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EPA Announces $20 Billion in Grants to Mobilize Private Capital and Deliver Clean Energy and Climate Solutions to Communities Across America
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its selections for $20 billion in grant awards under two competitions within the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), which was created under the Inflation Reduction Act as part of...
The Week in Climate Change News
A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories. Is the Fight Against Climate Change Losing Momentum? Some financial institutions are backing away from emission pledges. (read the full...
Featured Connection: Hydrology
Water, Water Everywhere Water is among the most important resources on our planet. Without it, life would not exist. Hydrologists study how water moves across and through Earth’s crust. They study how rain, snow, and other forms of precipitation impact river flows or...
The Justice40 Initiative
What is the Justice40 Initiative? For the first time in our nation’s history, the Federal government has made it a goal that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal climate, clean energy, affordable and sustainable housing, and other investments flow to...
The Week in Climate Change Policy
A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories. World’s first-ever global emissions tax takes a step closer to reality. Two weeks of talks at the United Nations shipping agency concluded in...
Featured Connection: Marine Mammal Science
The Care and Conservation of Marine Mammals Marine mammal science is a diverse field that includes the study of animal behavior, communication, evolution, physiology, ecology, and zoology. Marine mammal scientists (also called marine mammalogists) study the...
The Biden Administration’s Environmental Justice Progress
I came across an interesting article by Lisa Whitley Coleman in the EHS Daily Advisor (a newsletter for environmental, health, and safety professionals). Ms. Coleman engages in an in-depth analysis of the administration’s progress in delivering Environmental Justice....
The Week in Climate Change News
A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories. World’s first-ever global emissions tax takes a step closer to reality. “The UN is on the edge of adopting the world’s first-ever global emissions...
Featured Connection: Scientific Illustration
The Art of Science While people tend to think of art and science as opposite ends of the spectrum, art has actually played a key role in the development of science and how scientific information and advancement are communicated. Scientific illustration, which lies at...
Global Coral Reef Heat Stress Monitor Adds New Alerts
The world’s main system for warning about heat stress on the planet’s coral reefs has been forced to add three new alert categories to represent ever-increasing temperature extremes. The changes introduced by the US government’s Coral Reef Watch program come after...
The Week in Climate Change News
The Week in Climate Change News A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories. Massachusetts town grapples with sea rise after sand barrier fails. A $500,000 sand dune collapsed in days after...
Featured Connection: Fisheries Science
Finding Ways to Feed the World in a Sustainable Manner Fisheries play an essential role in the sustainability and health of our planet by providing much-needed food as well as other important services. Globally, fisheries feed billions of people and offer jobs and...