The New York Times: “With the bang of a gavel made of recycled plastic and a standing ovation, representatives of 175 nations agreed on Wednesday to begin writing a global treaty that would restrict the explosive growth of plastic pollution. The agreement commits nations to work on a broad and legally binding treaty that would… Continue Reading
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Biden Administration Rolls Out New Climate, Economic, and Environmental Justice Tools
National Law Review: “Two recent actions by the Biden Administration will identify areas of focus for environmental justice (EJ) and therefore influence environmental enforcement priorities, federal permitting and licensing, and federal spending, among other actions. On February 18, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released the beta (or draft) version of its Climate and… Continue Reading
Superb Owl Sunday VI
The Atlantic – “A special Sunday event: our sixth annual photographic essay celebrating such magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America and are captured here in photos from recent years….I invite you to take a look. It is always a hoot to put this collection together.”… Continue Reading
These Climate Scientists Are Fed Up and Ready to Go on Strike
The New York Times: “Evidence on global warming is piling up. Nations aren’t acting. Some researchers are asking what difference more reports will make…Each I.P.C.C. assessment is a huge, multiyear effort by researchers and representatives from 195 governments. Every line, every chart, is fine-tuned to ensure it is backed by evidence. The hours are long;… Continue Reading
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2022
“Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts,… Continue Reading
Don’t blame national forests for America’s massive wildfires
Popular Science: “In July 2021, lightning struck a tree on a rocky ridge deep in a national forest in California near the Nevada border. The US Forest Service decided that it was too risky to tackle at that spot, and that scarce firefighters would be more useful on other blazes—36 burned through California that month.… Continue Reading
FEMA Hazard Mitigation: A First Step Toward Climate Adaptation
CRS Report – FEMA Hazard Mitigation: A First Step Toward Climate Adaptation Updated February 22, 2022: “With the increasing severity and frequency of natural disasters, attributed at least in part to climate change, policymakers often view mitigation funding as a way to control disaster-related spending. The importance of federal mitigation funding is illustrated by a… Continue Reading
Carbon bias in index selection
Cosemans, Mathijs and Schoenmaker, Dirk, Carbon Bias in Index Investing (January 23, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4016221 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4016221 “This paper presents evidence of a bias towards carbon-intensive companies in popular value-weighted stock market indices that are tracked by index funds and ETFs and serve as benchmark for active equity strategies. The average carbon bias… Continue Reading
Number of Wildfires to Rise by 50% by 2100 and Governments are not Prepared
“Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent by the end of 2050 and 50 per cent by the end of the century, according to a new report by the UN… Continue Reading
One Earth Film Festival Films A-Z
“One Earth Film Festival is the Midwest’s premier environmental film festival, creating opportunities for understanding climate change, sustainability and the power of people. It showcases top-issue, thought-provoking environmental films, leads audiences in interactive post-film discussions focused on solutions, and offers concrete actions people can take. One Earth Film Festival is a production of One Earth… Continue Reading
A Zero-Carbon Grid Could Prevent Future Blackouts, Study Finds
Yale Environment 360: “A year after a severe winter storm caused widespread blackouts in Texas, the state’s power grid remains vulnerable to extreme cold. But recent research suggests that moving to 100 percent renewable electricity could help prevent future outages, in Texas and elsewhere. For the study, Stanford researchers modeled grid stability in 2050 in… Continue Reading
Protecting Nature by Reforming Environmentally Harmful Subsidies:The Role of Business
“Today marks the release of a new Earth Track analysis, Protecting Nature by Reforming Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: The Role of Business, written by Ronald Steenblik and myself. Ron and I have worked together on subsidy transparency, valuation and reform for more than a quarter century at this point, and his expertise has always been hugely… Continue Reading
