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DES and SOE Team Up to Address Critical Need for Environmental Science Teachers – Louisiana State University
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BATON ROUGE – A strong STEM education can give Louisiana students the skills they need to pursue both college and a rewarding career path.
LSU’s Department of Environmental Sciences, or DES, is teaming up with the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education to create a pathway that will help ensure students have access to a quality STEM education at the middle school and high school levels – while also addressing the significant shortage of certified teachers in the state.
Called the MAT-S Environmental Science Certification Pathway, this new pathway allows LSU students in the DES Masters program to get both a Masters in Teaching from the School of Education and also a certification that allows them to teach environmental science in middle and high schools in Louisiana.
Students who are enrolled in the in-person Master of Environmental Sciences degree can dual enroll in the Holmes Secondary (Grades 6-12) Master of Arts in Teaching program during the last year of their program. Successful completion of both programs leads to two master’s degrees- the Master of Environmental Sciences degree, as well as a MAT-S degree, with teaching certification in Environmental Sciences for grades 6-12 in Louisiana.
“This program is an excellent opportunity for students with who care deeply about the environment to share their knowledge and passion as they shape young minds,” said Sibel Bargu Ates, the Associate Dean of Academics with CC&E, where the Department of Environmental Sciences is located.
“We are passionate about preparing highly qualified teachers who can make an immeasurable impact throughout their careers,” said Laura Choate, EdD, director of the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education, “We’re excited to partner with the LSU CC&E on such an innovative approach to two crucial issues in our state: providing more science teachers for our classrooms, and ensuring future generations of Louisianans have a strong STEM background so they may one day pursue careers that address crucial coast and environment issues in our state and beyond.”
After being accepted into the Master of Environmental Sciences program, interested students should complete dual enrollment paperwork to be accepted into the MATS – Environmental Science Certification Pathway program. Once accepted into the MAT-S program, students will complete the pathway by passing required MATS courses, completing a year-long residency, and passing the Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 7-12 Praxis exam.
Interested students can contact Dr. Emily Dare with the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education or Dr. Brian Snyder with the Department of Environmental Sciences.
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Whether greening business practices, setting ambitious climate goals or shining the light on pressing environmental issues, the cable industry is driving progress on environmental sustainability.
In offices and facilities, companies are transitioning to renewable energy and expanding efforts to reduce waste and increase recycling. Creators are embedding environmental sustainability in front of and behind the camera — reducing carbon emissions and minimizing waste during production, while creating content that raises awareness and drives broader environmental action.
And throughout network infrastructure — from data centers to cables, home internet equipment to set-top boxes — providers are improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions while designing products and packaging to minimize waste and increase recyclability.
High-speed broadband makes remote work successful with fewer vehicles on the roads, leading to both tremendous savings in gasoline purchased and significant reduction in CO2 emissions.
For years, the cable industry has worked with device manufacturers and industry groups like the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® and CableLabs® to voluntarily set high standards for the energy efficiency of video devices and small network equipment. The agreements have saved consumers billions on their energy bills and prevented millions of tons of CO2 from being released into Earth’s atmosphere.
Environmental sustainability is a core value that impacts design, development, and business execution.
Disney aims to achieve Net Zero by 2030, Cox is aiming for 2034 for their carbon neutrality goal, and Charter and Comcast have each set a target to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035. Paramount has committed to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030.
Industry-led voluntary energy efficiency agreements for set-top boxes have eliminated 78 M metric tons of CO2emissions, the equivalent of removing 17.5 million cars from the road for a year. In 2022 alone, this industry-wide effort has saved consumers $3 billion in annual energy costs.
More than 98% of new modems, routers and other internet equipment purchased and sold in 2021 met targeted energy efficiency levels, with energy usage held steady even as average broadband speeds increased by 27%.
The NBCUniversal Sustainable Production Program uses lower-emission fuels and electric vehicles, and reduces waste through reuse, recycling, and composting. Disney and Paramount productions reduce emissions by replacing the diesel generators and instead tying into the grid or using battery electric while on location.
Cable providers are improving their fleet efficiency through technology both in vehicles and in routing. Comcast reduced fleet emissions by nearly 9.5 million gallons of fuel since 2019, avoiding 81,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Charter’s 2022 fleet efficiency efforts equated to a reduction of approximately 6,000 metric tons of CO2. Cox is replacing conventional vehicles with electric vehicles in each of its divisions.
Cox Communications has achieved its zero-waste-to-landfill goal by 2024, two years ahead of schedule, with 580 million pounds of landfill waste avoided since 2013.
Environmental stewardship has been a priority for the cable industry for years, having voluntarily set energy-efficiency standards for equipment over a decade ago. Today, from industry-wide agreements to individual company initiatives, cable providers are… 
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Methane From Landfills Is a Big Driver of Climate Change, Study Says – The New York Times
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Decades of buried trash is releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, at higher rates than previously estimated, the researchers said.
They’re vast expanses that can be as big as towns: open landfills where household waste ends up, whether it’s vegetable scraps or old appliances.
These landfills also belch methane, a powerful, planet-warming gas, on average at almost three times the rate reported to federal regulators, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
The study measured methane emissions at roughly 20 percent of 1,200 or so large, operating landfills in the United States. It adds to a growing body of evidence that landfills are a significant driver of climate change, said Riley Duren, founder of the public-private partnership Carbon Mapper, who took part in the study.
“We’ve largely been in the dark, as a society, about actual emissions from landfills,” said Mr. Duren, a former NASA engineer and scientist. “This study pinpoints the gaps.”
Methane emissions from oil and gas production, as well as from livestock, have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. Like carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas that’s warming the world, methane acts like a blanket in the sky, trapping the sun’s heat.
And though methane lasts for a shorter time in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it is more potent. Its warming effect is more than 80 times as powerful as the same amount of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.
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Climate change mitigation: reducing emissions – European Environment Agency
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Our climate is changing because of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. Despite notable emission reductions over the last decades, the EU must transform production and consumption systems to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
Mitigating climate change means reducing the flow of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This involves cutting greenhouse gases from main sources such as power plants, factories, cars, and farms. Forests, oceans, and soil also absorb and store these gases, and are an important part of the solution. Reducing and avoiding our emissions requires us to reshape everything we do — from how we power our economy and grow our food, to how we travel and live, and the products we consume. It is a problem felt locally and globally.
In the past decades, the EU took firm action against climate change, resulting in a more than 31% drop in EU emissions in 2022 compared with 1990 levels. This is mainly a result of a growing use of renewable energy and decreased use of carbon-intensive fossil fuels. Improvements in energy efficiency and structural changes in the economy also contributed to meeting these goals.
Now, more ambitious goals are set that include a net 55% or greater reduction below 1990 levels by 2030 and a climate-neutrality objective by 2050. Reaching these goals will require even higher emission cuts through transitioning from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy. It also means halting deforestation, using land sustainably and restoring nature until we reach the point where the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is balanced with the capture and storage of these gases in our forests, oceans and soil.
The EU emits 6% of global emissions and cannot act alone. Global cooperation is essential for all climate change mitigation. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement ensure cooperation across borders to tackle climate change and ensure a sustainable future.
EU Member States have put in place 3,000 policies and measures to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. National climate change mitigation strategies, policies and other accompanying measures are also in development. These include targets for greenhouse gas emissions in key sectors of the economy, promoting the use of renewable energy and low carbon fuels, energy efficiency improvements in buildings, and many more.
They project that measures already in place across Europe would lead to a reduction of 43% in 2030 for total net greenhouse gas emissions including international aviation, while further measures that are currently being planned would boost reductions to 48%.
Achievements in emission reductions vary across sectors too. Most EU sectors reduced greenhouse gas emissions over the past three decades, with the highest reductions in the energy supply sector. Still, agriculture and transport struggle to reduce emissions:
The EU also achieved its target for renewable energy. By 2022, 22.5% of our energy consumed came from renewable sources, and 40% was energy production. For energy efficiency, the EU-27 overachieved the target in its final year, after an initial slow start.
The European Green Deal sets the overall roadmap for achieving EU climate neutrality by 2050 by tackling the threat of climate change while also growing economically and protecting people’s well-being. With the European Climate Law, the EU made climate neutrality by 2050 a legally binding goal, set an interim target of a net 55% emission reduction by 2030 and is working on setting the 2040 target. The Fit for 55 proposal aims to bring EU legislation in line with the 2030 goal.
The impacts of the 2022 gas and energy security crisis highlighted the importance of transitioning faster towards a clean and secure EU energy system.
Under the wider umbrella of the European Green Deal, Europe's 2030 policy ambitions include:
To accelerate this transition, Europe must ensure that investments and finance support sustainability. Energy and mobility sectors especially must distance themselves from unsustainable technologies.
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Greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 2% in 2022 across the European Union, compared to 2021 levels according to estimates our latest ‘Trends and Projections’ report. However, despite gains made in emissions reductions, renewable energy and energy efficiency, the report cautions that accelerated action is urgently needed to meet the EU’s ambitious climate and energy targets.
The EU has reduced net greenhouse gas emissions including international aviation, by 31% compared to 1990 levels, while simultaneously fostering economic growth. Against the backdrop of soaring natural gas prices, 2022 witnessed a 2% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, driven by substantial decreases in the buildings and industrial sectors, while emissions from energy supply and transport saw an increase.
While emissions of methane across the European Union have decreased over past years, the overall reduction in emissions needs to accelerate to meet 2030 and 2050 EU climate objectives. Increased global efforts to reduce methane emissions would also be needed to mitigate global warming in the short term.
According to the latest available official data, emissions of methane were down by 36% in the EU in 2020 compared with 1990 levels. The largest reductions in emissions occurred in energy supply, which includes energy industries and fugitive (leaked or uncaptured) emissions (-65%), waste (-37%) and agriculture (-21%).
A robust reporting system is required to monitor progress toward EU climate change mitigation targets. The EEA is a key player in setting up these reporting systems, providing guidance to Member States on how to report and quality check the input. The EEA collects and provides access to the following types of data:
Much of the data comes from datasets collected by the EEA. This data is then used to fulfil the EU's own targets and to allow the European Commission to assess whether the Union is on track to meet its international pledges made in the United Nations setting.
In simple terms, photosynthesis is the process through which trees and plants capture carbon from the atmosphere and release oxygen. This natural process happens to be one of our best allies and the most efficient technology to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. With the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service, we get detailed information on what grows on the ground.
Knowing where vegetated areas are and what type of vegetation is growing there is crucial for calculating net greenhouse gas emissions. The CLMS has a suite of vegetation-related data products—such as the High-Resolution Vegetation Productivity Parameters and its trio of high resolution forest monitoring products—that provide information on living land cover and land use across Europe. This data can assist local, regional, and national governments in achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions.
5 simple ways to make Alabama eco-friendly, including glass recycling + zero-waste events – Bham Now
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