Sat.May 11, 2019 - Fri.May 17, 2019

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Nuclear Waste Disposal -- Isn't Science Supposed To Reduce The Uncertainty?

Jim Conca

If science is supposed to reduce uncertainty in making important decisions for our society, why did we pick a rock for deep geologic nuclear waste disposal that has so many uncertainties? Because science wasn’t what those politicians used to choose Yucca Mt.

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2019 Legislative Review: Wins and Steps towards Climate and Environmental Justice

Front And Centered

Front and Centered believes in a future that is not just cleaner and safer for all, but where our communities and the earth are healed and thriving, people of color and those with lower incomes have dignified work opportunities, and our government values, respects and represents us. To bring us closer to that future, we pursued four priorities in the 2019 legislative session.

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Climate Action in the Pacific Northwest

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

Washington State’s legislature ended the 2019 session by passing a strong suite of climate policies, sending Gov. Jay Inslee a number of bills that place the state in a true leadership position in clean energy. Successful policies of note include bills focused on 100 percent clean electricity (SB 5116), super pollutant mitigation (HB 1112), building decarbonization (HB1257), EV incentives (HB 2042), and energy efficiency (HB 1444).

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CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

2018 Year in Review: Public agencies prevailed in 65% of CEQA cases analyzed. By James L. Arnone , Marc T. Campopiano , Christopher W. Garrett , and Lucinda Starrett. Over the course of 2018, Latham & Watkins lawyers reviewed all 57 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases, both published and unpublished, that came before California appellate courts.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Looking For A Long-Term Career? Here’s Why Clean Energy’s A Good Place To Start

Jigar Shah

What constitutes a “career” has changed drastically over the years. With the rise of the gig economy, especially, the days are gone where an employee would work for only a few companies over their entire career. Gone are pensions, corporate ladders, and even the security of saving reliably for retirement. Many prominent companies are trying desperately to hire people as contractors and prove that they are not employees.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

Front and Centered envisions a more just future that is not only cleaner and safer, but where our communities and the earth are healed and thriving, our people have dignified work opportunity and prosperity, and our government values, respects, and represents us. In order to reach this vision, policies in the Washington State Legislature must address equitable governance , a prerequisite to effective action; healthy communities rooted in place , strengthening our relationship to place to prevent

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Oregon’s LCFS Program

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

High Court’s action clears pathway for low-carbon fuel standard programs. By Joshua T. Bledsoe , Kimberly D. Farbota , and Brian F. McCall. On May 13, 2019, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari in American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), et al., v. O’Keeffe, et al ( O’Keeffe ), effectively affirming a US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that upheld the constitutionality of Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (CFP).

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Local Highschools win 3D Printer for STEM project ideas

Cleantech East

Above: Framingham Earl’s winning team who created their very own alternative to plastic – Milk Plastic! A team of Year 9’s from Springwood Highschool and a team of Year 7’s from Framingham Earl High were this year’s winners of Cleantech East’s annual Cleantech Challenge, and were awarded their prizes – brand new state-of-the-art 3D Printers – at Hethel Engineering Centre on 3 rd May 2019.

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[Blog] Home Energy Minute #01: Alaska's Griffin Hagle

Home Energy

Welcome to the first in a series of quarterly interviews conducted by Corbett Lunsford of Home Diagnosis TV, that will focus on the topic of home performance! Hear from a home performance pro dealing with issues in one of the coldest climates in North America - Alaska! Check it out!

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Looking For A Long-Term Career? Here’s Why Clean Energy’s A Good Place To Start

Jigar Shah

What constitutes a “career” has changed drastically over the years. With the rise of the gig economy, especially, the days are gone where an employee would work for only a few companies over their entire career. Gone are pensions, corporate ladders, and even the security of saving reliably for retirement. Many prominent companies are trying desperately to hire people as contractors and prove that they are not employees.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

2018 Year in Review: Public agencies prevailed in 65% of CEQA cases analyzed. By James L. Arnone , Marc T. Campopiano , Christopher W. Garrett , and Lucinda Starrett. Over the course of 2018, Latham & Watkins lawyers reviewed all 57 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases, both published and unpublished, that came before California appellate courts.

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Driving Electric Vehicle Awareness, Envy and Purchases

Enervee

New results on transforming everyday car shoppers into EV Champions People in the business of transportation electrification know that a major barrier to electric vehicle (EV) adoption is the fact that the vast majority of people still don’t know what EVs are. Or, if they do, they think they’re too expensive. While EV technophiles – the super early adopters – have been buying electric for nearly a decade, their enthusiasm has yet to go viral.

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[Blog] Avoid These Pitfalls When Installing HVAC Sensors

Home Energy

Modern HVAC systems are getting smarter, which means they need sensors to tell them when to keep the house cool and when to let the temperature climb a little bit to save power when no one is home. These sensors serve a specific purpose, but they can be tricky to.

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Oregon’s LCFS Program

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

High Court’s action clears pathway for low-carbon fuel standard programs. By Joshua T. Bledsoe , Kimberly D. Farbota , and Brian F. McCall. On May 13, 2019, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari in American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), et al., v. O’Keeffe, et al ( O’Keeffe ), effectively affirming a US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that upheld the constitutionality of Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (CFP).

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.