Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 15, 2022

We at the Union of Concerned Scientists think a lot about wind power. In honor of Global Wind Day , here’s a roundup of what we’re seeing and what we’ve been thinking—five facts about wind energy to keep in mind as you celebrate, or at least make note, on June 15. 1. Wind power is big, and getting bigger. Wind is impressive. I’ve felt that most explicitly when sidling up to an offshore wind turbine in a boat, or when standing on top of a land-based one, hundreds of feet in the air.

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Yale E360

JUNE 14, 2022

Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops. Researchers are now searching for ways to help pollen beat the heat, including developing more heat-tolerant varieties. Read more on E360 ?.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

When DHL first set its GoGreen target in 2007-2008, the goal was to become 30% more efficient by 2020. But it blew past that threshold in 2016, prompting the company to set even more ambitious targets — to reduce all transport-related emissions to zero by 2050. . The post DHL Is Investing $7.5 Billion to Ensure Climate Goals Are Met appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 16, 2022

In a region latticed with pipelines and canals, the consequences of dry conditions in one basin are exported to neighboring watersheds. The Buena Vista Pumping Plant, in southern Kern County, lifts water in the California Aqueduct. Part of the State Water Project, the aqueduct spans hundreds of miles, transferring water from northern watersheds to farms and cities in the south.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2022

If there’s one region of the country that has been Exhibit A this year for summer-turned- Danger Season , it’s the Midwest. The warm season began with an incredibly unseasonable heatwave , smashing records left and right. And now, the Midwest is currently playing whack-a-mole with weather and climate hazards. Here in Madison, Wisconsin, we’ve been under an intense heatwave that rolled into the area on Monday, announcing its arrival with severe thunderstorms that downed power lines across the are

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Yale E360

JUNE 16, 2022

The European Union relies heavily on Russia to supply nickel and other metals for electric vehicle batteries and other renewable technologies. War-related price increases and shortages of these metals could hinder Europe’s drive to sharply cut emissions by 2030 and beyond. Read more on E360 ?.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 15, 2022

Phosphorus and nitrates are just a two of many contaminants plaguing the Pine River that runs through Michigan’s Gratiot County. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Scientists call for action on global phosphorus contamination in a new report. Parts of Yellowstone National Park are underwater as heavy rain and melting snow cause rivers to overflow.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Little known fact: The ninth largest carbon emitter in the world is South Korea. What is South Korea doing to cut its emissions? That answer, in brief, is that it has adopted the right kinds of policies, but may need to up its level of ambition. Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. and Australia. Here’s some background on the country for those whose knowledge mostly derives from watching reruns of MASH.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2022

Francisco Serrano lost his childhood home in December. He recalls the moment when “dark, soulless skies spawned a demon-like tornado” in Bowling Green, Kentucky, that changed life as he knew it. More than six months have gone by since record-breaking tornadoes tore through western Kentucky the evening of December 10th into the early morning of the 11th.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

When DHL first set its GoGreen target in 2007-2008, the goal was to become 30% more efficient by 2020. But it blew past that threshold in 2016, prompting the company to set even more ambitious targets — to reduce all transport-related emissions to zero by 2050. . The post DHL Is Investing $7.5 Billion to Ensure Climate Goals Are Met appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

June 14, 2022. Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Sign up for Fresh: A Great Lakes Policy Briefing , straight to your inbox, every other Tuesday. — Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds. Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

India is home to 1.39 billion people, just below China but growing faster. By some projections, it will have the second largest economy in the world by 2050. In terms of climate policy, however, it doesn’t get nearly as much attention as China. That’s understandable in terms of India’s current carbon emissions, which are now only a quarter of China’s.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

I was invited to speak at a panel discussion last Wednesday as part of The Economist ’s annual Sustainability Week, titled “What technologies are needed to avert a climate disaster?” True to the theme, I was asked about which technological innovations would be necessary to save our planet. I wanted to take this space to share some of my thoughts from the panel—and why I believe this wasn’t exactly the right question to ask.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

Jupiter today announced a new collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG)that will bring enhanced data sources and analytics to accelerate project delivery and enhance customized insights for BCG’s public and private sector clients. The post Jupiter Collaborates with Boston Consulting Group as Demand for ESG Disclosure Rapidly Grows appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers how Bolivia’s gold rush is polluting rivers, a resurgence of nitrate pollution in Iowa, and the expansion of desalination in Egypt. Plus, Circle of Blue explores what happens if one of the most powerful hydroelectric dams in the United States stops generating power. Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” – your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue.

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Yale E360

JUNE 17, 2022

A census of California bumble bees failed to locate several once-common species, including the formerly abundant Western bumble bee, a key pollinator for many wild plants and crops. Read more on E360 ?.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2022

The action marks the clearance of another significant hurdle toward BOEM’s offshore wind lease sales in federal waters offshore California, anticipated to occur this fall. By Nikki Buffa , Jennifer K. Roy , Janice M. Schneider , Brian McCall , and Julie Miles. In the first half of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has moved swiftly toward the first offshore wind lease sales in California , currently anticipated to occur in the fall.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

Jupiter today announced a new collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG)that will bring enhanced data sources and analytics to accelerate project delivery and enhance customized insights for BCG’s public and private sector clients. The post Jupiter Collaborates with Boston Consulting Group as Demand for ESG Disclosure Rapidly Grows appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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JUNE 15, 2022

Just when we environmental old-timers were just getting used to talk about PFAS concentrations in the low parts per trillion range, EPA has moved us squarely into uncharted territory. EPA has released new, interim, lifetime drinking water health advisories of 4 parts per quadrillion for PFOA and 20 parts per quadrillion for PFOS. I’ll just note a couple of points: .

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 14, 2022

Co-author Brittany Blakey. Recall our recent post on Carl v. Hilcorp Energy Company from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas discussing the lessee’s royalty obligations on gas used off the premises in a market-value lease. See now, Fitzgerald v. Apache Corporation : Different judge ; same district; similar facts, lease provisions, and contentions; same skunk at the royalty owner’s garden party; semi-similar reasoning.

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New Scientist

JUNE 17, 2022

In an approximate 11-year cycle, the sun blasts out charged particles and magnetised plasma that can distort Earth’s magnetic field, which may disrupt our body clock and ultimately affect the heart

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

Aramark will serve more meals with ingredients that have a low carbon footprint in an effort to reduce emissions. The post Aramark Plans to Reduce Emissions of Food it Serves: Here’s How appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Physics World

JUNE 16, 2022

The first practical demonstrators of quantum computers have fuelled speculation about the future impact this emerging technology will have for both scientific discovery and commercial exploitation. Large-scale machines that can correct for the errors in quantum systems certainly have the potential to disrupt business models and drive innovation, but such fault-tolerant quantum computers are not likely to be realized at scale for at least another decade.

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Frontiers

JUNE 17, 2022

By Conn Hasting, science writer. Colorful virtual reality cityscape. Image credit: A. Batistatou, F. Vandeville, and Y.N. Delevoye-Turrell. Urban environments can be drab and stressful, but introducing vegetation or colorful designs could improve the wellbeing of city dwellers. A new study investigated the potential of these simple interventions using a virtual reality simulation.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 16, 2022

Here at Ocean Conservancy, we think that all marine wildlife rock. But there’s one animal in particular that I’ve been a superfan of ever since I laid eyes on it: the guitarfish. The name “guitarfish” applies to all rays in the family Rhinobatidae, which is a combination of Latin and Greek words for “nose” and “ray”. Although these rays do look similar to stereotypical rays, they swim with their tails like sharks instead of flapping their fins to move like other rays.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 17, 2022

With the growing focus on sustainability, financial institutions face these two risks as they attempt to make successful economic transitions. The post Central Banks Face Net-Zero Transition Risks appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Physics World

JUNE 17, 2022

Around the world from Kyoto to Washington DC, people enjoy the blossoming of cherry trees as a rite of spring. In some places – notably Japan and South Korea – blossom festivals are vital for local economies, so it is important that organizers get their timings right. There has always been some year-to-year variation as to when peak blossoming occurs, but in 2021 it happened in Kyoto on 26 March 2021 – the earliest it has ever been since records began over 1200 years ago.

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The Applied Ecologist

JUNE 16, 2022

In their new article, Connor et al. discuss how prescribed forest burning that uses Karuk traditional ecological knowledge can have significant benefits for elk habitat. In a Northern California landscape increasingly plagued by severe wildfire, cultural burning, prescribed fire and forest management principles put into practice for generations by Karuk Tribal members are being brought back to restore fire adapted landscapes.

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Breezometer

JUNE 13, 2022

Sick Building Syndrome impacts the health, wellness, and productivity of many building occupants across the world. But why is diagnosing this sickness so difficult? In this piece, we explore Sick Building Syndrome in more detail and consider how new forms of environmental intelligence can help providers of commercial indoor treatment solutions ensure they meet health regulations and demands for safety indoors.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 16, 2022

A tool for businesses can provide a framework for net-zero transitions and successes. The post Net-Zero Business Success Requires Stated Strategy, Says Report appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Physics World

JUNE 14, 2022

Quantum effects play a hitherto unexpected role in creating instabilities in DNA – the so-called “molecule of life” that provides instructions for cellular processes in all living organisms. This conclusion, based on work by researchers at the University of Surrey in the UK, goes against long-held beliefs that quantum behaviour is not relevant in the wet, warm environment of cells, and could have far-reaching consequences for models of genetic mutation.

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Frontiers

JUNE 14, 2022

By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, science writer. Image credit: DeeAnn Cranston / Shutterstock.com. An underwater survey finds the abundance and types of animals on the deep-sea floor west of Africa, off the Angolan coast, increased in response to the installation of an underwater pipeline. This is thought to be related to the pipeline providing shelter and trapping organic matter that the animals feed on.

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Inside Climate News

JUNE 16, 2022

The New England Journal of Medicine kicks off a series of articles Thursday with an examination of the effects of air pollution on children’s health. By Victoria St. Martin For years, research journals devoted to the earth sciences have warned of the dire consequences that could result from global warming and pollution going unchecked.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 15, 2022

Eighty-six percent of businesses across the Asia Pacific region say their companies are actively considering sustainability when managing corporate travel. The post Senior Leadership Drives Shift to Sustainable Business Travel, Study Shows appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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