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Circular Agro-Processing: “We’re NUTS about CocoNUT”

Cleannovate

When we think of circular agro-processing, we imagine producing value-added products from agricultural produce devoid of waste. And there’s something magical about converting waste into value… It generates new incomes and creates new possibilities. And to this end, the coconut is exceptional. Let’s take a deepdive into the world of coconuts.

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Warming Brings Heavy Snowfall to Greenland, Replenishing Some Lost Ice

Yale E360

A single storm in 2022 dumped enough snow on Greenland to replace 8 percent of ice lost that year. With warming, the Arctic is seeing stronger atmospheric rivers, which could deliver enough snow to slow the loss of ice, according to a new study.

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Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: First Signs of Spring on the Susquehanna Greenway

PA Environment Daily

By Darian Jones This article first appeared on the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership website with many more photos. Springtime in Pennsylvania is in the air! As the days grow longer and the weather warms, nature is starting to wake up all around us. Sunlight sparkles on the river, melting the last bits of ice, while the fresh scent of damp earth drifts up from dew-soaked grass.

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Neuroscientists Should Set a High Bar for Evidence against Free Will

Scientific American

Neuroscience research claiming to question the existence of free will may have been misinterpreted

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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NPRI Plaintiff Survives Affirmative Defenses

Energy & the Law

Boren Descendants et al v. Fasken Oil and Ranch, LTD, offers something to talk about beyond interpretation of the fixed-or-floating NPRI question. At issue was this reservation, expressed as a double fraction, in a 1933 deed:, an undivided 1/4 th of the usual 1/8 th royalty from a conveyance of real property. The court of appeals affirmed the trial courts judgment that the deed conveyed a 1/4th floating NPRI in the grantor (Fasken).

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Company Seeking to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth Creates a 'Woolly Mouse'

Scientific American

On their quest to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has developed the woolly mouse

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Your Candy Cravings Might Be Controlled by This Gut Bacterium

Scientific American

Mouse and human studies suggest a connection between a gut microbe and the appetite-regulating hormone GLP-1

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Can genetically engineered 'woolly' mice help bring back the mammoth?

New Scientist

Colossal Biosciences has altered several genes in mice to make them look more mammoth-like, but the company is far from its goal of fully resurrecting woolly mammoths by 2028

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Does Stopping Ozempic Cause Rebound Weight Gain and Health Problems?

Scientific American

Ozempic and similar GLP-1 weight-loss medications are designed to be a lifelong treatment.

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The secret of how Greenland sharks can live cancer-free for 400 years

New Scientist

We are starting to understand how Greenland sharks can live for centuries without commonly developing tumours

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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The AI Future Is Here

Scientific American

AIs integration into everythinguntangling traffic snarls, dictating drug prescriptions, rewriting the rules of scientific discoveryis accelerating quickly

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Chimps and bonobos relieve social tension by rubbing their genitals

New Scientist

When competition for food is high, both chimps and bonobos sometimes rub their genitals together to cope

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We Need NOAA Now More Than Ever

NRDC

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association runs our weather service, manages our fisheries, and conducts critical climate research.

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Why exactly is the quantum world so weird?

New Scientist

We can describe the quantum realm using straightforward mathematics but once we try to translate these ideas into the real world, things get weird.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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What the Saguaro LNG Project Means for Marine Wildlife

NRDC

Teeming with unique sea creatures, the Gulf of California is a refuge we cant afford to sacrifice to the oil and gas industry.

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Cryptography trick could make AI algorithms more efficient

New Scientist

Encryption would normally be expected to slow down computation, but applying the tools of cryptography to "trick" an algorithm can actually make it work faster

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Is Robust and Disruptive CEQA Reform Possible?  Senator Scott Wiener Wants to Find Out – His Proposed SB 607 Would Exempt Rezonings Consistent With Approved Housing Elements, Limit The Scope of EIRs for Qualifying “Nearly-Exempt” Projects, and Greatly Strengthen Negative Declarations and Categorical and Statutory Exemptions

CEQA Developments

On February 20, 2025, Senator Scott Wiener introduced Senate Bill No. 607 (SB 607), a proposed law that is relatively short in text length, but which would engender major CEQA reforms if enacted as currently drafted. The bill would add three new, and amend two existing, statutory sections of CEQA, as discussed below. Proposed New Public Resources Code Section 21080.08 Subdivision (a) of this proposed new statute would entirely exempt from CEQA a rezoning that is consistent with an approved housi

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The cosmic landscape of time that explains our universe's expansion

New Scientist

A strange new conception of how time warps across the universe does away with cosmology's most mysterious entity, dark energy

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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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After 30 Years, Biodiversity COP16.2 Delivers Hope for Vulnerable Countries

NRDC

Though more work must be done, the decision on a biodiversity finance mechanism may chart the right course to begin closing the biodiversity finance gap.

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The first water may have formed surprisingly soon after the big bang

New Scientist

Water is an essential part of life on Earth, and possibly elsewhere and now it we know it may have formed not long after the start of the universe

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Webinar: Water, Reclaimed: How a Fit-for-Purpose Approach Saves Water and Cuts Costs

Environmental News Bits

Mar 11, 2025 10 am CTRegister here. Reclaimed water offers a wide range of applications, but overtreating water can lead to wasted energy and increased costs. Hear from Better Buildings Initiative partners who have successfully implemented a fit-for-purpose approach in their water reuse projects.

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Fungus offers a new way to cut down on methane in cow burps

New Scientist

Soil fungi can make a compound that disrupts how cow stomachs produce the potent greenhouse gas methane

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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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Buzzkill Episode 5: Bats and the blue agave

Environmental News Bits

Listen to the podcast episode, read the transcript, and find other episodes. Nearly all tequila is made from cloned plants that are vulnerable to species collapse. In Mexico, a small group of people is trying to change that and protect an endangered, nectar-slurping, agave-pollinating bat thats only three inches long.

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Biotech Firm Unveils ‘Woolly Mice,’ a Step Toward Recreating Woolly Mammoths

Yale E360

A U.S. biotech firm working to bring back extinct animals said it had reached a milestone in its quest to recreate woolly mammoths. This week it unveiled woolly mice mice that had been genetically engineered to sport woolly coats reminiscent of long-dead mammoths.

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Incentivizing consumers to use energy wisely

Environmental News Bits

Listen to the podcast. Wharton business economics and public policy professor Arthur van Benthem discusses his research on the benefits of dynamic electricity pricing.

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Transportation Burdens Add to All that Communities Are Already Facing

Union of Concerned Scientists

Writer Maya Angelou once said, You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Likewise, our health is the sum of all that we breathe and drink, all that wears us down, all that nourishes and heals us, and all that connects us to one another, whether we are neighbors or distant relatives.

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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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New Report Exposes Big Oil’s Relentless Lobbying in 2024

Enviromental Defense

Environmental Defences report finds that fossil fuel lobbyists met with federal government officials 1,135 times in 2024. Montral/Tiohti:ke | Traditional, unceded lands of the Kanienkeh:ka/Mohawk Nation, a gathering place for many First Nations, including the Anishinaabeg Today, Environmental Defence released its annual report evaluating lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, Big Oils Lobbying Playbook: A Summary of the Fossil Fuel Industrys 2024 Federal Lobbying.

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Evangelical Environmental Network: Proposed Bipartisan Abandoned Well Remediation Act Reintroduced In Congress To Identify, Plug Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells

PA Environment Daily

On March 4, the York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network announced the bipartisan Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act has been reintroduced in Congress to help identify and plug orphaned gas and oil wells, which can leak harmful pollution, contaminate groundwater, and threaten public health and safety. U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujn (D-N.M.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) reintroduced the bill in the US Senate and Pennsylvania Member of Congress Summer Lee (D) leads the eff

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International Women’s Day 2025: Cate Macinnis-Ng

The Applied Ecologist

To celebrate International Womens Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this years theme, Accelerate Action, means to them. What work do you do?

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To Save The Bay Photo Contest

PA Environment Daily

Shutterbugs in Pennsylvania of all skill levels are invited to enter their images in the Chesapeake Bay Foundations annual Save the Bay Photo Contest. Deadline for entries is March 29. Photo submissions should illustrate the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, as well as the plants, animals, and people that rely on it. Images depicting water, wildlife, recreation, farms, and flora from across the Bay region including in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. will be

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CEQ Rescinds All NEPA Implementing Regulations

National Law Center

In late February 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced that it will rescind all of its regulations in compliance.