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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.6.21

PA Environment Daily

Senate returns to voting session June 7, 8, 9 House returns to voting session June 7, 8, 9 Click Here for LATEST Updated PA Environment & Energy NewsClips TODAY’s Calendar Of Events *PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Legislators Sprint To Budget Deadline Awash In Money; Never Ending Election; Ending Emergency? [PaCN] 6.6.21 * 21 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] DEP Issues Air Quality Action Day Alert For Sunday, June 6 For Southwest PA, Susqueha

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9 Cool Freshwater Fish You’ve Never Heard Of

Cool Green Science

Do you know the hardhead? The chiselmouth? Celebrate freshwater biodiversity with these cool fish. The post 9 Cool Freshwater Fish You’ve Never Heard Of appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Death by Primordial Black Hole

Scientific American

If such an object a mere thousand times bigger than an atom passed through your body, the result would not be pretty. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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People who travel abroad can unknowingly spread antibiotic resistance

New Scientist

People who travel to countries with a higher prevalence of antibiotic resistance are unwittingly bringing genes for resistance home in their gut bacteria

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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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21 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

There are 21 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest about advocating for resources to restore and protect the environment, environmental education, permanently preserving land and threatened plants, a celebration of helping landowners protect natural resources, wildlife conservation and project, linking senior communities with organic farming, supporting students in environmental career, promoting technical innovation and much more.

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Daily briefing: The largest lake the world has ever known

Nature

Nature, Published online: 07 June 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01543-5 The ancient megalake Paratethys once covered more than 2.8 million square kilometres. Plus, what six months of COVID vaccines have taught scientists.

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Feedback needed: take our salary and job-satisfaction survey

Nature

Nature, Published online: 07 June 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01538-2 Nature’s in-depth study of scientists’ troubles and triumphs will help us to identify and address barriers to research careers.

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In Case You Missed It

Scientific American

Top news from around the world. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Fly me to the Moon

Nature

Nature, Published online: 07 June 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01519-5 Loredana Bessone instructs astronauts on living in space, walking on the Moon’s surface and choosing rock samples for analysis.

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The Port of Hamburg could become Europe’s largest green hydrogen project

A Greener Life

The Port of Hamburg. Photo credit: Joerg Boethling. By Anders Lorenzen. The Port of Hamburg in northern Germany is just one of the latest places to jump in on the green hydrogen bandwagon. A coalition of the companies Vattenfall, Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as well as Hamburg’s municipal heat supplier, Hamburg Wärme, signed a Letter of Intent to build one of the world’s largest electrolysers, with a capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) in the Port of Hamburg.

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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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How COVID changed schools outreach

Nature

Nature, Published online: 07 June 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01517-7 Since lockdowns closed classrooms and labs, scientists have devised online activities to inspire the next generation of researchers.

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‘Sea squirt’ with exceptional abilities can help regenerative medicine: A FrontierScientist Q&A with Tal Gordon

Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer / Tal Gordon, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences , Tel-Aviv University , Israel. Tal Gordon during one of her research dives. Image credit: Tal Zaquin. Dr Tal Gordon is a zoologist and molecular biologist interested in the molecular basis of regeneration. She grew up in Eilat (Israel) close to the Red Sea and spend much of my childhood by the sea.

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It takes a wood to raise a tree: a memoir

Nature

Nature, Published online: 07 June 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01512-y An ecologist traces forests’ support networks — and finds parallels in her own life.

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PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Legislators Sprint To Budget Deadline Awash In Money; Never Ending Election; Ending Emergency?

PA Environment Daily

[ Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else ] What a difference 11 weeks makes! At the beginning of March, Pennsylvania faced a state budget deficit of $2.5 to $3.5 billion by everyone’s estimates [ Read more here ]; COVID percent positivity was at 5.7 percent, but starting to drop; Gov. Wolf just started easing gathering limits on businesses slightly; and a new Vaccine Task Force was helping get the sluggish vaccination plan moving [ Read more here ].

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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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Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020

Nature

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Nanobodies from camelid mice and llamas neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants

Nature

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A light touch changes the strength of a single atomic bond

Nature

Nature, Published online: 07 June 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01479-w A technique that uses an electric field to tighten the bond between two atoms can allow a game of atomic pick-up-sticks.