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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...
Internship Ideas: 5 Startups Pioneering Clean Energy and Technology for the Ocean
Ocean Connect's Opportunities Database contains information on ocean-related academic programs, awards, contests, enrichment programs, externships, internships, fellowships, grants, research projects, scholarships, summer programs, and training programs available to...
The Week in Climate Change News
A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories. EPA hosts “Road Show” in Commerce City to help communities access historic Investing in America funding. EPA’s Community, Equity and Resiliency...
US regulators approve significantly scaled back climate disclosure rule
US regulators have voted to require large, publicly traded companies to disclose climate change-related information to investors, though the rule’s scope has been significantly scaled back from the original draft proposal. The long-awaited rule which...
Featured Connection: Physical Oceanography
The Key to Understanding Climate Change Physical oceanography – one of the four main branches of oceanography – involves studying the properties (such as temperature and density) and movement (such as waves, currents, and tides) of ocean water. It also involves...
EV’s Impacts on Environmental Justice
From a recent paper by Lisa Benjamin from Lewis & Clark Law School in the Harvard Environmental Law Review (volume 47, Harvard Environmental Law Review, 2023): Electric vehicles (EVs) are everywhere. And they are cool – consumers love them. But EVs have justice...
The Week in Climate Change News
A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories. Biden Environmental Justice Goals Face Headwinds in Courtrooms. As the Biden administration makes strides toward more robust environmental justice...