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Wildfire Smoke May Worsen Extreme Blazes Near Some Coasts, According to New Research

Inside Climate News

Scientists identified a positive feedback of smoke spurring weather changes that encourage the growth of extreme wildfires on the West Coast and in Southeast Asia. By Emma Foehringer Merchant Apart from clouding skies, irritating eyes, clogging respiratory systems and warming the climate, smoke from huge wildfires may actually help fires grow in some coastal areas, according to recently released research.

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Brazil Moves to Oust Miners from Indigenous Lands, Shore Up Support for Amazon Protection

Yale E360

Brazil's federal police have launched a new raid on illegal gold miners operating in Indigenous Yanomami territory in the northern Amazon, officials said on Friday.

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How Will China’s Spy Balloon Affect US-China Relations? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

I have to admit that at first I didn’t see the Chinese spy balloon drifting into US airspace as the crisis that it would, well, balloon into. Countries spend large amounts of resources spying on each other, expanding their methods as new technologies become available, this is well-known. High-altitude intelligence gathering is routine. As a frequent user of the UCS Satellite Database , I know that China fields more satellites than any other nation besides the United States and that China fields

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San Diego’s Sustainable Progress: A City Committed to Renewable Energy and Environmental Stewardship

Environment + Energy Leader

In 2022, San Diego Airport captured more than 800,000 gallons of stormwater which was then used for heating and cooling the airport buildings. The post San Diego’s Sustainable Progress: A City Committed to Renewable Energy and Environmental Stewardship appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.10.23

PA Environment Daily

Are You Telling Your Story? Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule -- March 7-- Governor’s Budget Address House returns to voting session Feb. 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, March 1 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear Updates From Oil & Gas, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Programs Feb. 14 [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Interior Secretary Visits Pittsburgh Area To Tout Federal Oil & Gas Well Plug

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Montrose Environmental Group Announces Second Acquisition in 2023

Environment + Energy Leader

Over the past year, Montrose has grown its portfolio with the acquisition of Frontier Analytical Laboratories, HUCO Consulting, Inc., AirKinetics, Inc., and Environmental Standards, Inc. The post Montrose Environmental Group Announces Second Acquisition in 2023 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Five Reasons “Natural” Gas is Bad for You and the Environment

Enviromental Defense

“ Natural” gas is not clean or green, as its misleading name implies Every reputable environmental organization and energy agency around the world is saying we can’t build new gas projects if we want to avoid complete climate chaos. Fossil gas, or “natural gas,” as it’s been cunningly branded, is a fossil fuel that causes warming and is harmful to human health.

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Registration Open For 4th Annual PA Trout Women’s Leadership Retreat

PA Environment Daily

The PA Trout Women, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is now accepting registrations for the 4th Annual PA Trout Women’s Leadership Retreat to be held May 19-21 at the Godspeed Hostel In Port Matilda, Centre County. This year’s theme is W3: Watersheds, Wellness, and Wading into Leadership. This workshop is designed to help empower a network of women leaders through fishing and conservation.

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How high-tech spy balloons became so popular for aerial surveillance

New Scientist

Military interest in balloon surveillance had been increasing even before a Chinese-launched balloon wandered across the continental US

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DEP Posts 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 11 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the February 11 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 11 PA Bulletin announcing it will begin accepting applications for abandoned mine reclamation and mine drainage treatment project grants on March 6. The deadline for applications is April 28. -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 4 to Feb. 10 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/O

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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

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The Art of Tidying Up in the Entomology Collections

Academy of Natural Sciences

Keeping 200 years’ worth of historical knowledge and 19 million specimens (and counting) in good working order is no easy feat. Not only does it require precision, care and patience, but also a whole lot of eager curiosity. We reached out to Arthur Fink, a current Drexel University Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science co-op in the Academy’s Entomology Collection who recently led a big tidying-up project of enormously important insect specimens, to learn more about what goes

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DEP Opens Next Round Of Federally-Funded Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants For Locally-Sponsored Projects March 6

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection will begin accepting applications for abandoned mine reclamation and mine drainage treatment project grants on March 6. The deadline for applications is April 28. ( formal notice) A second application period will open July 3 and close August 25. A third application period will open October 2 and close December 2.

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How ChatGPT Can Improve Education, Not Threaten it

Scientific American

A professor explains why he is allowing students to incorporate ChatGPT into their writing process instead of banning the new technology

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Small-toothed Dog Dad Teaches Pups to Hunt

PBS Nature

The post Small-toothed Dog Dad Teaches Pups to Hunt appeared first on Nature.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Covid-19 vaccines added to routine immunisation schedule in US

New Scientist

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendations for routine immunisations in children and adults to include covid-19 vaccines

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Earth911 Podcast: Hungry Giant’s Chris O’Brien on Reducing Institutional Food Waste

Earth 911

How can we eliminate food waste created by restaurants, institutional cafeterias, and retail grocers? According. The post Earth911 Podcast: Hungry Giant’s Chris O’Brien on Reducing Institutional Food Waste appeared first on Earth911.

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Chinese spy balloon: Everything we know after US recovers wreckage

New Scientist

The US has recovered the wreckage of a Chinese surveillance balloon after shooting it down with a fighter jet last week – here's what has been discovered and what it might mean

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Could the Zombie Fungus in TV's The Last of Us Really Infect People?

Scientific American

The pandemic fungus in the television program The Last of Us is real.

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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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Unidentified object shot down over Alaskan waters, US Pentagon says

New Scientist

The US Pentagon has shot down an unidentified object over frozen waters around Alaska.

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Why the Climate Fight Will Fail without India

Scientific American

India is at an energy crossroads: if it chooses fossil fuels, it could undermine global climate targets

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Cockatoos understand when a job requires a toolkit

New Scientist

Goffin’s cockatoos are the second non-human animal shown to transport more than one tool to retrieve some food, after chimpanzees

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2023 CCUS Legislative Update

The Energy Law

Stay tuned for fireworks coming from the Louisiana legislature this year on CCUS. The legislative session begins April 10, and one bill has already been filed to remove expropriation authority from all CCUS activity. [1] Many more bills are expected to be filed. A lot of media attention has focused on a CCUS project related to Lake Maurepas. That led to a local resolution in Livingston Parish calling for a moratorium on all CCUS projects in that parish.

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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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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 11

PA Environment Daily

The following DEP notices were published in the February 11 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- UGI Utilities - Allen Manufactured Gas Plant: DEP received Intent To Remediate soil and groundwater contaminated by volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, and lead in City of Allentown, Lehigh County. ( PA Bulletin, Page 870 ) -- UGI Utilities - Reading Holder

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Turkey's Twitter Cutoff Harmed Earthquake Rescue Operations

Scientific American

A temporary Twitter block after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria shows how vital the platform has become for responding to disasters

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Militaries are boosting spending on high-tech surveillance balloons

New Scientist

Military interest in balloon surveillance had been increasing even before a Chinese-launched balloon wandered across the continental US

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EPA Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Start New Superfund Cleanups In Berks, Jefferson Counties

PA Environment Daily

On February 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the second wave of approximately $1 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to start new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, including the Jackson Ceramix, Inc. and Ryeland Road Arsenic sites in Jefferson and Berks counties and expedite over 100 other ongoing cleanups across the country.

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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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Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice

Environmental News Bits

by Pengfei Zhang, Penn State Atmospheric rivers, those long, powerful streams of moisture in the sky, are becoming more frequent in the Arctic, and they’re helping to drive dramatic shrinking of the Arctic’s sea ice cover.

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Five articles you need to check out on the future of astronomy and astrophysics

Frontiers

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com From uncovering the long-standing mysteries in extra-galactic astrophysics to understanding the properties of the sun’s outer atmosphere, astronomy research aims to help us understand what surrounds us. Frontiers highlights some of the top astronomy articles we have published recently.

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2023 CCUS Legislative Update

The Energy Law

Stay tuned for fireworks coming from the Louisiana legislature this year on CCUS. The legislative session begins April 10, and one bill has already been filed to remove expropriation authority from all CCUS activity. [1] Many more bills are expected to be filed. A lot of media attention has focused on a CCUS project related to Lake Maurepas. That led to a local resolution in Livingston Parish calling for a moratorium on all CCUS projects in that parish.

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Rhee Quoted in Anti-Corruption Report on Revised Corporate Enforcement Policy

Arnold Porter

White Collar Defense & Investigations partner Soo-Mi Rhee was quoted in the Anti-Corruption Report article, “Corporate Enforcement Policy Revisions: A More Amenable DOJ Looks to Negotiate.” The story discusses the revisions announced by Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite, Jr, which hope to promote companies self-disclosing. » Read the full article (subscription required).

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PA Resources Council, Partners To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bins In Western PA Starting Feb. 11

PA Environment Daily

The PA Resources Council will launch its 2023 Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program February 11 at Boyce Park in Allegheny County. This innovative program provides residents with a higher quality glass recycling option than typical curbside programs, ensuring that glass deposited into the bin meets the highest standards and can be fully recycled. The locations for PRC Traveling Glass Recycling Bin weeklong engagements scheduled so far include-- -- February 11-16: Boyce Park, Allegheny County --