Meet the nation’s latest national monuments & more environmental headlines.

[View this email in your browser]( Wednesday, March 22, 2023 “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein Meet the Nation’s Latest National Monuments As part of its goal to protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and water by 2030, the [Biden administration]( on Tuesday announced two new [national monuments]( and asked the Secretary of Commerce to consider establishing a new National Marine Sanctuary in the U.S. waters around Pacific Remote Islands in the next 30 days. [Read More]( Related: [Biden Designates Camp Hale in Colorado as His First National Monument]( Recycled Turbine Blades to Join One of the World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farms One of the greatest environmental challenges of the [renewable energy]( transition is ensuring that the new energy-generating devices themselves — from [solar panels]( to [wind turbines]( to [lithium batteries]( — are made and disposed of sustainably. [Read More]( Related: [‘This Signals a New Era for the Wind Industry’: Vestas Announces Chemical Recycling Method for Turbine Blades]( Biden Asserts Pension Fund Managers Can Consider ESG Factors, With First Veto President Joe Biden used his veto power on Monday for the first time since becoming president to reject a bill passed by the majority-Republican Congress that would have reversed a Labor Department rule involving [environmental, social and governance]( (ESG) considerations for investment fund managers. [Read More]( Related: [ESG 101: What Is ESG, and Does It Matter?]( Could a 150-Year-Old Fishery Management Practice Do More Harm Than Good? It may seem like good conservation practice to bolster threatened and key commercial populations of native fish by breeding them in captivity and releasing them into the wild. In fact, it has been standard practice for natural resource managers and fisheries for 150 years, according to a press release from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC Greensboro). [Read More]( Related: [Salmon Farming’s Dirty Business]( Battery Data Genome: A Path to a Brighter Renewable Battery Future The Battery Data Genome (BDG) project aims to compile as much technical data about renewable batteries as possible. Similar to the Human Genome Project (HGP), the BDG is led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne and Idaho Laboratories as well as researchers in Europe. The process would capture data about batteries from battery makers and analyze the data using AI, to allow for faster and more efficient breakthroughs in the renewable battery space, as the global energy sector moves towards a more battery-centric future. [Read More]( Related: [Berkeley National Lab Unveils Easier, Less Expensive Battery Recycling Method]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](