Environment
Releases published in the last 30 days. 
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- Shaping a resilient future: #GreeningEducation at the core of COP29
- 11/20/2024 7:16:36 AM
- “From early childhood to higher education and vocational training, we must ensure that learners are equipped with a robust understanding of climate science as well as of social and economic aspects of climate change.
- AMP to Operate Waste Connections Recycling Facility with AI-Powered Sortation Technology
- 11/20/2024 4:19:18 AM
- AMP Robotics Corp. (“AMP”), a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered sortation at scale for the waste and recycling industry, has entered into an agreement with Waste Connections, Inc.
- Household Food Waste: The Sleeping Giant
- 11/20/2024 4:07:33 AM
- If you’re looking to reduce your personal climate footprint while also learning more about residential/household food waste, let this post serve as your first step! For starters - did you know that household food waste represents the largest share of all wasted food in the United States? Organic waste (especially food) continues to be a major environmental issue, …
- Introducing: Jobs For Our Future
- 11/20/2024 3:48:26 AM
- This initiative will offer guidance and resources to empower youth to join the fast-growing green economy and take the lead in shaping a sustainable future.
- New benchmarking report finds carbon emissions from the U.S. power sector saw an accelerated downward trend in 2023
- 11/20/2024 2:34:46 AM
- Due to a decline in coal use, the U.S. power sector saw an 8% reduction in carbon emissions in 2023, according to a new analysis of air emissions for the country’s top 100 power producers released.
- G20 sends positive signal on climate finance at COP29
- 11/20/2024 2:12:35 AM
- G20 leaders meeting in Brazil have released a Leaders Declaration that has sent a positive signal on the need to agree on a new climate finance goal at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku.
- The debt collectors are here: “Pay developing countries what you owe!” climate activists tell polluters
- 11/20/2024 2:07:24 AM
- In matching ‘debt collector’ outfits and holding up a banner that read “Rich countries pay your climate debt”, along with a 10m-long giant itemised ‘invoice’ addressed to developed countries, climate activists at COP29 demanded that rich countries pay for the costs of the climate crisis. Climate activists called for rich counties at COP29 to agree a new climate finance goal …
- Taxing Big Oil would grow UN climate loss and damage fund by more than 2000%, analysis finds
- 11/18/2024 12:41:11 PM
- Baku, Azerbaijan – A small tax on just seven of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies could grow the UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage by more than 2000% and help address the costs of extreme weather events, according to new analysis published today by Greenpeace International and Stamp Out Poverty.
- National COPD Awareness Month and Optimizing Air Quality Conditions in Puerto Rico
- 11/18/2024 12:33:38 PM
- Exposure to tobacco smoke has long been known to be a key factor in the development and progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but there are other exposure risks.
- Identifying Occupational Exposure Risks to Prevent New Cases of Silicosis
- 11/18/2024 12:25:56 PM
- Silicosis is described by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a spectrum of lung diseases caused by the inhalation of free crystalline silica.
- Mass. climate, cleantech legislation will accelerate clean energy buildout
- 11/15/2024 6:51:09 PM
- Ceres applauds the final passage of two important bills that will bolster Massachusetts’ role as a climate and clean energy leader while supporting the state economy.
- NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Space Weather Program
- 11/15/2024 12:13:28 PM
- NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program.
- COP29: WWF response to NCQG climate finance draft text
- 11/14/2024 8:00:37 AM
- At the UN climate summit COP29 in Baku, a draft text of the new climate finance target was published. The finance agreement - known as the New Collective Quantified Goal - would apply when the current US$ 100bn per annum target ends in 2025, and will be crucial for scaling up finance for climate action around the world.
- Grow Your Creativity With Four New LEGO® Botanicals Sets
- 11/13/2024 3:14:18 PM
- Since its introduction in 2021, the LEGO Botanicals collection has fast become one of the LEGO Group’s most popular product ranges, captivating both builders and plant lovers with its unique blend of creativity and relaxation.
- Circularity Capital Takes Home Gold at National Investment Awards
- 11/13/2024 1:10:28 PM
- Circularity Capital, the leading specialist growth-stage investor in the circular economy, was named Impact Investor of the Year: Environmental at the 2024 Real Deals ESG Awards.
- Court approves Shell’s appeal to dodge emissions cuts: Friends of the Earth to continue fight against Big Polluters
- 11/13/2024 12:46:53 PM
- In a blow to climate justice, the Court of Appeal of the Hague has approved Shell’s appeal of the 2021 climate lawsuit ruling by Milieudefensie / Friends of the Earth Netherlands.
- U.S. Methane Fee Holds Oil and Gas Producers Accountable for Pollution
- 11/13/2024 11:26:24 AM
- At COP29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new rule that requires oil and gas producers to pay a fee for releasing excess methane emissions.
- Deep sea mining frontrunner fails again to get immunity against Greenpeace peaceful protest
- 11/13/2024 11:23:59 AM
- Deep sea miners’ efforts to limit the right to protest at sea were rejected by an appeals court in the Netherlands. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal dismissed a legal appeal from Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI) against Greenpeace International.
- Restricting PFAS means also restricting fluoropolymers
- 11/13/2024 11:05:28 AM
- The EU restriction on PFAS includes the wide use of fluoropolymers found in the production of plastic and rubber, coatings, paints, lubricants, greases, and in the chemical industry as well as in consumer products such as textiles, electronics, cars, and non-stick coatings for cookware.
- COP29: The Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter publishes its first report to baseline, prioritize and track progress on emissions reductions
- 11/12/2024 3:41:51 PM
- • Momentum is gathering: in 2024, OGDC established an initial baseline as a key effort to identify priority areas for emissions reduction and track progress of its signatories • The Group of signatories has expanded with three new companies joining the initiative • Commitments include ongoing knowledge sharing and collaboration The Oil & Gas Decarbonization …