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Key Pointers EPA locks in 2027 HFC supply at 60% of baseline: National caps of 229.5 million MTEVe (production) and 181.5 million MTEVe (consumption) set the refrigerant budget for 2027 under the AIM Act phase-down. Compliance pressure ramps up on importers: EPA withheld and revoked 2027 allowances from entities that missed audits or imported HFCs
Today’s ESG Updates World’s Biggest Penguin Colony Loses Two-Thirds of Its Chinstraps: Zavodovski Island in Antarctica has lost two-thirds of its chinstrap penguins since 2011, a study found. Scientists blame warmer seas that have pushed krill south and say the species may need endangered status. Kingspan Penalised €40 Million by EU Over Incorrect Trimo Deal
Once understood, One Health ought to be one of the most attractive, essential, and shared causes in modern philanthropy. It is global, interdisciplinary, scientifically compelling, urgent, and potentially transformational. It sits directly at the intersection of global health security, food systems, biodiversity, climate resilience, animal health, and environmental protection. It could be crucial in preventing
Whenever I visit my grandparents, my Brazilian grandfather is constantly making me eat. He fills my plate (and my stomach) with yucca, homemade pizzas, freshly made salads, and my personal favorite, pão de queijo, or Brazilian cheese bread. I can’t walk out the door without a case of coconut water or a couple of puzzles
Today’s ESG Updates Australia’s Highest Court Rejects Coal Mine Extension Over Climate Impact: The judges backed a community group’s challenge to the Mount Pleasant extension, saying the state planning body should have weighed ways to curb the mine’s emissions, nearly all of which occur abroad when its coal is burned. Spanish Town Loses Safe Tap
Today’s ESG Updates New Zealand Report Finds Record Gas Levels and Glacier Decline: Glacier volume fell from 56 to 30 cubic kilometers between 1997 and 2023, and heatwaves are very likely to grow longer and more intense. Seoul Unveils $747 Billion K-GX Green Transformation Plan: The strategy sets a 100 GW renewables goal for 2030
Yemen is often described through the vocabulary of war: conflict, displacement, hunger, poverty, collapsed institutions and humanitarian need. Increasingly, however, another reality must be placed at the center of the country’s future. Yemen is a climate-vulnerability crisis as much as it is a conflict crisis. The distinction matters because climate change is not an abstract
Today’s ESG Updates Big Oil Refuting Climate Change Responsibility: The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term with a crucial case, as Suncor and Exxon seek to end lawsuits holding them accountable for their role in causing the climate crisis. Green Party Eases Opposition to Nuclear: The UK party — one of whose founding principles
Today’s ESG Updates Google and Apple’s Verification Nightmare: Facing an enormous number of lawsuits, tech companies have begun lobbying for influence in how age-verification laws are being written. Companies aim to stop private lawsuits by passing responsibility for prosecution to state Attorneys General. Driven by ‘privacy’ claims and First Amendment infringement for minors. Russia Latches
The systemic realization that human, animal, and ecosystem health are fundamentally indivisible was formally institutionalized more than six decades ago. In 1964, Dr. James H. Steele — widely recognized as the father of modern veterinary public health — established the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES). Driven by a rigorous public health vision, Dr. Steele patterned
Today’s ESG Updates SAF Becomes an EU Strategic Energy-Security Asset: Geopolitical instability is turning SAF into a strategic energy-security asset. China Turns Copper Merger Review into Supply-Security Leverage: China is leveraging its buyer power to demand guaranteed copper-concentrate supplies as a condition for approving Anglo American’s $54 billion Teck merger. Big Oil Challenges Climate Liability
Today’s ESG Updates Global Shortages Reignite China’s Export Control Worries: Countries dependent on the state scramble to start negotiations as Beijing implements stricter controls. Watchdog Groups Highlight Justice Alito’s Oil Investments: Supreme Court Justice Alito recuses himself from Colorado state’s lawsuit over ties to oil companies. EPA Issues New Policy On Power Plant Emissions: Contrary