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“Underwater in Salem Sound” – Environmental Lecture Series

February, 2014/in Climate Change, Community, Environmental, Events, Regulatory Matters, Sustainability /by Carvalho-admin

MARBLEHEAD, MA – On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, Environmental Attorney Michael Carvalho will attend the Salem Sound Coastwatch lecture series, “Underwater in Salem Sound.” In this lecture series, which will be held the last Wednesday of the month January through April, experts will explore life in local coastal waters.

The Lecture Series is part of a MET (Massachusetts Environmental Trust) grant awarded to Salem Sound Coastwatch to study the issue of turbidity in Salem Harbor over the next two and a half years. Turbidity, which is cloudiness in the water column, affects the ability of the water to sustain marine life.

On January 29, 2014, Dr. Robert Buchsbaum, conservation scientist with Mass Audubon, gave an illustrated presentation on the fascinating arctic birds that are only visible in Salem Sound during the winter. These seasonal guests come to local waters for the abundant food provided by Salem Sound’s fish, snails, mussels and underwater plants.

Then in February, Dr. Brad Hubeny, professor of geologic sciences at Salem State University, will talk about “History Revealed by the Sea Floor.” Hubeny’s research includes using sediment records to reconstruct pollution and human influence on natural water bodies.

In the third session, “Changing Climate, Changing Fishes,” Dr. Mike Armstrong of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries will talk about the decline of flounder, the burgeoning squid population and the changing species of fish resulting from changing water temperatures.

The series wraps up in April with “Shellfish, Shellfish Everywhere and Not a Clam to Eat” — a look at Salem Sound’s productive, but not edible, shellfish beds, by Barbara Warren of Salem Sound Coastwatch.

“Salem Sound’s natural resources play a huge role in the ecological, social and economic life of our region,” said Warren, Coastwatch’s executive director. “This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about our great neighbor, the ocean.”

To learn more about this lecture series, please go to: Underwater-in-Salem-Sound Lecture Series.

This Lecture Series is funded in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET). MET is funded through the sale of environmental license plates. Every Massachusetts driver who purchases one of the “Preserve the Trust” license plates is contributing to the Trust and to the state’s environmental well-being.

Recent Environmental Regulatory Changes

February, 2014/in Environmental, Events /by Carvalho-admin

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney Michel Carvalho presented a seminar on recent environmental regulatory changes to the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals in Atlanta, GA on February 19, 2014. The title of the presentation is “Assessing the Impact: ASTM E1527-13 and EPA’s Final Rule on AAI”. The presentation is available for download in pdf format. Assessing the Impact of ASTM E1527-13 – FINAL

Building Climate Solutions Conference

January, 2014/in Events /by Carvalho-admin

WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney Michael Carvalho will attend the Building Climate Solutions Conference on January 28 – 30, 2014 in Washington, D.C. This will be the 14th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment. NCSE (The National Council for Science and the Environment) is sponsoring this event; NCSE is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the scientific basis of environmental decision-making. Michael Carvalho is on NCSE’s Board of Directors and has been an avid supporter for many years.

The conference will be organized around two areas: [1] The Built Environment; and, [2] Agriculture and Natural Resources. Under these two themes, 24 tracks connect the conference to specific initiatives led by partnering organizations that advance solutions. In this manner, participants will engage with and have lasting impact on real world responses to climate change.

The recent release of the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report reaffirms with even greater surety that climate change is occurring and poses significant challenges to humanity. The draft United States National Climate Assessment states that the impacts of climate change have “moved firmly into the present.”

Attending the conference will be over 1,200 key individuals from many fields of sciences and engineering, government and policy, business and civil society to advance solutions to climate change.

The following organizations have partnered with NCSE to implement important initiatives: World Wildlife Fund, Second Nature, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Geological Survey, NORC at the University of Chicago, NOAA, Sigma Space Corp at NASA, The National Academies of Science, Ecodistricts, U.S. Green Building Council, National Institute for Standards and Technology, University of California at Davis, University of California at Berkeley, The Climate Institute, Cornell University, U.S. Forest Service, EcoAmerica, U.S. National Park Service, and the Department of Energy.

Key note speakers for this event are as follows: Gina McCarthy,EPA Administrator; Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Rachel Kyte, The World Bank; Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator and Jack Sinclair, Executive VP, Grocery Division, Walmart.

For more information about the conference or to register, please visit:
www.buildingclimatesolutions.org

CRBI – Annual River Reverly

August, 2013/in Community, Events /by Carvalho-admin

Carvalho & Associates is pleased to annouce its support to the Coosa River Basin Initiative as a Sponsor and Committe Host for the 2014 Annual River Revelry held in Rome, GA. River Revelry. A Biodiversity Bash has historically included about as many events as the Upper Coosa has endemic aquatic species (30, for the record). River Revelry 2013 carries on that tradition. This year River Revelry will serve as a “confluence” for multiple events that will converge on Heritage Park for what’s sure to be a rip-roaring good time.

CRBI is a 501(c)(3) grassroots environmental organization based in Rome, Georgia with the mission of informing and empowering citizens to protect, preserve and restore North America’s most biologically diverse river basin. Since 1992, our staff, board and members have served as advocates for the wise stewardship of the natural resources of the Upper Coosa River basin, or watershed, which stretches from southeastern Tennessee and north central Georgia to Weiss Dam in Northeast Alabama. This includes the Coosa River, the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers and the tributaries of these waterways as well as the land drained by these streams and the air that surrounds this land area.

A member of the international Waterkeeper Alliance, CRBI is also known as the Upper Coosa Riverkeeper. As such, they work to enforce the Clean Water Act, by monitoring pollution and polluters. When pollution problems are identified we use all means necessary, including legal action, to correct these problems.

As a member of the Georgia Water Coalition and Alabama Rivers Alliance, CRBI works to influence water resource policy in both Georgia and Alabama so that clean and plentiful water is available today and for future generations. CRBI works in four program areas: advocacy, education, water monitoring and restoration. Our two staff members, 15-member Board of Directors and 6-member Advisory Board direct the efforts of CRBI’s more than 800 members.

For more information about CRBI, please visit: www.coosa.org