April 2015
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Earth Day 2015: Earth Day Celebrations — NASA #NoPlaceLikeHome Social Media Event
NASA is encouraging people all over the world to step outside and celebrate environmental awareness through social media. Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: DOT, FRA, PHMSA Take Additional Steps to Improve Rail Hazmat Safety
By Genevieve J. Essig The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), along with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), recently took additional steps in their action plan to improve safety with respect to transportation of flammable liquids, including crude oil, by rail. These steps consisted of several main actions:… Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: Trivia — April 22
By Genevieve J. Essig 1. What region of the U.S. has the greatest number of landfill facilities? 2. What is the term used to describe the solid material added to hydraulic fracturing fluid to keep new fractures open? Please submit your answer to me at gessig@jenner.com and indicate whether you would mind us sharing your name in… Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: Trivia — April 21 (Answers)
By Genevieve J. Essig Approximately what percentage of of the U.S.'s electricity demand is supplied by wind power? According to the U.S. Department of Energy's recent report Wind Vision: A New Era for Wind Power in the United States, as of 2013, U.S. electricity demand served by wind energy had tripled from 1.5% of total end-use demand… Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: Earth Day Celebrations — Earth Day Tokyo 2015 Event
This past weekend in Japan, the annual “Earth Day Tokyo” took place in the city’s Yoyogi Park. The event, which began in 2001 and now attracts more than 100,000 visitors, claims to be the largest annual environmental event in Japan. Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: Beach Clean Up!
On Friday, April 17th, Jenner & Block partnered with ComEd and Exelon to clean up the 12th Street beach at Northerly Island, in cooperation with the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Shows Increase Since Prior Year and Since 1990
As it has since 1994, on April 15 of this year, U.S. EPA published its annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. The Inventory tracks greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions from man-made sources, by year, starting in 1990. Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: Trivia — April 21
By Genevieve J. Essig Approximately what percentage of of the U.S.'s electricity demand is supplied by wind power? Please submit your answer to me at gessig@jenner.com and indicate whether you would mind us sharing your name in a later post, should you be the first correct responder. Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: Trivia — April 20 (Answers)
By Genevieve J. Essig 1. What recent environmental catastrophe in part inspired Gaylord Nelson to organize the first Earth Day in 1970? The first Earth Day followed closely on the heels of a massive oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, in 1969. It is considered one of the largest oil spills to have… Continue reading
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Earth Day 2015: Earth Day Celebrations — Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day
On April 18, 2015, over 200,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington DC for Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day, a collaboration between the Global Poverty Project and Earth Day Network. Continue reading