Weekly Environmental Jobs List - October 22

Photo of the week: Capybara in a protected area of the Reservoir of Guarapiranga.?Credit: Jaime Dantas.?Email?your photo to have it featured in this newsletter.

New Opportunities

1. Programme Officer – Water and Wetlands, International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ), Dhaka, Bangladesh

2. Programme Associate-Knowledge Management and Tech4Nature,?International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ),?Bonn, Germany

3. Field Operations Assistant,?International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ),?Amman, Jordan

4. Finance Officer,?International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ),?Kathmandu, Nepal

5. Technical Officer, Nature-based Solutions,?International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ),?Bangkok, Thailand

6. Climate Hazard Modeler – Tropical Cyclone,?Moody's,?London, United Kingdom

7. Associate Consultant, Climate Risks and Opportunities,?South Pole,?Amsterdam or Milan

8. Senior Business Developer/Project Manager (Renewable Energy),? ENGIE ,?Bucharest, Romania

9. Manager – Electrical Operation,? Eurowind Energy ,?Hobro, Denmark

10. EPA Postdoc Fellowship in International Household Energy Research,? US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,?Research Triangle Park, NC

11. US Forest Service Fellowship in Mature and Old-Growth Forest Ecology,?U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ),?Research Triangle Park, NC

12. Global Forests Campaign Associate,? Environment America ,?Portland, OR

13. Program Coordinator,? Sun River Watershed Group ,?Great Falls, MT

14. Executive Director,? Eno River Association ,?Durham, NC

15. Environmental Campaign Organizer, Green Corps , Denver, CO

16. Wyss Fellow Conservation Organizer,?New Mexico Wild,?Albuquerque, NM

17. Communications Officer,? Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) ,?Remote

18. Environment Texas City Hall Advocate,? Environment America ,?Houston, TX

19. Riverwoods Field Technician,? Florida Atlantic University ,?West Palm Beach, FL

20. Environmental Analyst – Data Scientist,? NEIWPCC ,?Albany, NY

21. Illinois STAR Urban Agriculture Research Support Contractor,? Champaign County Soil & Water Conservation District ,?Champaign, IL

22. Arborist,? Holden Forests & Gardens ,?Kirtland, OH

23. Associate Director – Local Government Relations,? The Nature Conservancy ,?Los Angeles, CA

24. Senior Attorney, Washington DC Regional Office,? Earthjustice ,?Washington, DC

25. Associate Attorney, Northeast Regional Office,? Earthjustice ,?New York, NY

- IN THE NEWS -

A ‘New Day’? Justices Step Back, Slightly, From an Aggressive Climate Stance. The conservative-majority Supreme Court has taken an aggressive stance against many environmental rules in recent years, but three small victories for regulators this month have left some analysts wondering whether a shift is underway. The latest sign came on Wednesday, when the justices declined to block the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing new restrictions on power-plant emissions while the rule is challenged in a lower court. The rule would require many coal- and gas-burning plants to capture up to 90 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2032. Read more...

Revealed: Biomass firm poised to clear Bornean rainforest for dubious ‘green’ energy Ipu Angit’s close relationship with the forest here in the interior of Borneo is evident as he identifies the plants and trees he uses to meet his daily needs, venturing deeper in despite the hot, humid weather and his advanced age. ?One moment he deftly fashions a makeshift umbrella out of palm leaves. The next he points out some young rattan stems, which he often prepares to eat by boiling to reduce the bitterness and then either cooking them with turmeric or eating them raw. ?Lately, however, Ipu has been clouded by anxiety: the rainforest he calls home appears set to be demolished for wood pellet production by a coal company seeking to pivot to “green” energy. Read more...

How Can I Slash Halloween Waste? Halloween shoppers in the United States are expected to spend more than $11 billion this year on candy, costumes and decorations like giant cobwebs, skeletons and enormous inflatable ghouls. ?Unfortunately, a lot of those thing will end up in a landfill quicker than you can cut eye holes into a spooky old bedsheet. ?“It’s definitely morphed over the course of my lifetime into something that generates a lot more waste,” said Sabina Magliocco, a professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. (Her favorite Halloween costume: when she dressed up as roadkill.) Read more...