Yale E360
AUGUST 7, 2023
Four emerging filmmakers from Latin America collaborated to film Darwin’s frog and the biologist who studies the endangered species in Chile’s Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve. "Hojarasca: The Hidden Hope" is the Third-Place Winner of the 2023 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 7, 2023
With the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the issue, the lawsuits against the oil industry are heading back to state court. That’s where the plaintiffs wanted those cases from the beginning, but it’s by no means the last of the issues they will confront. The oil companies will fight a scorched earth campaign, spending millions to contest every possible issue.
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Scientific American
AUGUST 7, 2023
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
Frontiers
AUGUST 7, 2023
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Heightened exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is the leading cause of preventable skin cancer and other skin problems. To prevent sun-induced damage, protecting the skin is crucial. If no protection measures are taken, new research by The University of Manchester scientists in collaboration with the No7 Beauty Company, has shown that the skin microbiota composition can change in as little as seven days.
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.
Scientific American
AUGUST 7, 2023
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
Frontiers
AUGUST 7, 2023
By Prof Martin Siegert, University of Exeter (Cornwall) Image: Shutterstock.com 42 governments around the world have agreed to protect Antarctica’s environment. While the main focus has been on operational activities in Antarctica, global warming caused by fossil-fuel burning by these (and other) countries has left Antarctica on the brink of irreversible change.
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Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
by Don Maier, University of Tennessee The world’s largest shipping companies are starting to update their fleets for a greener future. Maersk received the world’s first dual-fuel methanol container ship in July 2023, and dozens more container ships that can run on alternative fuels are currently on order.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 7, 2023
By Christie Black, Penn State News City Semester student Jacob Levendosky invested time on the three rivers in Pittsburgh ensuring others could have a safe summer. As a biology major in the Eberly College of Science, he spent his summer semester as an intern with Three Rivers WaterKeeper —a nonprofit organization that monitors and supports clean water standards on the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers and watersheds.
Scientific American
AUGUST 7, 2023
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 7, 2023
You can now proudly show your support for the Eastern Hellbender and the Wild Resources Fund and Pollinator Habitats and the Pollinator Habit Fund by purchasing a special vehicle license plate from PennDOT. Hellbenders In 2019, the Eastern Hellbender was designated the state’s official amphibian and clean water ambassador as a result of legislation promoted by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation PA Student Leadership Council.
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.
Scientific American
AUGUST 7, 2023
Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 7, 2023
The August 7 PA Environment Digest is now available. Click Here To View Or Print The Entire August 7 PA Environment Digest 97 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Places 2nd In International NCF- Envirothon Competition!
Scientific American
AUGUST 7, 2023
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
New Scientist
AUGUST 7, 2023
The small predatory West Atlantic trumpetfish swims close by to the much larger herbivorous stoplight parrotfish to get near its prey
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.
NRDC
AUGUST 7, 2023
They’re not only stronger and longer-lasting. To fuel the clean energy economy, they also need to be sustainable.
New Scientist
AUGUST 7, 2023
There were at least 361,103 sewage spills into English rivers last year, but there are several things we can do to clean up the mess - as a society and from your own home
NRDC
AUGUST 7, 2023
It’s time for Congress to hold the oil and gas industry accountable and close the fracking loopholes.
New Scientist
AUGUST 7, 2023
Small, flat “metalenses” are made up of billions of nano-sized components, and they could image the cosmos using less space on a satellite than bulkier traditional devices
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Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Read the full story from NREL. Tribal land holds more that 5% of the solar photovoltaic potential in the United States, according to a 2013 report by NREL. However, this resource remains underutilized, and tribes often cite regulatory hurdles to achieving their solar deployment goals. In a three-year project funded by the U.S.
New Scientist
AUGUST 7, 2023
From shrinking sea ice to the wildest heatwave ever, the extreme events happening recently in Antarctica could be a sign of much worse to come
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Read the full story from the Rocky Mountain Institute. As tensions mount on the placement of large-scale solar developments in the United States, real estate investment trusts (REITs) could help reduce solar developments’ environmental impacts and our nation’s power sector greenhouse gas emissions, all while improving REITs’ bottom line.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 7, 2023
The Penn State Center for Science and the Schools and the Center for Pollinator Research (CPR) have created an interdisciplinary science curriculum that is aligned with the new Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy & Sustainability (STEELS) Standards. The development of the AG SEEDLINGS (Agricultural Science in Elementary Education Learning In Gardens at School) curriculum was funded by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Read the full story in the Washington Post. As soon as Andrew Christ peered at the sample inside his microscope, he knew he had found something special. Bits of tiny twigs, moss and leaves were mixed with sediments extracted from deep beneath a Cold War military facility on the Greenland ice sheet.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 7, 2023
On August 7, the League of Women Voters of PA and Food and Water Watch announced they are teaming up on a letter-writing campaign to the US Department of Energy in opposition to hydrogen hubs in Pennsylvania. “Hydrogen hubs are manufacturing centers for producing hydrogen fuel from liquified natural gas (LNG). Proponents of these centers tout them as clean energy hydrogen hubs, but this is misleading.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Download the report. The IEA examines the full spectrum of energy issues including oil, gas and coal supply and demand, renewable energy technologies, electricity markets, energy efficiency, access to energy, demand side management and much more.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 7, 2023
On August 7, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a notification that G2 STEM LLC of Fairfax, Virginia has withdrawn its application for an oil and gas wastewater underground injection well permit proposed in Nicholson Township, Fayette County. The proposed Orville Higinbotham #1 injection well is to be used for the disposal of produced fluids associated with oil and gas production.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Read the full story at Food Manufacture. Food Manufacture explores the way in which food firms can integrate circular design into their businesses and the pitfalls they need to be wary of in their journey towards a circular economy.
CEQA Developments
AUGUST 7, 2023
In an opinion filed June 28, 2023, and later ordered published on July 25, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 5) affirmed a judgment granting a writ of mandate setting aside (1) the City of Los Angeles’ (City) approval of a 10-story hotel project (with three levels of subterranean parking) to be located on a half-acre site in the Hollywood Community Plan area, and (2) the City’s accompanying determination that the hotel project was exempt under CEQA’s Class 32 categorical exemption
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Read the full story at Fast Company. Green banks can bring clean and affordable energy to low-income communities. States across the country are tapping them to do much more.
E2 Law Blog
AUGUST 7, 2023
Giuliano Apadula , a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig, LLP ’s Environmental Practice in Philadelphia , will speak at Brownfields 2023 Friday, August 11 at 9:00 a.m. The conference will be held in Detroit this year. The annual conference brings together stakeholders from industry, government, and the community to discuss the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated properties, known as brownfields.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Read the full story at GreenBiz. A recent Greenpeace analysis reveals how regulations across Europe are incentivizing travel by plane, despite flying being five times more polluting than train travel.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 7, 2023
On August 8, HealthFirst PA and partners will host a webinar on Pollution and Children’s Health - Norfolk Southern Train Derailment and Beyond starting at 9:00 a.m. Speakers for the event include-- -- Nina Victoria , Center for Coalfield Justice -- Vanessa Lynch , Mom’s Clean Air Force -- Hillary Flint & Rachel Meyers , Mom’s Clean Air Force & Impacted Resident -- Carolyn Heckman , Evangelical Environmental Network -- Alison Steele , Environmental Health Project Click Here to register fo
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Read the full story at The Hill. Pacific Gas and Electric (PGE), which has spent more than $2 billion on the program, has deemed the program inadequate and will be shifting strategies, according to internal documents first reviewed and reported by The Wall Street Journal.
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