Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While many challenges will likely carry over into 2023, growth will accelerate, powered by robust demand and the record-breaking raft of clean energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The post Deloitte Report Points to Strong Growth in Renewables for 2023 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 23, 2022

If you've got some extra time next week, why not work on your submission for the 2023 E+E Leader Awards? . The post Looking forward to seeing your E+E Leader Awards for 2023 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

For the 2023 farm bill to adequately support farmers, the voices of farmers of color must be amplified and implemented. The 2023 farm bill can facilitate more equitable land access This is why the National Young Farmers Coalition is calling on Congress to invest $2.5

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Global coal demand hit a record high in 2023, but with the renewables buildout continuing apace in China, coal is headed for a decline over the next two years, according to a new analysis. Read more on E360 →

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 9, 2023

The post Green Bond Sales Expected to Grow By 30% in 2023 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. According to a credit research note from Barclays, corporate ESG bond issuance dropped to $362 billion last year from $461 billion the previous year.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 24, 2023

The post Frito-Lay Will Deploy 700 Electric Delivery Vehicles By December 2023 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. By deploying the 700 delivery EVs, Frito-Lay will lower emissions by 7,052 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) annually.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Compiled by UCS from Energy Information Administration data as of January 2023. The general outlook includes some good news and some bad news.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

That’s why the 2023 food and farm bill needs to redefine food security to protect our right to sustainable nutrition for all. Our vision for 2023 We need to reimagine food security to reflect our collective priorities: healthy lives in healthy environments. And large corporations often pay low wages to retail and food service workers.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This year’s (2023) tropical cyclone season in the North Atlantic and Caribbean witnessed a relatively high number of named tropical cyclones : 20. 2023) observed a significant seasonal advance of intense tropical cyclones since the 1980s in most tropical oceans. S1-S516, 2023. 83-89, 2023. C (Benestad, 2009). Source Fig.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

Current-day residents near St. Louis, Missouri, are living with chronic health conditions and an increased cancer burden due to contamination from uranium mining and processes used in the production of nuclear weapons at the start of the atomic age. The 19-mile stretch of Coldwater Creek includes areas surrounding the St.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

When I started with Union of Concerned Scientists back in January, the California legislative session was just ramping up. As bill introductions trickled in, it became clear there would be plenty of opportunities for UCS to leverage our science-based research to inform world-leading policy solutions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This week, summer 2023 comes to a close on our calendars but will be remembered for its record-shattering extremes, notably, heat—until, that is, the next record-shattering summer supplants it, quite possibly in 2024. Heat Associated Deaths in Maricopa County, 2023, by Living Situation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2023

Another good fact is that 2023, like 2022, did not have a named storm form before the official season start, unlike the 7 straight years from 2015 to 2021. Source: [link] The (maybe) bad We certainly know there is usually quite some difference between the forecast and the real numbers at the end of each season.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 2, 2023

May 2, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. The post Fresh, May 2, 2023: Mississippi River Flooding Reaches Historic Levels Along Illinois-Iowa Border appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 12, 2024

As the planet warms and extinctions mount, researchers are racing to catalog the vast array of life on Earth before species disappear. This year, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, recorded 89 new species of plant and fungi across the globe, from the rocky edges of Antarctica to a dormant volcano in Indonesia. Read more on E360 →

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Circle of Blue

MAY 17, 2023

4 Number of Category 5 storms experienced so far in 2023, Yale Climate Connections reports. The post The Stream, May 17, 2023: Morocco Boosts Funding, Ambitions for 30-Year Water Plan appeared first on Circle of Blue. The latest, Cyclone Mocha, made landfall early this week in Myanmar.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

A fin de que la ley agrícola del 2023 pueda apoyar adecuadamente a los agricultores, se deben amplificar e implementar las voces de los agricultores de color. La creación e implementación de medidas como las mencionadas servirán para preparar a los agricultores para el éxito.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2023

NOTE: This post has been updated to remove the mention of a marker bill that had not yet been introduced at the time of publication. Hello, UCS blog readers! My name is Melissa Kaplan and I joined the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) as senior manager of government affairs back in January.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 16, 2024

Annual updates to the model-observation comparisons for 2023 are now complete. In almost every case, the addition of the 2023 numbers was in line with the long term expectation from the models. This success might seem confusing given the ongoing puzzlement about why 2023 was so astonishingly warm compared to recent years.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 12, 2024

As the climate monitoring groups add an additional dot to their graphs this week, there is some disquiet among people paying attention about just how extraordinary 2023 really was. also a year in which El Niño developed over the year) was comparable (both 2023 and 2015 broke the previous record by more than 0.15ºC). 2023 ; Roach et al.,

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Real Climate

JANUARY 5, 2024

Until 2023. 2023 1.22 ± 0.14 The RMS forecast error (not including 2023), is 0.07ºC, compared to 0.10ºC for persistence or smoothed trends. Does it go back to being predictable based on ENSO (in which case 2024 is expected to just be a little warmer than 2023), or does the positive anomaly persist? 2017 1.06 ± 0.13

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Since early 2023, the world has seen a steep rise in temperatures that scientists are struggling to explain. E360 contributor Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, about possible causes of the warming and why experts cannot account for the heat. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This year will conclude as the hottest on record, with warming reaching new highs in the final months of 2023. Unprecedented heat helped fuel another year of extreme weather. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

JANUARY 8, 2024

Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon was down 50 percent, year on year, in 2023, according to government figures. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

JANUARY 2, 2024

percent, year on year, in 2023. Pipeline deliveries of Russian natural gas to Europe were down 55.6 Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

Above: Lahaina, Hawai’i after the devastating August 2023 wildfire that killed more than 100 people and destroyed 2,700 homes. Now that all the numbers are in for 2023, we can say that, tragically, this trend continues. It’s time to change course In 2023, heat-trapping emissions from fossil fuels increased by 1.1%.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2024

In a 2023 report outlining Chevron’s position on lobbying and engagement with trade associations, Vice President for Corporate Affairs Albert Williams says the company lobbies “ethically, constructively and in a nonpartisan manner.” million in 2023 and $1.2 California lobbying records show Chevron gave CEI $5.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Data through the end of September 2023 shows that the EV fraction of US car sales is continuing to rise. EV sales in the US for the third quarter of 2023 exceeded 300,000 for the first time and EV sales in 2023 have increased nearly 50 percent compared to the same time last year. Are EV sales actually slowing?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Not The First Action On February 2, 2023 and February 17, 2024 , these same groups filed two notices of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant, again over air pollution violations. Click Here for a copy of the letter. On May 11, 2024 , they filed the lawsuit in federal court.

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The world is set to install a third more solar capacity this year than it did in 2023, surpassing forecasts by both industry experts and independent analysts. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

JUNE 29, 2022

The new policy, set to take effect at the end of 2023, is the world's first to limit flights for environmental reasons. The Dutch government is capping the number of flights from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport at 440,000, a 12 percent cut from pre-pandemic levels. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Smaller vehicles and big fleets are leading the charge Where just a handful of zero-emission trucks and buses were deployed annually in the US just a few years ago (around 600 total in 2019), over 27,500 zero-emission MHDVs were deployed in 2023. percent in 2023) , the growth is impressive.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

The Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) of 2023 was re-introduced in Congress today. Despite my excitement, I have to remind myself that the 2023 ARA is still just a bill. So, although there is a real commitment to advance this legislation, negotiations to include it in the food and farm bill of 2023 are only about to begin.

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Real Climate

APRIL 4, 2024

24 from Hansen et al (2023). In my recent Nature commentary , I pointed out the difficulties explaining quantitatively why 2023 was so warm. Schmidt, "Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory", Nature , vol. Another view of the future is given by the results of climate models.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

In the first half of 2023, the combined share of renewable diesel and biodiesel rose to 59 percent of total diesel fuel use in California. The share of renewable diesel and biodiesel blending into diesel fuel sold in California has grown rapidly and in the first half of 2023 it reached 59 percent. farmdoc daily, March 29, 2023.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 21, 2022

PepsiCo plans to roll out 100 heavy-duty Tesla Semis in 2023, when it will start using the electric trucks to make deliveries to customers like Walmart and Kroger. . The post PepsiCo Enlists Heavy-Duty Tesla Semis for Future Deliveries appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

From June 2023 to August 2024, the world saw 15 months in a row of record-breaking heat, a stretch so extreme that it confounded scientists. A new animation from NASA shows the severity of warming. Read more on E360 →

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