Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The good news is that physicists have a vital part to play, being good at deconstructing problems into their essential elements and speeding up the development of solutions. And this is where physicists can help by building a more complete understanding of how global warming triggers localized outbreaks of extreme heat.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

Plus, Circle of Blue reports on the enduring allure of big water supply pipelines in the drying American West. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” – your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. In Australia, a scathing new government report shows profound environmental deterioration over the past five years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

It could look like large-scale storage projects using batteries or compressed air in underground salt caverns, smaller-scale projects in warehouses and commercial buildings, or batteries at home and in electric vehicles. Existing supply chains are vulnerable and must be strengthened.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Photo by Liu Xin/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images) By C. Last August, in an amalgamation of ‘The Green New Deal’ meets ‘Build Back Better’, President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act gifted the renewables industry with billions of dollars worth of taxpayer-funded subsidies.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 24, 2023

The demand for critical minerals — lithium, cobalt and nickel and others — is surging to build millions of EV batteries. But this does not mean we can dismiss the potential impacts of new mining activities on the environment and Indigenous rights. So as we replace fossil extraction, the total amount of mining will actually go down.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2022

More EVs is good news for the climate. Despite EVs’ considerable environmental benefits, it will be imperative to “green” the material sourcing process to ensure a more sustainable and ethical supply chain as the world transitions to an electrified transportation system. Fortunately, scientists are on the case.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2022

In a special episode of Speaking of Water authors Giulio Boccaletti and Parag Khanna interview each other about their new books that are capturing attention around the world and provoking debate about borders, conflicts, and what sustainability may look like for the human race. I’m J. GB: Well, it’s just a great question.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

GW Of Clean Energy In PA, 4 Other PJM States Saving $1 Billion A Year [PPL included] -- Penn State Hosts Feb. GW Of Clean Energy In PA, 4 Other PJM States Saving $1 Billion A Year [PPL included] -- Penn State Hosts Feb. GW Of Clean Energy In PA, 4 Other PJM States Saving $1 Billion A Year [PPL included] -- Penn State Hosts Feb.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. This post takes a closer look at the supply chain of energy storage batteries from material mining to manufacturing.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Calls to boycott Coca-Cola grow after company refuses to pull out of Russia Andrew Kerr | Washington Examiner | March 5, 2022 Three Ukrainian supermarket chains announced they would remove Coca-Cola products from their shelves, and #BoycottCocaCola became the No.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Calls to boycott Coca-Cola grow after company refuses to pull out of Russia Andrew Kerr | Washington Examiner | March 5, 2022 Three Ukrainian supermarket chains announced they would remove Coca-Cola products from their shelves, and #BoycottCocaCola became the No.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Calls to boycott Coca-Cola grow after company refuses to pull out of Russia Andrew Kerr | Washington Examiner | March 5, 2022 Three Ukrainian supermarket chains announced they would remove Coca-Cola products from their shelves, and #BoycottCocaCola became the No.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

25-26 Governor’s STEM Team Competition Now Accepting Registrations PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Virtual 2021 Fall Sustainability Conference Nov. 25-26 Governor’s STEM Team Competition Now Accepting Registrations PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Virtual 2021 Fall Sustainability Conference Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network released this statement on the passage of the Build Back Better federal budget proposal by the U.S. This carbon-linked revenue-raiser would also ensure the Build Back Better Act is paid in full. There is too much at stake to stumble at the finish line.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

Mehaffie Proposing Bill To Use RGGI Proceeds To Support Development Of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors -- Comcast Signs Agreement To Purchase 250 MW Of Solar Energy In Step Toward Carbon Neutral Goal [PaEN] -- WESA: Pittsburgh Hill District Gets Federal Money To Develop Renewable Energy Plan Focused On Vacant Lots -- Allegheny College To Host Fifth (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

“Increasingly, customers are demanding sustainable practices across the product supply chain and life cycle,” said Encina CEO David Roesser. In March, township officials denied the company’s request for a variance to build its 80-foot-high processing building in a 50-foot maximum height zone. Former Democratic Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Senate returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, Dec. 13, 14, 15 [No More In 2021] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Dec. 16 [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On How To Calculate Medium-Specific Standards For Lead In Land Recycling Program Cleanups [PaEN] -- Delaware River Basin Commission Virtual Hearing Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2023

Room 523 Irvis Building. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. May 1-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing on cryptocurrency and climate change. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The newly unveiled Build Back Better Framework and the bipartisan infrastructure framework that passed the Senate in August will make the largest ever investments in job-creating climate action in Congress’ history, according to ReImagine Appalachia. Trillion Biden Budget Plan -- Reuters: Biden Pushes New $1.75

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Runs Out Of Garbage Bags For Residents, Supply Chain Shortage Blamed -- Call For Presentations Northeast Recycling Council Virtual Spring Conference April 12-13 [PaEN] -- Covanta Highlights Latest Sustainability Achievements, New Goals [Operates Waste-To-Energy Facilities In PA] -- DCNR Awards Over $2.35 Starting Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

16 RiverWatch Video Report -- Centre Daily Times: Hazy Skies In Centre County’s Forecast Due To Wildfires In Western U.S. -- September 17 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates -- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

And we continue to struggle with fundamental racial, gender and economic equality and inclusion, as well as the path to a sustainable future. Key examples of common changes to corporate risk profiles wrought by the pandemic include supply chain and technology. The political environment remains volatile and deeply divided.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Since the election, not a week has passed without news that ESG is an increasingly critical focus of the financial regulators, federal and state lawmakers, and investors. The regulation will require firms to consider how sustainability risks and ESG factors are incorporated into their investment processes and reporting.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Actions are needed in electricity generation, transportation, industry, residential and commercial building, agriculture, fuel supply, and, to help increase carbon capture and sequestration, land and forest management. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fuel supply (e.g., The good news is, we’ve made a start.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Pennsylvania is squarely in the middle of a national debate over “unleashing” our considerable reserves of natural gas to help supply the parts of Europe now dependent on natural gas from Russia. It would take years to build new capacity. Based on what we know now-- as of March 6-- here’s where the debate stands. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6 19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

6785 ), which creates a new grant program to fund collaborative research between government agencies, non-governmental organizations and maritime industries to reduce human impacts on North Atlantic right whales. More News: Cassidy places hold on EPA nominees over carbon capture project approval delay – The Hill. 3664 , H.R.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2021

9 Webinar: Building Bridges - Engaging Your Community In Climate Conversation Workshop. Billion Transaction Involving Westmoreland Casino -- WHYY: From Glass Bottles To Botanicals, PA Distillers Spell Out Supply Chain Struggles -- PG: Dept. 9 Program [PaEN] -- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Senate -- Inquirer: Dr. Oz Might Be Disappointed To Learn Some News Sites Aren’t Using His Honorific -- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Oz Campaign For U.S. Million In Federal Pandemic Relief Funding -- PennLive - John Baer: Taxpayers Subsidizing Local News?

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Legal Planet

APRIL 5, 2024

“Sometimes when these debates happen,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said recently on Fox News, “I feel like it’s the early 2000s and I’m talking to people who think we can just have landline phones forever.” and other countries are in a mad dash to create new production and supply chains for critical minerals.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2023

A product of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the first farm bills were enacted in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought, which ruined farmland across the Great Plains. The good news is that the USDA is finally taking seriously agriculture’s role in reducing heat-trapping emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2022

What They’re Saying In PA The natural gas industry and their politicians in Pennsylvania are still pushing hard for an over-build out of gas infrastructure and moving legislation that contains Ersatz Energy Policies in an artificial attempt to show they’re dealing with energy issues. Natural Gas Relieve Europe From Russian Supply Dependency?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2022

Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. Demonstrates Link Between Allegheny National Forest And Clean Water -- Water Center At University Of Pennsylvania: March 23 Webinar On Building Relationships Around Infrastructure Funding For Southwest PA. Billion Investment In Spanish Battery Supply Chain -- WSJ: U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

In addition to missiles, Raytheon also builds sensors and radars used on drone aircraft used in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen. Corporation Raytheon Image Image Products Aerospace, Defense, Electronics, Information security March for Yemen PHOTO Felton Davis Summary Raytheon is a major missile manufacturer.

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