Fri.May 05, 2023

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Performance Food Group Pilots Electric Refrigerated Truck at ACT Expo

Environment + Energy Leader

Likewise, the implementation of the truck marks an important step toward new California regulations that require the adoption of zero-direct emission truck refrigeration technologies.

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India Aims to Block New Coal Power Proposals

Yale E360

India is seeking to amend its National Electricity Policy to end the construction of new coal power plants.

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Captura, AltaSea Plan Ocean Carbon Removal System at Port of Los Angeles

Environment + Energy Leader

Moreover, the partnership will also enable Captura to conduct technology development and ocean modeling work to guide feasibility studies for commercial facilities.

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Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn't

Scientific American

New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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.

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EH2 Acquires Massachusetts Site for Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer Production

Environment + Energy Leader

The facility will have a yearly manufacturing capacity of 1.2 gigawatts with production expected to begin early next year.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.5.23

PA Environment Daily

Are You Telling Your Story? House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session May 8, 9, 10, June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 24 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainabl

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Force Majeure Clause Fails to Protect Oil and Gas Lessee From Mistakenly-Scheduled Deadline

The Energy Law Blog

In Point Energy Partners Permian, LLC v. MRC Permian Company , — S.W.3d —, No. 21-0461, 2023 WL 3028100 (Tex. 2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that the lessee could not invoke a force majeure clause to save its oil and gas leases when it inadvertently scheduled its operations to begin after the requisite deadline. The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014.

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Meet the Honorees: Kyle Myers, VP of EHSS, CyrusOne

Environment + Energy Leader

As the first EHSS professional at the organization his responsibilities have included functional strategy, policy and procedure development, training, regulatory compliance/interaction and organizational development across the globe.

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May 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

PA Environment Daily

The May 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on-- -- If it’s Tuesday, there must be snow in Somerset! -- See examples of State Park & Forest volunteers at work all over PA! -- What is a PA State Parks and State Forests Passport ? -- May is national Lyme Disease Awareness Month!

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Accenture, Cervest AI-Powered Platform Addresses Climate Risks

Environment + Energy Leader

The system will help businesses mitigate potential problems based on a range of data across scenarios.

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Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

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.

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Life with pets: Research Topics on living with animals

Frontiers

Has domestication induced cognitive changes in domesticated species? How can we optimize nutrition for dogs and cats? What is it about cats that makes their behaviors so enticing? We put together the top Research Topics about animals living with us. Read about the amazing research done by scientists from across the globe. With more than 1.4 million collective views, researchers explored topics such as the benefits and history of human-animal interaction, how animals perceive and differentiate be

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Your saliva may determine which types of wine you prefer

New Scientist

People from Chinese or Western backgrounds reported having different tastes in wines, which may partly come down to the concentrations of their salivary proteins

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Rome and the sea of law

Environment, Law, and History

ASOR (Ancient Near East Today) just put up a post by my editorial colleague, Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz: "A Sea of Law: The Romans and Their Maritime World" Mataix Ferrándiz begins: The sea was key for Rome’s success; it served as the setting of several battles that granted them hegemony over the Mediterranean as well as the main highway for both ideas and commerce.

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ChatGPT seems to be trained on copyrighted books like Harry Potter

New Scientist

A test to see whether ChatGPT has memorised the contents of copyrighted material suggests it was trained on passages from Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and many other novels

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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.

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DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 6 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the May 6 PA Bulletin -- -- The Environmental Quality Board published notice in the May 6 PA Bulletin making a correction to final VOC RACT regulations covering shipbuilding and other operations. -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5 [PaEN]] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6 [PaEN] -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in

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New Technique Can Map Ocean Plastics from Space

Scientific American

Researchers figured out how the flow of microplastics flattens ocean waves, letting satellites paint a clearer picture for future policy and cleanup efforts

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Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 10 Webinar: Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us

PA Environment Daily

The Physicians for Social Responsibility PA are hosting a May 10 Webinar on Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. This presentation will be a comprehensive Natural Gas 101. Health Educator and Building Electrification Campaign Coordinator Linnea Bond will cover health harms from gas from extraction to use, the effect of gas on global warming, a brief history of the debate around getting rid of gas, and what we need to faze in a plan to s

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Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

New Scientist

The World Health Organization has declared an end to covid-19’s designation as a public health emergency of international concern, saying the pandemic is on a "downward trend"

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts May 12 Online Listening Session On Flood Impacts & Solutions

PA Environment Daily

How can farms help mitigate floods and protect communities downstream? (Hint: it starts in our soil!) Increased flooding is one of the most immediate and devastating impacts of climate change. In Pennsylvania, the record rainfall of 2018 took a huge toll on farms across the Commonwealth and caused millions of dollars in infrastructure damages to towns and cities downstream.

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How Elon Musk and Reddit are leading a war on AI web scraping

New Scientist

The long-accepted practice of search engines scraping content from websites is being re-examined now that the data is being used to build valuable artificial intelligence tools

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6

PA Environment Daily

The following DEP notices were published in the May 6 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. - J.Reilly Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater in Gibson Twp., Susquehanna County. ( PA Bulletin, page 2472 ) -- EQT ARO LLC - Salt Run Well Pad A: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contam

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This $600-Million Room Contains the World's Largest Collection of These Tiny Endangered Animals

Scientific American

Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp.

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Colorado's Win for Clean Trucks

NRDC

Colorado voted to adopt historic standards to promote clean trucks in the state, which will reduce harmful air pollution from trucks and buses. It's time for other Western states to move forward with these safeguards.

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Demon catshark species identified thanks to weird mystery eggs

New Scientist

Forty years ago, a strange, empty shark egg case was found off the coast of Western Australia, and scientists have finally determined the species it belongs to

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Earth911 Podcast: Toledo Solar CEO Aaron Bates on American Cadmium Telluride Solar Panel Manufacturing

Earth 911

When we talk about solar energy, most of us think of the traditional silicon-based photovoltaic. The post Earth911 Podcast: Toledo Solar CEO Aaron Bates on American Cadmium Telluride Solar Panel Manufacturing appeared first on Earth911.

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Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in virtual reality

New Scientist

A VR accessory called JumpMod can make users feel like they are jumping higher or landing harder, just by moving a weight on their back

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Forest Service Explores Moving Trees to Save Them from Hotter Weather

Scientific American

A new program looks to replant warm weather trees in northern Minnesota to help them adjust to a rapidly warming world

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PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County

PA Environment Daily

On May 4, the Pennsylvania Solar Center honored 25 Allegheny County organizations with the prestigious Lodestar Award during their second annual Solar Soiree at the Energy Innovation Center. The Lodestar Award is a distinction given to Pennsylvania entities who are leading the way investing in clean and renewable solar energy. Sponsored by Terawatt sponsors BAI Group and EIS Solar, and Gigawatt sponsor Independence Solar, the event featured remarks from Pittsburgh’s Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak and

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Should You Give Your Kid Melatonin?

Scientific American

Young children are taking melatonin gummy supplements, but experts say they should be a last resort to help with sleep

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Senate Committee Meets May 10 On Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, ‘Stream Cleaning,’ Renaming DEP To The Dept. Of Environmental Services

PA Environment Daily

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to meet May 10 on legislation to narrow the grounds of appealing DEP actions, authorizing special “stream cleaning” permits and renaming DEP to the Department of Environmental Services. The bills include-- -- Limiting Grounds Of Appeal Of DEP Actions: Senate Bill 198 (Bartolotta-R-Washington) which would create a new standard for the review for appeals of DEP permit actions before the Environmental Hearing Board by limiting par

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Why darkness between stars reveals more about the universe than light

New Scientist

When looking up at the night sky, light from stars draws attention.

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2 Senate Committees Meet May 8 To Run Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy

PA Environment Daily

The Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee are both scheduled to meet on May 8 to consider legislation to kill regulations by doing nothing, allow the waiver of any permitting requirement and add more cost and bureaucracy to the permitting and regulatory process. ‘I Want A Chance To Fix This First’ On March 22, Acting DEP Secretary Richard Negrin outlined a 10 Point Plan to improve permit reviews at DEP as part of his budget hearing before the Senate Ap

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Online tool estimates nitrogen availability for crop fields

Environmental News Bits

by Lisa Sheppard, Prairie Research Institute With high corn crop yields in mind, Illinois farmers sometimes apply mid-season nitrogen fertilizer to supplement the early-season applications that may have been partly washed away with spring rains.