Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Last month, 44 climate scientists from 15 countries wrote an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers highlighting the risk of a potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a critical ocean current system in the Atlantic Ocean. In the letter, the climate scientists stress that the risk of an AMOC collapse due to climate change has been greatly underestimated according to new observational evidence.

Climate Scientist 300

Climate Scientist Ocean Sea Level Climate Change 300

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As part of a $7 billion investment in hydrogen, the U.S. Department of Energy is committed to building a network of hydrogen facilities and pipelines centered in southeast Pennsylvania. Critics are questioning the project’s expense and its net savings in carbon emissions.

Clean Energy 285

Clean Energy Carbon Emissions 285

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In what could turn out to be another loss for environmental protection in the Supreme Court, the Court is about to decide a major case about the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The case, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County , has important implications for issues such as whether NEPA covers climate change impacts.

Climate Change 279

Climate Change Environmental Protection Greenhouse Regulations 279

Cleannovate

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

At some point, I thought that my lemon verbana vine was dying off. The leaves had withered, and it had lost its scent. But something happened when the rains started. I noticed a vibrancy creeping in. Infact, it wasn’t just about the verbena vine. I noticed other herbs and flower plants developing a greenish tinge… Their stems started having protrusions which later developed into buds, then flowers.

130

130

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.

Waste

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Energy storage, or the storing of electricity for later use on the power grid, plays an important role in the clean energy transition. Many states have established targets or goals for deploying increased amounts of storage on the grid. Illinois is currently considering policy proposals to establish a statewide energy storage target. To inform the amount of storage the state should seek, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) conducted a modeling analysis of the Illinois power system to assess

Fossil Fuels 130

Fossil Fuels 2030 Electricity 2025 130

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Around the world, researchers are working on a range of projects that aim to enhance corals’ resistance to marine heat waves. In a promising sign, a U.K. team recently became the first to quantify an uptick in heat tolerance among adult corals selectively bred for the trait.

Ocean 265

Ocean 265

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Most assessments of global warming use 1850-1900 as a baseline, but researchers have now established a new pre-industrial reference by using Antarctic ice cores to estimate the average temperature before 1700

145

145

Scientific American

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Thawing ice, from the high peaks to the poles, is producing extraordinarily expensive floods, infrastructure damage and losses to tourism and fishing

144

144

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

At least 1,773 fossil fuel lobbyists are attending the U.N. climate negotiations now underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, according to a tally by a coalition of climate groups.

Fossil Fuels 219

Fossil Fuels 219

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This is the final installment in our series of posts about the causation issue under NEPA. In our previous post, we laid out NEPA’s purposes and why analogies to tort law can misfire because that area of law has very different purposes. Today, building on our recent working paper , we explain the functional approach to causation that we believe courts should apply.

Carbon Dioxide 244

Carbon Dioxide Air Pollution Law Regulations 244

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

2024

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Extreme weather and a growing population is driving a food security crisis. What can we do to break the vicious cycle of carbon emissions, climate change and soaring food costs – or is it already too late?

Climate Change 144

Climate Change Carbon Emissions 144

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Fossil fuel lobbyists are once again swarming the international climate negotiations, including within Canada’s official delegation. According to Environmental Defence’s analysis of the UN’s Provisional List of Registered Participants at COP29, 28 people with ties to the fossil fuel sector were given Party badges by Canada.

Fossil Fuels 142

Fossil Fuels Government Technology Technology 142

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

New research shows that glaciers near active volcanoes flow faster than other glaciers. The findings suggest it would be possible to predict volcanic eruptions by tracking the speed of glaciers.

211

211

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In prior posts, we’ve discussed the potential importance of the Seven Counties case, how the petitioners have made very aggressive arguments to shrink the scope of NEPA, arguments based on very narrow understandings of the kinds of causation that should be considered under NEPA, and how those arguments are inconsistent with the statute and would lead to absurd results.

Law 245

Law Responsibility Principle 2001 Government 245

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.

Clean Energy

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that could improve GPS accuracy and help track space weather

Atmosphere 136

Atmosphere 136

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Big Oil had 695 lobby meetings with the federal government between January and September 2024. It’s no wonder that climate policies in Canada are moving forward at a snail’s pace. The fossil fuel lobby meets with public servants and elected officials more than 3.5 times per working day! We just finished tallying up the lobby meetings for the third quarter (Q3) of this year.

2024 134

2024 Fossil Fuels Natural Resources Conservation 134

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Light from cars, homes, and street lamps may be keeping bees up at night, according to a new study.

231

231

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

by Nell Green Nylen and Molly Bruce Water scarcity is a growing problem for agriculture and ecosystems across the U.S. Southwest. In many areas, unsustainable water use has overstretched local water supplies, and climate change is making these supplies more volatile. Water markets have the potential to enhance climate resilience by helping water users adapt to short-term variations in water supply and by easing long-term transitions to more sustainable levels of water use.

Government 204

Government Politics Climate Change Technology 204

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.

2022

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, thanks to a remarkably well-preserved fossil

135

135

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — Ecojustice and Environmental Defence have uncovered that greenhouse gas emissions from Canada’s exported oil, gas, and coal ballooned to record levels in 2023. This information was discovered following a petition to Environment and Climate Change Canada for data on the country’s downstream emissions.

Fossil Fuels 138

Fossil Fuels 2012 Paris Agreement Renewable Energy 138

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It took Hurricane Helene just three days to travel from the overly warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the mountains of North Carolina, causing incredible damage and loss of life. Hurricane Milton also moved fast, intensifying from a Category 1 to a Category 5 hurricane in a single day, before hitting Florida with incredible winds, tornados and flooding.

Fossil Fuels 117

Fossil Fuels Ocean Climate Change Clean Energy 117

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

This is the third in a series of posts detailing CLEE’s new set of resources on Equitable Climate Infrastructure Investment. Communities and local and state governments are increasingly turning to community benefits tools to support an equitable climate transition, catalyze substantive long-term investments in community priorities, and achieve effective, durable projects.

Clean Energy 130

Clean Energy Government Electricity 2022 130

Advertisement

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.

Sustainable Development

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Never underestimate what a single gopher can achieve in a day: one of the burrowing mammals helped boost soil fungi in an area blanketed by ash from the explosive eruption of Mount St Helens in Washington state

138

138

Scientific American

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Jonny Kim—a former Navy SEAL and ER doctor—is now a NASA astronaut who will soon launch to the International Space Station as flight engineer for the crew of Expedition 72/73

122

122

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Fifty-two years. 26 Congresses. 10 U.S. presidents. That’s how long Ocean Conservancy has been advancing policies that secure a healthy ocean and a thriving planet. Through political shifts and economic tides, the organization has stayed the course. Protecting our blue planet isn’t just a matter of politics; it is our duty—to ourselves, to future generations and to the planet we call home.

Ocean 129

Ocean Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Politics 129

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As California continues, and even accelerates, on its path to 100% renewable energy, it must grapple with the costs and burdens on electricity ratepayers. Among the largest rate impacts is the cost of new transmission carrying renewable power to customers. We need new approaches to transmission financing that avoid rate shocks and ratepayer backlash.

Renewable Energy 130

Renewable Energy Electricity Government 130

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Governments and companies almost never take action when satellites alert them about large methane leaks coming from oil and gas infrastructure

Government 142

Government 142

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

On November 12, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the investment of $79.4 million in grants to support 307 projects across Pennsylvania, aimed at expanding recreational opportunities, conserving natural spaces, and revitalizing communities. These grants will support a wide range of projects, including improving local parks, expanding trails and river access points, and creating more green space in local communities.

Conservation 119

Conservation Natural Resources 2024 119

Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Texas-based scientist warns people who care about climate change and the energy transition against despair—and looks to examples from the Bible. By Dan Gearino For people involved with research and advocacy about climate change, the results of last week’s presidential election sting.

Climate Change 119

Climate Change 2024 Politics Conservation 119

Scientific American

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Antimicrobial resistance could claim 39 million lives by 2050, yet the pipeline for new antibiotics is drying up. U.S.

140

140

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Water levels in the Caspian Sea are set to fall dramatically as the climate gets hotter, posing a major threat to economic activity and ecosystems in the region

134

134

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

On November 12, the Environmental Hearing Board issued a temporary supersedeas to stop the opening of the Catalyst Energy, Inc. oil and gas wastewater injection well near the town of Cyclone in Keating Township, McKean County until the Board can hold a hearing on the full supersedeas request by appealants. The order prohibits the company from disposing of fluids at the well and it may not engage in any earth disturbance activities.

2024 113

2024 Environmental Protection Waste 113