Yale E360
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The deadly chytrid fungus has wiped out as many as 90 species of amphibians. Now researchers from Australia to California are exploring a host of ways to save threatened frog populations — from relocation to safer habitats to reintroducing frogs treated with a sort of vaccine.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
As recent scholarship has shown , the Supreme Court has been increasingly aggressive in countering exercises of presidential power. From the environmental perspective, West Virginia v. EPA is the most relevant example of the Court’s efforts to cut the presidency down to size. True, the Court purported to be chastising EPA, part of the bureaucracy. Yet everyone. including the Justices, knew that the EPA was implementing presidential policy under the close supervision of the White House.
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Yale E360
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is testing ways to use improved weather forecasts to manage some of the nation’s largest dams to store more water and prevent floods. This new approach could help officials respond to new precipitation patterns brought on by climate change.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Last spring, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) , which operates the electricity grid serving 45 million people across the central United States, found o ut it was at a higher risk of power outages than it believed. The result, as I explain below, was skyrocketing electricity bills for thousands of people. To avoid similar outcomes in the future, MISO and its stakeholder community went into problem-solving mode.
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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
As the world becomes more aware of the environmental impact of fossil fuels, there has been an increasing interest in sustainable transportation options. One of the most promising developments in this field is the use of solar panel cars. The post Solar Panel Cars: The Future of Sustainable Transportation? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Huntington Beach: No Middle-Class Please After patiently requesting, begging, insisting, pleading, and incentivizing local governments to plan for more affordable housing, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, armed with new powers from the state legislature, has had enough. It is cracking down on local governments that simply refuse to do their fair share in alleviating the state’s housing crisis.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Critics of wind and solar routinely raise concerns about how much land would be required to decarbonize the US power sector. Fortunately, the answer is relatively little. A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
As the world becomes more aware of the environmental impact of fossil fuels, there has been an increasing interest in sustainable transportation options. One of the most promising developments in this field is the use of solar panel cars. The post Solar Panel Cars: The Future of Sustainable Transportation? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
In a recent column , Paul Krugman argued that cutting carbon emissions doesn’t have to mean an end to economic growth. He’s right about that. Carbon emissions and growth aren’t joined at the hip. He could have added that economic growth and quality of life don’t necessarily go together. The numbers are really clear about the disconnect between the trajectories of GDP and emissions.
Law and Environment
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Earlier this month, United States District Court Judge Stephen Wilson held that NL Industries was not liable under CERCLA for air emissions of lead because such emissions did not constitute “disposal” within the meaning of CERCLA. I’m going to give Judge Wilson a pass, both because there was an arguably binding 9 th Circuit precedent and because of CERCLA’s general incomprehensibility.
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
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The world’s biggest fossil fuel companies recently released their 2022 earnings reports, revealing record-breaking profits last year; just five companies–ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, and TotalEnergies–reported a total of nearly $200 billion in profits. At the same time, the world is incurring record losses due to extreme weather events.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
McKesson Europe aims to be carbon neutral by 2030, while McKesson Corporation set in 2021 a science-based target initiative to keep temperature increases in check and aligned with the Paris climate agreement. The post McKesson Corporation Tackles Climate Change by Increasing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Although I’m a newbie at the Emmett Institute, I have been working on geoengineering for a decade now. I have heard countless arguments over whether and how solar geoengineering could be useful in the struggle to manage climate change. I have seen deeply misleading claims by both its supporters and detractors, many trying to coopt the issues and victims of climate injustice to their case.
Yale E360
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
UN members are meeting in New York this week to forge a treaty to conserve marine life in international waters.
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
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
I love living in Maryland. We’re living in a historical moment, and I can’t help but do a lil’ happy dance around the possibilities of the new administration and the groundwork laid by the Climate Solutions Now Act which set some of the most ambitious climate targets in the country. Amid all this I’m grateful that part of my job is to spend my time advocating for how it can make these goals a reality—to transform the way we move people and goods towards a sustainable and equitable future.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The facility will also support the continued integration of renewable energy assets on California’s electric grid, a key component of the state’s decarbonization goals. The post Wärtsilä Completes 125MW LeConte Energy Storage Project in California appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Nearly two years after filing an outrageous lawsuit against the federal government, Big Plastic is getting its day in court. The industry is trying to stop much-needed federal regulation of plastics, and we’ll be there to greet them. On March 7, Canada’s biggest plastic producers are taking over a Toronto courtroom in a desperate effort to convince a judge that plastic pollution is not the threat to the environment, wildlife and human health that we all know it is.
Scientific American
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Pregnant people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit or die than those who are uninfected, but vaccination significantly reduces the risk
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
While a record-setting Arctic cold blast gripped the US, a record-setting heat wave has enveloped parts of South America for much of the last few months. When we are in the midst of brutal winter storms in the Northern Hemisphere, it can be easy to forget that it’s summer in the Southern Hemisphere. And just like summertime in the US, this period (December, January, and February) has transformed into a “ danger season ” as a result of climate change, replete with deadly heatwaves, drought, and w
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
French renewables developer Total Eren has acquired one of Honduras’ largest wind farms, signing a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Central American country’s national utility. The post French Renewable Developer Signs 25-Year PPA appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
The Saimaa ringed seal of southern Finland is among the most endangered seals on Earth. But despite its small numbers, this population boasts a surprising degree of genetic diversity, thanks to the labyrinthine shape of its home along Lake Saimaa, a new study finds.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Last fall brought a whirlwind onslaught of legal, regulatory and policy attacks on the Greenbelt, wetlands, forests Conservation Authorities, renters, property taxpayers and good planning by the Ontario government. Most of these attacks were done without the completion of required public consultation and excluded and ignored the input and views of the people, businesses and communities who will suffer the short- and long-term consequences.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Over the years, the Maine Fishermen’s Forum has been an important event for me; I go to listen and engage with different stakeholders of the Gulf of Maine. The 2020 Maine Fishermen’s Forum was the last conference I and many others attended before the pandemic shutdown. It was the first weekend in March, and I recall people even then were unsure of offering a handshake or a fist bump.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Currently, the company has around 150 hectares established in Southern Portugal to grow bamboo, which will then be sold as a low-footprint material for use across the textile, paper, construction, composite, and food sectors. The post Hive Energy Acquires Bamboo Plantation for Sustainable Packaging appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
After nearly one year, Russia's invasion has inflicted more than $51 billion in environmental damage on Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian environment ministry.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The Ninth Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.on Tuesday, March 14 at Lehigh University’s STEPS Building, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem. The conference serves as a forum that brings together community watershed organizations, municipal officials, educators, students, scientists, technical experts, natural resource agency staff, industry representatives, and the public to discuss effective ways to improve and protect land and water resources throughout the
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
On the eve of the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there’s been a lot of stock-taking. News outlets are tallying up the casualties and the dead, the cities and regions under attack, the ground gained and lost. Undergirding these grim statistics is the terrifying threat, always present, that if the conflict escalates, Russia might use its nuclear weapons.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The company's new sustainability plan, called "People and Planet Positive," outlines a number of initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of IKEA's operations, including a focus on more plant-based food options in its restaurants. The post IKEA Plans to Remove Dairy from Menus by 2030 in Pursuit of Climate-Positive Goal appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Earth 911
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Sea level rise due to melting glaciers on Greenland and in the Arctic and Antarctic. The post Earth911 Podcast: Oceanographer John Englander Shares a 2023 Sea Level Rise Update appeared first on Earth911.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Did you hear about the recent leak from Imperial Oil’s tailings “pond” in Alberta? Over 5.3 million litres of toxic wastewater spilled into the environment – enough to fill two Olympic-sized swimming pools. This leak adds to the evidence that oil production in Canada’s tar sands is unsafe and harms biodiversity and downstream Indigenous communities.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Drilling Alliance , Lycoming County This guest essay was originally published in the Erie Times on February 24, 2023 -- A recent report in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette on a meeting between its editorial board and State Senator Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Chairman of the Pennsylvania Senate’s Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, left no doubt about Yaw’s position on the energy transition underway in our nation and the world.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
On Feb. 23, Bridgestone announced significant progress in its efforts to incorporate more sustainable and bio-circular materials into the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. The post IndyCar Goes Green with Bridgestone’s Sustainable Firehawk Race Tires appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Frontiers
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Lewis Latimer in 1882 As the son of freed slaves in pre-Civil War America , Lewis Latimer had little opportunity for education and advancement. Yet by the end of his 80-year life he held eight important U.S. patents, including one for improved light-bulb manufacture, and had his own laboratory and consultancy in Queens, New York. Since February is Black History Month in the United States, it is a good time for FYM to illuminate (pardon the expression) the life of this pioneering engineer.
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