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Blurring the Lines Between Art and Activism ????

Circle of Blue

Greg Mort painting “Circle of Blue” in 2007. Photo © Greg and Nadine Mort. Greg Mort didn’t intend to devote his career as an artist to the preservation of the environment. Indeed, his art has always reflected his fascination with science. “As a young person,” he said of growing up in the original space age, “I marveled at the idea of all of that adventure.” Even now, he said, he’s more interested in talking to scientists than other artists. “

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Allegiant Works with Schneider Electric to Report Emissions through GRI, SASB Frameworks

Environment + Energy Leader

Allegiant Travel Company will create and implement an ESG program that will help lessen its environmental impacts. The post Allegiant Works with Schneider Electric to Report Emissions through GRI, SASB Frameworks appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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How U.S. Gas Exports to Europe Could Lock in Future Emissions

Yale E360

The U.S. plans to boost liquefied natural gas exports to Europe to help the EU reduce its dependence on Russian gas. This could spur an expansion of LNG terminals, which analysts say would lead to long-term increases in gas production and greenhouse gas emissions. Read more on E360 ?.

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Carbon Upcycling Secures $6M Financing for Sustainable Concrete Efforts

Environment + Energy Leader

Carbon Upcycling secures funding to help it build new facilities and advance its sustainable concrete technologies. The post Carbon Upcycling Secures $6M Financing for Sustainable Concrete Efforts appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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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Reconnecting with the Radical Roots of Earth Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

Happy Earth Day! I was only four years old when the first Earth Day took place. But as I began to work on climate change, I found it inspiring to look back at the photos from April 1970 and learn about what motivated 20 million people to action—and the impact of public mobilization on policy and practice in the years that followed. Many of my friends in the climate movement are understandably cynical about what Earth Day has become today—in many ways, it has been reduced to calls for small indiv

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Carbon Upcycling Secures $6M Financing for Sustainable Concrete Efforts

Environment + Energy Leader

Carbon Upcycling secures funding to help it build new facilities and advance its sustainable concrete technologies. The post Carbon Upcycling Secures $6M Financing for Sustainable Concrete Efforts appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Maura Healey Has a Climate Plan: Is It Too Ambitious Or Not Ambitious Enough?

Law and Environment

Take my predictions with a grain of salt, because I still remember saying that Ronald Reagan would never fool enough voters to get elected, but it seems very likely at this point that Maura Healey will be the next Governor of Massachusetts. That makes her release of a climate plan a matter of some significance. . My take is that it is extremely ambitious, but rightly so.

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Meet the Blue Dragon

Ocean Conservancy

Earlier this month a man in Texas took a video of a curious creature he found on the beach. Not knowing what it was, he took a video and uploaded it to Reddit where it was immediately identified as a cute but venomous creature: Glaucus atlanticus. This creature goes by many common names including sea swallow, blue ocean slug, blue angel and our personal favorite, blue dragon.

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Weather could be controlled by making tiny changes to chaotic system

Physics World

The chaotic nature of weather could be turned to humanity’s advantage by allowing a series of tiny changes to keep weather systems on track. That is the vision of two scientists in Japan who have used computer simulations based on a butterfly attractor to show how even the smallest perturbations could prevent extreme events such as tornadoes or heavy downpours – assuming they are able to confirm their idea with more realistic modelling.

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Rights of H-2A Workers

National Law Center

H-2A agricultural guest workers (“H-2A workers”) are in the United States as part of a visa program for short-term agricultural labor. The post Rights of H-2A Workers appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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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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Electron rain is driven to Earth by whistler waves, carbon nanotubes encapsulate explosive nitrogen

Physics World

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, the space physicist Xiaojia Zhang explains how whistler waves in Earth’s radiation belts are accelerating high-energy electrons towards the North and South poles. As well as causing spectacular aurorae, these energetic particles can also disrupt modern technologies such as GPS, the UCLA-based researcher says.

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11 Must-Read Ocean Books in 2022

Ocean Conservancy

The summer will be here before we know it! With warmer weather comes more time spent outside enjoying longer, sun-drenched days with peaceful breezes. One of my favorite places to experience summer moments like these is (surprise!) anywhere near the water, especially the ocean. A summer bucket list, however, isn’t complete without a brand-new summer reading list.

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Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy

Environmental News Bits

by Hamutahl Cohen, University of Florida It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields – acres upon acres of cultivated almonds, oranges and other fruits and nuts that bloom all at once for just a few weeks. Farmers raise these lucrative crops in monoculture fields, each planted with neat, straight … Continue reading Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy.

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Ag and Food Law Daily Update: April 21, 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: April 21, 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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The role of felt responsibility in climate change political participation

Environmental News Bits

Sammi Munson, John Kotcher, Edward Maibach, Seth A Rosenthal, Anthony Leiserowitz (2021). “The role of felt responsibility in climate change political participation.” Oxford Open Climate Change, 1(1), kgab012. [link] [open access]] Abstract: This research letter investigates the role of feelings of responsibility to reduce climate change (i.e.

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Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss

Academy of Natural Sciences

Victoria Spalding, age 12, wrote a review of our exhibit, Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss. We thought you might enjoy reading her insight and consider bringing your own family to visit. Disclosure: Family Scholastic Adventures was invited to a complementary Media Preview of the exhibit in exchange for our honest opinion of the museum display. All opinions expressed herein are strictly our own.

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Quantum error correction has side effects for sensors

Physics World

We are used to the idea that in medicine, simple fixes often come with side effects. Taking pain relief for a headache, for example, can leave you drowsy. Now it turns out that a similar principle applies to quantum error correction (QEC). Although QEC protocols are designed to keep quantum devices accurate by eliminating the headache of environmental noise, researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have shown that QEC can also introdu

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Comprehensive Strategy Key to Achieving Sustainable Data Centers

Environmental Leader

A report by Uptime Institute outlines ways organizations can strategize to make data centers sustainable. The post Comprehensive Strategy Key to Achieving Sustainable Data Centers appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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LIGO-style solution for global navigation

Physics World

Navigation has become incredibly convenient in recent years thanks the proliferation of devices that use the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other similar global navigation satellite systems. Occasionally, however, you may experience your tracking dot struggle to pinpoint your position – usually when there are obstructions between you and the satellites.

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Artificial nerve cells have been made in the lab

New Scientist

Synthetic neurons made of hydrogel could one day be used in sophisticated artificial tissues to repair organs such as the heart or the eyes

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Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Continued To Illegally Road Dump Over 580,000 Gallons Of Drilling Wastewater In 2021

PA Environment Daily

Conventional oil and gas operators just filed annual reports with DEP documenting their disposal of over 580,000 gallons of drilling wastewater by dumping it on dirt and gravel roads during 2021, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database. Conventional wastewater was illegally dumped indiscriminately on roads in 24 townships located in 7 Pennsylvania counties, and one county in New York state.

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Meijer donates $1m to protect Great Lakes

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story in Progressive Grocer. The retailer will fund an initiative that leverages robots, drones and other tech to clean up beaches and waterways.

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'Viking skin' nailed to medieval church doors is actually animal hide

New Scientist

Scientists analysed the remains of skin patches attached to three English church doors, discovering they came from farm animals – not Viking raiders

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Bitcoin miners want to recast themselves as eco-friendly

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story in the New York Times. Facing criticism from politicians and environmentalists, the cryptocurrency mining industry has embarked on a rebranding effort to challenge the prevailing view that its electricity-guzzling computers are harmful to the climate. All five of the largest publicly traded crypto mining companies say they are building or already … Continue reading Bitcoin miners want to recast themselves as eco-friendly.

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Dog hair hormone levels can tell us how stressful shelters are

New Scientist

Cortisol levels in dog hair increase when they go into a shelter and decrease when they are adopted, showing a way to measure their long-term stress levels

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Change from within: The efforts of eco-conscious cheesemakers

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Vinepair. Discussions of cheese’s impact on the environment tend to skip big-picture discussions concerning the industry and go straight to individual choice. This is particularly the case online, as the internet teems with articles and blog posts urging people to chop cheese from their lives for the good of the … Continue reading Change from within: The efforts of eco-conscious cheesemakers.

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Budweiser Launches Program to Help Power the World with Renewable Electricity

Environmental Leader

Budweiser, an AB InBev brand, unveiled the global launch of The Energy Collective to help provide renewable electricity to bars, music venues, and stadiums around the world. The post Budweiser Launches Program to Help Power the World with Renewable Electricity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Precision fermentation food colours prepare to challenge synthetics

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Food Navigator. Natural colour maker Phytolon is collaborating with Ginkgo Bioworks to take its biological production to the ‘next level’. FoodNavigator asks Phytolon co-founder and CEO Halim Jubran how its novel production technology works.

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Traffic accident statistics on signs may actually cause more crashes

New Scientist

The number of crashes on Texan roads increased when electronic signs were used to display driving fatality figures

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Time to rethink the scientific CV

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story in Nature. As institutions and funders around the world reassess their approach to researcher evaluations, there’s a growing call to revamp the academic CVs used to support applications for jobs, funding, promotions and awards. Researchers need to find fresh ways to document their accomplishments and value beyond a mere listing of publications, … Continue reading Time to rethink the scientific CV.

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Fox Attempts to Steal Carcass From Flock of Vultures

PBS Nature

The post Fox Attempts to Steal Carcass From Flock of Vultures appeared first on Nature.

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Making green energy greener: Researchers propose method for wind turbine blades’ recycling

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the Kaunas University of Technology. Wind turbine blades made from glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminate composites can serve for up to 25 years. After that, they end up in landfills which has become a real challenge for the renewable energy industry. Researchers have proposed a method for wind turbine blades’ … Continue reading Making green energy greener: Researchers propose method for wind turbine blades’ recycling.

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Tiny axles and rotors made of protein could drive molecular machines

New Scientist

Researchers have designed proteins that self-assemble into tiny machine parts for use in molecular engines

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4 questions to ask yourself before engaging in any climate work

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at GreenBiz. To adequately respond to climate challenges, we need to ask ourselves how we can ensure the response is just for all people and in the best interest of the planet. To do so, we have to ask ourselves a few questions.