Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Drought has left millions in the region facing food insecurity—and conditions are expected to get worse. The landscape of Kulaley Village in northern Kenya lays barren after a drought in 2011. Photo © OxFam East Africa / Wikimedia Commons. Climate models indicate the potential for another brutal famine in East Africa. As dry conditions bear on, humanitarian groups are calling on the international community to take action before it is too late.

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A cryptocurrency-mining operation in central New York has reopened a shuttered fossil fuel power plant to power 15,300 computer servers used to unlock bitcoins, raising concerns among environmentalists, the Associated Press reports. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Despite claiming to endorse a carbon tax, ExxonMobil has funneled millions of dollars to lawmakers who oppose the idea.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Rundown. Federal agencies warn water utilities about the risks of cyberattacks. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decides that an odd-looking Colorado River fish is no longer endangered. USDA distributes $272 million in grants and low-interest loans for rural water and sewer systems. The EPA releases a report on monitoring wastewater for SARS-CoV-2.

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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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Physics World

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Asteroid quest: The $1bn Lucy craft will carry out several fly-bys of the Tojan asteroids over a 12-year period. (Courtesy: NASA). NASA has launched a $1bn mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids — two large clusters of rocks that are believed to be remnants of primordial material that formed the solar system’s outer planets. The probe, dubbed Lucy , lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 5:34 a.m. local time on Saturday aboard an Atlas V rocket.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Written by Hayley McIlwraith, Research Assistant in the Rochman Lab and Chelsea Rochman, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, co-founder of the University of Toronto Trash Team and Scientific Advisor to Ocean Conservancy. Plastic is everywhere. It’s in the laptop I’m using to write this blog, in the clothes I’m wearing as I sit at my desk and in the packaging protecting the food that I’m snacking on in between sentences.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

by Mary K. Feeney (Arizona State University) All of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in science were awarded to men. That’s a return to business as usual after a couple of good years for female laureates.

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A new development is in the works, designed to sit on a Portuguese hillside and provide a community with unique characteristics and a focus on sustainable design, function, well-being and innovation.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Read the full story in Recycling Today. As Southside Recycling waits to start up its new state-of-the-art shredding facility in Chicago, the company is navigating permitting issues related to environmental justice concerns.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Bill Gates begins How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: the Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by acknowledging that he is an “imperfect messenger”. The Microsoft co-founder knows he is a billionaire technophile with a legacy carbon footprint the size of a small planet. Gates admits he flew into the 2015 Paris climate conference by private jet and wolfs down his share of Seattle beef burgers.

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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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Cool Green Science

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Gulls. House sparrows. Starlings. Rock pigeons. Canada geese. These species are often derided as trash birds. But why do birders dismiss them so easily? The post Why Do We Hate Trash Birds? appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Water pollution and scarcity has become a dangerous challenge in Afghanistan. Photo credit: Kate Holt / IRIN. By Anders Lorenzen. New research is warning that natural resources are depleting faster than normal due to climate change. The research was released last week in the report ‘Ecological Threat Register’ published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) think-tank.

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Washington Nature

OCTOBER 18, 2021

By Molly Bogeberg, Marine Conservation Manager Pacific salmon (Chinook, chum, coho, pink, and sockeye) are an androgenous species. They start their lives in freshwater, migrate to the ocean for most of their lives, and then return to freshwater rivers and streams to spawn and die. Before salmon enter the ocean, they must find clean and cold waters to forage and grow.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

by Erica Nielsen and Sam Walkes (University of California, Davis) Land–based heatwaves have a less obvious though equally important sibling: marine heatwaves. In 2013, the largest marine heatwave on record began when an unusually warm mass of water formed in the Gulf of Alaska.

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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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New Scientist

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Under the UK’s long-delayed Heat and Buildings Strategy, households in England and Wales will be encouraged to shift from gas boilers to heat pumps

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 6,480,861 acres have burned across the United States this year alone as a result of 47,201 wildfires. In response, a Seattle-based company is tackling the issue of replanting and restoring forestry health in a rather science-fiction way.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 18, 2021

One in four embryos made via IVF contain some seemingly abnormal cells and are typically considered too risky to use, but new research shows they are just as viable

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: APHIS, The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: October 18, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Shano was the first of 200 koalas to receive a chlamydia vaccine that may help curb an epidemic that is ravaging koala populations across Australia

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A new study reveals how tobacco from traditional or noncombusted cigarettes kills corneal cells. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Planting diverse corals under the sea could help save threatened coral reef ecosystems, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances on October 13. The study, conducted by Cody Clements and Mark Hay of the Georgia Institute of Technology, found that increasing coral reefs' richness by 'outplanting' diverse species of corals could improve coral reef growth and survival.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Trick on the BBC is a dramatisation of the Climategate scandal, when researchers were wrongly accused of faking evidence of global warming.

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 18, 2021

At a public talk at the Ted Countdown Summit in Edinburgh last Thursday, participants played to type. Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden tried to look sincere about the oil behemoth’s commitment to fighting climate change. Young climate activist Lauren MacDonald delivered a scathing commentary about van Beurden and his company’s character, then stormed off the stage, refusing to further engage.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 18, 2021

An artificial intelligence with more than 530 billion parameters - the largest ever - has achieved record scores at understanding human language

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Researchers tie the event to “swarm quakes” off the French island of Mayotte. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2021

On October 18, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn encouraged Pennsylvanians to nominate their favorite trail for the 2022 Trail of the Year. Nominations are due by November 12. Each year, the Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee designates a Trail of the Year to help build enthusiasm and support for trails and raise public awareness about the value of Pennsylvania’s Trail network.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Addressing health inequities in the U.S. requires social and historical context. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader. Star Refrigeration is releasing an app that will help temperature-controlled storage facilities compare their energy use across the industry to help them find their most efficient use of power.

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In a collaboration between iconic Volvo and well-established sustainable luxury brand 3.1 Phillip Lim, they have developed a limited-edition weekender bag made from the same bio-based material being used in Volvo’s electric cars.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Read the full post at the GCI Nexus blog. I’m a proud member of the leadership committee for this project. My name is Dr. Jonathon Moir and I am thrilled to be writing to you today as the new Program Manager for the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC).

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Earth 911

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Environmentally responsible investing requires we apply carbon sense thinking, says our guest, Doug Heske, CEO. The post Earth911 Podcast: Newday Impact’s Doug Heske on Responsible Energy Investing appeared first on Earth911.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Read the full story in Notre Dame Magazine. Patrick Regan is an international expert on the causes and prevention of civil wars and the politics of climate change. His work has been cited in more than 7,000 academic articles. But he left all that to start a solar energy company that employs former convicts.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Dauphin County-based Manada Conservancy is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Executive Director. The new Executive Director will provide oversight of operations, personnel, development and community outreach, and will help facilitate the strategic goals of the Board of Directors. This full-time position includes a competitive compensation package, flexible hours, and a friendly, caring, and inclusive work environment.

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