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    EPA Releases $550M for Environmental Justice Grants

    EPA Releases $550M for Environmental Justice Grants

    The EPA  will disburse $550 million meant to boost efforts to address environmental inequities, the agency announced Thursday. The funds will be distributed among 11 entities, including large non-profits, tribal nations, and universities, that will in turn serve as grantmakers.

    Biden Nominates Businessman With Climate Experience to Run World Bank

    Biden Nominates Businessman With Climate Experience to Run World Bank

    After the current head of the World Bank stepped down early following accusations of climate denial, it seems the U.S. wants to make sure its next leader is ready to face the climate crisis with eyes open. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the U.S. was nominating business leader Ajay Banga for the role, partly […]

    Despite Oil Company Ties, COP28 President-Designate Vows to Uphold 1.5°C Temperature Goal 

    Despite Oil Company Ties, COP28 President-Designate Vows to Uphold 1.5°C Temperature Goal 

    Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the controversial COP28 President-designate, has said the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is “non-negotiable.’  His remarks came as he spoke Wednesday at the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi on Wednesday, as The National reported.  “It is also clear that business […]

    Union of Concerned Scientists Supports Tripling Social Cost of Carbon in New EPA Estimate

    Union of Concerned Scientists Supports Tripling Social Cost of Carbon in New EPA Estimate

    The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) sent a letter on February 13, signed by almost 400 experts including climate scientists and economists, supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) draft issuance to more than triple the so-called social cost of carbon emissions. The social cost of carbon is a dollar figure representing the approximate economic […]

    Australia to Triple Size of Macquarie Island Protection Zone to Shield ‘Remote Wildlife Wonderland’ in Southern Ocean

    Australia to Triple Size of Macquarie Island Protection Zone to Shield ‘Remote Wildlife Wonderland’ in Southern Ocean

    Australia’s Albanese Labor Government has announced its plans to triple the size of the Macquarie Island Marine Park to protect millions of seals, seabirds and penguins in the Southern Ocean, a press release from Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek said. The expansion of the marine park would protect the entire Exclusive […]

    DOE Breaks Ground on Concentrating Solar Power Facility in New Mexico

    DOE Breaks Ground on Concentrating Solar Power Facility in New Mexico

    The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that it has broken ground on the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3), a concentrating solar-thermal pilot project, at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The project will showcase concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) technology, which could be useful for various clean energy purposes, from producing power to […]