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Carbon credit certifier Verra updates accounting method amid growing criticism
The world’s largest carbon credit certifier, Verra, has overhauled its methods for calculating the climate impacts of REDD projects that aim to reduce deforestation. REDD stands for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The emissions reductions from these projects can be sold on the voluntary carbon market to individuals and companies, which proponents say…
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Jackson receives state award for conservation efforts
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Jon Jackson, founder of Comfort Farms located in Milledgeville, has been named the 2023 Conservationist of the Year by the Georgia Association of Conservation Districts (GACD) for his outstanding contributions to natural resources conservation. After completing six deployments in…
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Jackson receives state award for conservation efforts
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Jon Jackson, founder of Comfort Farms located in Milledgeville, has been named the 2023 Conservationist of the Year by the Georgia Association of Conservation Districts (GACD) for his outstanding contributions to natural resources conservation. After completing six deployments in…
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The Evaporation of Water in the West
Hyalite Reservoir south of Bozeman, Montana, is one of three water sources along with Sourdough Creek and Lyman Spring that supply the rapidly growing city of nearly 60,000. Photo by Paul Heaston, Flickr by Sophie Tsairis Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s renowned lines recount the voyage of a thirsty sailor stranded at sea: “Water, water everywhere, nor…
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Pennsylvania is investing millions to ensure people of all backgrounds, abilities have access to public lands
By Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our regional newsletter, Talk of the Town. Anthony David Jr. wasn’t comfortable exploring state parks and forests while attending…
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Pennsylvania is investing millions to ensure people of all backgrounds, abilities have access to public lands
By Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our regional newsletter, Talk of the Town. Anthony David Jr. wasn’t comfortable exploring state parks and forests while attending…
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$3.5 million in state funding for environmental justice initiatives
CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. — Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced a total of $3.5 million in state funding to support environmental justice initiatives being led by more than 20 community-based organizations across the state. According to a press release, new grants invest in localized air monitoring initiatives and projects that take action to raise awareness and address…
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In a ‘sacred’ desert, the U.S. turns away from drilling and mining
SWEETWATER COUNTY, Wyo. — From near the 8,700 foot peak of Steamboat Mountain here, Mark Kot looks down on the sandy and brush-covered Red Desert — home to some of the largest desert elk, pronghorn and sage grouse populations in North America. For decades, the U.S. government made resource extraction — mining, grazing, and oil…
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Environmental groups burning over waste incinerator expansion
Environmental groups are deeply concerned about plans for a significant expansion of a private waste incinerator just west of Canada’s most populated city. The facility’s owner, Emerald Energy From Waste, has revealed its intention to more than quadruple its capacity to incinerate garbage from households and businesses. The existing facility in Brampton, 40 kilometres west…
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Environmental groups burning over waste incinerator expansion
Environmental groups are deeply concerned about plans for a significant expansion of a private waste incinerator just west of Canada’s most populated city. The facility’s owner, Emerald Energy From Waste, has revealed its intention to more than quadruple its capacity to incinerate garbage from households and businesses. The existing facility in Brampton, 40 kilometres west…
