Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Solar Flare Since 2017
Scientific American
DECEMBER 15, 2023
The flare may have been accompanied by a plasma eruption now headed toward Earth
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Scientific American
DECEMBER 15, 2023
The flare may have been accompanied by a plasma eruption now headed toward Earth
Corp Watch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Endesa importó a España "carbón de sangre" de minas colombianas entre 2010 y 2017 El Confidencial PaulaR Thu, 09/28/2023 - 21:17 Sunday, May 27, 2018 Read more Antonio Villarreal & Daniele Grasso Es noticia
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PA Environment Daily
APRIL 5, 2023
The inspection reports note these violations at this location for these two wells have continued since they were first discovered on May 23, 2017. The DEP inspection found defective well casing and cementing the operator failed to report to the agency and failed to correct within 30 days.
Acoel
AUGUST 16, 2021
As discussed in an earlier blog , it was not until 2017 that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court used Section 27 to hold a statute unconstitutional. On July 21, 2021, the state’s Supreme Court reaffirmed and extended its 2017 holding. A once-obscure area of environmental law is gaining in importance.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 9, 2023
From 2017 to 2022, shale gas operators sent a total of 911,006 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal. That amount is down from the 236,150 cubic feet of TENORM (Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) sent in 2021.
Edouard Stenger
JANUARY 16, 2018
2017 will remain for me the year energy storage broke ground. But wind works at a maximum 35% of the time for onshore and perhaps 45% for offshore wind. Solar PV is even lower, with 20 to 30% capacity factor. So, backup solutions are being sought. Here is a summary of news that got my interest in the past few months.
Vermont Law
MARCH 13, 2019
. Keynote Address: 2017 VJEL Symposium. .
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). filed June 9, 2017).
Environment + Energy Leader
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Johnson Controls aims to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 55% and Scope 3 emissions linked to its customers’ use of its products by 16% by 2030 using a 2017 baseline. . The post Johnson Controls Improves Energy Efficiency, Reducing CO2 and Saving Money appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Environment + Energy Leader
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Puma aims to reduce its Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2025 from a 2017 baseline. It also plans to cut its Scope 3 emissions tied to its value chain for purchased goods and services by 60% by 2030, achieved primarily by focusing on the transport of goods and cutting down on its air freight by.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 24, 2022
Until 2017, winter wildfires in California didn’t burn much area. In 2017, however, a record number of fires burned during the winter months. A cycle of climate impacts throughout the year can compound to create dangerous conditions, like we saw ahead of 2017’s unprecedented winter wildfires (Fig. Winter wildfires.
Real Climate
JANUARY 5, 2024
This pattern was important for recent record or near-record years like 2016 or 2020 which started with El Niño, as well as below-trend years like 2017, 2021 etc. 2017 1.06 ± 0.13 that started with La Niña. 2018 1.05 ± 0.14 2019 1.18 ± 0.15 2020 1.21 ± 0.14 2021 1.16 ± 0.14 2022 1.23 ± 0.14 2023 1.22 ± 0.14
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 15, 2021
A study by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in 2017 found air quality in the region was ranked moderate or worse one of every three days, […]. The Baltimore region ranks among the worst in the U.S. for air pollution.
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 13, 2022
It achieved that goal in 2017. In 2010, GM committed to a 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2020. And in January 2021, it said it would source 100% renewable energy to power GM facilities in the U.S. by 2030 and globally by 2035.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
MARCH 8, 2024
In remarks made on February 13 while releasing the new Census data, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack directed attention to the loss of farmland and farms since the 2017 Census saying: “ What you find is in 2017 there were 2 million farmers, today the survey report shows we have 1.9 million in 2017. billion in 2017.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
million acres with cover crops (a 17% increase) in 2022 than in 2017 and a 50% increase in acres with cover crops from 2012. Additionally, it is significant that the number of farms reporting use of cover crops is steady from 2017 and a 15% increase from 2012, despite the overall decline in the number of farms during this time period.
Yale E360
AUGUST 25, 2022
If not for climate change, 2017's Hurricane Harvey might have flooded half as many homes in the Houston area, a new study finds. Read more on E360 ?.
Yale E360
JUNE 11, 2021
A new analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) suggests that global sales of gas-powered cars likely peaked in 2017, marking a major milestone in the shift to electric vehicles. Demand for conventional vehicles fell in 2018 and 2019 before dropping sharply in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Scientific American
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Far-right extremists shifted their online hate from Muslims to Jews in 2017, and offline hate followed the same trends
Yale E360
MARCH 25, 2022
Mass beachings have grown more frequent with rising temperatures, afflicting the reef in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020, and again this year. The Great Barrier Reef is undergoing its sixth mass bleaching event, as unusually warm waters stress corals, authorities say. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 7, 2022
In February 2017, the Mokelumne River broke through a levee and flooded this farm near Walnut Grove, California. Photo © Eric Gies. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 7, 2022. Modern societies have dramatically disrupted the water cycle.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 24, 2022
The New York Times reports that a top secret special operations unit in the Defense Department bombed the Tabqa Dam on March 26, 2017. Six months later, in October 2017, Syrian forces regained control of Raqqa. In Syria, a strategically important dam that was supposed to be protected from airstrikes was in fact the target of a U.S.
Green Bang
APRIL 21, 2017
They include a preview release of SQL Server 2017, which Microsoft described as the first relational database management system with built-in AI. ” IDC: Cognitive, AI spending expected to hit $12.5B billion this year , a 59.3 percent increase over 2016 figures. Other new products featuring AI capabilities include Microsoft R Server 9.1
Green Bang
APRIL 21, 2017
They include a preview release of SQL Server 2017, which Microsoft described as the first relational database management system with built-in AI. ” IDC: Cognitive, AI spending expected to hit $12.5B billion this year , a 59.3 percent increase over 2016 figures. Other new products featuring AI capabilities include Microsoft R Server 9.1
The Energy Law Blog
MAY 5, 2023
In compliance with that obligation, MRC created a drilling schedule listing June 2, 2017 as the spud date of a new well based on its belief that the deadline to spud that well was June 19, 2017. The actual deadline, however, was May 21, 2017.
Scientific American
MARCH 22, 2023
A new study suggests that ’Oumuamua, the mysterious visitor that whizzed through our solar system in 2017, may have been merely a small comet from another star
Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The manatee was downlisted in 2017 from endangered to threatened, over the objections of scientists, environmentalists and citizens. Nearly 2,000 manatees died in Florida in 2021 and 2022 as water pollution killed the seagrass they feed on. By Amy Green ORLANDO, Fla.—The
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
This is a list of companies issued ten or move NOVs for abandoning conventional oil and gas wells without plugging them in any one year-- Advanced Petro Corp (2016) Aiello Bros Oil & Gas (2016; 2017) Allegheny Enterprises (2018) ARG Resources (2018) Bobcat Well & Pipeline (2017) Boyd G. 2016; 2017) IA Const Corp (2020) John H.
Green Bang
MAY 25, 2017
During its recent 2017 spring session, NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly released a draft committee report titled, “The Internet of Things: Promises and Perlis of a Disruptive Technology.” . “From the perspectives of human beings, he stretched a little bit and I was surprised.”
Green Bang
MAY 25, 2017
During its recent 2017 spring session, NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly released a draft committee report titled, “The Internet of Things: Promises and Perlis of a Disruptive Technology.” . “From the perspectives of human beings, he stretched a little bit and I was surprised.”
Environmental Progress
JANUARY 18, 2024
These are specifically the Atlantic humpback whale UME in 2017, the North Atlantic right whale (NARW) UME in 2017, and the Atlantic minke whale UME in 2018. The UMEs for the humpback and minke whales include deaths in 2016 and 2017, respectively.
NRDC
APRIL 12, 2023
In a boost for energy efficient buildings, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan adopted the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 last month. Building energy codes are effective tools to ensure energy efficiency in the construction and operation of buildings.
National Law Center
JULY 6, 2023
In 2017, several environmental groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to close what the groups described as a “loophole” that. The post EPA Faces Treated Seeds Lawsuit appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Green Bang
JUNE 8, 2017
Following are highlights from the past week’s news developments in blockchain, artificial intelligence and Internet-of-Things technologies: MoneyConf draws 1,800-plus blockchain, fintech attendees .
Green Bang
MAY 11, 2017
Following are highlights from the past week’s news developments in blockchain, artificial intelligence and Internet-of-Things technologies: PokitDok to use Sawtooth blockchain to record healthcare transactions. co-founder and CTO of PokitDok.
NRDC
APRIL 11, 2023
In a boost for energy efficient buildings, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan adopted the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 last month. Building energy codes are effective tools to ensure energy efficiency in the construction and operation of buildings.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The settlement agreement with 5627-41 Hegerman Street, LLC is to resolve certain enforcement claims regarding Hegerman’s failure to comply with a 2017 COA requiring the company to remediate the former Gryphin Coatings, Inc. In 2021, Hegerman sold the Site to Dooling, LLC which has agreed to complete the cleanup of the Site.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
While the operation of the CEFR and supply of highly enriched uranium to the reactor attracted less attention from foreign media, the construction of the two China Fast Reactor (CFR)-600 reactors in Xiapu, China, in 2017 sparked widespread discussion. energy and weapons) capabilities.
Real Climate
JANUARY 13, 2023
This isn’t a universally accepted notion – Hawkins et al (2017) for instance, suggest we should use a baseline from the 18th Century – but it is one that easier to operationalise. 1841-1856, 2017. and 1.3ºC warmer (with Berkeley Earth showing the most warming). Thorne, and G.J.
Inside Climate News
APRIL 13, 2022
New research shows vulnerable communities need to prepare for more years like 2017-2020, with devastating storms like Harvey, Irma, Maria and Laura.
Real Climate
APRIL 19, 2022
van der Linden et al (2017) or [2] ). 1600008, 2017. e0175799, 2017. Perhaps more useful is the idea of inoculation against misinformation (e.g. Maibach, "Inoculating the Public against Misinformation about Climate Change", Global Challenges , vol. Lewandowsky, and U.K.H.
Energy & the Law
JUNE 1, 2022
June 2017: Tests indicate the property is contaminated from oil and gas operations. October 2017: Landowners sue Americo for negligence and other claims for failure to take the “requisite steps to prevent leaks or pollution to the property once the wells became inactive.”.
Environmental Leader
JULY 12, 2022
Best Buy set out in 2017 to reduce its carbon emissions in its operations by 60% by 2030 — from a 2009 baseline. It has met that goal. Now it is upping the ante. The post Best Buy Excels at Carbon and Waste Reductions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Inside Climate News
APRIL 23, 2023
By Emma Foehringer Merchant When wildfires spread through parts of Northern California wine country in 2017, they melted electronics, combusted cars and exploded propane tanks. Climate change portends ever more frequent fires, and the smoky haze is “not easy to run from anymore,” notes one of the study’s leaders.
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