Despite Cutbacks, ExxonMobil Continues to Fund Climate Science Denial
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 26, 2021
ExxonMobil has spent more than $39 million to manufacture doubt about climate science and block government action.
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Show Time: Stark message from the International Energy Agency
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2021
As the 26 th Climate Conference (COP26) approaches, there is lots of discussion of the recent IPCC report. There will be a flood of other climate reports landing over the next couple of weeks, from international agencies, environmental groups, industry associations, and many others, all timed for maximum attention at the COP. But for a concrete understanding of the present situation, the most important analysis is in a report that appeared back in May.
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The Day of Reckoning for the Oil Industry?
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Oil company CEOs will have to testify under oath about their decades-long campaign to block government action on climate change.
The Stream, October 26, 2021: Oil and Gas Developers in California Have Been Contaminating Groundwater With Little Oversight, Study Finds
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 26, 2021
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Urban planning experts in the Indian city of Bengaluru are calling on officials to overhaul the city’s stormwater drainage system. Recent research reveals California’s failure to regulate groundwater contamination from the oil and gas industry. A water bottling plant in West Michigan announces plan to decrease water withdraws. Thailand will push a controversial water diversion plan forward after receiving funding from an unnamed Chinese firm.
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.
Catholic Bishops in the US Largely Ignore the Pope’s Concern About Climate Change, a New Study Finds
Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Researchers at Creighton University reviewed more than 12,000 pastoral communications by the bishops. Only several dozen of those writings said a warming climate was real. By James Bruggers In the six years since Pope Francis published his landmark teaching document on the environment, or “care for our common home,” the leader of the global Catholic Church has only strengthened his call for action to curb climate change.
Monochromatic X-ray method promises dramatic cut in radiation dose
Physics World
OCTOBER 26, 2021
© AuntMinnieEurope.com. A technology called monochromatic X-ray imaging could reduce radiation dose per mammogram by a factor of five to 10 times, according to a research review published in the European Journal of Radiology. Michael Fishman from Boston University and Madan Rehani from Massachusetts General Hospital proposed that contrast-enhanced digital mammography with monochromatic X-rays provides a simpler and more effective imaging technique at substantially lower radiation dose. “Lo
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Qubits for the future: YouTube documentary explores how quantum computing could promote sustainability
Physics World
OCTOBER 26, 2021
How could quantum computing help us to fix climate change? This is the question at the heart of Quantum Technology | Our Sustainable Future , a half-hour-long documentary published on YouTube in July. Made by “ The Quantum Daily ”, a resource for news and information on all things quantum, the documentary consists of interviews with people working in a host of organizations in the sector, from Oxford Instruments NanoScience to Google Quantum AI.
Ed Wytovich Discusses Catawissa Creek's Unique Potential, Threats It Faces, What's Needed
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 26, 2021
By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper This podcast was published on the Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog October 25, 2021-- Catawissa Creek Restoration Association President Ed Wytovich discusses the unique aspects of the creek, the successes it has seen via two treatment facilities and the hurdles faced in addressing the Audenreid Mine Tunnel's discharge into the waterway.
How molecular catalysts mediate the electrochemical generation of fuels
Physics World
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. The conversion of energy-poor feedstocks like water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich fuels involves multi- electron, multi-proton transformations. In order to develop catalysts that can mediate fuel production with optimum energy efficiency, this complex proton-electron reactivity must be carefully considered.
Ancient groundwater: Why the water you’re drinking may be thousands of years old
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 26, 2021
by Marissa Grunes, Harvard University; Alan Seltzer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Kevin M. Befus, University of Arkansas Communities that rely on the Colorado River are facing a water crisis.
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.
Major US and European labs join forces to tackle climate change
Physics World
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Top physics facilities in Europe and the US have come together to tackle the climate crisis. The labs – including CERN, the European Space Agency, Fermilab and the Los Alamos National Laboratory – have announced that they will step up their scientific collaboration on carbon-neutral energy and climate change as well as share best practices to improve the carbon footprint of big-science facilities.
Microplastics found in the bloodstreams of cows and pigs
Inhabitant
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The meat you buy in the store may be contaminated with microplastics. A recent study by Free University of Amsterdam found microplastics in the bloodstreams of pigs and cows for the first time. The findings have sparked questions over public health, with experts expressing fears over contaminants possibly affecting the entire food chain.
Clinical experience on the independent dose distribution verification with RadCalc
Physics World
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Independent 3D dose check systems play an important role in the patient-specific quality assurance. In this webinar, Dr Ruoxi Wang will share experiences on performing 3D dose distribution verification based on the Monte Carlo Module in RadCalc. He will highlight the differences between the independent verification and measurement-based QA, explain the detailed resource deployment and commissioning process, and showcase the usage in different
The Basics of Recycling Scrap Metal for Money
Earth 911
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Originally written by Virginia Buechel, of iScrap App. Most of us know the value of. The post The Basics of Recycling Scrap Metal for Money appeared first on Earth911.
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.
Can Intense Exercise Lead to ALS?
Scientific American
OCTOBER 26, 2021
New studies show a possible connection. But debate over such an association will continue. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Covid-19 news: Model predicts UK cases will fall even without Plan B
New Scientist
OCTOBER 26, 2021
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The Brain Guesses What Word Comes Ne-
Scientific American
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Like some AI systems, the organ of thought appears to predict what word follows another to coax meaning from language. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
I had been burned out before. This time was different
Physics World
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Role model, reframed Particle-physics PhD student Katrina Miller is working to normalize a healthier and more sustainable academic environment. (Courtesy: Katrina Miller). The summer of 2020 wasn’t my first experience with burnout, but it was definitely the most memorable. Four months into a global pandemic and weeks into a nationwide racial reckoning, the protesters chanting outside my Chicago apartment window were what pushed me over the edge.
Sustainability at Retail
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On the eve of COP26, the UK is accused of climate crimes
A Greener Life
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Heather is set alight on peatlands in the North York Moors National Park for grouse-shooting. Photo credit: Unearthed. By Anders Lorenzen. As the UK prepares to host COP26 , their actions at home could be embarrassing and contradictory at best. An investigation by Greenpeace UK’s investigative arm, Unearthed , revealed that over one hundred fires have been reported on carbon-rich peatland in Northern England over the course of just four days earlier this month.
Sundarbans in peril: interlinkages between science and society for addressing climate change
The Applied Ecologist
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be held in Glasgow in November. In the lead up to the conference, we’re asking our editors and authors to share their research at the interface of climate and ecology. In this post, Associate Editor Punyasloke Bhadury explains why protecting ecosystems is a priority not just for nature, but for society.
Renewable energy is growing too slow to stop climate change
Inhabitant
OCTOBER 26, 2021
A new study published in Nature Energy shows that the growth rate for wind and solar power is lower than required to stop climate change. The study, conducted by the Chalmers University of Technology, Lund University in Sweden, and Central European University in Austria, has found that no country is moving fast enough to curb global warming from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Ag & Food Law Daily Update: October 26, 2021
National Law Center
OCTOBER 26, 2021
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Antitrust, The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: October 26, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Home Alone: The Fate of Post-Pandemic Dogs
Scientific American
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Our canine companions have become accustomed to having their humans around 24/7. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
An Intervention: Organization Seeks to Defend Minority Debt Relief Program
National Law Center
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The Federation of Southern Cooperative/Land Assistance Fund (“Federation”) has filed a motion to intervene as a defendant in the class action. The post An Intervention: Organization Seeks to Defend Minority Debt Relief Program appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Female seahorses forget their pregnant male partners if separated
New Scientist
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Some seahorses pair for life, with the males carrying the pregnancies – but if the pair are separated for even a few days the female seems to forget the male
Greenwashing of B.C. forestry must stop
Eco Justice
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This was originally published by the National Observer on October 22, 2021. I am grateful to live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the x?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), Read more. The post Greenwashing of B.C. forestry must stop appeared first on Ecojustice.
Miller Starr Regalia To Present Online On CEQA Developments At Upcoming Seventh Annual California Land Use Law & Policy Conference
CEQA Developments
OCTOBER 26, 2021
On November 18, 2021, the publishers of the California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter and sponsoring law firms (including Miller Starr Regalia) will present, in an online format, the Seventh Annual California Land Use Law Policy Conference. The one-day program will cover numerous topics including recent housing legislation, environmental justice, tribal consultation, the Surplus Land Act, and, of course, a number of CEQA-related issues and topics.
Congress Eyes $235 Billion in Clean Energy Subsidies
Scientific American
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Incentives cover established sectors such as wind and solar as well as emerging technology, such as green hydrogen. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
A Yearly Update on Climate Change Litigation, the 2021 Edition
Environmental Law Centre
OCTOBER 26, 2021
A Yearly Update on Climate Change Litigation, the 2021 Edition For a number of years, the Environmental Law Centre (“ELC”) has published a semi-regular. The post A Yearly Update on Climate Change Litigation, the 2021 Edition appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
Sri Lanka's civil war left a lasting fear in the country's birds
New Scientist
OCTOBER 26, 2021
More than a decade after Sri Lanka's civil war ended, wild birds are still wary of humans in areas of the country that saw armed conflict
A Teaching Moment? First District Affirms CEQA Action Demurrer Order Finding Late-Joined Developers of UC Berkeley Campus Project Were Necessary, But Not Indispensable, Real Parties In Interest
CEQA Developments
OCTOBER 26, 2021
In a published opinion filed October 21, 2021, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s order finding the real party developers of a UC Berkeley campus development project – undertaken for the University’s benefit, and in which it had a strong vested interest – were necessary parties, but were not indispensable parties to a CEQA action challenging the project EIR under the factors of the Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”) § 389(b).
Sharks may bite humans because they mistake us for seals and sea lions
New Scientist
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Instances of sharks biting humans are rare, and researchers think they may happen when the marine predators confuse us for other species
Tribal solar projects provide more than climate solutions
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Read the full story at Yes! Magazine. In August 2021, two wildfires surrounded the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in central Montana. By Aug. 11, more than 175,000 acres were ablaze, and all residents of Lame Deer, the largest town on the reservation, were asked to evacuate.
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