Podcasts about environment department

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) planned to vent 30,000 curies ofradioactive tritium into the air during several weekends this summer but it must haveapproval from the New Mexico Environment Department. James Kenney, EnvironmentDepartment Secretary, citing significant public interest in the proposed plan, determinedthat prior to the Environment Department making any final decision, LANL would berequired to perform four additional steps.

On today's edition of Gibraltar today a varied mix of topics for you...It's the five year anniversary of lockdown, we'll discuss that with our GBC reporter Shelina Assomull.-As part of our neurodiversity week coverage, we speak to Martin Posso about dyslexia.-It's World Recycling Day, the Environment Department's Catherine Walsh will tell us about survey launched to understand recycling behaviours as just 12% of waste in Gibraltar recycled.-We'll talk corporate governance with Carlos Martins of the Gibraltar Association of Compliance Officers.-And with Eastern Beach no longer accessible to dogs, we talk to their companions Daniel Ghio, Nadia Ivanov and Katy Docker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Germany's Christian Democrat alliance (CDU/CSU) is in talks about forming a new government with the Social Democrats, this week's episode discusses the country's role in the new global order. It comes against a backdrop where US president Donald Trump is abandoning old friends in Europe and proposing a trade war instead of aiding old allies. Not only could this have implications for US-sourced LNG but the new government in Berlin must make key decisions on the future of fossil fuels, the renewables transition and on whether to embrace hydrogen. The coalition will also have to deal with pressure from domestic industry and consumers demanding cheaper and more reliable power provision, as well as a backlash against wind turbines in the east of the country.Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News.Guest: Claudia Kemfert, Professor of Energy, Economics and Energy Policy at Leuphana University. She also heads the Energy, Transport, Environment Department at the German Institute for Economic Research.Podcast editor: Bled Maliqi, Montel. 

New Mexico remains a slow growth state when it comes to population. Tax changes took effect at the New Year. Here's what they mean. New Mexico's Environment Department releases a draft "clean fuel standard." New Mexico's RailRunner ridership rises slightly in 2024. The Administration of ABQ Mayor Tim Keller was found to have misused federal COVID $$ to give raises to top officials. Bills are being introduced in the 2025 legislative session.  In a win for freedom Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resigned as Canada's prime minister.  Biden is locking up large tracts of offshore resources in his waning days in office. 

The New Mexico Environment Department's hazardous waste permit for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to submit a Legacy Transuranic, or TRU, Waste Disposal Plan to the Environment Department. DOE submitted its inadequate Plan on November 4 th for a 60-day public comment period, which ends on Friday, January 3 rd , 2025. A sample public comment letter you can use is available at our website at nuclearactive.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

Negotiations continued today at a busy COP29. In the middle of it a new report was published by the Climate Action tracker project saying the planet is on course for a 2.7 degree Celsius rise in temperature. To tell us more Valerie Hickey, Global Director, Environment Department, the World Bank.

The Nautilus Project says fishing with illegal commercial "purse seine" fishing nets harms the eco-system, as they indiscriminately fish anything that gets caught in it. Last night a fishing boat was spotted using what appear to be these nets off the East Side. The Environment Department's vessel, Storm Petrel, dealt with the incident by escorting the boat out of Gibraltar waters. Claire Hernandez told us more. GBC ran a story regarding the Overseas Santorini tanker in recent days, in which she sought to restock supplies and fuel on the Rock. In the end the vessel did not make port or refuel, but did receive food and other provisions from local companies. We reflect on the challenges that the news team have faced in covering the story. Five years since it's inaugural party, the final 'Que Pasa' event was held at the Europa Sports Arena on Saturday night. It featured a range of DJ's - both local and international - and according to the organisers it went smoothly. Nonetheless, organisers Jestin Benyunes and Jonathan Collado say it has become unsustainable to keep the festival going in future.And, we look ahead to some great live music happening tomorrow. Local band Cedar will be performing, alongside Guy Valarino & The Gentlemen in Ocean Village. We spoke to Daryll Pallas, who plays the drums for Cedar, as well as singer Guy Valarino. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Judge puts MLG's forced 5 day school week on hold. NM spends millions on solar projects not knowing how much power it will get. We discussed the challenges UPS and FedEx are having w/ adopting EV's but NM's Environment Department is spending just under $500K to buy UPS “clean vehicles." Rebecca Dow w/ OAK NM had an op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal highlighting why a recent federal report necessitates school choice.   Being a US senator is about more than bringing home pork. If Sen. Heinrich is re-elected he is in line to massively increase his (negative) impact in Washington. NM is currently under TWO public health emergencies.  

In a conversation on U.S. climate policy, Junior Podcast Editor Moritz Ludwig (MPP '25) and Trevor Higgins, Senior Vice President of the Energy and Environment Department at the Center for American Progress and Adjunct Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, talk about the Biden administration's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Centering around the Inflation Reduction Act, the new approach of incentives and investments is portrayed as a promising path towards decarbonization. The interview covers both domestic and international aspects of the climate legislation while also acknowledging uncertainties about the future of the ambitious programs.

Ireland's planning system has been called into question after comments made by the Governor of the Central Bank. We asked is our planning system too slow? To discuss with Pat was Conor Skehan Environment & Planning Consultant & Former Head of planning and Environment Department at TU Dublin and also Claire McManus RIAI Housing Spokesperson & Director JFOC Architects.

“If you are a women, you should play”, says Coach Dawn Staley. I discuss the Staley's comments on "Transgender Women" playing in women's sports and the Tesla settlement with the autopilot fatality of an Apple Engineer from back in 2018. Plus Campaigners are calling for the government to ban 25 pesticides that contain so-called 'forever chemicals' after a report from the Environment Department's advisory committee on pesticide residues. That and more today on The Crawford Press. 

Water scarcity is a growing problem around the world, especially in the Middle East, but climate change is only half the story.In this episode of The Impact Room, we look at the social, economic, and geopolitical importance of water.  We explore how its co-option, commodification, and unequal  distribution is creating shortages affecting health and livelihoods and fuelling local and regional conflicts.Join host Maysa Jalbout in conversation with:Professor Mark Zeitoun, the director general of the Geneva Water Hub and Professor of Water Diplomacy at the Graduate Institute of Geneva;Dr Danilo Turk, the former president of Slovenia, a candidate for UN secretary general in 2016, and a former chair of the Global High-Level Panel on Water; Dr Muna Dajani, a fellow at the Geography and Environment Department at LSE, and an expert on community struggles around rights to water and land resources in settler colonial contexts including Palestine and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.They discuss the gaps in global and regional water management, unpack what it means for water to be weaponised (as is the case  in the besieged Gaza Strip) and make the case for more philanthropic support for frontline community organisations.The Impact Room is brought to you by Philanthropy Age and Maysa Jalbout. Find us on social media @PhilanthropyAge

What can seem like an intimidating topic is, in reality, quite relatable – from the moment we wake up in the morning, science is happening all around us – it colors everything we do. Making science accessible in a fun and interactive way is important in helping people feel more connected not only to science, but to the city of Lexington as a whole. Dr. Greg speaks with Dr. Lou Hirsch, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Department of Plant Pathology, for a preview of "Everything is Science" February 19-23 in Lexington.Everything is Science: Make It Make Sense will occur February 19-23, 2024, from 6-8 pm daily.  Monday, 2/19: TOUCHEthereal Cornerstone (401 S Limestone)Tuesday, 2/20: VISIONEthereal Public House (102 W. Vine Street)Wednesday, 2/21: TASTE Old North Bar at Greyline Station (101 W. Loudon Avenue) Thursday, 2/22: HEARINGPivot Brewing (1400 Delaware Avenue)Friday, 2/23: SMELL Void Sake Co. (819 National Ave., Suite 120) All events are free and open to the public. No registration is required. 

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What do you know about Dholes? What about Dhole conservation? This week we welcome Dr. Arjun Srivatha, who is working with the Dhole Project to save these endangered canids. Endemic to areas of India down into Indonesia, Dholes are slipping towards extinction. With an estiamted population of as few as 950, or maybe just over 2000, Dr. Srivatha's work is critical to their future. From his website, Dr. Srivatha states: "I have long been interested in nature and wildlife, and my career now revolves around studying the natural world in an attempt to better understand and conserve it. I earned a PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the School of Natural Resources and Environment/Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida. I am currently a DST INSPIRE Campus Fellow at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, India." You can learn more about Dr. Arjun Srivatha by visiting his website -->HEREHERE

Engineers are having a meaningful impact across communities in Ireland through working in the public sector. Today we hear from three professionals with extensive experience working within the public sector about the rewarding projects they have worked on and the career paths they have taken. Our guests are Head of the National Building Control & Market Surveillance Office in Dublin and a fellow with Engineers Ireland Mairéad Phelan, Executive Engineer with Limerick City and County Council Fergal Timlin and Senior Executive Engineer with Louth County Council Claire Hughes. THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT01:09 Public sector and private sector differences02:15 Job fulfilment in public sector work 04:40 Time scales in public sector work 06:46 Working with members of the public 10:41 Advice for those looking to move into the public sector 12:06 Taking a step back from the business calculations 16:27 The variation of work in the public sector 19:02 Career progression in the public sector 26:58 Changing the perception of engineering gender stereotypes at school level GUEST DETAILSClaire Hughes has a degree in Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering from Trinity College Dublin in 2006, an MSc Eng in Fire Safety Engineering from University of Ulster in 2013 and Postgraduate Dip in Road & Transport Engineering (inaugural year of the course) from IT Sligo in 2017. Claire is over 17 years working in Local Authorities (Monaghan, Offaly, Meath and now Louth County Councils) across a number of Departments such as Housing Capital, Road Design, Operations, Water & Wastewater services and Environmental services. She is currently working in Louth County Council as a Senior Executive Engineer in Waste Management & Environment Department.Website: https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/ Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-hughes-3215961b7 Mairéad Phelan is Head of the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office. A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Ireland she was a Programme Manager with the Local Government Management Agency on national projects. Prior to this, she was Fingal County Council's head of the Built Environment Inspectorate Division; preceded by Senior Engineer Road Safety, Transportation and Bridges Division. She spent 10 years as Municipal Town Engineer with Carlow County Council while also performing the role of Conservation Officer. Her career commenced with Consulting Engineering work on Major Water & Drainage Schemes. Mairéad is an Associate Lecturer with SETU Carlow and is passionate about promoting the construction of safe and healthy buildings and the sustainable reuse of our existing building stock. She was awarded the Civil Service Excellence and Innovation award in 2015.She holds an MBA, a Diploma in Law, and a PG. Cert. in Governance, a PGDip in Highway & Geotechnical Engineering, a PGDip in Project Management, and a Cert in GDPR.Website: https://nbco.localgov.ie/ Social Media: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/mair%C3%A9ad-phelan-a9b42a20 Fergal has 13 years' experience in civil/environmental engineering. He has amassed a large amount of experience in a wide range of Civil Engineering disciplines, such as the construction of roads and drainage infrastructure.Fergal is currently a member of the Thomond Region Committee and the Civil Division Committee of Engineers Ireland. He is also the planning lead for the Construction Sector Circular Economy Roadmap Report .Website: https://www.limerick.ie/council Social Media: www.linkedin.com/in/fergal-d-timlin-88ab7b39   MORE INFORMATIONLooking for ways to explore or advance a career in the field of engineering? Visit Engineers Ireland to learn more about the many programs and resources on offer. https://www.engineersireland.ie/  Engineers Journal AMPLIFIED is produced by DustPod.io for Engineers Ireland.QUOTESThe pressure is on you in the public sector, you're answerable to everybody in the general public and everything that you do in your work is under scrutiny. - Claire Hughes I was able to improve the towns and the small villages that were in my area, and I can see where I improved the signage, the parks, the town, and putting in something simple like a basketball arena. I found it very, very rewarding working in local authorities. - Mairead Phelan A lot of people have mixed views or mixed opinions about what working in a local authority is. It is such a fantastic and varied career. - Claire Hughes There's times where I do need to step back from projects and stop looking at the big calculations and just remember that these small improvements have a dramatic change to people and are greatly welcomed. - Fergal TimlimThere is a very clear progressions layout  in place in local authorities. - Claire Hughes I see myself as an engineer first and foremost, a problem solver and a designer. That's all I ever wanted to be, even as a child, but nobody ever told me that it was a totally male orientated profession  - Mairead Phelan The simplest definition of an engineer is that we're just problem solvers. We need to explain that to the primary school students, and not that there's these gender assigned roles or stereotypes associated with engineering. We have to break them to actually get young women into engineering. - Fergal Timlin Every child loves a brick to play with, every child loves Lego. I've never met a child that doesn't love the box that the stuff comes in. So why are we not bringing that along through the schools and teaching? - Mairead Phelan KEYWORDS#localauthorities #engineering #publicsector #housing #construction

The provincial Environment Department wants to know more before it will decide whether to accept an environmental impact statement from World Energy GH2, which wants to build a massive wind-to-hydrogen project in southwestern Newfoundland.

The comment period is open for the public to review the New Mexico Environment Department's recommendation to excavate the 11.8 acre unlined dump, called Material Disposal Area C, or MDA C, at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Public comments are due Monday, November 6 th . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

In a July 2023 report the federal Government Accountability Office recommended that a third-party facilitator be brought in to improve the relationship and build trust between the New Mexico Environment Department and the Department of Energy (DOE) as they try to resolve outstanding cleanup issues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccnsupdate/support

Leslie is joined by Steve Sallman, Director of the United Steelworkers Health, Safety and Environment Department, where he's worked for over 19 years. The two discuss the urgent and timely topic of protecting workers from deadly heat. As the planet gets hotter, and wide swaths of the United States are seeing record temperatures, heat is becoming an ever more urgent workplace health and safety issue – in both in-door and out-door occupations. It's no surprise that unions work to provide solutions. The USW works to negotiate common sense solutions into their contracts like rest breaks, ample supplies of water, electrolytes, and proper ventilation. UPS drivers made this a centerpiece of their recent contract negotiations too, signaling that this was so significant that they were willing to strike as necessary. They ultimately got what they needed, including fans and air conditioning in their trucks. However, all workers need protections, starting with a national standard on heat exposure like workers have for other hazards like falls and asbestos exposure. Without proper controls and protections, working in the heat can cause illness and even death. According to the BLS, there have been 436 work related deaths caused by heat exposure since 2011, and an average of 2,700 cases per year of heat-related illness. The real number could be much higher, given that many workers who are exposed to extreme heat are undocumented and reluctant to come forward. Even when it's not immediately obvious, heat is harming a worker's body, which can cause them to suffer long-term consequences, like renal damage. The Biden administration is taking this threat seriously, enabling workers to make some headway. Just last month, President Biden ordered the DOL to issue the first ever hazard alert for heat. In the same announcement, the department also announced that OSHA would intensify enforcement of existing safety provisions when it comes to heat. Biden also announced funding to improve weather forecasting, as well as additional money for clean drinking water in Western states impacted by drought. A handful of states – California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Minnesota – also issued their own heat exposure standards. Only Minnesota and Oregon have protections for indoor workers as well. But corporations and the Republicans who serve them are unfortunately pushing back hard, lobbying against protections and, in some cases, even overturning them. Business groups in Oregon are suing the state over heat related workplace protections. Even worse, Republicans in Texas earlier this summer even took the extreme step of passing a law that eliminates local ordinances requiring water breaks for construction workers. After Austin in 2010, and Dallas in 2015, required water breaks, reported heat illness numbers in Texas dropped from 770 to 170. Now workers are bracing for what comes next. This isn't just a matter of lost productivity, though heat can impact that as well. It's truly life and death. In June, a postal worker in Texas collapsed and died in triple digit heat. This summer, a Houston-area construction worker also collapsed and died of hyperthermia. Countless more will soon be at risk once the new Texas law goes into effect. The USW continues to fight for workers, as demonstrated by the union's comments to OSHA in the federal register. Until then, the USW continues to push for an OSHA standard and works to protect workers through their contracts and other health and safety work. The website for the United Steelworkers is www.USW.org. Their handle on Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers.

Leslie is joined by Steve Sallman, Director of the United Steelworkers Health, Safety and Environment Department, where he's worked for over 19 years. The two discuss the urgent and timely topic of protecting workers from deadly heat. As the planet gets hotter, and wide swaths of the United States are seeing record temperatures, heat is becoming an ever more urgent workplace health and safety issue – in both in-door and out-door occupations. It's no surprise that unions work to provide solutions. The USW works to negotiate common sense solutions into their contracts like rest breaks, ample supplies of water, electrolytes, and proper ventilation. UPS drivers made this a centerpiece of their recent contract negotiations too, signaling that this was so significant that they were willing to strike as necessary. They ultimately got what they needed, including fans and air conditioning in their trucks. However, all workers need protections, starting with a national standard on heat exposure like workers have for other hazards like falls and asbestos exposure. Without proper controls and protections, working in the heat can cause illness and even death. According to the BLS, there have been 436 work related deaths caused by heat exposure since 2011, and an average of 2,700 cases per year of heat-related illness. The real number could be much higher, given that many workers who are exposed to extreme heat are undocumented and reluctant to come forward. Even when it's not immediately obvious, heat is harming a worker's body, which can cause them to suffer long-term consequences, like renal damage. The Biden administration is taking this threat seriously, enabling workers to make some headway. Just last month, President Biden ordered the DOL to issue the first ever hazard alert for heat. In the same announcement, the department also announced that OSHA would intensify enforcement of existing safety provisions when it comes to heat. Biden also announced funding to improve weather forecasting, as well as additional money for clean drinking water in Western states impacted by drought. A handful of states – California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Minnesota – also issued their own heat exposure standards. Only Minnesota and Oregon have protections for indoor workers as well. But corporations and the Republicans who serve them are unfortunately pushing back hard, lobbying against protections and, in some cases, even overturning them. Business groups in Oregon are suing the state over heat related workplace protections. Even worse, Republicans in Texas earlier this summer even took the extreme step of passing a law that eliminates local ordinances requiring water breaks for construction workers. After Austin in 2010, and Dallas in 2015, required water breaks, reported heat illness numbers in Texas dropped from 770 to 170. Now workers are bracing for what comes next. This isn't just a matter of lost productivity, though heat can impact that as well. It's truly life and death. In June, a postal worker in Texas collapsed and died in triple digit heat. This summer, a Houston-area construction worker also collapsed and died of hyperthermia. Countless more will soon be at risk once the new Texas law goes into effect. The USW continues to fight for workers, as demonstrated by the union's comments to OSHA in the federal register. Until then, the USW continues to push for an OSHA standard and works to protect workers through their contracts and other health and safety work. The website for the United Steelworkers is www.USW.org. Their handle on Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers. (Image Credit: David Montesino/star-telegram)

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Another month almost over, another roundup of top environmental news with the co-founders of journalism portal Macaranga. This month, Law Yao Hua and Wong Siew Lyn join us to discuss the Sarawak Premier's announcement that the state will establish a Sarawak Climate Change Centre, before tackling the news from the Dewan Rakyat by Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, that the government are mulling the idea of granting the authority to the Environment Department to appoint its own consultants to conduct environmental impact assessments (EIA) on development projects. Lastly, we look forward to Earth Day, on the 22nd of April, and discuss how we can all "Invest in Our Planet."Image Credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we are joined by Natalie Koch, Professor in the Geography and Environment Department at Syracuse University. Natalie is the author of a new book, Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia, published by Verso in January. In the book, Natalie looks at the connections between deserts in the U.S. and the Arabian Penninsula, teaching us to see deserts anew, not as mythic sites of romance or empty wastelands but as an "arid empire," a crucial political space where imperial dreams coalesce.

With its deeply forested mountains, unique rock formations, vast plains, and moonlike deserts, New Mexico—the fifth largest state of the nation—boasts a unique landscape. Tasked with protecting and restoring the environment while fostering a healthy and prosperous New Mexico for present and future generations, the New Mexico Environment Department covers a lot of ground. In this episode, Justin Savage, a Partner and the Global Co-Leader of the Environmental practice at Sidley Austin LLP, speaks with New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney and the former Director of EPA's Criminal Investigation Division, Doug Parker. ★ Support this podcast ★

On Thursday, December 8th, the New Mexico Environment Department released its fact sheet for the draft Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Hazardous Waste Permit. The draft fact sheet is a way to let New Mexicans and the Department of Energy (DOE) know about the Environment Department plans for the ten-year renewal of the permit. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ccnsupdate/support

On May 5, 2022, the New Mexico Environment Department issued discharge permit DP-1132 under the New Mexico Water Quality Act for the Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Facility manages hazardous waste and the Water Quality Act is expressly limited so that it does not apply to a hazardous waste facility. Nevertheless, the Environment Department issued LANL the Water Quality Act permit. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ccnsupdate/support

This week, we explore the implications of rising River Murray water levels in this wet and wild spring. It's a time of trepidation for river communities, but the environmental impacts could be profound. Floods in Victoria and some historic dumps of rain on this side of the border have authorities rushing to shore up levees and provide sandbags for river communities. What does it all mean for water levels in the River Murray – and what about the environmental consequences? Joining David Washington on the podcast this week is InDaily senior journalist Belinda Willis, an experienced writer on the River Murray, and Environment Department water expert Chrissie Bloss. To read InDaily's reporting on the River Murray, go here: https://indaily.com.au/tag/river-murray/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are open positions at the Boston Public Library, the Environment Department, and Parks Department just to name a few. WBZ's Karyn Regal reports.

Dr. Daly is a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. He received his bachelor's degree from Rice University in Texas, and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt. He is known chiefly for his time as a senior economist at the World Bank's Environment Department. He is the co-founder of the journal of Ecological Economics and has written innumerable journal articles throughout the decades. He is the author of several books including "Toward a Steady-State Economy," "Valuing the Earth," "Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development," and many more. From the start, Dr. Daly has focused on sustainable development, ecological economics, and the role the state plays within the economy. His work has been quite fruitful as it has won him many awards, including Sweden's Honorary Right Livelihood Award, the Dutch Heineken Prize for Environmental Science, Norway's Sophie award for sustainable development, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from America's National Council for Science and the Environment. Dr. Daly and the Henry George School discussed the growing de-growth movement, how societies can develop without harming natural endowments, and how mainstream economic indicators could be rethought to include environmental impact. To check out more of our content, including our research, visit our website: https://www.hgsss.org/

Galway Lotto Winners - Syndicate Scoops 5.5 million. A local lotto syndicate is now €5.5m richer after scooping Wednesday night's Lotto jackpot. The syndicate is a mixed group of retired and current workers in the outdoor section of the Environment Department of  Galway City Council.  The winning ticket was sold in Newspoint newsagent in Galway Shopping Centre on the Headford Road on Sunday 31st July.  The National Lottery has confirmed that the winner has made contact and arrangements are now being made for the prize to be paid.   Store owner Billy Shearer who sold the winning ticket and Fran Whearty - National Lottery joined Keith this morning.

On today's show, we read a response from the provincial Environment department to a story we aired this week on Newfoundland Morning. On Wednesday, we spoke with Mi'kmaw Chief Calvin Francis about an effort to prevent wood harvesting in an area of Central Newfoundland known locally as Charlie's Place. Corner Brook Pulp and Paper wants to cut wood in the area, located between the Northwest and Southwest Gander rivers. The provincial Department of Environment and Climate Change has released the company's plan from Environmental Assessment, but with conditions. Now, some Indigenous band members in Central Newfoundland say they are self-declaring Charlie's Place to be an "Indigenous Protected Conservation Area." Today, we read a statement from the environment department.

We continue with our series of conversations focusing on conflicts in different parts of the world. In this interview Raphael Edou shares about the history of Benin and conflicts in the West African area. In collaboration with the Deputy Director of the Forest Campaign, Raphael manages the Africa Program at the Environmental Investigation Agency Washington DC , and monitors preparations and implementations of projects in DRC, Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroun, and the Republic of Congo to tackle illegal logging. He works closely with the CITES management authorities of West Africa, and on reform strategies with governments, civil society organizations, and drafts policies-related documents, cultivates and maintains relationships with government officials, industries representatives. Before joining EIA, in 2021, he was acting as the Deputy Mayor of the city of Cotonou (Benin), in charge of the Local Climate Action and Partnership, and led the Ministry of Climate Change and Forest as well as the Ministry of the Land Use and Local Governance. He also served as the Executive Director of Bethesda NGO in Benin for 7 years and Director of the Environment Department for 11 years, where he coordinated the national network of 250 civil society organizations in the environment, sanitation, and waste management. Raphael implemented projects supported by the World Bank and the Government of Benin. He has been awarded the Top Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Projects in 2007 in Beijing by the Global Development Network and the Japanese Government. Edou is an alumni of the International Visitor Leadership Program (US Department of State). He has a Master's degree in Agriculture in Benin and in Business Administration at the Quantic School of Business and Technology Washington DC.

Companies have two options going forward: transform or be transformed, according to a Feb. 28, 2022, report by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC. Companies can either make transformational changes now that will help them be resilient to the physical impacts of climate change in the future, or they can continue to be reactive and wait until climate change forces them to transform at an even greater cost, the IPCC finds. In this episode of ESG Insider, we talk with one of the lead authors of the IPCC report, Dr. Edward Carr, who is also Director of the International Development, Community and Environment Department at Clark University. He was a lead author of the chapter in the IPCC report about climate resilient development pathways, which outlines the role companies and investors can play in adaptation. The good news, according to Ed, is that companies are well-placed to develop longer-term adaptation plans and find new opportunities for transformation. At the same time, companies cannot do it alone. Governments, the private sector and the public must all work together to adapt to climate change and lower emissions. Listen to our episode on the IPCC's August 2021 Group I report on the scientific basis for climate change here: https://soundcloud.com/esginsider/in-fighting-climate-change We'd love to hear from you. To give us feedback on this episode or share ideas for future episodes, please contact hosts Lindsey Hall (lindsey.hall@spglobal.com) and Esther Whieldon (esther.whieldon@spglobal.com). Photo credit: Getty Images

Despite receiving comments from 19 non-governmental and business organizations representing tens of thousands of New Mexicans, the New Mexico Environment Department has permitted the use of the underground disposal Panel 8 at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) with 16-foot high ceilings. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ccnsupdate/support

Guest: Zahid Badroodien | Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Waste at City of Cape Town The new mayoral committee member for water and waste, Zahid Badroodien brings an update on the City's work to progressively achieve full compliance with the Environment Department's requirements and oversight reports were provided to local subcouncils each month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leslie is joined by Steve Sallman, Director of the United Steelworkers Health, Safety and Environment Department, where he's worked for more than 17 years.   Today, Steve and Leslie discuss helping OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) save lives. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the agency that ensures Americans have safe workplaces, has been helping save lives since its foundation with the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act. - One of its first standards set permissible exposure limits for more than 400 toxic substances, with more recent guidance covering concerns ranging from bloodborne pathogens to silica dust. - OSHA performs tens of thousands of inspections every year. - Between 1970 and 2019, workplace fatalities were reduced by 60 percent and injuries and illnesses fell by almost 75 percent. Unfortunately, the previous administration starkly illustrated how much OSHA's ability to perform this vital work can hinge on external factors. - Under President Donald Trump, OSHA's enforcement activities plummeted to new lows even as worker deaths soared to the highest level in more than a decade. - It even rolled back a 2016 rule requiring most employers to electronically submit detailed reports on workplace injuries because powerful corporations didn't like it. Now, we have a new administration and new opportunities. - Health care workers finally got an emergency temporary standard for occupational exposure to Covid-19. - It's also working to keep workers safe through vaccination and testing. - Workers across industries need the protections from other hazards like heat stress—a growing danger because of climate change — and workplace violence President Biden's Build Back Better plan also presents an opportunity to enable OSHA to keep workers safe from a variety of hazards by expanding its budget and increasing penalties for workplace health and safety violations. - The Build Back Better Act passed by the U.S. House last month would provide an additional $707 million to OSHA over the next five years to facilitate enforcement, standards development, whistleblower investigations, compliance assistance, funding for State plans, and related activities - It also provides $133 million to the Mine Safety and Health Administration for similar work - While it's impossible to put a price tag on a safe work environment, it also makes important increases to the maximum penalties OSHA can levy:     -Penalties for serious violations would increase from $13,653 to $70,000     -Penalties willful violations and repeat violations would increase from $136,530 to $700,000  - Both enforcement and real penalties are important for incentivizing employers to address concerns and provide a safe work environment OSHA has proven to be vital to protecting workers. With the help of this administration and hopefully this legislation, it will be able to do even more. Steve has nearly 30 years of safety and health experience, investigating fatalities and life-altering accidents, providing assistance to local unions and working closely with employers' safety and health professionals. The website for the United Steelworkers is USW.org. Their handle on both Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers.

Leslie is joined by Steve Sallman, Director of the United Steelworkers Health, Safety and Environment Department, where he's worked for more than 17 years. Today, Steve and Leslie discuss helping OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) save lives. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the agency that ensures Americans have safe workplaces, has been helping save lives since its foundation with the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act. - One of its first standards set permissible exposure limits for more than 400 toxic substances, with more recent guidance covering concerns ranging from bloodborne pathogens to silica dust. - OSHA performs tens of thousands of inspections every year. - Between 1970 and 2019, workplace fatalities were reduced by 60 percent and injuries and illnesses fell by almost 75 percent. Unfortunately, the previous administration starkly illustrated how much OSHA's ability to perform this vital work can hinge on external factors. - Under President Donald Trump, OSHA's enforcement activities plummeted to new lows even as worker deaths soared to the highest level in more than a decade. - It even rolled back a 2016 rule requiring most employers to electronically submit detailed reports on workplace injuries because powerful corporations didn't like it. Now, we have a new administration and new opportunities. - Health care workers finally got an emergency temporary standard for occupational exposure to Covid-19. - It's also working to keep workers safe through vaccination and testing. - Workers across industries need the protections from other hazards like heat stress—a growing danger because of climate change — and workplace violence President Biden's Build Back Better plan also presents an opportunity to enable OSHA to keep workers safe from a variety of hazards by expanding its budget and increasing penalties for workplace health and safety violations. - The Build Back Better Act passed by the U.S. House last month would provide an additional $707 million to OSHA over the next five years to facilitate enforcement, standards development, whistleblower investigations, compliance assistance, funding for State plans, and related activities - It also provides $133 million to the Mine Safety and Health Administration for similar work - While it's impossible to put a price tag on a safe work environment, it also makes important increases to the maximum penalties OSHA can levy: -Penalties for serious violations would increase from $13,653 to $70,000 -Penalties willful violations and repeat violations would increase from $136,530 to $700,000 - Both enforcement and real penalties are important for incentivizing employers to address concerns and provide a safe work environment OSHA has proven to be vital to protecting workers. With the help of this administration and hopefully this legislation, it will be able to do even more. Steve has nearly 30 years of safety and health experience, investigating fatalities and life-altering accidents, providing assistance to local unions and working closely with employers' safety and health professionals. The website for the United Steelworkers is USW.org. Their handle on both Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers.

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The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Department has suspended the environmental impact assessment process for Karpowership South Africa in Saldanha Bay. Bongani speaks to Liz McDaid, Strategic Lead at Green Connection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leslie is joined by Steve Sallman, Director of the United Steelworkers (USW) Health, Safety and Environment Department. Ahead of next week's Worker's Memorial Day, Leslie and Steve discuss and honor workers lost to COVID-19, and other occupational hazards. Workers' Memorial Day is marked every year on April 28th to honor and remember the workers killed, injured, disabled and made ill from exposures to hazards at work. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year's Workers Memorial Day is like no other experienced in the United States, Canada and globally. There are unknown numbers of workers who have died from COVID-19. Some were essential workers, and many have contracted it at work during these unprecedented times. We mourn and fight for them, and the loss of all victims of this cruel disease. We may never know the real statistics as it relates to occupational exposure, but the public statistics as of today are bleak: •           142,237,637 Global Confirmed cases •           3,033,084 Global Deaths  •           31,739,932 U.S. Confirmed cases •           567,736 U.S. Deaths During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of workers have and continue to risk their lives and thousands have died. The Guardian recently reported that more than 3,600 American health care workers have died of COVID-19 in the line of work since mid-March of last year.     - Most who died were under the age of 60 (despite the median age of death from Covid-19 in the general population being 78)     - The majority of health care workers who died from COVID-19 were people of color     - A large number of those who died were worried about not having enough personal protective equipment (PPE) Workers in other essential industries have also suffered disproportionately from COVID-19, facing a 20% greater chance of dying during the pandemic than before it.Last summer, food processing facilities became COVID hotspots as workers performed job duties in close proximity for prolonged amounts of time. On top of this, there seemed to be a callous disregard for the danger workers put themselves in each day including an independent investigation finding that managers at a Tyson plant were placing bets on how many workers would get infected.  We know this public crisis is also an occupational crisis. Since the beginning of this pandemic, the USW and other unions have strived to make workplaces and workers safer. Ever since the pandemic started, unions pushed OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard that would require employers to provide infectious disease preparedness and response plans for employees. The USW also worked with employers across their industries making a series of common sense recommendations and some employers have been taking steps to keep workers safe with the assistance of the USW with Recommended Controls to Reduce Worker Exposures to COVID-19 and fought to make sure workers have access to PPE. The Biden administration is doing important work keeping workers safe and crucially, OSHA is no longer missing in action. OSHA has a new targeted program, but they will also prioritize opening inspections to complaints from high hazard worksites including health care, meat and more. President Biden's American Rescue Plan included much needed funding for expanded testing, contact tracing and research as well as for PPE. It provided for vaccine supplies and distribution. All of this helps keep workers and their families safer. COVID-19 has certainly dominated the discussion and we must remember, we still have many other hazards that are killing, injuring and making workers ill. This year OSHA, which was established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, turns 50, first opening its doors on April 28, 1971. During its initial decade, OSHA issued the first standards for asbestos, lead, carcinogens, and cotton dust. The OSHA Training Institute, safety and health training grants, the On-Site Consultation Program, State Plans, and whistleblower protections for workplace safety are also established. As we reflect on 50 years of history, there remains much to do, including a critical need to undo what the Trump administration did to the Chemical Safety Board, which plays a critical role in worker safety.  “Former President Trump spent four years undermining the Chemical Safety Board and left office with only one member remaining on this five-person board,” U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D., Del.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which oversees the CSB, said in a statement. “Without a quorum, the board is currently hampered in its ability to effectively do its job.” Carper, an ally of President Joe Biden's, said he looks forward to working with the administration to fill the CSB vacancies soon “so that the board can get back to its mission of keeping communities and workers safe.” But the wheels of Congress move slowly, and even if the administration nominates board members quickly, it typically takes many months to vet and approve appointments. Workers' Memorial Day the USW is a time not only to honor not only those who lost their lives either because of a workplace incident or COVID exposure, but also to recommit ourselves to renew the promise of safe jobs for all workers. The website for the United Steelworkers is USW.org and their handle on both Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers.

Leslie is joined by Steve Sallman, Director of the United Steelworkers (USW) Health, Safety and Environment Department. Ahead of next week's Worker's Memorial Day, Leslie and Steve discuss and honor workers lost to COVID-19, and other occupational hazards. Workers’ Memorial Day is marked every year on April 28th to honor and remember the workers killed, injured, disabled and made ill from exposures to hazards at work. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s Workers Memorial Day is like no other experienced in the United States, Canada and globally. There are unknown numbers of workers who have died from COVID-19. Some were essential workers, and many have contracted it at work during these unprecedented times. We mourn and fight for them, and the loss of all victims of this cruel disease. We may never know the real statistics as it relates to occupational exposure, but the public statistics as of today are bleak: • 142,237,637 Global Confirmed cases • 3,033,084 Global Deaths • 31,739,932 U.S. Confirmed cases • 567,736 U.S. Deaths During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of workers have and continue to risk their lives and thousands have died. The Guardian recently reported that more than 3,600 American health care workers have died of COVID-19 in the line of work since mid-March of last year. - Most who died were under the age of 60 (despite the median age of death from Covid-19 in the general population being 78) - The majority of health care workers who died from COVID-19 were people of color - A large number of those who died were worried about not having enough personal protective equipment (PPE) Workers in other essential industries have also suffered disproportionately from COVID-19, facing a 20% greater chance of dying during the pandemic than before it.Last summer, food processing facilities became COVID hotspots as workers performed job duties in close proximity for prolonged amounts of time. On top of this, there seemed to be a callous disregard for the danger workers put themselves in each day including an independent investigation finding that managers at a Tyson plant were placing bets on how many workers would get infected. We know this public crisis is also an occupational crisis. Since the beginning of this pandemic, the USW and other unions have strived to make workplaces and workers safer. Ever since the pandemic started, unions pushed OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard that would require employers to provide infectious disease preparedness and response plans for employees. The USW also worked with employers across their industries making a series of common sense recommendations and some employers have been taking steps to keep workers safe with the assistance of the USW with Recommended Controls to Reduce Worker Exposures to COVID-19 and fought to make sure workers have access to PPE. The Biden administration is doing important work keeping workers safe and crucially, OSHA is no longer missing in action. OSHA has a new targeted program, but they will also prioritize opening inspections to complaints from high hazard worksites including health care, meat and more. President Biden’s American Rescue Plan included much needed funding for expanded testing, contact tracing and research as well as for PPE. It provided for vaccine supplies and distribution. All of this helps keep workers and their families safer. COVID-19 has certainly dominated the discussion and we must remember, we still have many other hazards that are killing, injuring and making workers ill. Workers’ Memorial Day the USW is a time not only to honor not only those who lost their lives either because of a workplace incident or COVID exposure, but also to recommit ourselves to renew the promise of safe jobs for all workers. The website for the United Steelworkers is USW.org and their handle on both Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers.

The president recently reaffirmed South Africa’s commitment to net carbon zero by 2050 in his state of the nation address. Biomaterials, and bioplastics specifically, offer a potential decarbonisation option for the petrochemicals value chain. South Africa relies heavily on coal as an input into chemicals production and bio-based bioplastics have room to substitute for traditional plastics. BUT, the market for bioplastics in South Africa is currently limited and market demand has yet to materialise substantially. While a number of efforts are present to develop the supply side of the market, it appears that policy interventions are necessary to stimulate demand for sustainable plastics. TIPS recently conducted a study into the subject of stimulating demand for bioplastics in South Africa. Michael Avery spoke to Muhammed Patel an Economist at TIPS; Jenitha Badul, Senior Manager/Policy Advisor for Sustainability Programmes and Projects, at the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries and Ozunimi Iti, project manager in the Environment Department of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), about whether the carrot or stock works best.

The Holiday Special Join Brad, Mike, Shawn, and Roy for a membership update.  We then interview Steve Sallman Assistant Director of the Steelworkers' Health, Safety, and Environment Department.  Enjoy and have a safe and happy holidays!

The reason I am seeking to keep Steady State Economics as a subject before you, as my audience, is that few other economic options subsume economics under the ecosystem. Rather other economic options subsume the ecosystem under the economy. In addition, most other economic options growth oriented economies and assume that the ecology can be saved while still growing the economy and this does not provide solution enough to address the stress every world economy is putting on our planet. If those monitoring the changes in our planet are correct, our time to make necessary and important changes is getting shorter. Awareness and implementation of a better economic option is vital! In every field of thought and research there are the visionaries, pioneers, and trailblazers. In Steady State Economics that visionary/pioneer/trailblazer is Herman Daly! Herman E. Daly is professor emeritus at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. From 1988 to 1994 he was senior economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank. Prior to 1988 he was alumni professor of economics at Louisiana State University, where he taught economics for twenty years. He holds a BA from Rice University and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He has served as Ford Foundation Visiting Professor at the University of Ceará (Brazil), as a Research Associate at Yale University, as a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, and as a Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Brazil. He has served on the boards of directors of numerous environmental organizations, and was co-founder and associate editor of the journal Ecological Economics. His interest in economic development, population, resources, and environment has resulted in over a hundred articles in professional journals and anthologies, as well as numerous books, including Toward a Steady-State Economy (1973); Steady-State Economics (1977; 1991); Valuing the Earth(1993);  Beyond Growth (1996); Ecological Economics and the Ecology of Economics (1999); Ecological Economics: Theory and Applications (with J. Farley, 2003, 2011); Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development (2007); and From Uneconomic Growth to a Steady-State Economy (2014). He is co-author with theologian John B. Cobb, Jr. of For the Common Good (1989 ;1994) which received the 1991 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas for Improving World Order. In 1996 he received Sweden's Honorary Right Livelihood Award, and the Heineken Prize for Environmental Science awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1999 he was awarded the Sophie Prize (Norway) for contributions in the area of Environment and Development; in 2001 the Leontief Prize for contributions to economic thought, and in 2002 the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic for his work in steady-state economics. In 2010 the National Council for Science and the Environment (USA) gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 he received the Blue Planet Prize awarded by the Asahi Glass Foundation of Japan.

How does Sheryl Cumming, Professional Engineer with the Metro Vancouver Regional District’s Planning and Environment Department “pay it back” into the world with her work? For starters, she is a mentor to other women in STEM and leads by example. In this episode, she tells host Danniele how she transitioned from the Philippines into her schooling in Canada, leading to a career she pursues with passion. She also shares advice with future generations of STEM professionals and gives us a glimpse into the local and regional work she is a part of to make sure those in the Lower Mainland can adapt to climate change successfully. Sheryl Cumming works as a professional engineer at Metro Vancouver Regional District’s Planning and Environment Department in the Air Quality and Climate Change Division. Her experiences combined led her to her current work, trying to save the world (or at the very least, help prepare the region) through her role in the development of Metro Vancouver's regional climate action strategy called Climate 2050. WWEST and Best of the WWEST would like to thank the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC (ASTTBC) for connecting us with the individual profiled above. Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC (ASTTBC) is leading the Advancing Women in Engineering and Technology Project, a Sector Labour Market Partnership project, funded through the Canada-BC Workforce Development Agreement. The project’s goal is to increase the participation of women in the engineering, geoscience, technology and technician occupations through the implementation of diversity and inclusion strategies to recruit, retain and support career development of women to lead a system level cultural shift within these professions. For more information on ASTTBC, please visit www.asttbc.org (Please excuse any audio hiccups in this remotely recorded interview.) Relevant Links: Advancing Women in Engineering and Technology (AWET) Air Quality & Climate Change, Metro Vancouver Climate 2050, Metro Vancouver Immigrant Employment Council of BC Hosted by: Danniele Livengood (@livengood) Theme Music: “Positive and Fun” by Scott HolmesProduced by: Vanessa Hennessey Please consider leaving us a review on iTunes or Stitcher! For more from Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science and Technology, you can follow us on Twitter at @WWEST_SFU, on Facebook at @WWEST.SFU, and subscribe to our biweekly newsletter at wwest.ca.

Leslie is joined by Steve Sallman, Assistant Director of the United Steelworkers Health, Safety and Environment Department, where he’s worked for more than 16 years. He has 28 years of safety and health experience, investigating fatalities and life-altering accidents, providing assistance to local unions and working closely with employers’ safety and health professionals. Mr. Sallman serves as a labor representative on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) and NFPA’s 652 Technical Committee on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust. Leslie and Steve discuss Workers’ Memorial Day and the Trump administration’s responsibility to workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Coronavirus has introduced a host of new health and safety concerns into the workplace: both for essential workers who have been on the job for the past two months and for workers who will be entering the workplace again as the economy begins to reopen. During this pandemic, many USW members have been and continue to go to work each day in oil and chemical plants, paper and steel mills, hospitals, power plants, and many other workplaces. Unions, including the USW, have made a series of common sense recommendations and some employers have been taking steps to keep workers safe. However, there are still real challenges, including access to appropriate PPE, the need for appropriate distancing, still sometimes limited opportunities to regularly wash hands, and more. The biggest challenge has been a lack of leadership from the federal government, which has left everyone to tackle these problems piecemeal. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the agency charged with keeping workers safe, has been largely absent from this conversation. In March, a group of unions demanded that OSHA implement an emergency, temporary infectious disease standard that would specify the steps employers must take to keep workers safe. But OSHA still has not done so. Instead OSHA merely provided guidance that employers are free to accept or reject. As a result, since January, more than 3,000 workers contacted OSHA to complain about employers’ failure to take basic steps to protect them from COVID-19. Yet another problem is that OSHA has all but stopped investigating complaints. This has left the states, and other stakeholders, to fill in the holes. Oregon, for example, ramped up enforcement of state-level occupational safety rules and began spot checks of employers to ensure workers practice social distancing. The Trump administration has also targeted the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), which has broad bipartisan support, and rolled back chemical safety regulations. This week the USW marked Workers Memorial Day, a somber day that we observe every year in the fight for safe jobs. This year, their union remembered the 29 workers who were killed at USW-represented workplaces in the USA and Canada over the past twelve months. And, as they always do, they resolved to fight for the health and safety of their members and all workers. But in light of COVID, and the administration’s failure of leadership, they’re also mobilizing to fight for the safety of all workers by supporting H.R. 6559, The COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020. This legislation would require OSHA to put out an enforceable standard for COVID-19. On April 28, 2016, Workers Memorial Day, President Obama signed a Presidential Proclamation. On April 28, 2020, Workers Memorial Day, President Trump keeps meatpacking hotspots open as he signed an executive order under the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic. The President should instead be using the DPA to mandate the production and distribution of personal protective equipment, while issuing an emergency temporary standard to protect workers from COVID-19. The USW's website is USW.org and their handle on Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers.

As a society, we constantly hail growth as the mark of progress and solution to our problems, whether it be poverty or inequality. In doing so, we ignore that there are limits to growth and the ecosystem we live in has finite natural resources. In this episode we speak with Herman Daly, the dean of ecological economics, on his pioneering work on steady-state economy, based on the idea a constant population of people and a constant stock of physical wealth. Professor Herman Daly is a pioneering figure in economics, at the forefront of the development of the field of ecological economics, ideas he has been working on for more than 50 years, in particular the idea of the steady state economy. Herman was Senior Economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank in the 1990s where he worked to develop key sustainable development policy guidelines. In 1996, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for “defining a path of ecological economics that integrates the key elements of ethics, quality of life, environment and community”-and a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. He wrote Steady-State Economics in 1991 and edited the 1993 anthology, Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics (a revision of earlier anthologies). The post Episode 75: Interview with Professor Herman Daly, the dean of ecological economics, on the Steady state economy appeared first on The Sustainability Agenda.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how some bats, dolphins and other animals emit sounds at high frequencies to explore their environments, rather than sight. This was such an unlikely possibility, to natural historians from C18th onwards, that discoveries were met with disbelief even into the C20th; it was assumed that bats found their way in the dark by touch. Not all bats use echolocation, but those that do have a range of frequencies for different purposes and techniques for preventing themselves becoming deafened by their own sounds. Some prey have evolved ways of detecting when bats are emitting high frequencies in their direction, and some fish have adapted to detect the sounds dolphins use to find them. With Kate Jones Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at University College London Gareth Jones Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol And Dean Waters Lecturer in the Environment Department at the University of York Producer: Simon Tillotson.

Since the beginning of 2018, the Iranian Government has locked up a number of environmental scientists and campaigners. One respected conservationist was found hanged in his cell in what the authorities said was a suicide. What is going on? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Kaveh Madani, a scientist invited back to Iran from an academic post in London to be deputy head of the Environment Department. He got caught up in the crackdown and fled Iran in April. Why has environmental activism become so dangerous in Iran? (Photo: Kaveh Madani)

Since the beginning of 2018, the Iranian Government has locked up a number of environmental scientists and campaigners. One respected conservationist was found hanged in his cell in what the authorities said was a suicide. What is going on? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Kaveh Madani, a scientist invited back to Iran from an academic post in London to be deputy head of the Environment Department. He got caught up in the crackdown and fled Iran in April. Why has environmental activism become so dangerous in Iran? (Photo: Kaveh Madani)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how some bats, dolphins and other animals emit sounds at high frequencies to explore their environments, rather than sight. This was such an unlikely possibility, to natural historians from C18th onwards, that discoveries were met with disbelief even into the C20th; it was assumed that bats found their way in the dark by touch. Not all bats use echolocation, but those that do have a range of frequencies for different purposes and techniques for preventing themselves becoming deafened by their own sounds. Some prey have evolved ways of detecting when bats are emitting high frequencies in their direction, and some fish have adapted to detect the sounds dolphins use to find them. With Kate Jones Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at University College London Gareth Jones Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol And Dean Waters Lecturer in the Environment Department at the University of York Producer: Simon Tillotson.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how some bats, dolphins and other animals emit sounds at high frequencies to explore their environments, rather than sight. This was such an unlikely possibility, to natural historians from C18th onwards, that discoveries were met with disbelief even into the C20th; it was assumed that bats found their way in the dark by touch. Not all bats use echolocation, but those that do have a range of frequencies for different purposes and techniques for preventing themselves becoming deafened by their own sounds. Some prey have evolved ways of detecting when bats are emitting high frequencies in their direction, and some fish have adapted to detect the sounds dolphins use to find them. With Kate Jones Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at University College London Gareth Jones Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol And Dean Waters Lecturer in the Environment Department at the University of York Producer: Simon Tillotson.

The planet is facing increased environmental pressures—from warming oceans to species loss. At the same time, new tools such as satellite monitoring and forensic science continue to support conservation gains around the world. But will technology help save the Earth? In this episode, you’ll hear leading experts discuss and debate this issue. Featuring: Tony Juniper, special advisor to The Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit, president of The Wildlife Trusts, and fellow with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership; Rear Adm. Nick Lambert, ambassador to Satellite Applications Catapult’s Blue Economy Initiative; and Callum Roberts, professor of marine conservation at the University of York’s Environment Department. Pew speakers include Rebecca Rimel, president and CEO; Susan Urahn, executive vice president and chief program officer; and Kerri-Ann Jones, vice president of research and science. Event video is also available >>> pewtrusts.org/afterthefact Like what we’re doing? Please leave us a quick review >>> http://pew.org/pdcstrvw

Recently, the Climate Leadership Council brought together some prominent establishment conservatives––including several former cabinet officials––to release a novel plan to combat climate change: "The Conservative Case for Carbon Dividends". This prompted us to sit down with James Baldwin, a lecturer in the Earth and Environment Department at Boston University. We discuss his ongoing research, explore the range of possible outcomes for the species and analyze this plan in its political context.

Is it possible to have an environmentally friendly holiday season?  Barbara Edelman looks at all the ways you can celebrate with e-cards, lights and candles, trees, and amazing gifts.  You can do it all and still save the world.  Seasons greetings indeed.   Find us on: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr Email us with suggestions or tips at howyoucansavetheworld@gmail.com   All the information from this episode: Articles The environmental cost in the UK of a typical holiday season (Independent) Are your holiday cards bad for the environment? (Mashable) Are candles bad for the environment? (Naked Scientist) Soy candles vs paraffin (Zuna) Christmas Tree Debate: Real vs. Fake? (The Nature Conservancy) LED Christmas Lights Versus Regular Christmas Lights (Christmas Tree Market) LED Christmas Lights Guide (Christmas Lights, Etc.) Light Pollution Harms the Environment (Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University) Products Beeswax Chanukah Candles from Beeswax Candleworks Candy canes from Spangler Candy Luci, solar powered lanterns from Mpowerd Black+Blum Thermo Pot Gift Guides Earth Easy: Carbon neutral gifts along with blogs and every other neat thing for house and garden. Waldorf Supplies: For wooden toys that expand the mind. TOMS: Products that benefit the environment and gives back to those in need. China Berry: Great books and toys. Hearth Song: A toy company, especially great for kids 9-12, Isabella Catalog: Wonderful for the woman in your life and make sure to look at the Enessa beauty products. They are all packaged in glass (yay, no plastic!).   Rodales: The winner in the fabulous catalog department. We defy you to NOT find a gift for anyone on your list.

The United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN), in collaboration and with financial support from the Public Health and Environment Department of WHO, have launched the photo contest Your FOOD, Your HEALTH, Your FUTURE! The initiative is aimed at young people aged 18 to 25 years affected by changes in their environment and wishing … Continue reading UNSCN photo contest: Your FOOD, Your HEALTH, Your FUTURE! →

Marea E. Hatziolos ’73, Senior Coastal and Marine Specialist, Environment Department, The World Bank

Herman Daly, Ph.D., delivers the keynote address the recent AMS workshop on Federal Climate Policy. He explores the distinction between economic growth —a quantitative increase in size that is constrained by the physical limits of the Earth system—and economic development—a qualitative improvement in our state of being. In so doing, he helps identify design principles for climate policy that can enhance environmental protection, benefit the economy, and promote political feasibility. Daly is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland. Previously he served as Senior Economist in the Environment Department at the World Bank, where he helped develop policy guidelines related to sustainable development. He has received numerous awards including the Honorary Right Livelihood Award, Sweden's alternative to the Nobel Prize.

Herman Daly, Ph.D., delivers the keynote address the recent AMS workshop on Federal Climate Policy. He explores the distinction between economic growth —a quantitative increase in size that is constrained by the physical limits of the Earth system—and economic development—a qualitative improvement in our state of being. In so doing, he helps identify design principles for climate policy that can enhance environmental protection, benefit the economy, and promote political feasibility. Daly is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland. Previously he served as Senior Economist in the Environment Department at the World Bank, where he helped develop policy guidelines related to sustainable development. He has received numerous awards including the Honorary Right Livelihood Award, Sweden's alternative to the Nobel Prize.