Circle of Blue

JULY 13, 2021

An era of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure has begun. Rural water utilities have vulnerabilities and advantages. The vast majority of water utilities in the country serve fewer than 10,000 people. These utilities face unique challenges in defending themselves against cyberattacks. Photo courtesy of Colin / Wikimedia Commons. The vast majority of water utilities in the country serve fewer than 10,000 people, and they tend to have less resources and tighter budgets than their larger counter

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Legal Planet

JULY 13, 2021

“Permanent Premises of the International Criminal Court” by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Last month, a panel of international lawyers chaired by Philippe Sands and Dior Fall Sow launched our proposal for a new crime of ‘ecocide’ – an international crime of environmental destruction that would sit alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression at the International Criminal Court.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 13, 2021

YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Thousands are evacuated from the Chinese province of Sichuan due to flooding. Heavy rains flood villages in north Bihar, India , cutting them off from metropolitan cities and aid. First Nations groups in Australia plead the federal government to distribute $40 million promised to them in 2018 for to buy water. Applications open to test for lead in drinking water throughout schools in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Yale E360

JULY 13, 2021

Just 25 cities globally are responsible for 52 percent of urban greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study that highlights the role that cities must play in reaching the goals of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Read more on E360 ?.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2021

In accordance with President Biden’s executive order on racial equity, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently opened a public comment period requesting information on how it can help advance equity and support underserved communities in government decisionmaking. We at UCS jumped at the opportunity and submitted our public comment last week.

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Law and Environment

JULY 13, 2021

The managers of the New England States Committee on Electricity (“NESCOE”) recently released a report (“Report”) to New England’s governors to advance its shared vision for a clean, affordable, and reliable 21 st -century electric grid. The Report is the latest development that highlights the growing tension between the states’ decarbonization policies on the one hand, and ISO-NE’s wholesale market rules, on the other.

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Legal Planet

JULY 13, 2021

Stewart Brand –a contender for the most interesting living person in the world–famously opened the Whole Earth Catalogue in 1969, “We are as gods and might as well get good at it.” Importantly (and often misunderstood), he meant not that we are gods, but instead that technologies have given humanity powers that had previously been exclusive to the gods.

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Physics World

JULY 13, 2021

Stephen Hawking’s 40-year-old theorem about the area of a black hole’s event horizon has been confirmed thanks to data from the first burst of gravitational waves detected by LIGO. Known as Hawking’s area theorem, it states that the entropy of a black hole should not decrease. Because a black hole’s entropy is proportional to the area of its event horizon, that means the event horizon area should not decrease if two black holes merge, as they did in the cosmic cataclysm that produced the gravita

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Scientific American

JULY 13, 2021

The proposed tax places a fee on planet warming emissions embedded in goods produced outside the union. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

JULY 13, 2021

Top neuroscience research papers are eight times more likely to only study male participants or samples compared with female-only studies, a review has found

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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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Physics World

JULY 13, 2021

Films prepared from aqueous semiclathrate hydrate solutions with and without silver nanoparticles. In sample 13, which included both silver nanoparticles and fluoride anions, 10–30 nm clusters formed even at 281 K. As the temperature decreased further, the number and density of the clusters increased, and then the material crystallized with a small degree of supercooling.

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National Law Center

JULY 13, 2021

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. JUDICIAL: Includes. The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: July 13, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Cool Green Science

JULY 13, 2021

Scientists in New Zealand and the United States are using everything from GoPros to kitchen sponges to study the ecological benefits of kelp farms. The post Can Kelp Help Mussel Farms Thrive? appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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New Scientist

JULY 13, 2021

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

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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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Scientific American

JULY 13, 2021

Research in birds suggests that when one partner speaks, the other partner’s brain is inhibited from talking over them. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Physics World

JULY 13, 2021

Monoglot culture Should we let a language hailing from a tiny island in north-western Europe determine the integrity of the global scientific discipline? (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Aine). English is the lingua franca of science. An estimated 98% of all scientific publications are written in English and the vast majority of talks at international and most local conferences are given in the language.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 13, 2021

Johnson & Johnson (J&J), the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, has executed three separate virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) with Enel Green Power in Europe that will provide the equivalent of 100% renewable electricity for all J&J properties across its three business sectors — pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health —.

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Inhabitant

JULY 13, 2021

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows that dragonflies are losing key features due to climate change. The study has established that global warming is causing male dragonflies to lose their color, a feature used to attract mates.

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New Scientist

JULY 13, 2021

People in different cultures – including hunter-gatherers in equatorial rainforests and city dwellers in Europe – can tell when someone else is in the early stages of infection by looking at them

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Scientific American

JULY 13, 2021

Researchers are taking a closer look at this science-fiction staple—and bringing the idea a little closer to reality. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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A Greener Life

JULY 13, 2021

By Anders Lorenzen. India, the world’s second-most populous country and predicted to overtake China soon as number one, and with a growing middle class and a growing economy the demand for energy is huge and surging. Coal has long been king in the country and is continuing to be the backbone for growth in energy provision. But due to concerns about climate change, there is growing pressure on the country to adopt cleaner sources of energy.

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The Applied Ecologist

JULY 13, 2021

Gaurav Vashistha and colleagues describe their latest research attempting to reverse the observed decline in gharial nesting by improving nesting site conditions. Find out more about the research behind the cover of our latest issue. The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a critically threatened, freshwater crocodile.

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Physics World

JULY 13, 2021

Stroke – a life-threatening condition arising from restriction of the blood supply to the brain – is a leading cause of long-term disability. In Europe, there are over 1.5 million new cases each year, with less than 15% of patients achieving full recovery. A key challenge in stroke rehabilitation is that recovery varies widely between patients: roughly two thirds of stroke patients recover naturally from their initial impairments, the remainder do not.

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Environmental Law Centre

JULY 13, 2021

Coal Policy Engagement: Submissions to the Coal Policy Committee The Environmental Law Centre made submissions to the Coal Policy Committee on April 19, 2021, The post Coal Policy Engagement: Submissions to the Coal Policy Committee appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.

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New Scientist

JULY 13, 2021

Small biofuel cells can harvest enough energy from the sweat on a person’s fingertips to continuously power wearable medical sensors that track health and nutrition

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Environmental Progress

JULY 13, 2021

A new study finds that, of the people released from jail before trial in San Francisco, half committed new crimes and 1 out of 6 committed a violent crime "San Francisco’s observed safety rate is substantially lower than local & national validated rates." Link to new study.

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Inhabitant

JULY 13, 2021

Hot Heart is a series of islands that store thermal energy and can support tropical forest ecosystems from all over the world.

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New Scientist

JULY 13, 2021

Caffeine, a naturally occurring chemical stimulant found in food and drink, is the world’s most widely consumed legal psychoactive drug

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 13, 2021

Read the full story from IEEFA. There is an inverse S-curve developing in the U.S. coal generation sector, with announced plant retirements expanding rapidly as utilities and independent power producers adjust to the influx of cleaner and cheaper wind, solar and battery storage resources disrupting the electric system.

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New Scientist

JULY 13, 2021

Caffeine, a naturally occurring chemical stimulant found in food and drink, is the world’s most widely consumed legal psychoactive drug

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Scientific American

JULY 13, 2021

Current prevention measures may not be enough to prevent an outbreak. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Inhabitant

JULY 13, 2021

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (U.N. CBD) has set out a plan to reverse ecological destruction, cut down extinction rates and promote human coexistence with nature. The plan will also protect at least 30% of the world's oceans and land to achieve significant climate crisis mitigation by 2030.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 13, 2021

Read the full story in Waste Dive. The U.S. Plastics Pact road map and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s extended producer responsibility endorsements could be signs that EPR is coming into its own — as long as policy can catch up.

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