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1st Friday Focus on the Environment: The Clean Energy and Jobs Act
ABOUT KARA COOK: Kara Cook is chief of staff for EGLE. She has worked in various roles within the executive office, most recently serving as a senior policy advisor to Governor Whitmer focused in the areas of energy and environmental protection. Before joining the Executive Office of the Governor, Kara served on the Whitmer-Gilchrist transition,…
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Leveraging digital platform to amplify green participation by the public: An Ant Group case study presented at COP28
Please login to bookmark No account yet? Register Participation from the general public is key to advancing green development for the future, said Sabrina Peng, Chief Sustainability Officer of Ant Group, at the China Pavilion of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, UAE. Peng shared the story of Alipay Ant Forest,…
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Climate Change Makes Farm Bill Conservation Programs Crucial
While people from around the country think of South Dakota as the home of Mount Rushmore, Badlands National Park and the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, we are at our core a state powered and defined by our farms and ranches. Agriculture is South Dakota’s top producing industry, generating almost $12 billion for the economy each…
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PM Modi’s address to climate meetings: What’s happening at COP28 today?
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) commenced its first full day of events in Dubai, with a high-profile roster of global leaders set to address the summit. Amongst the esteemed speakers is Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside Britain’s King Charles III, a long-time advocate for environmental conservation, who is expected to bring his…
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DEC: Phelps Site Poses Significant Threat to Public Health, Environment – Finger Lakes Daily News
The state has determined the G.W. Lisk site on South Street in Phelps poses a significant threat to public health and the environment. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is reviewing the Remedial Investigation Report for the G.W. Lisk Site located at 2 South Street. The Remedial Investigation Report (RIR) describes the…
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The Need for Increasing Private Sector Funding of Climate Solutions
climate change climate change By Galina Hale·November 30, 2023 University of California, Santa Cruz The Issue: Many of the mitigation solutions needed to limit further climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions already exist. There are also many existing strategies to protect people, property, and nature from the damages that are already occurring and are…
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Kingston planted 38 street trees this year, with a concentration in Midtown, mayor says
KINGSTON, N.Y. – More than 30 street trees have been planted in the city this year with funding provided, in part, by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, according to Mayor Steve Noble. On Thursday, Noble announced that 38 trees were planted throughout the city using funding from the DEC’s Urban and Community Forestry Grant…
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California’s first Black-led conservancy acquires hundreds of acres in Placer County
The 40 Acre Conservation League, California’s first and only Black-led land conservancy, has recently acquired hundreds of acres of land in Placer County, a significant step towards making outdoor experiences more inclusive. The league acknowledges a long-standing history of discrimination and racism in the industry, public land and environment. With this new land acquisition, the…
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Author Correction: Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06578-4 Published online 4 October 2023 In the version of the article initially published, the first name of Somphouthone Phimmachak appeared incorrectly as Soumphthone. The Data Availability section included the wrong link, which has been updated to https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/data-repository. These changes have been made in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.…
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Regional climate contributes more than geographic distance to beta diversity of copepods (Crustacea Copepoda) between caves of Italy
Abstract Despite the study of subterranean biodiversity facing harsh sampling and mapping challenges, the huge diversity of taxa, ecological adaptations and evolutionary trajectories in subterranean environments is gaining increasing attention. Yet, the spatial and environmental factors driving the composition of groundwater communities are still poorly understood. To partially fill this knowledge gap, we collected copepod…
