heat-trapping gas threaten international climate goals, a new report finds. Read more on E360 ?.
PBS Nature
MARCH 18, 2022
Vast, wild and remote, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is where some of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles unfold. Situated in the northeast corner of Alaska, this refuge has long-protected survivors of the Ice Age that still roam a frozen wilderness. The Porcupine caribou herd traverses all of it on the longest land-animal migration on Earth, witnessing extraordinary wildlife moments along the way.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 15, 2022
Flames tower above the trees in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado. The third most destructive fires in state history, it burned nearly 350 homes (Airman Magazine, Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0).
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 14, 2022
TrusTrace will be launching TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance – a solution that the company says enables near real-time traceability at the material level. The post TrusTrace Launches Tech to Enable Near-Real-Time Traceability at the Material Level appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
MARCH 18, 2022
Smoke from bushfires that spread across Australia in late 2019 and early 2020 destroyed high-altitude ozone in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a study that offers new insight into the threat posed by wildfires. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
MARCH 16, 2022
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Chemical synthesis is responsible for the significant emission of carbon dioxide worldwide. These emissions arise not only due to the energy requirements of chemical synthesis, but because hydrocarbon feedstocks can be overoxidized or used as hydrogen sources. Using renewable electricity to drive chemical synthesis may provide a route to overcoming these challenges, enabling synthetic routes that operate at benign conditions and utilize susta
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 14, 2022
A new law in Illinois will prod utilities and grid operators in the right direction.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 15, 2022
Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit against Johnson Controls and Tyco Fire Products for chemical pollution in the state. The post Wisconsin Files Lawsuit Against Johnson Controls, Tyco Fire Products for PFAS Pollution appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
The Applied Ecologist
MARCH 17, 2022
In their latest research, Nicholas Balfour and Francis Ratnieks use multiple datasets to compare the biodiversity value of the plant species classified as ‘injurious weeds’ by the UK’s 1959 Weeds Act, with those species stipulated by DEFRA for pollinator targeted agri-environmental options. In the UK, five species of native wildflowers are classified as “injurious weeds” in the 1959 Weeds Act.
Physics World
MARCH 18, 2022
The world has been shocked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – but no-one ought to have been surprised. Under president Vladimir Putin, Russia had already invaded the country in 2014 – annexing the Crimean peninsula – and supported Russian separatist forces in the Donbass region. Early last year it also started massing troops on the Ukrainian border. If anyone was in any doubt, Putin spelled out his intentions last July in a 5000-word essay , claiming that Russia had been “robbed” of lands in Ukra
Frontiers
MARCH 16, 2022
To celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the top Research Topics from women in science. Break the gender bias in research by reading the findings of these incredible female scientists. With collective views of almost half a million, researchers explored topics spanning from signal processing and infectious disease to materials and gynecological oncology.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 14, 2022
TrusTrace will be launching TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance – a solution that the company says enables near real-time traceability at the material level. The post TrusTrace Launches Tech to Enable Near-Real-Time Traceability at the Material Level appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Inside Climate News
MARCH 17, 2022
New research warns that wildfire emissions could unravel progress made under the Montreal Protocol to shrink atmospheric ozone holes. By Bob Berwyn Scientists researching how the recent spike in extreme wildfires affects the climate say that just a few weeks of smoke surging high into the stratosphere from one intense fire can wipe out years of progress restoring Earth’s life-protecting ozone layer.
Physics World
MARCH 14, 2022
Planets orbiting the Sun-like stars of Alpha Centauri could be carbon-rich worlds with diamonds and graphite littered across their surfaces, say astronomers. Although the existence of such planets has not been confirmed, the team argue that modelling their hypothetical mineralogy, interior structure and atmosphere could guide future observations by shaping our understanding of what is possible.
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 14, 2022
by Dominique Potvin, University of the Sunshine Coast When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn’t expect to discover an entirely new social behaviour rarely seen in birds.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 16, 2022
A new ESG application by IsoMetrix supports corporate sustainability and management professionals in the collection of key data necessary to report ESG metrics efficiently, accurately and in alignment with relevant standards and frameworks, the company says. The post New IsoMetrix Application Reports ESG Metrics Efficiently appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Cool Green Science
MARCH 13, 2022
With the western United States facing increasingly severe fires and a megadrought, active forest management offers a more resilient future. The post Wildfire Resilience Treatments Work appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Physics World
MARCH 15, 2022
Air pollution in India is reducing the energy output of some solar panels as much as 52%. That is the conclusion of researchers who have modelled the effects of particulate pollution on solar irradiance in 2001–2018. Sagnik Dey , Dilip Ganguly and colleagues at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology–Delhi calculate that the successful implementation of India’s National Clean Air Programme would allow the country to generate an extra 6-16 TWh of solar electricit
Frontiers
MARCH 15, 2022
By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer. Image: Zack Frank/Shutterstock.com. Researchers have produced the first ever 30m (30 meter pixel) resolution global map of fire-induced forest loss. The study shows that one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019 was due to fires, which is higher than previous estimates. The area of fire-related forest loss is increasing globally, particularly within the tropical primary forests of Africa and Latin America.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 14, 2022
An intelligent water management system is designed to improve water efficiency and sustainability for energy companies with the possibility of expanding the information across industries. The post Cloud-Based Management System Helps Energy Companies with Water Efficiency appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
New Scientist
MARCH 16, 2022
Most studies that have used MRI machines to find links between the brain’s structure or function and complex mental traits had an average of 23 participants, but thousands are needed to find reliable results
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