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Wildfires and Climate Change:
WPR
Wisconsin saw a record number of fires in January and February this year due to a lack of snow as climate change has set the stage for more wildfires.
Amid more urban wildfires as climate change bites, how dangerous is the smoke?
South China Morning Post
When the catastrophic and fatal Los Angeles fires broke out, John Volckens suspected firefighters and residents were breathing toxic air from the ...
The Guardian
... wildfires that affected 42,000 people, the report found. ... Froila Palmeiro, a climate scientist at the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
The World Economic Forum
Several measures are in discussion to help reach net-zero emissions by 2050, reduce the sector's pollution and raise revenues to mitigate climate- ...
Top 4 Carbon Removal Stocks Set to Suck Up and Cash In
CarbonCredits.com
The company is revolutionizing the energy sector with its proprietary Allam Cycle technology. It generates electricity from natural gas while ...
Industrial Heat Decarbonization Startup Zero Industrial Raises $10 Million - ESG Today
ESG Today
... based Zero Industrial uses thermal energy storage ... decarbonization of industry – one of the hardest to abate sectors of our economy.
Methane Emissions:
The Supreme Court allows new EPA regulations on mercury and methane emissions to proceed
EHN.org
The Supreme Court allows new EPA regulations on mercury and methane emissions to proceed ... The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block Biden ...
Methane emissions from warming ecosystems pose a major climate threat - EHN.org
EHN.org
Methane emissions from natural sources like tropical wetlands and Arctic permafrost are increasing as global temperatures rise. Efforts to curb human- ...
Satellite data uncovers gaps, revealing 40% higher methane emissions from Australia's coal mines
Ember
The analysis, which compared emissions from 2020 and 2021 identified elevated coal mine methane emissions in both states, with a significant ...
Dissemination of best practices in coal mine methane monitoring, reporting, capture ... - UNECE - UNECE
Data Driven Decision Making:
Forbes
Businesses that effectively harness AI are gaining a competitive edge by making faster, data-driven decisions with greater accuracy. From ...
The Cost Of Workplace Blind Spots: Why Data-Driven Decisions Are No Longer Optional
Allwork.Space
Without tailored, interactive insights, workplace leaders risk making costly, inefficient decisions about their spaces.
Enhancing conservation through data-driven decision-making in Zambia - World Bank
World Bank
This update aims to provide systematic, data-driven insights into the economic contributions, biodiversity trends, and sustainability of Zambia's ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Responsible Investor
As part of the research, the ISSB said it has engaged fellow standard setters the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and EU standards body EFRAG to ...
Fast-forwarding towards sustainable ecosystems - Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance
... reporting framework anchored on impact and value pillars. Since 2008, CDL's framework has incorporated the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...
New report finds global corporate lobbying risks on the rise - Public Citizen
Public Citizen
The GRI report recommended proposals for responsible corporations to adopt to improve transparency and accountability in lobbying activities, such as:
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
Spotlight on Climate-Related Health Challenges | Duke Today
Duke Today - Duke University
... community nationwide, said Rojo, a Ph.D. candidate at Duke. Climate change is putting many of these lives at greater risk. “Heat protection needs ...
Health Impacts of Climate Change - National Academy of Medicine
National Academy of Medicine
Building community resilience. Promote community support systems and check on individuals at risk during climate-related events. Community members can ...
The climate crisis is a public health crisis – we need to treat it like one - Kresge Foundation
Kresge Foundation
While we are all affected, risks are compounded for low-wealth communities ... Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative (CCHE) in 2019. This ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Yahoo Finance
AES continues to invest in clean energy projects. In 2024, AES completed the construction of 3 gigawatts (GW) of wind, solar, gas and energy storage.
Investors' hunger for renewables remains strong, but appetite is shifting
Infrastructure Investor
... energy approach, rather than being dedicated energy transition funds. The nuanced image is also evident in global clean energy investment figures ...
The Smartest Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy With $2,000 Right Now | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool reaches millions of people every month through our premium investing solutions, free guidance and market analysis on Fool.com, ...
CDP Sustainability:
Anthesis Group
As organisations navigate the increasing changes and uncertainties in the sustainability reporting landscape, especially in light of the EU's ...
Atento advances in its sustainability and efficiency plan and improves its rating in the CDP evaluation
Morningstar
... CDP evaluation. Provided by PR Newswire ... environmental impact through CDP, reflecting a growing commitment to transparency and sustainability.
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
California should move faster on clean energy. Some lawmakers want to take a break
Los Angeles Times
Sammy Roth gets you up to speed on climate change, energy and the environment. Sign up to get it in your inbox twice a week. Enter email address. Sign ...
California's Effort to Hold Oil Companies Liable for Natural Disaster Damage Stalls - GV Wire
GV Wire
A California bill aiming to make oil companies pay for climate change ... The bill's failure occurs as California's climate leadership faces challenges ...
California's EV transition is now local - Capitol Weekly
Capitol Weekly
... California's ability to lead on climate change. With California's programs now at risk of elimination and federal leadership on the wane—not to ...
Impact Investing:
Stanford Social Innovation Review
It's a $1.6 trillion question: Which impact investment practices and characteristics truly generate the positive outcomes that investors and ...
Do Impact Investors Prioritize Financial Returns Over Social Impact?
Knowledge at Wharton - University of Pennsylvania
A Wharton study reveals gaps between impact investing funds' external marketing of their social mission and their internal focus on financial ...
Major asset owner eyes multi-billion dollar commitment to impact investing
Investment Magazine
The $330 billion Australian Retirement Trust is on the cusp of a multibillion-dollar allocation that could catapult the impact investing industry ...
Energy Storage
MIT News
Liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost solution for ensuring a reliable power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free yet ...
Ultrahigh capacitive energy storage through dendritic nanopolar design - Science
Science
The energy storage performance of a dielectric capacitor is determined by its polarization–electric field (P-E) loop; the dischargeable energy density ...
Renewable Energy World Feature: Rethinking Energy Storage - WSP
WSP
Renewable Energy World recently published an article by Scyller Borglum, national underground storage lead at WSP in the U.S, that spotlights the ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
Three NASA Climate Satellites Are Dying. There's No Plan to Replace Them
Scientific American
These include climate and environmental measurements, from changes in the Earth's ozone layer to the solar radiation that warms the planet. On ...
Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NPR
NPR
... satellites to ocean buoys to weather balloons. And its scientists run ... climate change is affecting Earth. The agency also includes offices ...
More Greenhouse Gases Means Less Room for Satellites - Universe Today
Universe Today
Whether your views on climate change are informed by politics or science, it's getting harder to ignore it's effects on our lives down here on ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Cision News
... efficiency. New target for Scope 3. Based on the new data, Munters has set a target to reduce carbon emissions from product usage (Scope 3 ...
ScienceDirect.com
The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) is a corporate climate action organization that develops standards for financial institutions to set their ...
Hoare Lea
... carbon reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). ... performance. Looking ahead, regulatory requirements and ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
YouTube
NC will have winners, losers in climate-driven moves. 5 views · 7 hours ... Climate change is hitting home in North Carolina--literally. WRAL ...
Microgrids:
Utility Dive
Microgrids are a prime candidate for AI-driven enhancements, such as advanced demand forecasting and predictive analytics to optimize performance and ...
Microgrid Knowledge
The microgrids could regulate power for the grid, avoiding some of the complexities and inefficiencies of converting DC power to AC power, he said.
pv magazine USA
Decentralized solutions like microgrids offer resilience against grid failures and natural disasters—a crucial consideration in states like ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
Risk Assessment of the Administration for Community Living's Purchase Card Program for ...
Office of Inspector General - HHS.gov
The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 requires Offices of Inspectors General to conduct periodic risk assessments of agency ...
Community-Led Research Sheds Light on AAPI Health Disparities - HCPLive
HCPLive
Poon: So, one of the projects that I've been working on is a community health needs assessment. ... risk observed in their analysis at lower cumulative ...
Halifax Health and partners launches fall prevention program | Observer Local News
Observer Local News
... assessment, an in-person comprehensive assessment and then community offered interventions. Halifax Health has partnered with Palmer Chiropractic ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Wealth Professional
The backlash against all things ESG including sustainable investing has always been mostly south of the border, with Canadian retail investors ...
Public Health Institute
Consumer products affect people's health, but these impacts carry little weight in how socially responsible investing portfolios are determined.
Trump's policies reshape shareholder climate action as ESG proposals plunge - EHN.org
EHN.org
Environmental, social, and governance shareholder proposals have dropped sharply in 2025 as investors navigate a political landscape shaped by ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Baker McKenzie InsightPlus
The CCUSA establishes a robust legal and regulatory framework for CCUS cycle from carbon dioxide capture, transportation, utilization, and storage (" ...
Top 4 Carbon Removal Stocks Set to Suck Up and Cash In
CarbonCredits.com
The company specializes in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). It also works on solvent and glycol reclamation, as well as carbon ...
Carbon Herald
When it comes to Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS), the roadmap highlights opportunities for capturing CO2 from industrial facilities, ...
Sustainability Investing:
Sustainability Institute
Sustainability is under pressure. Sustainability investments are increasingly scrutinized by management due to an uncertain geopolitical climate, ...
Investment Magazine
... net-zero commitments. Dispelling these myths is essential to align capital markets with sustainability goals, research from Northern Trust shows.
SEC gives nod for first green stock exchange to begin trading next year | The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
... sustainable investing. In the past week alone, almost $5.7 billion was pulled from environmental, social and governance-focused exchange-traded ...
Geoengineering:
YouTube
Is geoengineering a dangerous notion whose time has come? Scientists and entrepreneurs are testing radical ideas like solar radiation management ...
EPA Demands Answers from Unregulated Geoengineering Start-Up Launching Sulfur ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA News Release: EPA Demands Answers from Unregulated Geoengineering Start-Up Launching Sulfur Dioxide into the Air.
Conspiracy theories fuel state efforts to ban geoengineering - E&E News by POLITICO
E&E News
Lawmakers in at least 25 states have introduced legislation to ban a controversial climate intervention known as solar geoengineering. The ...
Green Bond Funds:
Square Mile backs sustainable bond funds in new batch of re-ratings | Portfolio Adviser
Portfolio Adviser
Goldman Sachs Sovereign Green Bond and TwentyFour Sustainable Short Term Bond Income were stamped with a seal of approval.
J.P. Morgan Steps Up for Landmark Saudi Arabia Green Bond
J.P. Morgan
The money raised from the bond — which drew more than EUR 7.2 billion in investor bids — will fund projects in line with Saudi Arabia's Green ...
Global investment in green bonds for educational institutions reaches USD 15 billion
The Economic Times
... funds through green bonds to finance eco-friendly infrastructure projects. "This phenomenon is replicated to all sustainability-focused research ...
Low Carbon Funds:
USGBC and PACE Equity partner on low-carbon C-PACE financing program
USGBC
... financing for renovation, development and recapitalization projects, announced a collaboration for the CIRRUS Low Carbon financing program. The ...
Defra confirms £45m funding for low carbon farming innovations | BusinessGreen News
Business Green
Grant schemes aims to support range of innovative agriculture projects to reduce on-farm emissions and boost food security.
Like defense, Goldman says ESG investors should bring oil and gas stocks in from the cold - CNBC
CNBC
"I think the energy companies that lead the energy transition should be a cornerstone of ESG funds ... They are some of the largest investors in low ...
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