The Earth; It's the only one we have
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01943-1
International trade of used vehicles lacks regulation on emissions standards. This study shows that vehicles exported from Great Britain generate substantially higher carbon and pollution emissions than scrapped or on-road vehicles.
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This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Nexus Media News, an editorially independent, nonprofit news service covering climate change.
One of the most iconic landmarks in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, is a 100-year-old sign that arcs over the main street with the phrase “It’s the Climate” scrawled across it.
To an outsider, it’s an odd slogan in this rural region, where comments about the climate – or rather, climate change – can be met with apprehension. But for locals, it’s a nod to an era when the “climate” only referred to Grants Pass’ warm, dry summers and mild winters when snow coats the surrounding mountains but rarely touches down in the city streets.
Now, the slogan takes on a different meaning.
In May 2023, the Grants Pass City …
February 13, 2024, ANN ARBOR, Mich. –Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) is pleased to announce nine new leaders to its ownership team: Marisa Adler, Erin Grimm, Holly Halliwill, Bryce Hesterman, Keira Higgins, Kate Maguire, Jeff Medlen, Steve Montle, and Elisa Seltzer. RRS sees value in diversifying ownership to help support and guide RRS’s future endeavors, with each of these new owners supporting the company’s continued growth and ensuring the delivery of high-quality consulting services to clients.
The RRS Board of Directors has formalized a Share Purchase Program to provide a structure for opportunities to acquire shares. The new shareholders were selected based on their leadership qualities, performance outcomes, years of service, and career trajectory. Combined, they have served RRS clients for more than 59 years, embodying …
Honey badger facts, pictures and in-depth information: discover an infamous African animal with a reputation for toughness and tenacity.
Photo credit: Lindsey Scalera
With spring on the horizon, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a number of funding opportunities for sustainable agriculture. This blog post outlines the funding guidelines, application deadlines, and program requirements for a range of food and farm system grants funded through USDA that are currently accepting applications.
The funding opportunities listed below are broken down into three categories:
The Requests for Applications (RFA) in this post are organized by category and then by application date, from earliest deadline to furthest out. Many deadlines are rapidly approaching in February and early March!
For more detailed information on these and other USDA grant programs, see NSAC’s Grassroots Guide to Federal Food and Farm Programs.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01942-2
Local governments need extensive funding to realize transformative climate ambitions and this raises the spectre of privileging outside interests over just transitions. Now, research unearths how such private financial interests shape city climate actions in ways both broader, and potentially more brittle, than previously understood.
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This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Adam Federman is a reporting fellow.
On the morning of March 5, 2012, Debra White Plume received an urgent phone call. A convoy of large trucks transporting pipeline servicing equipment was attempting to cross the Pine Ridge Reservation near the town of Wanblee, South Dakota. White Plume, a prominent Lakota activist, immediately dropped what she was doing and headed to the site, where, within a few hours, a group of about 75 people from the Pine Ridge Reservation gathered.
More than a dozen cars formed a blockade along one of the roads that runs through the reservation. Plume and other activists were outspoken critics of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, part of a larger network carrying oil from the tar sands of northern Alberta, Canada, to refineries on …
Echinoderms are a group of animals that include starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, brittle stars, sea lilies and feather stars. On this page is a complete guide to echinoderms, with examples of different types of echinoderms from around the world.
An echinoderm is an animal belonging to the phylum Echinodermata. Echinoderms are characterised by their distinctive, five-point radial symmetry, unique water vascular system, tube feet, and the ability to regenerate lost body parts.
The phylum Echinodermata includes over 7,000 living …