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).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

At UCS, we think Elsevier can do better. If you are not a scientist, I hope this piece inspires you to look under the hood when companies make claims about their commitment to climate change that seem too good to be true. Publicly, Elsevier claims to be committed to a clean energy future.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Being on the ground in Dubai this year as part of the UCLA Emmett Institute delegation, I attended multiple talks geared toward agriculture. Here, I will focus on soil, particularly on regenerative practices that many small farms have adopted worldwide over time and have become part of the solution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Black scientists paved the way for me to be able to become a scientist, and have inspired me to work towards creating a more inclusive space for all of us. How can we communicate this risk in a way that most people who don’t read scientific jargon for a living can digest it?

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NAEP Leadership Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

NAEP has a podcast and I love it. Environmental Professionals Radio (EPR) is out now, wherever you get your podcasts (please subscribe!). Full disclosure, I am one of the hosts and therefore biased, but I honestly can’t help but smile when I click the Zoom link and start talking to my new friend and co-host, Laura Thorne.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite government claims that Highway 413 will reduce congestion and help people living in the GHTA, it is nothing more than an expensive perpetuation of 1950s transportation thinking to benefit well-connected developer friends of the Premier. Building more highways does not reduce traffic, and Highway 413 is no exception to that.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

If you live, work, or learn near any of these facilities, you probably have a long list of questions about the chemical, about EPA’s intended actions to require emission reductions, and about how you can get involved to advocate for health-protective decisions. What is ethylene oxide and how is it used?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2022

When I think about summer, I think of the carefree days I spent playing kickball, kick-the-can, and tag with the kids in my neighborhood. Just last week I went without electricity and air conditioning for over 8 hours on a day when the heat index reached over 105°F. I was sweating just sitting on my couch.

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HumanNature

MARCH 27, 2024

Plastic ware and compostable containers, items that could be repurposed, fill the trash cans in buildings across campus. Students who work on making campus more eco-friendly have seen this firsthand. Bits and pieces of trash lay near the gutters nearby. Waste, an unavoidable part of life, is everywhere.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

On April 9, the Moms Clean Air Force said EPA announced the final version of the New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In 2006, Berkeley Law Professor Joe Sax —widely recognized as one of the founders of the field of Environmental Law—introduced Justice Hobbs as, “beyond dispute, one of the most knowledgeable and most accomplished experts on water law anywhere in the United States.” I was lucky enough to be one of them. . I attended on a whim.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

cranks its air conditioners to get through historic high temperatures , the need for energy that slows, not hastens, climate change is more apparent than ever. Note: “Natural gas” is an industry misnomer; UCS considers methane, fossil gas, and gas to be much more appropriate terms. And now, as the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

Army Corps of Engineers, he was based in the Baltimore District and worked on Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration projects, flood risk management, navigation and water supply. He also spent 16 years as a national and international environmental consultant, including work in Africa. How Clean Is Your Stream?

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Changes to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) Like many other communities in rural Ontario, Lanark Highlands has been caught off guard by the Ontario government’s dramatic announcement of changes to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA). How will this new legislation weaken environmental protection?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On October 17, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held an informational briefing on Project Canary , a company that measures, analyzes and reports on methane emissions from natural gas production and distribution infrastructure. And the goal here is to really drive down emissions across the entire energy supply chain. “So

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 18, 2024

April is Earth Month, a time when many are considering how they can make changes to their homes and their lives to be more sustainable. When Academy of Natural Sciences members Chris and Alysia Fostek saw that their first energy bill for their then-new home was more than $500, they knew there had to be a better, greener way.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MAY 9, 2022

Lately, there has been a lot of talk all over the world about the birds and the bees — that is, how they are impacted by the environmentally devastating effects of climate change and how humans play a role in this process. LC : Jeremy and I were excited to work on a collaborative project together.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

She lists several ways every person can contribute to a thriving planet. She lists several ways every person can contribute to a thriving planet. When I worked primarily within grassroots organizations, we found it difficult to afford these opportunities, as time, money, capacity and access were limited.

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Water Research & Technology

JUNE 13, 2023

Jeseth Delgado Vela, PhD is Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Howard University. She received her PhD and master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. In Fall 2023, she will join the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2024

PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues. Comitta, Sen. Santarsiero, Rep. Otten, Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2022

Walt was involved in nonprofit environmental organizations both in his professional and personal life. The special showed Pomeroy’s fellow students jumping up and down on the non-aluminum cans they’d collected in the cleanup, making them easier to return to the manufacturer with a message that it should switch to recyclable materials.

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Frontiers

JUNE 12, 2023

In honor of both SDG 14 and World Ocean Day this month, I spoke to Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai, principal consultant and research scientist at Talanoa Consulting. Sangeeta has a PhD in coral reef ecology with 25 years’ worth of experience working on environmental issues. Can you tell us a little about your background and career?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program as Clean Water Champions. Yaw and Bisland were honored at the annual Choose Clean Water Conference in Harrisburg, with more than 250 clean water advocates represented throughout the Chesapeake Bay region in attendance. On May 23, the Choose Clean Water Coalition honored Sen.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2023

How would you feel if I told you that the Ontario government is going to blow another $4 billion on another environmentally destructive and indefensible act? A scandal in the making Actually, how do you feel is a better question – because I’m not speaking hypothetically. Tell the province, no more gas!

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

GC26 aims to highlight the urgency of addressing adverse impacts on children’s rights from environmental degradation while fostering a holistic understanding of these rights and providing authoritative guidance to states on measures to counter environmental harm, especially in the context of climate change. Background Sacchi et al.

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Frontiers

JULY 12, 2021

We discuss the inspiring programmes she has built in India to manage human-wildlife conflict, motherhood, and how her team is contributing to Covid-relief in rural India. I run the Centre for Wildlife Studies, which is a 37-year-old Indian conservation NGO. I also had an extraordinary grandfather who was very well-known in India.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

In a telling moment during a 2021 congressional hearing, top oil and gas company executives refused to tell API’s president to stop opposing climate and environmental policies the corporations claim to support. They enable us to strengthen our balance sheet and high grade or diversify our portfolio.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Though they pay the water bill each month, what comes out of the taps is laced with a chemical that California admits could make the family of four more likely to develop cancer. In Fuller Acres, community members and advocates said water officials should be doing more to warn people about the presence of 1,2,3-TCP.

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Water Research & Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Xiao Su is an Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and an Affiliate of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. How has your research evolved from your first article to this most recent article?

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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. His remark has remained with me ever since. Sea levels are rising.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 18, 2021

The report is the most comprehensive to-date from the international panel of scientists who work on climate change – and shows just how crucial the next couple years are for climate action. Watching the new this summer, we can see the impacts unfolding in the headline: fires, flooding, impacts on farming, These have been hard weeks.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The winners were recognized for their conservation and Environmental Justice work in under-represented communities. More to be announced from PFA.] [More to be announced from PFA.] Read more here. Baker is a private forest landowner in Bradford County and serves on the PFA board of directors.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

Read more here. “I I represent Bryan and Ryan Latkanich who are in Washington County, who lived next to Chevron's [well pad drilling] operations for roughly a decade,” said Johnson. In another case, she represents Liberty Township and the Citizens Environmental Association of Slippery Rock Area, Inc. Read more here.

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Water Research & Technology

JUNE 2, 2023

Kyoung-Yeol Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental & Sustainable Engineering at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY). in Environmental Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST, South Korea) in 2014. He received his Ph.D.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 15, 2021

People usually ask me how I got into science—I went into undergrad with a pre-med track thinking I’d be a pediatrician; but I realized it wasn’t for me and I changed what I was doing. So I went to Costa Rica, and we were on this boat collecting samples, doing experiments, and it was really fun.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We were cutting huge tulip trees and skidding them down the hill looking out at Lake Erie, and I remember thinking 'I have died and gone to heaven!'" Wendell was surprised I was working a mule with a horse," muses Ray. Mules have more stamina and are stronger, but I don't care for their personality as much.

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Eco Coach

APRIL 14, 2021

It can be a challenge to inspire your colleagues to go green at work, which is why I have dedicated five posts to this topic and truly, I could write a book on the subject. In the first of this blog post series, I addressed the importance of leading by example. What action do I want my colleagues to take?

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