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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...
Featured Connection: Photojournalism
The Image as News Photojournalism is a form of journalism that uses images instead of words to tell a news story. Photographic images can reveal great truths, expose wrongdoing and neglect, and inspire hope and understanding through the language of visual...
It’s International Polar Bear Day
As reported on the WWF website: Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are the poster child for the impacts of climate change on species, and justifiably so. To date, global warming has been most pronounced in the Arctic, and this trend is projected to continue. There are...
What’s a Fenceline Community?
A fenceline community is a neighborhood immediately adjacent to highly polluting facilities (such as oil refineries, chemical factories, concrete factories, industrial parks, military bases, or other large manufacturing facilities) and is directly affected by the...
The Week in Climate Change News
A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories. Here’s Where Biden’s Climate Law Is Working, and Where It’s Falling Short. Electric vehicles are booming as expected, a new analysis found, but...
State of Finance for Nature
The State of Finance for Nature annual report series tracks finance flows to nature-based solutions (NbS) and compares them to the finance needed to maximise the potential of Nature based Solutions to help tackle climate, biodiversity and degradation challenges. For...
Featured Connection: Geological Oceanography
The Last Unexplored Frontier The ocean contains 99% of the living space on earth, but less than 10% has been explored. We actually know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the deepest parts of the ocean. So, when it comes to unexplored frontiers, our vote...