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What Firefighters Can Teach Us about Preparing the Grid for Extreme Weather

Union of Concerned Scientists

Preparing for emergencies and preventing disasters requires planning, equipment and communications. This is true for fighting fires and for keeping the electric power system operating in extreme weather. Firefighters have strategic plans regarding territory to address, as well as operational plans. Equipment includes fire trucks, protective gear and hoses.

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Pipeline Prevails Over Governmental Entity in Condemnation Dispute

Energy & the Law

Author Ethan Wood. A pipeline company condemning property of a governmental entity? That’s something you don’t see every day. Score a win for “big pipe” against “big government”. In Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 v. Magellan Pipeline Company, LP and V-Tex Logistics, LLC , a special purpose district unsuccessfully argued that it had governmental immunity from a pipeline condemnation suit.

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Johnson Controls’ AI-Enabled Solutions Improves Building Performance

Environment + Energy Leader

Johnson Controls and Accenture are working together to boost Johnson Controls' rollout of its AI-enabled connected solutions and services that improve building performance. The post Johnson Controls’ AI-Enabled Solutions Improves Building Performance appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Honduran Power Company President Who Orchestrated Environmentalist's Assassination Sentenced to 22 Years

Yale E360

A Honduran court has sentenced former power company president Roberto David Castillo to 22 years and six months in prison for his role in the 2016 assassination of environmental activist Berta Cáceres. Read more on E360 ?.

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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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Meet the Idiomysis Shrimp, the Social Butterfly of the Ocean

Ocean Conservancy

Recently, while looking at underwater macro photography, I stumbled across an adorable type of shrimp that I had never seen before. Their bulging eyes and tiny, colorful bodies were simply too cute to handle. I wanted to learn more. Surprisingly, a Google (and even Bing!) search showed me that there is very little written about these interesting critters.

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Deep-learning framework identifies regions of COVID-19 infection in lung scans

Physics World

Anomaly localization: Lung scans from patients with COVID-19 infection (rows 1–3) and healthy controls (rows 4–5). From left to right: original CT image; attention maps generated by four example latent distributions (warmer colours indicate regions of anomalies); aggregated attention map; segmentation mask; and ground truth infection mask. (Courtesy: Q Zhou et al Comput.

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Optical microphone images vibrations, young women win both top prizes in UK science and engineering awards

Physics World

A conventional microphone contains a diaphragm that vibrates in the presence of sounds waves. These mechanical vibrations are then converted into an electrical signal. In a condenser mic, for example, the diaphragm acts as one plate of a capacitor with the changing capacitance creating the signal. But diaphragms are not the only things that vibrate in the presence of sound waves – indeed, just about any object will oscillate to a certain extent.

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UK minister says EU is ‘weaponising science’ in Brexit deal row

New Scientist

The UK is making plans to launch its own science funding programme in September, science minister George Freeman tells New Scientist, if the EU refuses access to the Horizon scheme

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Viewpoint: Forty-three years of the environmental movement?

A Greener Life

Having front stage as former US Vice-president Al Gore speaks at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. By Anders Lorenzen. This week I celebrated my forty-third birthday and took the opportunity to reflect on how far the environmental movement has come during that time. The birth of the modern environmental movement. The 1960s and 1970s were the decades in which the modern environmental movement was born, kicking off with the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962.

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The uncomfortable relationship between business and biodiversity: Advancing research on business strategies for biodiversity protection

Environmental News Bits

Panwar, R., Ober, H., & Pinkse, J. (2022). “The uncomfortable relationship between business and biodiversity: Advancing research on business strategies for biodiversity protection.” Business Strategy and the Environment, 1– 13. [link] Abstract: The purpose of this article is to stimulate research on business strategies for biodiversity protection.

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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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Rainbow Research: Life

The Applied Ecologist

The Rainbow Research series returns to the British Ecological Society to celebrate Pride month 2022! These special posts promote visibility and share stories from STEM researchers who belong to the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Each post is connected to one of the themes represented by the colours in the Progress Pride flag (Daniel Quasar 2018). In this post, Daniel Trotter shares his story on the theme of ‘Life’.

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Dr Deborah Nadal: Why a rigid rabies elimination strategy can struggle to take hold in a world of local complexities

Frontiers

Dr Deborah Nadal. Image: Rebecca Rodrigues. Dr Deborah Nadal is an affiliate researcher at the University of Glasgow, where she works on rabies-related projects, and a consultant for the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO). Her PhD research on the co-existence between people, free-roaming animals, and the rabies virus in urban India got turned into an award-winning book.

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You're more likely to become friends with someone who smells like you

New Scientist

We subconsciously sniff people when we first meet them and are more likely to become friends with those who have similar body odours to our own

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Ag and Food Law Daily Update: June 24, 2022

National Law Center

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: June 24, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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Was warfare responsible for the origin of complex civilisation?

New Scientist

An effort to track global changes in human society over the past 10,000 years concludes that warfare drove an increase in social complexity – but others are unconvinced by the work

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Earth911 Podcast: ESG Investing In a Bear Market With Newday Impact’s Douglas Heske

Earth 911

Douglas Heske, founder and CEO of Newday Impact Investing, explains how to invest for positive. The post Earth911 Podcast: ESG Investing In a Bear Market With Newday Impact’s Douglas Heske appeared first on Earth911.

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Amazon reviews saying candles are scentless may signal covid-19 cases

New Scientist

A loss of smell is a key covid-19 symptom, with researchers finding a link between increasing coronavirus cases in the US and Amazon reviews complaining a scented candle is odourless

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Renewable energy projects power up in tribal nations

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at GreenBiz. From Florida to Alaska, dozens of tribes are working to harness energy from wind, sun and water to generate millions of dollars in revenue, create short- and long-term jobs and reduce utility costs for citizens, while also helping combat climate change and boost energy independence. Solar energy is leading the way … Continue reading Renewable energy projects power up in tribal nations.

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Reddit moderators do $3.4 million worth of unpaid work each year

New Scientist

Volunteers who maintain the standard of content on Reddit’s forums do 466 hours of work every day – labour that would cost 2.

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Bank of America Purchasing RECs to Power Operations

Environmental Leader

An agreement to purchase renewable energy certificates is expected to help Bank of America power a significant piece of its operations. The post Bank of America Purchasing RECs to Power Operations appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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How can the global monkeypox outbreak be controlled?

New Scientist

With the number of confirmed cases exceeding 3500, the World Health Organization's emergency committee may declare it a public health emergency of international concern – its highest alert level – in the coming days

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Doc Fritchey Chapter TU Setting The Pace In Restoring PA Coldwater Resources In Central PA

PA Environment Daily

By Carolyn Heckman with Russ Collins, Doc Fritchey Chapter TU “My mission in our chapter’s footprint is to restore as many of the streams as possible. The focus of this effort right now is on Lebanon County because it is a tier two county according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and needs special attention. The impact of climate change is generally manifested in more frequent rainstorms and increased runoff which in turn is compromising trout and trout habitat, causing bank erosion, and warmin

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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Food Packaging: Second Alternatives Assessment

Environmental News Bits

Download the document. This is the second Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) alternatives assessment(AA) of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in plant-fiber-based food packaging. This AAis pursuant to the requirements of RCW 70A.222.070, which restricts the manufacture,distribution, and sale in Washington of “food packaging to which PFAS chemicals have beenintentionally added in any amount.

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Antibubbles have been made to last a record-breaking 13 hours

New Scientist

Shaking antibubbles – droplets of liquid encased in a thin layer of air – prevents them from popping for several hours.

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Puerto Ricans are powering their own rooftop solar boom

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Canary Media. Residents and shop owners are installing solar-plus-battery systems in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Will the government get on board?

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Hummingbirds may be the world’s most colourful birds

New Scientist

A study of 116 species of hummingbird suggests the group is collectively more colourful than any other type of bird

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Produce packaging ripe for innovation

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from Packaging World. From European plastic bans to consumers pushing for what they perceive to be more sustainable packaging, produce companies are finding ways to maintain or improve shelf life while contributing to a circular economy.

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Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects

PA Environment Daily

Lancaster County Commissioners approved the allocation of $3.4 million in federal American Rescue Plan funding to support local Lancaster Clean Water Partners water quality improvement projects "The ARPA funding is a critical piece that will get Lancaster closer to achieving its goals and launch the transformational work that the county needs," said Allyson Ladley Gibson, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Programs.

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Innovation Center For U.S. Dairy announces 2022 Sustainability Award Winners

Environmental News Bits

The U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards program recognized a class of seven exceptional farms, businesses and partnerships for their socially responsible, economically viable and environmentally sound practices and technologies that have a broad and positive impact. This year’s winners displayed excellence in areas such as methane and other greenhouse gas reduction practices as well as water use efficiencies that support … Continue reading Innovation Center For U.S.

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AI-powered robot learned to make letters out of Play-Doh on its own

New Scientist

A robot that learned to manipulate clay to make letters of the alphabet without any training could one day make dumplings for you

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Climate-driven flooding poses well water contamination risks

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the Associated Press. Though estimates vary, roughly 53 million U.S. residents — about 17% of the population — rely on private wells, according to a study conducted in part by Environmental Protection Agency researchers. Most live in rural areas. But others are in subdivisions near fast-growing metro regions or otherwise beyond the … Continue reading Climate-driven flooding poses well water contamination risks.

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PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest

PA Environment Daily

On June 24, PA American Water announced the winners of its 20th Annual “Protect Our Watersheds” Student Art Contest , with a sixth-grade student from Cumberland County scoring top honors. The company received more than 400 entries from fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders across the Commonwealth. Sixth grader Colton Stamy of Eagle View Middle School in Mechanicsburg earned the grand prize for his artwork, which will be featured on the cover of Pennsylvania American Water’s annual “Protect Our Water

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Global events spur search for alternative oils

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Food Business News. Since Ukraine’s national flower is the sunflower and the country is the leading global exporter of sunflower seed oil, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service, the Russia-Ukraine war has affected supply and price. Sunflower seed oil, Midwest was trading at $1.13 per lb … Continue reading Global events spur search for alternative oils.

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DEP Posts 40 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 25 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published 40 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the June 25 PA Bulletin - pages 3591 to 3631. Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community? Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?