Cleannovate
MAY 19, 2024
I remember when the prices of edible oils skyrocketed in an instant in my nation, Kenya. Consumers were out of options since the big players in this sector have such an iron grip on the market. Well, the government tried to intervene and to some extent, prices seemed to stabilise.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 15, 2024
This blog post first appeared in Utility Dive on May 3, 2024. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff recently revealed that winter storms Gerri and Heather brought a grid operator to the brink of rolling blackouts sometime between January 10 and January 17, 2024. But instead of providing a detailed assessment of what went wrong, they primarily highlighted the absence of rolling blackouts and the incremental improvements that have been made since the dangerous grid failures of storms Elliot
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 14, 2024
Every five years or so, Congress reauthorizes a comprehensive, multibillion-dollar law that has a major impact not only on farmers and ranchers—who make up less than 2 percent of the US population—but also on the environment, public health, and the economy. Generically called the “farm” bill, it is actually a farm and food bill that supports a wide range of programs, including ones that cover crop insurance, financial credit, and export subsidies for farmers, as well as the Supplemental Nutritio
Cleannovate
MAY 17, 2024
I’ve always toyed with entrepreneurship ideas. I’ve tried some out with a measure of success (and equal measure of failure) while others have just lingered in my mind. I often note down ideas that cross my mind on my phone, notepad app… and it’s been helpful.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Scientific American
MAY 16, 2024
Years of careful planning helped safeguard against last weekend’s severe space weather, but we still don’t know how we’d cope with a monster event
New Scientist
MAY 15, 2024
Researchers aiming to create a secure quantum version of the internet need a device called a quantum repeater, which doesn't yet exist - but now two teams say they are well on the way to building one
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Scientific American
MAY 14, 2024
The same massive sunspot that gave Earth multiple nights of stunning aurora displays has now produced the largest flare of the current solar cycle
New Scientist
MAY 13, 2024
Genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal skeletons has uncovered the remnants of three viruses related to modern human pathogens, and the researchers think they could be recreated
PA Environment Daily
MAY 14, 2024
On Mothers Day, May 12, road dumping opponent Siri Lawson in Warren County said conventional oil and gas well owners left her another “present” -- they dumped their wastewater on the road in front of her home in Farmington Township for the sixth time in the last six weeks. Lawson testified before a Senate Committee on April 17 in opposition to the dumping of conventional wastewater on dirt and gravel roads and now it happens even on paved roads.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 13, 2024
I am into air quality. Especially when it means I can breathe outside because there is no pesticide drift, wildfire smoke, vehicle exhaust, or pungent odors. However, the reasons why I am into air quality are a bit contradictory. On the one hand, I am fascinated by air quality because I love working with sensors and monitoring equipment. I enjoy doing outreach and education about electronics with kids.
Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.
Cleannovate
MAY 18, 2024
A quick visit to your local butchery reveals a very unique type of waste – animal fat Most of it is possibly sold to pet owners or thrown away altogether. But what if this fat forms a raw material for manufacturing of something we use several times in a day?
Scientific American
MAY 14, 2024
Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,000 years because of human-caused climate change
New Scientist
MAY 15, 2024
Using a new approach, scientists have successfully frozen and thawed brain organoids and cubes of brain tissue from someone with epilepsy, which could enable better research into neurological conditions
NRDC
MAY 17, 2024
On May 1, Mountain Valley suffered a major rupture during safety testing. But it still wants to start flowing gas next week.
Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 15, 2024
There’s a line in a song by Midnight Oil that was very popular in the environmental movement when I was younger: “How can we sleep when our beds are burning?” Since starting with Environmental Defence in January, I’ve been grappling with an updated version of those song lyrics: “Why we must talk about climate change when everything is burning?” Two communities in northern Alberta have been put on evacuation alert as wildfires close in.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 17, 2024
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] House next voting day May 20, 21, 22, Jun
Scientific American
MAY 15, 2024
Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, all 150 million connections
New Scientist
MAY 13, 2024
Outrunning prey over long distances is an efficient method of hunting for humans, and it was widely used until recently, according to an analysis of ethnographic accounts
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NRDC
MAY 17, 2024
CTC's $105M highway widening grant shows it has lost the plot when it comes to following Governor Newsom’s and the Legislature’s stated climate directives.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 14, 2024
Groups request environmental impact assessment of the Pathways Alliance carbon capture project Canmore | Traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations – Yesterday Ecojustice, on behalf of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Alberta Wilderness Association, No to CO 2 Landowner’s Group, Environmental Defence, and the Climate Action Network, submitted a request to the Government of Alberta and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) to conduct an environmental impact assessment of the Pathways Allia
PA Environment Daily
MAY 14, 2024
Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right to Know request shows DEP took major enforcement actions against 26 shale gas drilling and pipeline companies in 2023, including imposing $2,290,849 in penalties for violations going back to 2018. The enforcement actions included issuing administrative enforcement orders, signing consent orders and agreements and civil penalty agreements.
Scientific American
MAY 14, 2024
Orcas have once again attacked and sunk a boat near the Strait of Gibraltar, a behavior that has scientists stumped
New Scientist
MAY 15, 2024
A solar energy absorber that uses quartz to trap heat reached 1050°C in tests and could offer a way to decarbonise the production of steel and cement
Inside Climate News
MAY 17, 2024
A bill in the state legislature would require the appliances to feature information about ventilation. The proposal arrives on the heels of new findings about emissions harms. By Victoria St. Martin Ruth Ann Norton used to look forward to seeing the blue flame that danced on the burners of her gas stove. At one time, she says, she would have sworn that preparing meals with the appliance actually made her a better cook.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 15, 2024
Statement from Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Bill 165, the so-called Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, is an affront to good governance and an insult to Ontarians who are grappling with an affordability crisis. Contrary to the Bill’s ironic name, this piece of legislation will raise energy costs for nearly 4 million households in Ontario and saddle new home buyers with higher
PA Environment Daily
MAY 15, 2024
On May 15, the Shapiro Administration, through an advisory board at the Department of Environmental Protection made up of environmental and community advocates, has recommended funding 21 projects to benefit the environment, heath, and quality of life of the Beaver County community to mitigate the negative impacts of the Shell Petrochemical Plant's environmental violations.
Scientific American
MAY 14, 2024
Scientists have recently discovered thousands of active RNA molecules that can control the human body
New Scientist
MAY 16, 2024
Some AI firms think nuclear power can help meet the electricity demand from Silicon Valley’s data centres, but building new nuclear power stations takes too long to plug the gap in the short term
Inside Climate News
MAY 18, 2024
Imagining a world without fish in the world’s tropical oceans. Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine , an interview with Bob Bewyn, a staff writer at Inside Climate News, based in Austria.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 15, 2024
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Today Environmental Defence published a new report titled, Gas Is Not Green: Why Gas Does not Belong in A Canadian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy that outlines why fossil fuels like ‘natural’ gas should not be included under a sustainable finance label.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 13, 2024
On May 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of $5,672,751 in federal funding to support eight local abandoned mine lands and mine drainage restoration projects as a part of the Abandoned Mine Lands and Acid Mine Drainage Grant Program. The projects are located in Allegheny, Bedford, Butler, Elk, Northumberland and Westmoreland counties.
Scientific American
MAY 13, 2024
An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year
New Scientist
MAY 16, 2024
After comparing people with brain injuries whose life support was continued with those who had it turned off, scientists calculated that around 40 per cent in the latter group may have made some recovery
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