Yale E360
JANUARY 17, 2023
Parts of the Amazon managed by Indigenous people removed more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they released, while areas not managed by Indigenous people saw widespread deforestation, producing more carbon dioxide than they removed, a report finds. Read more on E360 →.
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 20, 2023
Minnesota's transition to clean electricity cleared its first hurdle at the state Capitol on Wednesday. If the bill makes it into law, all electricity generated by the state's utilities would have to be carbon-free by 2040. The post Minnesota’s Carbon-Free Electricity Bill Clears Initial Hurdle appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 20, 2023
New research by Geoffrey Supran, Stefan Rahmstorf, and Naomi Oreskes published in Science looks at the climate projections from ExxonMobil’s internal scientific research and compares them to the observed temperature rise and to previous work analyzing the company’s deceptive statements on climate science. This research, which immediately sparked conversations and renewed calls for corporate accountability, is particularly fascinating because it combines climate modeling, interdisciplinary archiv
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 17, 2023
Transcript Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” – your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. A new report says that the world’s dams are filling up – but not in a good way. Rivers are depositing sediment into the reservoirs behind dams, reducing their capacity to hold water. Researchers affiliated with the United Nations calculated how much storage might be lost in the next three decades at the world’s 50,000 large dams.
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.
Yale E360
JANUARY 20, 2023
Misleading posts about climate change have flourished on Twitter since Elon Musk took charge of the company in October, according to a new report.
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 20, 2023
Over the next three years, four US PVC resin manufacturers will provide up to $1 million in funding per year. The post Vinyl Institute Announces PVC Recycling Grant Program appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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Legal Planet
JANUARY 19, 2023
When it struck down Obama’s signature climate regulation in West Virginia v. EPA , the Supreme Court formally adopted the major questions doctrine as a way to synthesize prior anti-regulatory rulings. The major questions doctrine (MQD to insiders) has gotten a lot of attention. One thing that’s been overlooked, however, is that there are two versions of the doctrine, one in Roberts’s majority opinion and one in Gorsuch’s concurrence.
Cleannovate
JANUARY 19, 2023
Greenhouses… They’re designed to be controlled environments where we grow our crops.
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 20, 2023
The year-long project is a collaboration with the Snohomish Public Utility District (PUD) and the Tulalip Tribes, a sovereign nation working to reach energy independence. The post WSU Students Install Microgrid on Nearby Reservation appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
JANUARY 19, 2023
With gas prices soaring due to the Ukraine war and the EU’s push to cut emissions, European industries are increasingly switching to high-temperature, high-efficiency heat pumps. Combined with the boom in residential use, the EU is now hoping for a heat pump revolution.
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
JANUARY 18, 2023
In case you missed it, there was a firestorm last week in Washington over gas stoves. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. ignited the controversy last Monday when he said his agency, which regulates dangerous household products, should consider banning gas stoves because of the threat they pose to public health and the environment.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 18, 2023
Mourners hold a vigil outside the Organization of American States for Berta Cáceres, who was murdered in Honduras on March 3, 2016 for opposing a dam project. Photo courtesy Daniel Cima / Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos via Flickr Creative Commons. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Two water defenders, protesting an open-pit iron oxide mine in Carlos Escaleras National Park, are killed in Honduras.
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 20, 2023
Teva's financing strategy incorporates the Scope 1 and 2 targets as part of the Firm's $5 billion sustainability-linked bond The post SBTi Approves Teva’s Emission Reduction Targets appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Yale E360
JANUARY 18, 2023
The amount of dust generated by desert windstorms has grown markedly since the mid-19th century, helping to curb the global rise in temperature, new research shows. Read more on E360 →.
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Cleannovate
JANUARY 17, 2023
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Circle of Blue
JANUARY 17, 2023
Congress focuses on flood protection and disaster recovery. Congress and federal agencies took action on several Mississippi River projects in major legislation that was passed during the winter holidays. Photo © J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – January 17, 2023. While much of the country was relaxing over the winter holidays, federal lawmakers remained busy.
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 20, 2023
Bringing together leaders from businesses of all sizes and industries to drive the transition to a more sustainable economy and business activities, the SMI connects private sector leaders and teams around the world. The post Sustainable Markets Initiative Publishes 2022 Impact Report appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 16, 2023
Dr. King died in 1968, and the Civil Rights Movement had already been a powerful national presence for well over a decade. Yet it was fourteen more years until environmental justice entered the national spotlight. Environmental justice issues first received widespread attention in 1982 when protests erupted over the construction of a new waste disposal facility in a black community in North Carolina.
Energy & the Law
JANUARY 18, 2023
Co-author Brittany Blakey. The takeaway from Hahn v. ConocoPhillips Company is that in Texas a NPRI holder may not diminish his rights by ratifying pooling of an oil and gas lease unless there are provisions explicitly purporting to do so. Kenneth and brother George each owned ½ of the surface estate of a tract and ¼ of the mineral estate. Siblings and Charles owned the rest.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 16, 2023
The Rundown. A factory fire in Illinois could disrupt the national supply chain for water-treatment chemicals , the EPA says. The EPA announces $100 million in environmental justice grants. A report in a CDC journal describes the ongoing cholera outbreak in Haiti. The EPA tentatively rules that discarded PVC is not a hazardous waste. And lastly, the Interior Department establishes an office to oversee cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells.
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 20, 2023
Alstom aims to cut its CO2 emissions from Scope 1 & 2 by improving energy intensity, developing on-site green electricity production, and supplying all sites with renewable sources. The company’s net-zero targets will “gradually be expanded” to cover its supply chain or Scope 3 emissions. The post Alstom Is A Pacesetter In Transport Markets, Using Low-Carbon Options appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
A Greener Life
JANUARY 20, 2023
A coal mine in Tenggarong, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo credit: Afriadi Hikmal / Alamy. By Caroline Bulolo Experts call for stronger land use planning as the extent of Indonesian forest loss is revealed. Between 2000 and 2019, Indonesia lost more forest to mining than any other tropical country, with coal extraction the main driver, the first ever biome-wide assessment has found.
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 20, 2023
U.S. EPA is soliciting public comment and recommendations on the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECIs) for fiscal years 2024-2027 (formerly called National Compliance Initiatives).
SPR Law
JANUARY 20, 2023
On January 12, 2023, Justice Ingrid Joseph, New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, dismissed a petition seeking to halt a residential development in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. In Sterling Place BK-NY Block Association Inc., et al. v. City of New York, et al. (Kings County Index No. 510458/2022), petitioners—neighbors of the development—challenged the New York… The post Challenge to Landmarks Preservation Commission Approval of Brooklyn Development Dismissed appeared first on Sive Paget
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 19, 2023
Verbund’s technological capabilities combined with ACWA Power’s green hydrogen knowledge will help ensure that the MOU’s objectives, terms, and goals are met moving forward. The post ACWA Power Explores Green Hydrogen Potential in the Middle East appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Acoel
JANUARY 20, 2023
Posted on January 20, 2023 by Elizabeth Andrews Photo credit: Derek Loftis, VIMS Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double… (The Clash) In the climate change resilience space, there is much talk of Managed Retreat – the concept that some areas will be so inundated with recurrent flooding from sea level rise, increasingly severe storm events, and outdated stormwater infrastructure, that they will need to be abandoned; so we need to plan ahead
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 20, 2023
On January 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $50 million in grant funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help states, Tribes and territories develop and implement Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI programs.
Reflections of the Natural World
JANUARY 20, 2023
I will be posting one image a day from my Yucatan Birds Gallery. I decided to try and present an extra-wide format (21×9) to show more of the habitat surrounding each bird.
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 19, 2023
The EU anticipates positive changes in circularity, resource efficiency, and zero pollution goals as a result of this new law. The post EU Bans Exports of Plastic Waste to Non-OECD Countries appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Inside Climate News
JANUARY 20, 2023
Lithium led Tiehm’s buckwheat to evolve on a 10-acre plot in Nevada. Now the flower is threatened both by a mine for the metal that’s critical for the energy transition and grazing cattle. By Wyatt Myskow For over three years, Patrick Donnelly has visited the Silver Peak Range of Nevada nearly every month to check on Tiehm’s buckwheat —a small wildflower with yellow pom-poms extending above a leafy base that grows on just 10 acres of public land.
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 20, 2023
On January 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15), which lays out how the Agency will work to protect the nation’s waterways by following the science and the Clean Water Act to develop technology-based pollution limits and studies on wastewater discharges from industrial sources.
National Law Center
JANUARY 19, 2023
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a new guidance document regarding the agency’s authority to consider the cumulative. The post EPA Releases New Environmental Justice Guidance Document appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 19, 2023
The formalized NEBA-CA framework will be published by the Frontiers in Marine Science Journal in early 2023. The post SME Profile: Joe Nicolette, VP, Ecosystem Service Economics Montrose, Environmental Group appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Capaccio
JANUARY 19, 2023
The USEPA Remediation General Permit that provided National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) coverage for site remediation discharge activities expired on April 8, 2022. Discharges that were authorized under this permit were administratively continued until issuance of the new permit. This new permit, which also incorporated dewatering activities, became effective on August 2, 2022 (August 31, 2022 in Massachusetts).
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