Real Climate
JULY 21, 2025
For some reason , it has become hard to locate the various National Climate Assessments (NCAs) that have been produced by the USGCRP over the decades (and it’s pretty hard to find the USGRCP as well…). However, the reports are still accessible if you know where to look. So for future reference, here are all the links (and we’ve downloaded the pdfs locally so that they will always be available here).
Legal Planet
JULY 24, 2025
Photo credit: UN/ICJ/Jeroen Bouman (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) It’s been a long time coming but nations of the world officially have a legal obligation to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases or else pay reparations for the harms of climate change. That was the unanimous opinion handed down yesterday by the 14 judges on the International Court of Justice, sometimes called the World Court.
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Yale E360
JULY 21, 2025
Plagued by illegal logging and corruption, Liberia has been losing its forests at an alarming rate. But its new strategy to make direct payments to communities that agree to prohibit cutting and protect their trees is seen as a potential model for other developing nations.
Circle of Blue
JULY 24, 2025
By Madelyn MacMurray This story was originally published by New Security Beat on July 22, 2025. The Mekong River’s seasonal floods nurture the world’s most productive inland fishery and irrigate rice paddies that feed millions. Approximately 70 million people live in the lower Mekong Basin, and 75% of them depend on fishing and farming for their livelihoods.
Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management
In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.
Environmental News Bits
JULY 22, 2025
Ajona, C., & Saravanakumar, A. (2025). A comprehensive review of recent innovations in transforming bio-oil into bioplastics for sustainable product development within a circular economy. Biomass and Bioenergy, 200, 108028.
Law Columbia
JULY 21, 2025
At a July 10, 2025 meeting , Commissioner Judy Chang of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) argued that the United States needs to rapidly build more transmission capacity to bring new sources of electricity online. She explained that “transmission is the network that needs to support both generation and load, and whether it’s load growing, whether it’s wind and solar growing — it doesn’t matter, we have to build the highways to connect them.
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Yale E360
JULY 23, 2025
For centuries, the Native people of North America used controlled burns to manage the continent's forests. In an e360 interview, ecologist Lori Daniels talks about the long history of Indigenous burning and why the practice must be restored to protect against catastrophic fires.
A Greener Life
JULY 23, 2025
Thumbnail from Kashfi Halford’s film on community solar in Rio’s favelas. Image credit Kashfi Halford. Film and words by Kashfi Halford A grassroots solar project in two low-income Brazilian neighbourhoods is reducing energy poverty while training locals to lead the change. The steep hills of Babilônia and Chapéu Mangueira rise behind the golden curve of Leme Beach, one of Rio de Janeiro ’s most iconic shorelines.
Environmental News Bits
JULY 21, 2025
Lendewig, M., Marquez, R., Franco, J., Vera, R. E., Vivas, K. A., Forfora, N., Venditti, R. A., & Gonzalez, R. (2025). Moving toward fiber-based products free of PFAS: Industry response to regulations for paper packaging, hygiene and textile products. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 222, 108428.
Circle of Blue
JULY 24, 2025
By Jessica C. Liao & Carla Freeman This story was originally published by New Security Beat on July 17, 2025. For decades, China has been the dominant force in hydropower development across the Mekong subregion, financing, and constructing massive dam projects that have transformed Southeast Asia’s economic and environmental landscape. Many analysts have framed this expansion as a meticulously orchestrated strategy to extend Beijing’s economic and geopolitical influence.
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
New Scientist
JULY 22, 2025
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Yale E360
JULY 21, 2025
Plagued by illegal logging and corruption, Liberia has been losing its forests at an alarming rate. But its new strategy to make direct payments to communities that agree to prohibit cutting and protect their trees is seen as a potential model for other developing nations.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 22, 2025
On July 22, surrounded by solar panels nestled within the Quaker Race Day Use Area at Gifford Pinchot State Park in York County, leaders from the Public Utility Commission, Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources gathered to mark a major clean energy milestone-- 2 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar generation now operating across the Commonwealth – just 17 months after reaching the 1 GW milestone in late 2023.
Environmental News Bits
JULY 24, 2025
Leslie, J., Brown, P. J., Pratt, S., & Edwards, M. (2025). Design principles for city waste reduction: Addressing gaps in public reporting for zero waste. Cleaner Waste Systems, 12, 100326. [link] Abstract As cities respond to growing demands of waste management, what and how information is publicly reported is becoming more important.
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.
Legal Planet
JULY 23, 2025
The International Energy Agency’s 2025 review isn’t likely to make the bestseller list. But there’s some eye-opening information. We can lose sight of global trends because of our understandable preoccupation with our own situation. Not that U.S. trends are unimportant, mind you, but they’re not the whole ball game. The big takeaway globally is that oil and coal are basically static, and natural gas is growing slowly.
New Scientist
JULY 21, 2025
Farms commonly spread crushed limestone on fields to make the soil less acidic – and this practice can also help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Physics World
JULY 24, 2025
A shortage of data is hampering efforts to establish the role of climate change in extreme-weather events in the tropics and global south. So say an international team of scientists , who claim the current situation is a “scientific injustice” and call for more investment in climate science and weather monitoring in poorer countries. The researchers, who are part of World Weather Attribution , have made the call after analysing the role of climate change in an episode of torrential rain in June
PA Environment Daily
JULY 23, 2025
On July 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Fiscal Year 2026 Brownfields Job Training Grants Program is now available. The deadline to apply is September 26. “The Brownfields Job Training Grants Program is a prime example of how we can be both environmental stewards and champions of good-paying jobs for American families,” said EPA Administrator Zeldin.
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.
Environmental News Bits
JULY 22, 2025
Chu, E., Natekal, A., Waaland, G., & Cannon, C. E. B. (2025). An evaluation of U.S. cities’ efforts to further distributive justice in climate adaptation planning. Npj Urban Sustainability, 5(1). [link] [open access] Abstract Cities are increasingly pursuing sustainability efforts to create inclusive, safe, and climate resilient places.
Enviromental Defense
JULY 24, 2025
Advocates outline priorities under new ECCC framework for implementing the right OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — Following a landmark ruling from the International Court of Justice and changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act , people in Canada have new legal rights to a healthy environment. A coalition of justice, health and environmental groups are calling on Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Julie Dabrusin to fully implement
New Scientist
JULY 24, 2025
Fierce marine heatwaves were recorded globally in 2023 and 2024, and some researchers now believe they mark the start of a fundamental change with devastating consequences for life on Earth
Circle of Blue
JULY 24, 2025
River of the Anthropocene Could the Mekong River define SE Asia’s future? By Jonathan Zhao With reporting and photographs by J. Carl Ganter The Tonle Sap River is roughly 100 kilometers long, starting at the Tonle Sap Lake in northwestern Cambodia. It is midday in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The Mekong River, having mixed with the silty waters of the Tonle Sap, takes on the appearance of a muddy highway with a storm of activity.
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PA Environment Daily
JULY 20, 2025
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] "Never doubt that a small group of though
Environmental News Bits
JULY 22, 2025
Read the full story at Monga Bay. Climate change is threatening the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) in safeguarding wildlife, ecosystem services and livelihoods, with scientists now calling for the incorporation of “climate-smart” approaches into the planning of new and existing PAs.
Scientific American
JULY 25, 2025
Skip to main content Scientific American July 24, 2025 What It’s Like to Live and Work on the Greenland Ice Sheet Think: subzero temperatures, bone-rattling storms and mysteries about the future of our planet under the ice. By Jeffery DelViscio & Rachel Feltman Barbara Olg Hild, the polar bear guard, stands in the GreenDrill camp during a blizzard that lasted for two straight days.
Inside Climate News
JULY 23, 2025
Fungal communities hidden underground support 80 percent of land plants around the world and store 13 billion tons of carbon annually. But new research mapping their locations reveal few concentrations of the vital fungi are protected. By Wyatt Myskow In the soils of most ecosystems around the world, mycorrhizal fungal communities form intimate relationships with the roots of the plants above them, exchanging nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen for carbon, of which they store an estimated 13
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
Circle of Blue
JULY 22, 2025
This story was originally published by The New Lede. INDIANOLA, Iowa – Six months ago, Alex Hammer was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 37. Dianne Chambers endured surgery, chemotherapy and dozens of rounds of radiation to fight aggressive breast cancer, and Janan Haugen spends most days helping care for her 16-year-old grandson, who is still being treated for brain cancer he developed at the age of 7.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 23, 2025
The latest Healthy Waters update from the DEP Chesapeake Bay Program highlights the opportunity to comment on draft revised Chesapeake Bay Agreement, county and local restoration projects, funding opportunities and more. Draft Bay Agreement The Chesapeake Bay Program announced that the public feedback period for the draft revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement will be available from Tuesday, July 1, 2025, to Monday, September 1, 2025.
Environmental News Bits
JULY 21, 2025
The Harvard Environment and Energy Law Program has several new resources that analyze how the Supreme Court’s ruling in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County will impact federal regulations and procedures related to the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA).
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 24, 2025
On July 23 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a historic advisory opinion on states’ legal obligations to address climate change. This powerful legal statement, requested by the UN General Assembly and led by Vanuatu and a group of small island states, comes at a moment of escalating climate impacts and growing calls for justice. While the ruling is advisory in nature and not legally binding, it carries significant weight and will shape international law, national policymaking, and
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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