Legal Planet

JANUARY 9, 2025

Like millions of Angelenos, Ive been staying indoors and off the roads, glued to the Watch Duty app, radio, and TV coverage as LA is engulfed by these historic fires. The last 48 hours of coverage has focused, understandably, on the firefight and immediate devastation. Now, its time to start hearing about the climate connection, especially from local officials, policymakers, and the TV news anchors that so many people turn to for information during scary urban fires.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

While deaths and destruction are mounting and tens of thousands flee a devastating inferno in Los Angeles, the President-Elect has used the catastrophic wildfires to spread misinformation, offer false solutions, and disrespect the suffering of people and the hard work of first responders. Here, we provide the facts and avoid the fiction. Fact 1: reservoirs are full Due to a relatively wet winter in Northern California, almost every reservoir in Southern California is at or above its historical a

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Yale E360

JANUARY 10, 2025

Wildfires in Southern California have burned tens of thousands of acres, destroyed thousands of buildings, and killed at least 10 people. Experts say global warming may have set the stage for the catastrophic blazes.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 17, 2025

A fire at Vistra Energy's Moss Landing battery storage facility in California destroyed thousands of lithium batteries and a significant amount of the state's clean energy storage capacity

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 9, 2025

2024 was the hottest year on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 16, 2025

GENEVA (January 16, 2025) The World Economic Forum (WEF) has appointed Circle of Blue Managing Director J. Carl Ganter to the Global Future Council on the Future of the Energy Nexus ahead of WEFs annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which will take place January 20-24. The WEFs Network of Global Future Councils is the worlds foremost multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary knowledge network dedicated to promoting innovative thinking to shape a more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable future.

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The Applied Ecologist

JANUARY 9, 2025

Laura Vedovato introduces readers to a range of remote sensing tools, explaining how they can be applied to topical forests to monitor the effectiveness of restoration efforts. Read more in the original Review article. Introduction In recent years, global commitments to forest restoration, like the UN Decade on Restoration and the Global Biodiversity Framework, have highlighted the need for scalable, effective ways to track progress.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

On January 14, TECfusions announced the acquisition of 1,395 acres in Upper Burrell, Westmoreland County for a data center project, known as TECfusions Keystone Connect. This strategic purchase, which includes the former Alcoa R&D campus and surrounding real estate, marks a significant expansion of TECfusions' portfolio. The project will transform the shuttered office and industrial site into a state-of-the-art data center campus, with plans for 3 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power generat

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 9, 2025

It is the new year and time for a lifestyle change. While its daunting to contemplate the many issues that we need to tackle to achieve greater social equity and environmental sustainability especially in our everyday lives small, individual actions can add up to make a difference. Here are some tips to get you started on simply reusing, repairing and rewearing, all to inspire care and support for our natural world.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 14, 2025

Prime Minister Trudeaus recent decision to prorogue Parliament and announce his upcoming resignation may have left you wondering about what this could mean for climate change policy. At Environmental Defence, we have two main take-aways: Increased urgency: there are still a few critical climate policies that now have a shortened timeline to cross the finish line.

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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

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 10, 2025

National attention is (rightly) focused on the terrible fire situation in Los Angeles. At the moment, the top priority is supporting first responders who are trying to control the fires, prevent more damage, and help the people who have lost homes and loved ones. There is (of course) a bunch of chatter on social media about what might have prevented the fires or fix the wildfire crisis in the US more broadly.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 6, 2025

As the year kicks off with a very cold January weather forecast, US power grid operators and the regulators who oversee them are paying close attention to ensure that the grid failures of several past extreme winter storms dont happen again. These dangerous grid failures over roughly the last decade have left millions in the dark and cold, sometimes with tragic and deadly consequences.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 17, 2025

Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever before, putting hopes of limiting warming in jeopardy.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 16, 2025

Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2 levels ever recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii

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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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Scientific American

JANUARY 3, 2025

Bits of DNA from mitochondria can skip surprisingly fast into our genome and may reduce lifespan

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 8, 2025

Water lines snake across the Permian basin. Photo Keith Schneider/Circle of Blue YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Ecuador is at the forefront of a global hydropower reckoning, as drought and fluctuating water levels are calling the energy sources reliability into question. A nine-month water forest occupation on the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, came to an end in late November, as police evicted those who were protesting the water use and proposed expansion of a nearby Tesla factory.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 16, 2025

In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather, explains. By Kiley Bense The journalist John Vaillants book Fire Weather begins in the spring of 2016 in the boreal forests surrounding the remote Canadian city of Fort McMurray, where a fire is growing. Although wildfire is a regular part of life in northern Alberta, this fire was destined to be different.

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NRDC

JANUARY 16, 2025

Gutting it wouldnt just jeopardize our climate goals but also the growing workforce in the heartland and beyond.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

On January 14, Acting DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley briefed DEPs Citizens Advisory Council on a new Permit Tracking webpage that just became available for applicants and the public to see where permits are in the DEP review process. With this new tool, users can search by county, program area, permit type or by the authorization (permit) ID or by keyword.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 16, 2025

Mana Pools National Park is one of Zimbabwes seven Wetlands of International Importance, as per 1971s Convention on Wetlands. Its ecosystem supports hippopotami, elephants, zebras, giraffes, crocodiles, leopards, cheetahs, lions and more. Photo credit: Melba Photo Agency / Alamy. By Sally Nyakanyanga Zimbabwes wetlands are under threat from urban expansion and unsustainable agriculture.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 7, 2025

On December 12, 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its long-awaited proposed decision to designate the monarch. The post FWS Proposes Listing the Monarch Butterfly as “Threatened” Under the ESA appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 11, 2025

This is the second of three posts on proposed legislation to address the fire crisis on federal lands (the first post is here ). Last post, I talked about why this legislation is essential, and the strengths of the bill that the House passed last Congress. In this post, Ill talk about the parts of the legislation that were controversial and their potential problems.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 7, 2025

The year 2023 was by far the warmest in Earths recorded history, and perhaps in the past 100,000 years , shattering the previous record set in 2016 by 0.27C (0.49F). According to recent data from NOAAs National Center for Environmental Information, 2024 is likely to be even warmer than 2023. Scientists are sounding the alarm because this warming is shockingly bigbigger than what we would have expected given the long-term warming trend from fossil fuel-caused climate change.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 6, 2025

Producing energy from waves and tides has a stop-and-start history. But with a new U.S. testing site opening in 2026, recent federal investment, and accelerating efforts to reach net zero emissions, developers aiming to harness the vast power of the sea are feeling optimistic.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 13, 2025

Trees dating back almost 6000 years ago have come to scientists' attention due to ice melting in the Rocky Mountains, offering a "time capsule" into the past

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Scientific American

JANUARY 1, 2025

According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 16, 2025

Over the past few years, misinformation about climate change and our ocean has been spreading across news and social media, and many believe it will only get worse. In my work towards ocean climate solutions, I have seen how misinformation can delay climate action and impact policy decisions that affect our ocean. We need to tackle misinformation to push through vital climate solutions, and we can all be a part of this important work.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 11, 2025

Together, the Eaton Fire northeast of downtown Los Angeles and the Palisades Fire west of downtown along the Pacific Coast Highway have destroyed 10,000 homes and other structures, with 11 deaths now attributed to the conflagrations. By Jireh Deng Anthony Honore was accustomed to seeing brush fires far up in the San Gabriel Mountains above Pasadena during yearly dry seasons.

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NRDC

JANUARY 13, 2025

A recently published review I co-authored concludes exposure to microplastics is suspected to harm human reproduction and digestive and respiratory health

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Physicians for Social Responsibility PA , the League of Women Voters of PA , and the Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering at Duquesne University invite you to register for the 2025 Shale Gas and Public Health Conference: New Directions to be held February 27 in Pittsburgh and online. The Conference will bring together scientists, public health experts, industry leaders, and advocacy groups to explore the latest research and insights on unconventional oil and gas development, it

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 7, 2025

On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced that, following the completion of the Service’s 5-year status review (5-year Review) of the golden-cheeked warbler ( Setophaga chrysopharia ) (GCWA), the agency is recommending the species be downlisted from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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National Law Center

JANUARY 14, 2025

On December 27, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its final rule updating the definition for the implied nutrient. The post FDA Releases Final “Healthy” Rule appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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