www.healio.com
Environmental awareness can improve health care
CHICAGO — Patient outcomes will improve as awareness of environmental impacts on health grows, Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine, University of Illinois Chicago D...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com
Energy hardship programmes: a systematic cross-country policy analysis of initiatives addressing equity and low-carbon energy services - Energy, Sustainability and Society
Background Energy hardship can be broadly understood as a situation in which individuals or households are unable to afford basic energy services necessary for sustaining their wellbeing. Despite conceptual challenges and overlaps with similar narratives (e.g., fuel poverty), the literature on energy hardship continues to expand. It represents a critical intersection with sustainable energy systems that reveals both challenges and opportunities in the transition towards clean energy solutions. However, few energy hardship programmes have been examined from a policy perspective. Our study aims to address this knowledge gap by providing a systematic analysis of a sample of 67 energy hardship programmes implemented across Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and more than 20 European countries. Guided by specific research questions and supported by directed content analysis, we focus on five areas: dominant policy rationales, main policy goals, supportive policy instruments, stakeholders, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Results Despite an important degree of heterogeneity among the reviewed programmes, findings revealed commonalities across significant design and implementation areas. Policy rationales often rely on two significant pillars: narratives related to energy poverty (and related concepts), and market barriers and failures related to energy efficiency or decentralised renewable energy systems. Policy goals encompass three distinct areas: finance, knowledge, and technology/infrastructure. Policy instruments supporting energy hardship programmes are predominantly economic in nature. However, the review of programmes reveals a significant gap in robust estimates of cost-effectiveness or economic efficiency. Results also show that the design and implementation of programmes often involve a diversity of stakeholders. The review reveals that there is an abundance of KPIs that can (potentially) support the monitoring and assessment of programmes. Conclusions Overall, our study reveals significant policy lessons regarding the links, dynamics, and complexities associated with the design and implementation of energy hardship programmes. It underscores the importance of evidence-based evaluations to enhance the ability of policymakers and managers to effectively alleviate the suffering of those facing energy hardship. Results can be of particular interest to countries where policy discussions about energy hardship are emerging, and where there is a need for knowledge to inform decision-making on future programmes that support just and inclusive clean energy transitions.
energsustainsoc.biomedcentral.com
Energy hardship programmes: a systematic cross-country policy analysis of initiatives addressing equity and low-carbon energy services - Energy, Sustainability and Society
Background Energy hardship can be broadly understood as a situation in which individuals or households are unable to afford basic energy services necessary for sustaining their wellbeing. Despite conceptual challenges and overlaps with similar narratives (e.g., fuel poverty), the literature on energy hardship continues to expand. It represents a critical intersection with sustainable energy systems that reveals both challenges and opportunities in the transition towards clean energy solutions. However, few energy hardship programmes have been examined from a policy perspective. Our study aims to address this knowledge gap by providing a systematic analysis of a sample of 67 energy hardship programmes implemented across Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and more than 20 European countries. Guided by specific research questions and supported by directed content analysis, we focus on five areas: dominant policy rationales, main policy goals, supportive policy instruments, stakeholders, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Results Despite an important degree of heterogeneity among the reviewed programmes, findings revealed commonalities across significant design and implementation areas. Policy rationales often rely on two significant pillars: narratives related to energy poverty (and related concepts), and market barriers and failures related to energy efficiency or decentralised renewable energy systems. Policy goals encompass three distinct areas: finance, knowledge, and technology/infrastructure. Policy instruments supporting energy hardship programmes are predominantly economic in nature. However, the review of programmes reveals a significant gap in robust estimates of cost-effectiveness or economic efficiency. Results also show that the design and implementation of programmes often involve a diversity of stakeholders. The review reveals that there is an abundance of KPIs that can (potentially) support the monitoring and assessment of programmes. Conclusions Overall, our study reveals significant policy lessons regarding the links, dynamics, and complexities associated with the design and implementation of energy hardship programmes. It underscores the importance of evidence-based evaluations to enhance the ability of policymakers and managers to effectively alleviate the suffering of those facing energy hardship. Results can be of particular interest to countries where policy discussions about energy hardship are emerging, and where there is a need for knowledge to inform decision-making on future programmes that support just and inclusive clean energy transitions.
www.theguardian.com
How the worldās taste for soya is eating Brazilās Amazon
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
www.theguardian.com
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report
EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss āare ruining ecosystems that underpin the economyā
apnews.com
FACT CHECK: AP's director of climate news breaks down Trump's remarks at the UN on climate change
This week, addressing the United Nations, President Donald Trump made several false claims about climate change, including that it didnāt actually exist.
www.energysage.com
Where The Power Grid Fails Most: States Hit Hardest By Power Outages
America's power grid is failing at an alarming rate. Power outages have increased 20% annually since 2019, with weather-induced blackouts now threatening millions of households.
www.nytimes.com
āMine, Baby, Mineā: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
www.theguardian.com
Itās goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts
Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis
insideclimatenews.org
Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review - Inside Climate News
Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government in 2015 for promoting fossil fuel policies and failing to protect them from climate change have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for an ...
insideclimatenews.org
Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review - Inside Climate News
Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government in 2015 for promoting fossil fuel policies and failing to protect them from climate change have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for an ...
Canary Media Inc.@canarymedia.com
Legacy air-conditioning giant Carrier has a simple solution to ACs stressing the grid: Pair them with a battery that charges up when power demand is low. Hereās how itās testing the concept.
www.canarymedia.com
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
Catherine McKenna@cathmckenna.bsky.social
I don't like talking about the hate & abuse I received in politics. I don't need sympathy. But we do need change. And I promised to support women & girls who want to go into politics. So here is my story. We need to stop this. Now. š thewalrus.ca/they-called-...
thewalrus.ca
www.nature.com
China pledges to cut emissions by 2035: what does that mean for the climate?
The countryās plan to reduce greenhouse gases will largely determine the worldās emissions trajectory, researchers say.
BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More@bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social
āConcrete statistics on wildfires caused by arson aren't readily available because they are lumped into the broad classification of human-caused fires.ā www.cbc.ca/news/wildfir... - CBC News #BCWildfire #Wildfires cc: #ABFire #SKFire #MBFire #NBFire #NLwx #NSFire #NWTFire #ONFire #PEI #QC #Yukon
www.cbc.ca
jobs.colorado.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
agir.greenvoice.fr
š Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pƩtition maintenant !
Vladimir Neskovic Kesma