Law and Environment

JULY 21, 2021

Last week, District Judge Susan Mollway ruled that the County of Maui must obtain a NPDES permit for discharges to groundwater by the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility. It is the first trial court decision applying the factors identified by Justice Breyer in the SCOTUS Maui decision. . Judge Mollway found the most important factors to be what she considered to be the relative short distance from the discharge to the surface water (½ mile) and the relatively short time between the groundwa

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JULY 21, 2021

YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. City officials in Hyderabad, India , open floodgates of a major reservoir after heavy rains flooded parts of the city. Ethiopia fills the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for the second year in a row. Officials rescue over six dozen people in Newark, New Jersey , after a major storm left much of the city inundated. Several Colorado River Basin groups ask the federal government to investigate Central Utah Conservancy District’s allocation of federal funds.

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Scientific American

JULY 21, 2021

With vaccination campaigns underway in some countries while others weigh the options, Nature looks at the evidence for vaccinating younger people. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

JULY 21, 2021

Michael Pollan's This is Your Mind on Plants explains how the psychoactive plants that produce opium, caffeine and mescaline fuelled innovation, sedatives and even the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade

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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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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 21, 2021

The first climate change presentation I saw was back in the 1970s when I was working for the National Weather Service. The speaker, J. Murray Mitchell, was the top climate scientist for NWS. At the time, media speculation and popular books were suggesting a new “ice age” was coming. While that got the bulk of the publicity, Dr. Mitchell assured us that the warming of the climate would be the biggest problem in the future.

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New Scientist

JULY 21, 2021

Thousands of synthetic substances have leaked into ecosystems everywhere, and we are only just beginning to realise the devastating consequences

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Physics World

JULY 21, 2021

Not observing a theoretically predicted feature in an experiment can be frustrating, but it is also a crucial step for advancing science. This is what happened when a team of physicists in Austria, Denmark and Spain went looking for a feature that purportedly comes from Majorana bound states, which are exotic quasiparticles that might one day become the workhorses of quantum computing.

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National Law Center

JULY 21, 2021

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: EPA, The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: July 21, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Scientific American

JULY 21, 2021

Dry conditions have drawn down reservoirs, fueled massive wildfires and stunted crops. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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The Applied Ecologist

JULY 21, 2021

Increasingly complex research questions demand increasingly complex data – of which 3D data is one example. The move from 2D to 3D gives us (quite literally) another dimension to work with. PhD candidate Sara Ryding explains how ecological 3D data can reveal previously hidden knowledge.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2021

On July 21, the PA Supreme Court issued a decision again declaring unconstitutional the transfer of monies from DCNR’s Oil and Gas Fund-- derived from natural gas drilling in State Forests-- to the General Fund to balance the state budget and fund agency operations. The Court said in its decision, “.we hold that the income generated from the revenue streams at issue must be returned to the corpus as a matter of trust law.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 21, 2021

by Lisa Sheppard, Prairie Research Institute Illinois municipalities hoping to save money on energy costs for wastewater treatment turn to the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) Technical Assistance Program (TAP) for advice. The Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Assistance Program started in 2018 with funding from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

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Scientific American

JULY 21, 2021

That’s at a minimum. The real number could be significantly higher. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

JULY 21, 2021

Deep-sea mining would be an environmental disaster, so we need a global moratorium to halt it in its tracks.

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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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Environmental Leader

JULY 21, 2021

Speaking at Environment and Energy Leader’s Annual Solutions Summit, leaders from a range of companies and industries, including Mastercard, Kellogg, and Jackson Family Wines came together to discuss and share experiences, best practices and challenges related to going net zero and carbon neutral. Importantly, while many companies have established net.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 21, 2021

Download the document. The FOG National Reference Resource Guide is a “one-stop” shop to learn about Fats, Oils, and Greases (FOG), its value as a resource, its problems in sewer conveyance lines, its contribution to sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), its cost of treatment, and how a municipality can establish or enhance a FOG Abatement program.

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Earth 911

JULY 21, 2021

For decades, farmers and gardeners have augmented soil using lime, volcanic ash, and crushed-stone dust. The post Is an Everyday Garden Trick a Key to Carbon Capture? appeared first on Earth911.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 21, 2021

by Luke Montrose (Boise State University) Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal this year. With almost the entire U.S. West in drought, signs already pointed to a long, dangerous fire season ahead.

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Scientific American

JULY 21, 2021

Scientists are using football-field-sized lasers, warehouse-sized electromagnets and other immense facilities to reveal the deep secrets of planetary interiors. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

JULY 21, 2021

As restrictions lift in England, cases of covid-19 are set to surge. What will England's "dangerous experiment" mean for daily life, and what lessons can other countries learn?

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Washington Nature

JULY 21, 2021

Due to extreme fire danger and ongoing drought, The Nature Conservancy is temporarily closing all recreational and public access to lands it manages in Eastern Washington, effective July 23. This includes Central Cascades Forest lands on both sides of I-90 around Cle Elum and stretching south to Highway 12, the Moses Coulee/McCartney Creek, Beezley Hills complex of preserves, and other preserve lands scattered through Eastern Washington.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2021

On July 21, Department of Conservation and Natural ResourcesSecretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced Derek Eberly has been appointed to serve as the director of the Governor’s Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation. “Derek brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, and understanding to this role and we are happy to have him as an advocate for hunting, fishing, and conservation on this important council,” Dunn said.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 21, 2021

The Government of Quebec showed true leadership today by rejecting a new fracked gas export project, GNL Quebec. The International Energy Agency was clear: there is no room for new oil or gas developments in a climate-safe future. There are at least 20 other fossil fuel projects under consideration for approval across Canada. All levels of governments in Canada should follow Quebec’s lead and reject these projects.

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New Scientist

JULY 21, 2021

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

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Physics World

JULY 21, 2021

A new type of self-healing liquid metal composite could be used to make soft, recyclable, electronic circuits. These composites do not break even when punctured and can be repeatedly stretched without losing their electrical conductivity. Most electronic circuits are made from semiconductors such as silicon or gallium arsenide shaped into nanometric-sized structures that are soldered together via wires.

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Scientific American

JULY 21, 2021

Studies of extreme ecosystems on Earth can guide the search for Martian life and may reveal the fundamental limits of biology. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

JULY 21, 2021

From spiders that rebuild their eyes daily to bats that use infrared to detect veins, Secret Worlds, a new book by Martin Stevens, reveals senses that are staggeringly different from our own

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Scientific American

JULY 21, 2021

The country’s gender and sexual minorities are in urgent need of a supportive public health system. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

JULY 21, 2021

Brain scans shows that a virtual ride on a roller coaster sets off altered brain cell activity related to dizziness and motion sickness in people who experience migraines

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A Greener Life

JULY 21, 2021

Children play with sprayed water during a hot summer day at the Moscow Zoo, in Moscow, Russia. Photo credit: Reuters / Tatyana Makeyeva. By Anders Lorenzen. People in western Russia are bracing themselves, as temperatures inch closer to breaking the all-time high temperature record. Last week the daytime temperature in Moscow , the capital of Russia, was forecast at 30-35 degrees Celsius and could reach record highs this week and break records which have stood since 1936, 1951 and 2010.

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Scientific American

JULY 21, 2021

Experts welcome the trading scheme, but question whether it is up to the task of helping China achieve its climate goals. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

JULY 21, 2021

UK computer chip designer Arm has made a 32-bit bendable processor, which is a flexible plastic sheet with a circuit and other components printed onto it

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Scientific American

JULY 21, 2021

New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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