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Last month, I was invited to speak at a press conference alongside Wisconsinites from across the state for the launch of the Climate Accountability Act. At just sixty words, its a simple but powerful bill with the potential to make our communities healthier, advance racial equity, and drive our state’s economy forward: In the 2025-26 legislative session, the legislature shall pass legislation creating a viable plan to reduce carbon emissions in this state by 52 percent by 2030 and creating
Graphic: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego Teaching the climate change unit last week in my International Environmental Law and Policy class, I found myself so moved that I started crying at the board. My poor students thought I was in distress.I was simply telling the story of the Keeling Curve.Thats a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration devised by Charles Keeling and taken from the Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii every day starting in 1958.
Indigenous communities that rely on the natural flow of the Xingu River have long fought the Belo Monte dam in northern Brazil. With the dam now up for relicensing, they are urging the government to consider their own flow-release plan, which aims to restore the rivers health.
Mark your calendar for dates to drop off a wide variety of household chemicals ranging from pesticides and paints to auto fluids and household cleaners at Spring recycling events in western PA sponsored by Pennsylvania Resources Council and its partners. Its important to divert these materials from landfills since many contain toxic elements that can leach into our waterways or introduce dangerous toxic chemicals into our environment, according to PRC Executive Director Darren Spielman.
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.
The atmosphere is getting thirstier. A new study finds that warming is leading to more frequent bouts of hot, dry weather that cause soils to lose large volumes of water to evaporation.
The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education will host Naturepalooza 2025 on April 26 to help celebrate Earth Day in Philadelphia. Naturepalooza is a free festival on April 26 featuring a scavenger hunt, art, music, nature-based crafts, food, a Bioblitz and guided hikes from community members. Local food trucks, goats from the Philly Goat Project , a dance preview of Junes world premiere of TERRA: Bodies & Territories , a musical performance from Ants on a Log , and more!
Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups that are almost indistinguishable from plastic, but break down more quickly
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Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups that are almost indistinguishable from plastic, but break down more quickly
On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reviewed and acted on more than 9,000 permit applications and ensured those permits were enforced properly by conducting more than 28,000 inspections of regulated facilities. Thanks to permitting modernization efforts under Governor Shapiro, DEP also continues to make progress on its permit backlog announcing that it has reduced the backlog by 88%, from 2,400 permits to 300.
On April 3, 2024, the European Commissions (EC) Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) began a public consultation on its preliminary opinion on the safety of hydroxyapatite (nano) in oral products. The EC asked SCCS if it considers hydroxyapatite (nano) safe when used in toothpaste up to a maximum concentration of 29.5 percent and in mouthwash up to a maximum concentration of ten percent according to the specifications as reported in the submission, taking into The post EC Scientific Co
The Conowingo Watershed Implementation Plan Steering Committee released an update on efforts to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution related to the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River just below the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. In 2018, a partnership between the Federal/State Chesapeake Bay Program and a steering committee with members from each of the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states and the District of Columbia developed a Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) for the Conowingo Dam.
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
On April 9, the Manada Conservancy announced it partnered with landowner Carolyn Shaffer to permanently protect 656 acres in the Fishing Creek Valley in Dauphin County. Diverse in habitat, the property contains fields, woodland, streams, wetlands, and vernal pools and is abundant in wildlife. Bordering already protected lands, this project helps to ensure in perpetuity the contiguous woodland of the Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape , a corridor that is crucial to wildlife movement and mig
The Brodhead Watershed Association will hold a May 6 Gardening for Wildlife - How People Benefit when Nature Thrives Workshop at the Brodhead Creek Heritage Center , 1539 Cherry Lane Road in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Join us for an inspiring program that delves into the powerful link between native plant gardening and the health of our local ecosystems.
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.
A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human
From Pollution Catastrophe to a Just and Equitable Future By Christian Patierno The armpit of America (as out-of-staters often refer to it), New Jersey, is working to shed this distasteful reputation with its recent groundbreaking environmental justice legislation. Some critics argue that environmental justice and job creation are incompatible, but New Jersey demonstrates that they can coexist.
Computers that use photons rather than electrons to manipulate data promise greater speed and energy efficiency, and the technology is developing rapidly
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.
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, in part, “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” The federal Endangered Species Act deals with a different type of “taking.” Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act generally prohibits any person from “taking” any species of fish or wildlife listed as endangered. 16 U.S.C § 1538.
Download the report. This report provides the first economic analysis of geological mapping conducted for the entire United States. Globally, this is the largest and most comprehensive jurisdictional economic assessment for geological mapping ever conducted.
Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.
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Ancient rocks reveal there were several humid spells in Arabias past, which might have given early hominins a route out of Africa long before our genus migrated
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