January, 2021

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Avoiding a 'Ghastly Future': Hard Truths on the State of the Planet

Yale E360

A group of the world’s top ecologists have issued a stark warning about the snowballing crisis caused by climate change, population growth, and unchecked development. Their assessment is grim, but big-picture societal changes on a global scale can still avert a disastrous future. Read more on E360 ?.

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The Revealed Preference Approach for Learning Microeconomics

Environmental and Urban Economics

Applied economists are "detectives". We know that we do not know your preferences. If we could learn about your willingness to pay for market goods such as cell phones or for non-market goods such as clean air and safe streets, then both businesses and governments will demand our services. Economists look for clues and design experiments to learn about people.

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Procedural Fairness and the Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns

Environmental Law Centre

Procedural Fairness and the Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns We hear a lot these days about the rule of law and the government’s duty. The post Procedural Fairness and the Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.

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Ocean Toxin a Heartbreaking Threat for Sea Otters

Science & Climate

Ocean Toxin a Heartbreaking Threat for Sea Otters. Domoic Acid Raises Risk of Fatal Heart Disease for Otters in a Warming Ocean. featured image by Jacqueline Deely. Heart disease is a killer threat for southern sea otters feasting on domoic acid in their food web, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis. The study, published in the journal Harmful Algae, examined the relationship between long-term exposure to domoic acid and fatal heart disease in southern sea otters, a

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ISSUES 60-DAY MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL LEASING AND DRILLING PERMITS

The Energy Law Blog

Following through with President Biden’s campaign promise to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, on January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (“Interior”) issued an order, effective immediately, mandating a 60-day moratorium on new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on public lands and waters (“Order”). Specifically, the Order temporarily suspends all authority delegated to Interior’s agencies and bureaus, which include the Bureau of Ocean Energy Mana

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Montrose Environmental Group Acquires MSE Group

Montrose

Transaction expands Montrose’s environmental services footprint with U.S. Federal government and geographic presence in Southeast. IRVINE, Calif. / ORLANDO, Fla. — January 4, 2021 – Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (the “Company,” “Montrose” or “MEG”) (NYSE: MEG) today announced the acquisition of MSE Group (“MSE”), a leading provider of environmental assessment, compliance, engineering, and design services primarily to the U.S. federal government.

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Some Rust Belt Urban Economics

Environmental and Urban Economics

In this blog post, I want to market my new co-authored book "Unlocking the Potential of Post Industrial Cities". I will do this by talking about past research on the Economics of the Rust Belt. Here is chapter one of my book and here is a r ecent video where I talk about the book. The most prominent "Rust Belt" economics paper is the 2005 Glaeser and Gyourko paper on U rban Decline and Durable Housing.

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Alberta’s Oil & Gas Liability Management Framework

Environmental Law Centre

Alberta’s Oil & Gas Liability Management Framework: Changes to Oil and Gas Conservation Rules, the Pipeline Rules, and Directive 067 In July 2020, the. The post Alberta’s Oil & Gas Liability Management Framework appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.

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Eyes Reveal Life History of Fish

Science & Climate

Eyes Reveal Life History of Fish. Eye-Popping Research Helps Inform Salmon and Floodplain Management. featured image by UC Davis. If you look deep into the eyes of a fish, it will tell you its life story. . Scientists from the University of California, Davis, demonstrate that they can use stable isotopic analysis of the eye lenses of freshwater fish — including threatened and endangered salmon — to reveal a fish’s life history and what it ate along the way. .

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Net-Zero Stretch Code: A New Model for Municipal Building Decarbonization in Massachusetts

Law Columbia

By Amy Turner. This week, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed S.2995, An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy (the “Act”), which sets sweeping climate policy for the state, including greenhouse gas reduction targets of 50 percent by 2030, 75 percent by 2040 (both relative to 1990 levels), and net-zero by 2050, along with a process for setting more sector-specific targets.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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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Companies won’t take responsibility for toxic exposure

Stack Environment

In many areas of Georgia, the smell of farm life, factories and other industries is common and tolerable. You may think nothing of sending your children out to play as strange odors waft through the air because you trust that those responsible for the odors are taking the proper steps to monitor the levels of toxins and keep them below the danger level.

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As Big Energy Gains, Can Europe’s Community Renewables Compete?

Yale E360

Local wind and solar cooperatives have been instrumental in fostering Europe’s renewable energy growth. Now, as multinational corporations play an ever-larger role in efforts to decarbonize Europe’s economy, the EU is looking to bolster these grassroots clean-energy initiatives. Read more on E360 ?.

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Backwards Induction and the Demise of U.S Gas Stations in the Year 2045

Environmental and Urban Economics

General Motors has announced that it will only produce electric vehicles starting in the year 2035. Suppose that there no more new fossil fuel vehicles purchased by U.S consumers in the year 2035 and going forward. There are 270 million vehicles in the United States right now and most of them are used. This webpa ge says that 13 million new vehicles are purchased each year in the U.S.

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Backyard Chickens And Their Environmental Benefits

Onya

Table Of Contents. The Rise of Backyard Chickens. Just How Sustainable Are Backyard Chickens? Reasons Why Chickens Reduce Your Carbon Footprint. Store Bought Vs. Backyard Chicken Eggs: An Environmental Analysis. The Rise of Backyard Chickens. Backyard chickens have only become more popular in the last 10 years, becoming an almost common addition to suburban households.

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Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

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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Survey of Proposed Legislation Across the States Affecting the Energy Industry in 2021

The Energy Law Blog

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. With topics ranging from offshore oil and gas moratoriums to restrictions on natural gas flaring and venting, the following is an overview of notable energy legislation to be heard in state legislatures this year. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda.

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New Associate Editor: Zhiyong “Jason” Ren

Water Research & Technology

We are delighted to announce that Jason Ren (Princeton University, USA) is joining the Associate Editor team for Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. Jason has been an Editorial Board member of the journal since 2018. Jason is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, USA. His research focuses on water-energy nexus and resource recovery.

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Ag Data Transparent: 11 Certification Questions

JANZEN AG

Here are the 11 questions that ag tech companies must answer in order to become Ag Data Transparent certified. Who is the tech provider? What products, platform, or services within the tech company are certifying as Ag Data Transparent? Who are the primary users of the product, platform, or services? What categories of data does the data platform collect?

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Scientists Say They Have Solved Desalination Mystery, Improving Efficiency

Yale E360

Scientists believe they have solved one of the biggest mysteries about desalination — exactly how reverse osmosis membranes work to remove salt and other chemicals from water — a breakthrough they say could help make the process more efficient and cheaper. Read more on E360 ?.

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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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Platform Competition and the Urban Economics of Free Speech

Environmental and Urban Economics

The New York Times has published an important piece on free speech on American University campuses. I'd like to share some thoughts from the perspective of urban economics. Back in 1986, I was living in London because I was a Visiting Student at the London School of Economics. On some weekends, I would go to Hyde Park or Regents Park and there would be a small crowd listening to a charismatic speaker standing on a box and he would be talking about Karl Marx or Ms.

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Equinor Becomes Leading U.S. Offshore Wind Developer with 2,500 Megawatt Award from New York State

SPR Law

In his January 13, 2021 State of the State address, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York will contract with Equinor Wind US LLC (Equinor) for 2,490 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind energy, the largest combined procurement of offshore wind energy by a state in U.S. history. Governor Cuomo also announced plans to make… The post Equinor Becomes Leading U.S.

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Is the Frequency of Louisiana Environmental Quality Act Citizen Suit Litigation Increasing?

The Energy Law Blog

In 2003, the Louisiana Supreme Court rendered its landmark decision in Corbello, et al. v. Iowa Production, et al. Since then, Louisiana courts have seen a steady stream of “legacy litigation” claims being filed. Legacy litigation claims generally concern alleged contamination arising from historic oil and gas operations under theories of both breach of contract and tort.

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Some foundations of modern British environmental law

Environment, Law, and History

The recent issue of the Journal of Environmental Law has a review by Stephen Tromans of Richard Macrory's Irresolute Clay: Shaping the Foundations of Modern Environmental Law (Hart, 2020). An excerpt: In a series of Chapters, Macrory looks at the development of the profession of environmental law: the ‘early sparks’ of environmental law as an academic discipline; practising environmental law as a barrister; and the ‘coming of age’ of academic environmental law.

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Sustainability at Retail

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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Ag Data Transparent: Updates for 2021

JANZEN AG

The ag data transformation of agriculture is well underway. Five years ago, the Ag Data Transparent (ADT) launched with a mission to bring clarity and simplicity to farmers’ decisions to use online ag data platforms. The central part of ADT’s vision was fulfilled by creating a certification process that involved tech providers answering 10 questions about how they collect, share, and use farmers’ ag data.

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Major European Lenders Back Out of Oil Trade in Ecuadorian Amazon

Yale E360

Three major European banks — Credit Suisse, ING, and BNP Paribas — have announced they will no longer finance the trade of oil extracted from the Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador. The decision is seen as a major victory for environmental and Indigenous rights activists, who campaigned heavily to stop the international financing of fossil fuel development in the region, Reuters reported.

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Free Environmental Economics Lecture Notes and Exam Questions and Access to a High Quality $8 E-book Textbook

Environmental and Urban Economics

I have spent my career publishing in environmental and urban economics. You can look up m y Google Scholar page to see that many of my papers are well cited. Over the years, I have written out a distinctive undergraduate environmental economics textbook that I use in my classes. You can buy the Amazon e-book here for $8. To encourage Professors to adopt parts of this book in their courses, I provide you with my 350 of my lecture slides for free and many practice exam problems.

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We’ve got intelligence all wrong – and that’s endangering our future

New Scientist

A narrow focus on IQ to determine success is depriving us of key decision-making smarts, as our faltering response to problems such as covid-19 and climate change shows

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ISSUES 60-DAY MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL LEASING AND DRILLING PERMITS

The Energy Law Blog

Following through with President Biden’s campaign promise to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, on January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (“Interior”) issued an order, effective immediately, mandating a 60-day moratorium on new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on public lands and waters (“Order”). Specifically, the Order temporarily suspends all authority delegated to Interior’s agencies and bureaus, which include the Bureau of Ocean Energy Mana

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The origins of American environmentalism

Environment, Law, and History

The upcoming issue of Environment and History has an interesting, extended review by Thomas Le Roux (translated from the original French review in Le mouvement social ) of Chad Montrie's The Myth of Silent Spring: Rethinking the Origins of American Environmentalism (U Cal Press, 2018). According to the review, the book does not try to downplay the importance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring , but rather to point out the rich history of environmentalism (and environmental regulation) long predati

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EPA’s Support of Rural America in 2020

EPA

By Carrie Vicenta Meadows. Agriculture Advisor to Administrator Wheeler. To fulfill the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment, we need support from all Americans. We know that farmers and ranchers are the original stewards of the land and should be our natural partners Administrator Andrew Wheeler has made it a priority of EPA to engage more effectively with the agriculture community and rebuild trust with rural America.

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World Losing Ice 57 Percent Faster Than In the 1990s, Study Finds

Yale E360

The world has lost an estimated 28 trillion metric tons of ice since the mid-1990s as rising global temperatures have sped up the melting of sea ice, ice sheets, and glaciers, according to a new study published in the journal The Cryosphere. The annual melt rate has jumped 57 percent in the past three decades, the research found, from 800 billion metric tons per year in the 1990s to 1.2 trillion tons today.

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EPA Information Collection Request

Environment Next

EPA is accepting comments on an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Comments will be accepted until March 1, 2021 and should be submitted online using www.regulations.gov or by email to docket.oeaca@epa.gov referencing Docket ID Number EPA=HQ-OECA-2020-0203.

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Low-carb diets: An easy way to lose weight or recipe for heart attack?

New Scientist

More people are cutting carbs and filling up on fat and protein to lose weight or get healthier – despite warnings about this boosting cholesterol.

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