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Report Released on Extreme Climate and Weather Events
EPA collaborated with NOAA, WERF, WaterRF, CTC and Noblis on a new report about the impacts of and responses to extreme events at water utilities. This report describes what happened in six communities that experienced one or more extreme event when water services were disrupted, including drinking water supply, wastewater conveyance and treatment, and stormwater management. The report discusses how utility managers and other local water resource managers made decisions, what information was used to inform decisions, what institutional dynamics helped or hindered, and how water utilities and their communities are planning to deal with extreme events in the future. Read more here.
Climate change paid internship opportunity in Vermont
The Vermont Agency of Transportation is continuing its climate change and transportation internship program. Recent graduates or current under graduate or graduate students in an environmental related field are encouraged to apply for the internship to begin in September 2014.
2014 – 2015 VTrans Transportation and Environmental Policy – Energy and Climate Change Intern
The intern will conduct research and assist in planning activities to support VTrans’ climate change and energy planning and climate change adaptation work being undertaken in coordination with the state of Vermont’s Climate Cabinet. Topics include:
· Transportation energy data sources and consumption trends in Vermont
· Transportation and greenhouse gas emissions planning
· Research, planning and initiatives to increase electric vehicles on VT roadways
· VTrans flood resilience planning
Examples of tasks to be undertaken:
· Report writing
· Data gathering and analysis
· Tracking federal and state legislative activity including monitoring deliberations in the Vermont legislature
· Literature searches and other basic research activities
· Preparing presentations and information for the general public
· Facilitating collaboration among stakeholders such as organizing meetings, preparing agendas, and taking notes
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample to gina.campoli@state.vt.us no later than August 22, 2014. Questions are welcome.
The 4-9 month paid internship, based in Montpelier, VT, will start in late September 2014 and can include up to 32 hours per week. Hours can be arranged to accommodate class schedules.
Volunteer for Easthampton “Women Build”
The expression “women build” is not one that often comes to mind in the construction industry, even in the 21st Century. Yet the Florence-based Habitat for Humanity chapter has just broken ground for two solar-designed homes in Easthampton that are being built over the next 18 months.
Led by a strong women leadership team, the Women Build project has a goal that 70% of the labor will comprise women working under the direction of experienced site supervisors. Read More.