Circle of Blue

MARCH 29, 2022

Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In Thailand, the government cancelled a dredging and blasting project that would have straightened a rocky stretch of the Mekong River to accommodate large cargo ships. According to VOA News, environmental advocates and researchers are hailing the decision as a rare victory for a Mekong ecosystem that is under constant threat of development.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2022

When gasoline prices rise, as they have since the winter of 2020, or spike dramatically, as they have with the war in Ukraine , people naturally want to know why it happened and what we should do about it. EIA. The basics of gasoline prices are no mystery, with lots of useful information available from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The largest component of gasoline prices and the main source of price volatility is the cost of crude oil, which made up 55% of the cost of a gallon of

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 29, 2022

Water related mergers and financial deals increased last year as sustainability efforts and infrastructure concerns in the segment remain in focus. The post Water Mergers and Acquisitions Soar in 2021 as Sustainability, Infrastructure Concerns Drive Investment appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2022

The Union of Concerned Scientists has fought for scientific integrity for nearly twenty years – that is the ability of federal scientists to speak about their scientific work free from interference and censorship to help inform the public. We have many examples of scientific integrity violations across the last four administrations that have resulted in harm to the public.

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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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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 29, 2022

Water related mergers and financial deals increased last year as sustainability efforts and infrastructure concerns in the segment remain in focus. The post Water Mergers and Acquisitions Soar in 2021 as Sustainability, Infrastructure Concerns Drive Investment appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Yale E360

MARCH 29, 2022

For decades, the Kayapó of Brazil have waged a fierce fight to protect their territory from successive waves of loggers, miners, farmers, and land grabbers. Now, with a recently paved highway and a planned railway closing in on their lands, the Kayapó’s struggle is far from over. Read more on E360 ?.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Generation180 and FedEx have launched a new collaboration that will enable more U.S. schools to obtain solar power and benefit from cost savings, educational opportunities, and climate protection. With support from FedEx, clean energy nonprofit Generation180 will expand its national Solar for All Schools program and the impact that K-12 schools can have in mitigating climate change and advancing clean energy adoption nationwide.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 29, 2022

A partnership between Solvay and Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials will seek to recycle medical equipment using polysulfone thermoplastics. The post Solvay, Mitsubishi Chemical Team to Recycle Polysulfone Thermoplastics appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Cool Green Science

MARCH 29, 2022

You’re laying in bed, sound asleep, or counting leaping sheep as you drift off into dreams. And then, a scream. Or perhaps a screech. Or a guttural moan. Or a wail from beyond the window. Was it an owl?… The post What’s That Weird Noise in the Night? appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 29, 2022

The Environment+Energy Leader 100 is an annual list that recognizes environment and energy management “doers.” Here, Natalie Teear explores some of the successful energy management projects her company has executed, tips for building or facility management professionals contemplating similar projects, and how Covid-19 affected the company’s overall sustainability goals.

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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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Physics World

MARCH 29, 2022

If you want to look savvy and intelligent during a discussion about commercializing quantum technologies, here’s a tip: mention quantum sensors. This advice isn’t as pithy as “ plastics ” or “ wear sunscreen ”. Even so, if you follow it, chances are you’ll be greeted with sage nods and murmurs of agreement. Devices that use quantum effects to sense magnetic fields, gravity and other physical phenomena are far easier to build than fault-tolerant quantum computers or large-scale quantum networks.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 29, 2022

The Environment+Energy Leader 100 is an annual list that recognizes environment and energy management “doers.” Here, Natalie Teear explores some of the successful energy management projects her company has executed, tips for building or facility management professionals contemplating similar projects, and how Covid-19 affected the company’s overall sustainability goals.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

Source: University of Birmingham Ordinary potted house plants can potentially make a significant contribution to reducing air pollution in homes and offices, according to new research led by the University of Birmingham and in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). During a series of experiments monitoring common houseplants exposed to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) — … Continue reading Common houseplants can improve air quality indoors.

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National Law Center

MARCH 29, 2022

Food safety in the United States is regulated by two agencies. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulates meat, poultry, The post Food Recalls: What are They and How do They Work? appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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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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Physics World

MARCH 29, 2022

In 2015, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft made a shocking discovery, detecting a large amount of molecular oxygen in the coma of gas surrounding the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Oxygen was not expected in a cometary environment because the gas is reactive and the sheer quantity detected suggested that current theories of the chemistry of the early solar system could be wrong.

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National Law Center

MARCH 29, 2022

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: March 29, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

by Dan Vahaba, Duke University In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline to help keep car engines healthy. However, automotive health came at the great expense of our own well-being. A new study calculates that exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood stole a collective 824 million IQ points from more than … Continue reading Lead exposure in last century shrank IQ scores of half of Americans, study finds.

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New Scientist

MARCH 29, 2022

The DNA of people who lived in Great Britain thousands of years ago has markers of natural selection at work – and the driving force seems to have been a shortage of vitamin D

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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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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

Read the full story at Grocery Dive. Meijer announced on Thursday that it has signed a renewable energy power purchase agreement with developer Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions that will remove more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from its operations. The solar energy project just broke ground in Navarro County, Texas, and is slated to be finished … Continue reading Meijer advances sustainability efforts with solar power project.

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New Scientist

MARCH 29, 2022

A unique lumpy landscape on Pluto was probably built up via ice seeping up from its surprisingly warm interior that has created volcanoes as large as those on Earth – and that cryovolcanism could continue to this day

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

Late last week, The Guardian reported on research from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam that examined blood samples from 22 anonymous, healthy volunteers and found microplastics in nearly 80 percent of them The study, published Thursday in Environment International, found that half of the blood samples showed traces of PET plastic, widely used to make drink bottles, … Continue reading Microplastics found in human blood for first time.

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Breezometer

MARCH 29, 2022

As our climate continues to change, pollen seasons are becoming stronger and longer, impacting allergy sufferers more than ever. Luckily, advancements in pollen monitoring, powered by new methods of sophisticated modeling and big data, have enabled major breakthroughs in pollen tracking. Let’s explore how new forms of pollen data can be used by allergy companies and service providers to enhance and personalize offerings in ways never before possible.

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The Applied Ecologist

MARCH 29, 2022

Feature photo edited from © Martin Laurenceau In their latest Perspective, Morgane Brosse and colleagues delve into the impact of human efforts to reduce or mitigate climate change, its effects on alpine freshwater environments and the role of specific management and policy decisions in determining the nature of these impacts.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

Amanda C. Borth, Eryn Campbell, Sammi Munson, Shaelyn M. Patzer, William A. Yagatich & Edward Maibach (2022) “Are Journalists Reporting on the Highest-Impact Climate Solutions? Findings from a Survey of Environmental Journalists.” Journalism Practice 16(2-3) 443-461, DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2021.2002711 Abstract: While the most promising climate change solutions have yet to be widely implemented, journalists are well-positioned to ensure that solutions are on the … Continue r

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Physics World

MARCH 29, 2022

Deep learning-based reconstruction (DLR), an emerging technique for reconstructing CT images, uses a convolutional neural network to produce low-noise, high-quality images in short times. Researchers in Japan have now demonstrated that DLR can enable substantial dose reduction in paediatric CT exams with the same, or even improved, image quality compared with the use of iterative reconstruction algorithms.

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New Scientist

MARCH 29, 2022

The cost of heating UK homes using traditional technology is rising this week – making green options like solar panels and heat pumps a more affordable alternative

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Environmental Leader

MARCH 29, 2022

PepsiCo has created several programs that center on water-use efficiency and safe-water access. It is aiming to replenish more water than it uses, which would place it among the most water-efficient food or beverage manufacturers operating in high-risk watersheds. The post Case Study: How PepsiCo Aims to be a lot More Water Efficient appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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New Scientist

MARCH 29, 2022

Scientists at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant say that radioactive material was stolen by looters during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

Read the full story at Food Manufacture. One food manufacturer has discovered savings of £20,000 by giving the pumps that form part of its cooling system a thorough health check.

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New Scientist

MARCH 29, 2022

There has been little progress at talks in Geneva aimed at encouraging countries to set new targets for protecting wildlife

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

Read the full story at Scientific American. Reporting on COVID has fundamentally changed the way I approach science journalism. I have gained a deeper appreciation for scientific knowledge as a process, not merely an end result. I have seen that it is not enough to simply follow the science—that skepticism of authority is warranted even … Continue reading How the pandemic remade science journalism.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

The Watershed Alliance of Adams County will hold its annual meeting as an in-person event at the Adams County Agricultural and Natural Resources Center , 670 Old Harrisburg Rd., Gettysburg on Wednesday, April 13, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Members and anyone interested in learning about watershed protection in Adams County are invited to attend. This year’s annual meeting will feature a presentation on the Watershed Alliance’s water-borne pathogen-testing program, which will launch this summer with

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2022

Read the full story at JD Supra. Spent lead ammunition at outdoor shooting ranges remains a significant environmental topic, as accumulated lead can pose a threat to human health and the environment if best management practices are not implemented in a timely fashion to minimize the impact. Lead contamination is a known issue in the … Continue reading Lead contamination remains a significant issue at outdoor shooting ranges, prompting environmental law citizen suits.

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