Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
In choosing the top environmental laws, I wanted to focus on those with the largest impacts on the environment, not just those that are most important to environmental lawyers or best known. My own priorities are public health, climate change, and preservation of biodiversity/ecosystems. I included all laws passed in the U.S., not just federal regulatory laws, and some of my selections may not be what you expected.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2024
When was the last time you turned on the television and caught an ad for cigarettes? Depending on where you are in the world—and if you’re young enough—you may be scratching your head that tobacco companies were ever allowed to advertise on TV. It’s another head-scratcher that Big Oil, an industry at least as deceptive and destructive as Big Tobacco, can still use the magic of advertising to sanitize, socialize, and sell its products.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Cleannovate
JUNE 23, 2024
You’re standing in a queue waiting to be let into an establishment. There is commotion, a melee and a scramble. This is an event you’ve coveted for ages and here’s a chance of a lifetime to be part of it.
New Scientist
JUNE 27, 2024
ITER, a €20 billion nuclear fusion reactor under construction in France, will now not switch on until 2035 - a delay of 10 years. With smaller commercial fusion efforts on the rise, is it worth continuing with this gargantuan project?
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
Legal Planet
JUNE 28, 2024
Headlines about today’s decision in Loper v Raimundo overturning the 40 year-old decision in Chevron v NRDC that granted agencies deference in their interpretation of ambiguous statutes focus on the “ massive power grab, ” the decision’s “ sweeping ” nature and call it a “ blow ” to the administrative state.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2024
Earlier this year, the New York Times published an article claiming that Chinese military strategists are looking to use China’s nuclear weapons in a new, more aggressive way. The article’s main source was a 2012 speech given by China’s President Xi Jinping to China’s Second Artillery (now the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force), which is responsible for China’s conventional and nuclear missiles.
Environmental Professionals Connection brings together the best content for environmental professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
New Scientist
JUNE 28, 2024
Millions of tonnes of water vapour have been lingering in the atmosphere since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in 2022– possibly contributing to global warming
Legal Planet
JUNE 28, 2024
The first—and possibly last—debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump was never going to be about the existential climate crisis. But the CNN moderators did press the issue in one question. The meandering answer that followed was a microcosm of the whole excruciating affair. I wrote here about 22 possible climate-related questions that CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper could ask, as well as one question that they should avoid.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2024
We’re now in the midst of “Danger Season” – the months between May and October when we witness extreme events turbo-charged by climate change. These six months bring dangerous and often deadly conditions due to peaks in heat waves, heavy rainfall, hurricanes and wildfires. We’re witnessing an increase in costly damages thanks to fossil-fueled climate change , which has increased the intensity and frequency of some extreme events , and also thanks to more buildings and people in risky areas.
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 26, 2024
Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Yesterday crown corporation Export Development Canada confirmed it will provide $500 million for Cedar LNG. This move contradicts the federal government’s commitment to the Canadian public about ending the use of public money to fund fossil fuels.
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.
New Scientist
JUNE 25, 2024
A technique for attaching a skin made from living human cells to a robotic framework could give robots the ability to emote and communicate better
Legal Planet
JUNE 28, 2024
A question I’ve been getting a lot since the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine is: “What does this decision mean for California?” First, the decision does have the potential to impact California directly in some pending litigation. For example, there’s a current challenge to EPA’s waiver under the Clean Air Act for the Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulations (ACT), which require that zero-emission trucks represent an increasing proportion of in-state heavy-duty truck
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 26, 2024
This June, I had the opportunity to testify at the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee’s hearing on “Hydrogen Hubs and Climate Change.” With both Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) and Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2) located in state, Pennsylvania is home to two out of seven total selections for the nation’s $7 billion Hydrogen Hubs Program.
Cool Green Science
JUNE 24, 2024
Is it wrong for wildlife watchers to seek out a species because we fear its extinction? The post Swift Parrots and the Heartbreak of Rare Species appeared first on Cool Green Science.
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.
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
The CRISPR gene-editing technique has revolutionised biology, but now an even more powerful system called bridge editing could let us completely reshape genomes
Legal Planet
JUNE 24, 2024
Streamgaging Network (credit: USGS.gov) Recently I’ve posted stories about efforts to enforce California’s water laws in the face of efforts by some diverters to evade and ignore limits on their ability to privatize public water resources–especially in times of critical drought. One post focused on the federal government’s successful criminal prosecution of a San Joaquin Valley water district manager who illegally diverted millions of gallons of water from the government
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 26, 2024
Next month, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin must justify to Congress a 37% cost overrun in the Pentagon’s project to replace every nuclear missile in the land-based leg of the nuclear triad. He should make us all safer – and save the US public upwards of $100 billion – by cancelling the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile. What cost overrun?
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
On June 26, PA Interfaith Power & Light , in partnership with the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, has launched an expanded tree planting initiative called PA Plants Native ! with the goal of planting an additional 100,000 trees across Pennsylvania in the next 18 months. The program is designed for people who want to request at least one native tree to plant (and up to as many as you’d like!
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.
New Scientist
JUNE 24, 2024
It should be possible to combine several quantum states, each with almost no energy, to create a single quantum state containing unexpectedly energy-rich regions
Legal Planet
JUNE 25, 2024
The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a case about whether environmental impact statements need to address climate change. To read the arguments made about the case, you’d think that this was a common law area where courts establish the rules. But as I discuss in a forthcoming article , recent amendments have put a lot of flesh on the previously barebones law.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2024
El mar se nos echa encima–y no estamos preparados. Los océanos de nuestro planeta suben sin parar. Cada año que pasa, las aguas del mar, impulsadas por el cambio climático y la quema de combustibles fósiles, penetran cada vez más lejos tierra adentro. En Estados Unidos y sus territorios, las casi 90 millones de personas que viven en comunidades costeras se enfrentan a mareas altas e inundaciones en días de sol.
Scientific American
JUNE 25, 2024
An emerging science of advanced meditation could transform mental health and our understanding of consciousness
New Scientist
JUNE 24, 2024
More than 50 million people living near airports in Europe may be at risk of health impacts from a little-studied form of air pollution produced at high levels by aircraft engines
Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
Months ago, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an “emergency” request to stay EPA’s new rule regulating interstate air pollution. Like most observers, I was puzzled that the Court was bothering with the case before the D.C. Circuit even had a chance to consider the merits of the challenges. Months later, the Court has finally granted the stay., over a strong dissent from Justice Barrett.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2024
A new analysis out today and led by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) reveals a significant amount of critical infrastructure along US coastlines at risk of disruptive flooding today and in the near future as sea level rises, potentially affecting millions of coastal residents. We unpack the results of our analysis in a new report— Looming Deadlines for Coastal Resilience —and a slick new interactive mapping tool.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 28, 2024
On June 28, the Department of Environmental Protection posted a solicitation for bids on BidExpress.com to plug up to 20 conventional, abandoned and permitted oil and gas wastewater injection wells in Highland Township, Elk County on Allegheny National Forest land. The wells are owned by the Pennzoil Company, a multinational oil company which makes a range of products for the consumer motor oil market, and were generally in use in the 1980s.
New Scientist
JUNE 25, 2024
Research has found the universe is remarkably similar in structure to the human brain. But does this mean the cosmos has a consciousness of its own?
Legal Planet
JUNE 24, 2024
Climate activism has diverse expressions. From blowing up pipelines, to throwing orange cornflour on historic monuments. From street protests to writing politicians. In the opinion of some commentators, scientists and scholars should steer clear of all such activities. Some fear alienating publics from science and scholarship. Others suggest that participating in activism reveals a disturbing lack of objectivity.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2024
Una nueva herramienta de mapeo de la Unión de Científicos Conscientes (o UCS, por sus siglas en inglés) muestra dónde y cuándo la infraestructura costera esencial, tales como edificios de vivienda pública, escuelas y centrales eléctricas, corren el riesgo de sufrir inundaciones recurrentes y perjudiciales debido al aumento en el nivel del mar provocado por el cambio climático.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] House next voting day June 27, 28, 29, 30
New Scientist
JUNE 26, 2024
See the circle of galaxy clusters and voids that surround us in this map of the nearby cosmos, extending 200 million light years in each direction
Legal Planet
JUNE 24, 2024
“Attack of the Dim Bulbs” was the title of a Legal Planet post I wrote in 2012. It was prompted by Mitt Romney’s claim that Obama was out to ban “Thomas Edison’s light bulb.” Romney was taking part in what was then a major culture war battle. Conservatives raised the alarm about the threat to the incandescent bulb from a newer technology, the compact florescent light (CFL).
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2024
A new map tool from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows you where and when critical pieces of coastal infrastructure such as public housing buildings, schools and power plants are at risk of repeated, disruptive flooding due to climate change-driven sea level rise. The map tool is based on data from our new analysis and report, Looming Deadlines for Coastal Resilience: Rising Seas, Disruptive Tides, and Risks to Coastal Infrastructure.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
247 
Let's personalize your content