Yale E360
JUNE 21, 2022
The enormous energy demands of Bitcoin mining are prompting some U.S. municipalities to impose moratoriums or outright bans on cryptocurrency facilities. Bitcoin mining activity, critics warn, is leading to electricity price hikes and a revival of dirtier sources of power. Read more on E360 ?.
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 21, 2022
FedEx Corp. announced it has received its first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop, the technology startup from General Motors (GM) aimed at decarbonizing last-mile delivery. The post FedEx Receives First 150 Electric Delivery Vehicles, Marks Milestone appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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Legal Planet
JUNE 21, 2022
We are students in UCLA Law’s California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic , a course in which students work with legislative staff in the California State Legislature to advance environmental policy goals. In Fall 2021, working with staff for State Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, we developed recommendations for stronger heat and air quality protections for agricultural workers.
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 21, 2022
A new group focused on advancing circular textile policy in the US says it will address challenges to improving domestic textile recovery. The post New American Circular Textiles Group Hopes to Advance Circular Textile Policy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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.
Energy & the Law
JUNE 21, 2022
If you administer or advise on master service agreements, or for that matter any other contract that requires written notice, this post by my Gray Reed partner Joe Virene is essential reading: Texas Supreme Court: Actual Notice Does Not Satisfy Written Notice Requirement. In short, the Supreme Court of Texas reversed a jury verdict in favor of a construction project owner because the owner’s notice of termination to the contractor did not comply with the written notice requirement of the parties
Physics World
JUNE 21, 2022
Evidence for a new type of subatomic particle could be lurking within the gravitational waves produced by some merging black holes, according to calculations by physicists in the US and the Netherlands. John Stout at Harvard University and colleagues have studied a process whereby a cloud of hypothetical ultralight bosons could form around a black hole, creating a “gravitational atom”.
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Frontiers
JUNE 21, 2022
A Frontiers white paper on the impact of transformative agreements in the transition to open access publishing. The substantial benefits of open access (OA) publishing are within our reach, but legacy publishers are employing commercial tactics to delay the necessary transition. This paper exposes several of the negative, often unintended, consequences of “transformative agreements” (TAs).
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 21, 2022
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Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2022
by Amlan Ganguly, Rochester Institute of Technology and Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, Irvine A digital twin is a virtual representation of a real system – a building, the power grid, a city, even a human being – that mimics the characteristics of the system. A digital twin is more than just a computer model, … Continue reading What are digital twins?
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2022
Smoking, regularly drinking alcohol, doing little exercise and having a high BMI make teenagers age two to five weeks a year faster biologically, according to a large DNA study
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.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2022
by Tiffany Jolley, Prairie Research Institute The Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) is partnering with Waterly, an Illinois-based water sector operations data analytics company, to collect groundwater pumping data from South Elgin, West Dundee, Joliet, McHenry County, and Arbury Hills. Leveraging Waterly software will allow the ISWS groundwater science team to acquire almost real-time water pumping data that … Continue reading ISWS-Waterly partnership digitizes groundwater data.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2022
Naming heatwaves, taking climate change adaptation seriously and cutting carbon emissions would help people cope with rising temperatures, says climate scientist Hannah Cloke
Physics World
JUNE 21, 2022
Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot, and later command, NASA’s Space Shuttle. She logged over 38 days in space and, as the commander of mission STS-93 in 1999, her legacy includes deploying the Chandra X-Ray Space Observatory. The story told in Collins’ autobiography Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars is one of triumph over adversity, one that can inspire and excite the reader – but there is also a poignancy to reading it at this point in history.
The Applied Ecologist
JUNE 21, 2022
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 or more of the themes represented by the colours in the Progress Pride flag (Daniel Quasar 2018).
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.
The Energy Law Blog
JUNE 21, 2022
The carbon credit market continues to evolve as oil and gas companies face increasingly stringent regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Operators may now have the potential to sell carbon credits in exchange for the P&A of inactive, shut-in, or temporarily abandoned wells. The EPA estimates that there are over 3 million known abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells (AOOG wells) in the United States.
A Greener Life
JUNE 21, 2022
A woman trying to cool down during the heatwave in Spain. Photo credit: Reuters / Marcelo del Pozo. By Anders Lorenzen. As many parts of Europe were last week gripped by an early heatwave , Europeans hunting for shade were increasingly concerned over climate change. In Spain, the heatwave was the hottest early summer temperature in 40 years. Temperatures reached 42 degrees C in Madrid and Zaragoza which are in central and eastern Spain.
Academy of Natural Sciences
JUNE 21, 2022
I am pleased to announce the awardees of The Environmental Collaboratory’s Inaugural Research Grant, promoting transdisciplinary research innovation through participatory climate and environmental problem solving. With support from the Office of Research & Innovation, the College of Engineering and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, seven projects were awarded with over $130,000 in total funding.
Physics World
JUNE 21, 2022
Glass technologies have shaped the modern world. This video explores the cultural legacy of glass and some of its latest applications. From bottles and windows, to spectacles, camera lenses and the fibre optics that underpin the Internet – glass influences many aspects of our lives. Yet despite its familiarity, glass still contains mysteries. Where exactly was the first glass manufactured?
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Environment, Law, and History
JUNE 21, 2022
The article by Caroline Laske in the new issue of Comparative Legal History , "Corpus linguistics: the digital tool kit for analysing language and the law" , argues for the utility of this computational methodology with an example (among others) from the history of environmental law. First the article abstract: Corpus linguistics methodologies offer innovative ways of reading legal historical sources.
National Law Center
JUNE 21, 2022
When you walk through a grocery store, you will likely see certain food labeling claims such as “healthy”, “low sodium”, and. The post The Legality of Food Labeling Claims: Eggs and Dairy appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Cool Green Science
JUNE 21, 2022
Some offspring, like killdeer shorebirds, are replicas of their parents. The ever-feathered and extremely protective adult chirpers nesting in neighborhood rock gardens this time of year have chicks that look exactly like smaller versions of themselves. The hatchlings even have… The post Finding Mini Frogs: These Aren’t Babies, They’re Just Little appeared first on Cool Green Science.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2022
Climate change is throwing off the timing of key events in the natural world, from the flowering of plants to the migrations of birds and mammals.
Physics World
JUNE 21, 2022
When steel, aluminium and other widely used metals or alloys pass through industrial processes such as machining, rolling and forging, their nanoscale structure undergoes dramatic changes. Extremely fast production processes make it difficult to analyse these changes due to the sheer speed and small scale at which they take place, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have now succeeded in doing exactly that, pinning down what happens as crystal grains form
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2022
The US Preventive Services Task Force says there isn't good evidence that supplements protect against cancer or heart disease in most people
Earth 911
JUNE 21, 2022
Depending on where you live, you might not see a lot of electric vehicles on. The post Help Your School Buy Electric Buses appeared first on Earth911.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2022
Food campaigners hope to persuade countries to join a sustainable farming alliance that could launch at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt
National Law Center
JUNE 21, 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: June 21, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Cool Green Science
JUNE 21, 2022
Joe Loehr’s heart jumped “just a little” when he learned that fish species sensitive to nitrogen and phosphorus were thriving in the steam that courses through his Sheboygan, Wisconsin, dairy farm. The state Department of Natural Resources had surveyed fish… The post Planning Is Key to Effective Management of Nutrients on Dairy Farms appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2022
Read the full story at Crosscut. Washington state health experts have recognized for years that climate change does and will continue to negatively impact our health. Public health agencies such as King County’s have created climate health planning documents, and in 2019 the Washington State Department of Health created a specific team related to climate health.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 21, 2022
On June 21, the Governor's Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing and Conservation and the Governor's Youth Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation sent letters to state lawmakers urging them to support the Growing Greener III Environmental funding allocation from the federal American Rescue Plan. "Investing in our state parks and forest infrastructure and conservation projects not only helps to maintain safe and reliable access to public hunting and fishing, but it will also help to suppor
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2022
Read the full story at Reuters. The government of Canada on Monday published final regulations to prohibit “harmful” single-use plastics, with a ban on manufacturing and importing most of these items to come into effect in December. The ban will be on single-use plastics including checkout bags, cutlery, food-service ware made from or containing plastic … Continue reading Canada to ban making, importing many single-use plastics from Dec.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 21, 2022
Are You Telling Your Story? Senate returns to session June 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 [ Budget Time! ] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session June 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 [ Budget Time! ] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 12:30: DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2022
Read the full story at Stateline. Some local leaders are proposing or helping to finance plans to establish spaceports in their regions, hoping to cash in on the economic potential. Some states even have established space-focused agencies, tasked with supporting the industry’s development. But as spaceport proposals proliferate in places including Georgia, Maine and Michigan—far … Continue reading Environmental concerns challenge states’ space ambitions.
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