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Methane Emissions:,

Landfill methane emissions 40% higher than reported: Study - Fortune
Fortune
The greenhouse gas has more than 80 times the warming capacity of carbon dioxide during its first 20 years in the atmosphere.

U.S. clamps down on methane emissions from oil and gas drilling - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Bureau of Land Management finalized a rule limiting releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas drilling operations on ...

Landfills releasing methane at higher rates, study finds - NewsNation
NewsNation
Landfills across the United States are a significant source of methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas contributing to climate change.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

US DOE to Shell Out $6B to Decarbonize Heavy Industries - CarbonCredits.com
CarbonCredits.com
The industrial sector accounts for nearly ⅓ of the nation's overall GHG emissions. Thus, the transformative federal investment will be matched by the ...

DOE to Award Record-Setting Decarbonization Funds - NAM
National Association of Manufacturers
... Industries and the Germany-based Mechanical Engineering Industry Association; and a delegation from the Germany-based Transatlantic Business ...

Paving the way for sustainable decarbonization of the European cement industry - Nature
Nature
RDF shows relatively small climate benefits (5 ± 4%) because it is still largely fossil based, and its combustion releases fossil carbon. Both Bio and ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

Here's How Data Reporting Makes the Most of Your Data - Built In
Built In
Data Reporting Uses Analysis, Not Intuition. Research confirms that companies that adopt data-driven decision-making gain a competitive advantage ...

The Data-Driven Investor Of Today And Tomorrow - Forbes
Forbes
Data-driven investing is the idea of using data to augment human decision-making and automate away human data entry from every aspect of a firm's ...

Getting Your Company's Data Program Back on Track - Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
... data to decisions, the promise of “data-driven decision-making.” In the long-term, companies will need to sort out one or two that best suit them ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

A Global Baseline? How to Navigate Interoperability Across Sustainability Reporting Rules
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB; now part of ISSB) will continue to play an important role.

What is double materiality and why is it important? - TechTarget
TechTarget
... global sustainability reporting standards. Which standards and ... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. GRI Standards are among the ...

How AI Is Transforming Work And Enhancing Labor Sustainability Reporting - Forbes
Forbes
... reporting on how we report and improve labor conditions globally ... Global Reporting Initiative. This standard addresses various aspects of ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

Hotter days put human health at risk | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
NIH MedlinePlus Magazine - MedlinePlus
Extreme heat and unpredictable weather patterns are big news around the world. But did you know that climate change is not just a concern for ...

Climate change is a ticking clock for global health - Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
... community at higher risk of water-borne diseases like cholera and diarrhoea. The changes in temperature and precipitation patterns are also ...

Report warns of catastrophic health effects resulting from climate change - The Cool Down
The Cool Down
Storms and flooding can damage buildings and roads, which forces individuals and communities to evacuate and migrate. What's being done following the ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

12 Most Undervalued Renewable Energy Stocks To Buy According To Analysts
Yahoo Finance
Investments in Clean Energy Technologies Surge. According to the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, the United States saw the deployment of ...

Funding the Future: The Impact of Federal Clean Energy Investments
Department of Energy
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invite you to a briefing ...

Strong Buy Renewable Energy Stocks to Add to Your Q2 Must-Watch List - InvestorPlace
InvestorPlace
A blend of two businesses, NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) has rewarded investors for many years. The company owns the largest regulated utility in Florida ...

CDP Sustainability:

Taking action on your corporate environmental impact: how our Accredited Solutions ... - CDP
CDP
... CDP and will continue to support companies on their environmental journeys: KERAMIDA, a woman-owned global gold verification and a silver cities ...

Stericycle Receives a B Rating on Third CDP Climate Change Survey - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
The organization emphasizes environmental leadership with a scoring system that ranks companies from D- to A. In 2023, CDP scored over 23,000 ...

The Business Narrative: Sustainability Success | Greenville Business Magazine
Greenville Business Magazine
Milliken's 2023 CDP climate disclosure rating was based on the company's leadership in transparent reporting, demonstrated strategy and action, and ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Rural California can finally claim both legislative leaders as its own - POLITICO
Politico
Sign up for POLITICO Pro. California Climate. How the politics of climate change are shaping the future of California.

Gov. Newsom So Afraid Trump Will Win, He's Doubling Down on… Climate Change?
California Globe
Governor Gavin Newsom is preparing an army of bureaucrats to protect California's climate policies against a second Trump administration.

Reps. Thompson and Levin Lead Letter to California Public Utilities Commission to Address ...
Representative Mike Thompson | - House.gov
Student Leadership Council ... greenhouse gas emissions, and combat climate change,” the letter continues. ... California has long been a leader in energy ...

Impact Investing:

Six key trends from this year's Impact Report - Infrastructure Investor
Infrastructure Investor
Impact investing is a strategy that garners scepticism from some market commentators. Are institutional investors truly committed to putting their ...

ECONOMY AND POLITICS AFFECT IMPACT INVESTORS - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- In the seventh impact investing survey by the $240 billion* global asset manager American Century Investments, U.S. investors buck.

US investors still willing to trade returns for impact despite declining interest
InvestmentNews
Forty percent of U.S. respondents to the seventh impact investing survey from American Century Investments said they would sacrifice higher returns if ...

Energy Storage

Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage? - The Guardian
The Guardian
Energy storage has a dual purpose: it plugs gaps when the wind drops or the sun stops shining, and it allows users to buy cheap off-peak power and use ...

Solution to Energy Storage May Be Beneath Your Feet | News - NREL
NREL
... energy storage needs. Batteries are likely what most people think about in terms of storing energy for later use, but other technologies exist.

How energy storage insulates utilities against rising electricity costs | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
In addition to improving overall grid reliability, using energy storage to “shave” peak demand can also help insulate utilities from volatility in the ...

Climate Change and Satellites:

Satellites show impacts of ship pollution in the sky - News4JAX
News4JAX
These alterations can be tracked along major shipping routes. These changes ripple out to have significant effects on the Earth's climate systems ...

Climate change has slowed Earth's rotation — and could affect how we keep time - Nature
Nature
Agnew's analysis finds that this could happen later than was previously thought, because of climate change. Data from satellites mapping Earth's ...

Satellite data enhances climate models with new vegetation growth insights - Space Daily
Space Daily
Recognizing its importance, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Climate Change Initiative has unveiled a comprehensive satellite dataset aimed at ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

NIKE Aims Higher After Hitting Some Carbon-Reduction Targets | Sustainability Magazine
Sustainability Magazine
“In addition to these 2030 targets aligned to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), NIKE has set a series of 2025 carbon targets to further ...

Leading CDMO PCI Pharma Services Releases Inaugural Comprehensive ESG Report
Business Wire
Highlights include environmental goals based on climate science, workforce empowerment, focus on local partnerships, and supply chain resiliency.

Milliken & Company Receives A- Climate Change Performance Rating - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
... science-based short- and long-term targets approved by the U.N.-backed Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company recently surpassed its ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

'Winners and losers' as global warming forces plants uphill | ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
'Winners and losers' as global warming forces plants uphill. Date: March 25, 2024; Source: University of Exeter; Summary: Some plant species will 'win ...

The winners and losers of the wine industry from climate crisis | The Independent
The Independent
Your favorite wine could disappear thanks to climate change. These are the areas most at risk. Some wine producers will need to relocate to higher ...

These are the climate change winners and losers | National World News | bhpioneer.com
Black Hills Pioneer
Some plant species will be “winners” while others will be “losers” as global warming forces them to move uphill, suggests a new study.

Microgrids:

Distance, what distance? Microgrids meet remote operations' energy requirements - Mining Weekly
Mining Weekly
Technologies such as microgrids, which mostly comprise renewable energy such as solar and wind, not only mitigate energy loss but also contribute to ...

'A lot of question marks': $70m renewable-energy microgrid project divides Daintree
The Guardian
There are some mixed feelings in the Daintree community in far north Queensland about building a renewable-energy microgrid.

Schneider Electric to use Mainspring Energy's fuel-flexible generator to speed access to clean power
Utility Dive
Schneider Electric believes the generator offers unique attributes that will appeal to key microgrid customers, including logistics and data centers.

Community Health Risk Assessment:

Risk Assessment and Prevention of Falls in Older Community-Dwelling Adults: A Review
JAMA Network
For each of the categories of fall prevention interventions, we used Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Search filters in PubMed, ...

Fall risk assessments in community-dwelling older adults | CIA - Dove Medical Press
Dove Medical Press
Height and weight were assessed for each participant using a digital physician scale (Health-O-MeterTM, Model 402KL, McCook, IL, USA) without shoes.

Risk Assessments for Small, Independent Food Service Establishments – DeKalb Public Health
DeKalb County Board of Health
An assessment is not an inspection, but a tool to help the operator ensure food safety. The risk assessor will visit the establishment to monitor the ...   

Socially Responsible Investing:

ESG Funds Under Attack: Why Republicans Are Targeting Socially Responsible Investing
YouTube
ESG Funds Under Attack: Why Republicans Are Targeting Socially Responsible Investing. 286 views · 24 minutes ago Latest Shows ...more. Democracy Now ...
 

ESG By Any Other Name Would Smell Just As Bad - Forbes
Forbes
Avoiding the loathed monicker, BlackRock is all about investing in “infrastructure” that “will help speed the transition from fossil fuels.” The ESG ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market worth $12.9 - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Chicago, March 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market size is projected to grow from USD 3.6 ...

Laying the Foundation to Realize Carbon Capture's Potential - Chevron
Chevron
Chris Powers, Chevron's vice president of CCUS, speaks on a panel at CERAWeek. Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is one way to help the ...

Carbon Dioxide Removal: Can It Be Effective? | Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
CDR is sometimes grouped with a related technology known as carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS). CCUS is typically used to capture carbon ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Report lays out a path for theaters' sustainability in post-pandemic world - UCLA Newsroom
UCLA Newsroom
Could practices adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic point the way to new audiences and more reliable funding?

Non-pharmaceutical Interventions For COVID-19 Proved Most Effective When Universally ...
Montclair State University
Sustainability Science + · Procedures and ... Non-pharmaceutical Interventions for COVID-19 Proved Most Effective When Universally Adopted, Studies Show.

Rick Whitbeck: Covid-19 anniversary invokes good memories for the Climate Cult
Must Read Alaska
... climate change,” while Yale's School of the Environment published an article titled “Coronavirus Holds Key Lessons on How to Fight Climate Change.

Sustainability Investing: 

Roadmap To Sustainability: How Investing In Logistics Hastens The Race To Net-Zero
Forbes
Logistics may seem like an intimidating industry for some investors – a flailing megalith with its feet still firmly planted in a bygone era.

80% of Global Investors Now Have Sustainable Investment Policies in Place: Deloitte/Tufts Survey
ESG Today
Nearly all other investors report having a “loosely defined ESG investing policy” in place or have plans to develop a sustainable investment policy, ...

Spotting the opportunities in sustainable investment - Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance
By Cornelia Andersson Group Head of Sustainable Finance and Investing, LSEG Data & Analytics. Sustainability is transforming the global economy.

Geoengineering:

Why Tennessee lawmakers are pushing a bill to keep government from spraying the sky
Washington Post
Solar geoengineering is an emerging field of research on how to cool the planet in the face of climate change. Scientists have suggested that spraying ...

Tennessee lawmakers vote to ban geoengineering, with allusions to 'chemtrails' conspiracy theory
NBC News
Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill banning geoengineering, but in their comments, some referenced fears that appeared to stem from the “chemtrails” ...

To Slow Global Warming, Scientists Test Solar Geoengineering - The New York Times
The New York Times
Brightening clouds is one of several ideas to push solar energy back into space — sometimes called solar radiation modification, solar geoengineering, ...

Green Bond Funds:

Vanguard misled green bond fund investors, Australia court rules - Pensions & Investments
Pensions & Investments
Australia's federal court said Vanguard made misleading claims about the credentials of a bond fund, marking the watchdog's first ruling on ...
    
Government rolls out green bonds for a sustainable future - Enterprise Egypt
Enterprise Egypt
“The use of sukuk to fund eligible green projects adds an important dimension to sustainable finance, catering to investors seeking Sharia-compliant ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Low-carbon cement factory nabs Energy Department funds | Construction Dive
Construction Dive
Low-carbon cement factory nabs Energy Department funds. Sublime Systems will build the new plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Published March 28 ...

Climate Investing With the Morningstar Low Carbon Transition Leaders Indexes
Pensions & Investments
To consistently deliver news, research and analysis to the executives who manage the flow of funds in the institutional investment market.

Funding The Future: The Investment Potential Of Today's Climate Tech - Forbes
Forbes
... investments in low-carbon technologies.” Grace adds, “Political will and leadership conviction (or the lack of) in ushering a low carbon economy ...