Yale E360
MARCH 31, 2022
From birdsong in the rainforest to whale calls in the oceans, the world is losing the variety of sounds that enriches life. Habitat loss, species extinctions, and industrial noise all contribute to this sonic loss, which cuts off a vital human connection to the Earth. Read more on E360 ?.
Real Climate
MARCH 26, 2022
There was an interesting workshop last week focused on the Future of Climate Modelling. It was run by the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Core Project on Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) which is part of a bewildering alphabet soup of various advisory committees that exist for mostly unclear historical reasons. This one actually does something useful – namely it helps organize the CMIP activities that many modeling groups contribute to (which inform the assessment repor
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Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 31, 2022
Starbucks has made a commitment to eliminate toxic PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in its food packaging materials. As part of the company’s new sustainable packaging policy, the transition away from these chemicals in its food packaging materials will be complete in the US by the end of 2022. The post Starbucks Eliminates PFAS in Food Packaging appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 30, 2022
It’s been over a month since President Putin launched a deadly and destructive war in Ukraine. Conditions continue to worsen, with the death toll rising rapidly, 4 million people forced to flee abroad, a quarter of the country’s population displaced, and the wider humanitarian and economic impacts increasingly evident. Restoring peace must be a priority for world leaders.
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.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 29, 2022
Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In Thailand, the government cancelled a dredging and blasting project that would have straightened a rocky stretch of the Mekong River to accommodate large cargo ships. According to VOA News, environmental advocates and researchers are hailing the decision as a rare victory for a Mekong ecosystem that is under constant threat of development.
Real Climate
MARCH 31, 2022
Earlier this week, a new paper appeared in GRL by Nicola Scafetta (Scafetta, 2022) which purported to conclude that the CMIP6 models with medium or high climate sensitivity (higher than 3ºC) were not consistent with recent historical temperature changes. Since there have been a number of papers already on this topic, notably Tokarska et al (2020) , which did not come to such a conclusion, it is worthwhile to investigate where Scafetta’s result comes from.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2022
When gasoline prices rise, as they have since the winter of 2020, or spike dramatically, as they have with the war in Ukraine , people naturally want to know why it happened and what we should do about it. EIA. The basics of gasoline prices are no mystery, with lots of useful information available from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The largest component of gasoline prices and the main source of price volatility is the cost of crude oil, which made up 55% of the cost of a gallon of
Circle of Blue
MARCH 30, 2022
Solar panels in Oregon. Photo © Oregon Department of Transportation / Flickr. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Experts say mismanagement of resources could plunge Morocco into a water crisis as climate change worsens. Cameroon faces its most recent cholera outbreak. Michigan lawmakers pass a major spending bill, including billions for water infrastructure. Australian officials propose a major damming project that has been met with intense criticism for bypassing standard process.
Legal Planet
MARCH 31, 2022
There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. But what about the companies who are selling the power? As a first step to getting a better sense of where the utility industry is going, we accumulated some basic data about the top ten utilities by market value.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 30, 2022
Abu Dhabi Global Market, the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, is partnering with AirCarbon Exchange to create the world's first fully regulated carbon trading exchange and carbon clearing house which will be established in Abu Dhabi and serve corporations. The post First Regulated Carbon Credit Trading Exchange for Corporations to Open appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2022
The Union of Concerned Scientists has fought for scientific integrity for nearly twenty years – that is the ability of federal scientists to speak about their scientific work free from interference and censorship to help inform the public. We have many examples of scientific integrity violations across the last four administrations that have resulted in harm to the public.
Yale E360
MARCH 28, 2022
A third of bird species in Chicago are laying their eggs a month earlier than they did 100 years ago, according to a new study that compares recent observations with data from century-old eggs. Scientists believe that rising temperatures are to blame for the shift in egg-laying. Read more on E360 ?.
Environmental and Urban Economics
MARCH 31, 2022
While I don't write best selling books, I do like my books! Amazon se lls them here. In April 2022, my Going Remote book will be published. This book studies the urban and labor economic issues related to persistent Work from Home (or work from anywhere) going forward. Below, I post a growing set of podcasts where I discuss my book.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 30, 2022
Cyclyx introduces its 10 to 90 Challenge with a goal of helping businesses and communities expand the plastic recycling rate. The post Cyclyx Program Aims to Significantly Increase Plastic Recycling appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 30, 2022
Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy from wind and solar will depend on upgrading the electric power grid, which is currently plagued by planning delays and gridlock. To address such problems, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which supervises utility company and grid operator planning, is in the midst of proposing new transmission planning rules.
Yale E360
MARCH 29, 2022
For decades, the Kayapó of Brazil have waged a fierce fight to protect their territory from successive waves of loggers, miners, farmers, and land grabbers. Now, with a recently paved highway and a planned railway closing in on their lands, the Kayapó’s struggle is far from over. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
MARCH 31, 2022
A new analogue photonic platform that can rapidly identify the locations of radio-frequency sources has been unveiled by Guillaume Bourdarot, Jean-Philippe Berger and Hugues Guillet de Chatellus at Université Grenoble Alpes–CNRS in France. Their device works by cross-correlating the signals detected by a pair of antennas and operates over a wide bandwidth.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 30, 2022
The Clean Energy Buyers Institute (CEBI) has launched the Decarbonizing Industrial Supply Chain Energy (DISC-e) initiative, which tackles industrial sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The post Clean Energy Buyers Institute Launches Decarbonizing Initiative appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 31, 2022
Chicago just released its Draft 2022 Climate Action Plan (CAP), an update of the city’s 2008 CAP to reduce citywide emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. Like many cities with CAPs , Chicago missed that target, largely because of insufficient funding, limited staffing, and lack of coordination among city agencies. Chicago’s new CAP aims to remedy those problems and chart an equitable path to cut the city’s carbon emissions by at least 60 percent by 2040.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 30, 2022
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – Bill 109 is as grave a disappointment for the environment as we know it is for housing advocates. Unless Ontario slams on the brakes before July 1st of this year , this government’s land use planning rules will see it lock in 30 more years of the car-dependent sprawl, suburban highways, and exclusionary zoning that have made housing unattainable by ch
Physics World
MARCH 26, 2022
Until now, physicists measuring the properties of solar neutrinos have had to make a compromise – either measure the particles’ energy with high precision and sacrifice directional information or pin down direction and settle for inferior energy resolution. But now physicists working on the Borexino neutrino detector in Italy have shown it is possible to make both measurements simultaneously by exploiting the known position of the Sun at any time to work out the trajectory of electrons sca
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 29, 2022
Water related mergers and financial deals increased last year as sustainability efforts and infrastructure concerns in the segment remain in focus. The post Water Mergers and Acquisitions Soar in 2021 as Sustainability, Infrastructure Concerns Drive Investment appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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Cool Green Science
MARCH 29, 2022
You’re laying in bed, sound asleep, or counting leaping sheep as you drift off into dreams. And then, a scream. Or perhaps a screech. Or a guttural moan. Or a wail from beyond the window. Was it an owl?… The post What’s That Weird Noise in the Night? appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Law Columbia
MARCH 28, 2022
By Isabela Soares Bicalho, Gabriel Mantelli, Maria Antonia Tigre and Carmem Añon Brasolin. On March 30, 2022, the Brazilian Supreme Court, the most important judicial body in the country, will hear seven cases, and all of them are environmental cases. This is an atypical situation in the Brazilian context: having a full day focused on environmental cases has never been done before, and emphasizes the deliberate effort of the Supreme Court to ensure an environmental agenda within the country.
Physics World
MARCH 31, 2022
The iconic hydrothermal attractions of Yellowstone National Park attract millions of visitors each year. Now, using geophysical imaging, a US–Danish research team has mapped the extensive natural plumbing system beneath the park for the first time. As Yellowstone’s waters host a menagerie of hardy micro-organisms, the findings could shed light on how life emerged on the volatile early Earth.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 29, 2022
Water related mergers and financial deals increased last year as sustainability efforts and infrastructure concerns in the segment remain in focus. The post Water Mergers and Acquisitions Soar in 2021 as Sustainability, Infrastructure Concerns Drive Investment appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
National Law Center
MARCH 29, 2022
Food safety in the United States is regulated by two agencies. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulates meat, poultry, The post Food Recalls: What are They and How do They Work? appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Academy of Natural Sciences
MARCH 31, 2022
“Mark, do we have any assfish?”. It was not the question I expected when the Academy’s president, Scott Cooper, called upon my department, Ichthyology, for help. Assfish ? There are 36,128 species of fishes. We know that because back in the 1980s, an ichthyologist named Bill Eschmeyer started a Catalog of Fishes at The California Academy of Sciences.
Physics World
MARCH 31, 2022
A new method for producing medical radioisotopes has passed its first milestone, by exposing a target to an electron beam at energy densities several orders of magnitude higher than found at the core of the Sun. This achievement paves the way for alternative radioisotope production methods using electron accelerators that do not require enriched uranium and produce little nuclear waste.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 29, 2022
United Airlines Ventures (UAV) and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) today announced a collaboration with Houston-based biotech firm Cemvita Factory to commercialize the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) intended to be developed through a new process. The post United Partners with Biotech Firm to Create New Sustainable Aviation Fuel appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
National Law Center
MARCH 29, 2022
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: March 29, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 31, 2022
This is a guest blog by Rochelle Rubinstein. Have you ever walked past a sports field or playground in the middle of winter and noticed the grass is still green? I ’ m sure it will come as no surprise that it ’ s not really grass – it ’ s artificial turf, and it ’ s anything but green. What is artificial turf, and why is it problematic? Artificial turf consists of grass-like blades made of plastic with an infill that is usually made from ground-up tires.
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