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Indigenous Lands Among the Amazon's Last Carbon Sinks

Yale E360

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 →.

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Verizon Signs PPA for 410MW of Renewable Energy Capacity

Environment + Energy Leader

As part of its commitment to procuring renewable energy, Verizon has signed four new long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for up to 410MW of renewable energy capacity. The post Verizon Signs PPA for 410MW of Renewable Energy Capacity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Federal Government Advances Big Water Projects

Circle of Blue

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.

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Confronting the Climate Crisis with Scientist Activism: the Essential Role of Rule Breakers

Union of Concerned Scientists

Our society generally agrees that in times of crisis, rules may have to be broken for vital causes by those willing to risk the consequences. But what of the climate crisis? What rules should scientists be breaking, repercussions be damned, to help solve it? How should the keepers of dire knowledge behave when the whole world is careening toward outcomes they can foresee and from which the world will not recover?

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Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

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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In Europe’s Clean Energy Transition, Industry Turns to Heat Pumps

Yale E360

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.

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Philadelphia Eagles Announce Partnership with SEPTA

Environment + Energy Leader

Philadelphia residents and visitors will notice the Eagles Go Green-wrapped SEPTA buses around the region, which will feature educational messaging about sustainability and reducing your carbon footprint. The post Philadelphia Eagles Announce Partnership with SEPTA appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

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

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Dust from Wind Storms Masking Full Effect of Warming, Study Finds

Yale E360

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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Iberdrola Goes Big on Renewables — Even Wind Energy Where It Dominates

Environment + Energy Leader

Iberdrola aims to be carbon-neutral by 2040 in all areas of its operations: Scopes 1,2, and 3. The post Iberdrola Goes Big on Renewables — Even Wind Energy Where It Dominates appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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The Emergence of the Environmental Justice Movement

Legal Planet

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.

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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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What’s Up With Water – January 17, 2023

Circle of Blue

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.

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Texas NPRI Not Diminished by Pooling Ratification

Energy & the Law

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.

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Minnesota Installs New Community Solar Garden in Makato

Environment + Energy Leader

A 1.2-megawatt solar array will be built this year in Minnesota near the intersection of Blue Earth County Road 69 and Highway 169/60 southwest of the city, with subscriptions available to those living in apartments, mobile home park occupants, and individuals with low credit scores. The post Minnesota Installs New Community Solar Garden in Makato appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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DATA & $MART AGRICULTURE

Cleannovate

I sat down to rest that afternoon. I was in a park. And I just couldn’t help notice some exotic … More.

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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The Stream, January 18, 2023: The Killing of Two Water Defenders in Honduras Prompts Calls for Justice

Circle of Blue

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.

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Climate Misinformation Has Proliferated on Twitter Since Musk's Takeover

Yale E360

Misleading posts about climate change have flourished on Twitter since Elon Musk took charge of the company in October, according to a new report.

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ACE Green Recycling and Tabono Investments Sign Partnership to Promote Circularity

Environment + Energy Leader

The joint venture will develop and run both recycling facilities as greenfield projects. Under the new structure, ACE will own 51% of the recycling facilities and Tabono will own 49%. The post ACE Green Recycling and Tabono Investments Sign Partnership to Promote Circularity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Flooding soon in a basement near you: the impacts of weakening wetland protection in Ontario

Enviromental Defense

This is a guest blog by Brendon Samuels. Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . The regulations accompanying many recent changes included in Bill 23 have yet to take effect. When they do, the province’s parallel decision to weaken the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (OWES) will have widespread implications.

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THE ELECTRIC GREENHOU$E

Cleannovate

Greenhouses… They’re designed to be controlled environments where we grow our crops.

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DCNR Opens Application Period For New Round Of Conservation & Recreation Grants

PA Environment Daily

On January 17, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources opened a new application period for the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program. The deadline for applications is April 5. The grant programs opening include-- Community Recreation & Conservation Planning; Community & Watershed Forestry; Land Acquisition & Conservation; Motorized Trails; Non-Motorized Trails; Park Rehabilitation & Development; and State & Regional Partnerships.

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Utility and Energy Analytics Market Expected to Reach $9.8B by 2032

Environment + Energy Leader

During the projected period, North America is anticipated to hold a market share of 27.6% due to the presence of several utility analytics companies and industries in the region. The post Utility and Energy Analytics Market Expected to Reach $9.8B by 2032 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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One of the World’s Coldest Places Is Now the Warmest it’s Been in 1,000 Years, Scientists Say

Inside Climate News

Ice in Greenland, one of the planet's refrigerators, is defrosting, leading to melting events that could raise sea levels 20 inches by the end of the century. By Bob Berwyn Global warming is spiking in one of the world’s coldest places, atop the 2-mile thick ice sheet in central Greenland, where new research shows that the first decade of the 2000s was clearly the warmest 10 years on record in at least 1,000 years.

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Microalgae could be the future of sustainable superfood in a rapidly changing world, study finds

Frontiers

By Peter Rejcek, science writer The global population recently hit eight billion people. Yet climate change and human environmental impacts threaten our long-term food security. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, recently published a scientific review demonstrating that microalgae and other microscopic, plant-like organisms could help feed the world’s growing population more sustainably than current agricultural systems.

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DEP Posted 34 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 21 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the January 21 PA Bulletin -- -- The Environmental Quality Board published final regulations in the January 21 PA Bulletin setting Volatile Organic Compound RACT Requirements For Shipbuilding, Ship Repair Surface Coatings, Large Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facility and Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry Processes to meet federal Air Pollution Standards. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 21

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Verdane, Equinor and Södra Announce Joint Initiative to Remove and Permanently Store Biogenic Carbon Emissions

Environment + Energy Leader

Verdane, Equinor, and Södra announce Njord Carbon, an international initiative aiming to sustainably remove and permanently store biogenic carbon emissions. . The post Verdane, Equinor and Södra Announce Joint Initiative to Remove and Permanently Store Biogenic Carbon Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Vagus nerve receptors may be key to controlling inflammation

New Scientist

Researchers identified receptors in the vagus nerves of mice that help control inflammation, which could improve treatments for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis where the pathway may malfunction

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Our toilets can yield excellent alternatives for widespread polluting fertilizers

Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer. Scientists show that the yield of cabbages grown on soils supplied with two modern nitrified urine fertilizers recycled from human urine is approximately equal to the yield when soils are fertilized with commercial vinasse. The exclusive use of compost recycled from human feces gave a slightly lower yield, but such compost is expected to give extra carbon to soils when combined with nitrified urine fertilizers.

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DEP: Drought Watch Lifted For All Counties, Hydrologic Conditions Normal Statewide

PA Environment Daily

On January 20, the Department of Environmental Protection announced after a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force that drought watch has been lifted for five counties and hydrologic conditions are normal statewide. Drought watch has been lifted for Carbon, Luzerne, Northampton, Potter, and Schuylkill counties. Palmerton Municipal Water Authority in Carbon County remains on voluntary restrictions, but groundwater indicators for that county have returned to normal and precipitation has be

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Meet the Honorees: Jeff Bishop, CEO, Key Capture Energy

Environment + Energy Leader

Any time a company triples in size, internal systems/processes/structures break, so much of my time is spent making sure we have the right team, procedures, and systems in place for the next ~150 in employee growth. The post Meet the Honorees: Jeff Bishop, CEO, Key Capture Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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What an Endless Conversation with Werner Herzog Can Teach Us about AI

Scientific American

An AI-generated conversation between Werner Herzog and Slavoj Žižek is definitely entertaining, but it also illustrates the crisis of misinformation beginning to befall us.

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The Conundrum of Managed Retreat

Acoel

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

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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 14 to 20

PA Environment Daily

From January 14 to 20, DEP’s Compliance Reporting Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 333 inspections reports that resulted in reporting 26 violations of environmental regulations-- 4 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 12 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. So far this year-- as of January 13 -- DEP issued 130 formal notices of violation to conventional operators and 39 to unconventional shale gas operators.

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Verdane, Equinor and Södra Announce Joint Initiative to Remove and Permanently Store Biogenic Carbon Emissions

Environment + Energy Leader

Verdane, Equinor, and Södra announce Njord Carbon, an international initiative aiming to sustainably remove and permanently store biogenic carbon emissions. . The post Verdane, Equinor and Södra Announce Joint Initiative to Remove and Permanently Store Biogenic Carbon Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation

A Greener Life

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.