Yale E360
MAY 4, 2021
Eversource Energy, New England’s largest utility, markets itself as a company that strives for carbon neutrality and invests in offshore wind power. But at a recent industry presentation, Eversource officials outlined a strategy to continue using natural gas for years to come and to fight growing efforts to decarbonize the heating of buildings, according to E & E News.
Law and Environment
MAY 4, 2021
Late last month, the Washington Legislature passed the “ Climate Commitment Act ”, a piece of sweeping climate legislation that includes, among other provisions, an economy-wide cap-and-trade system. Washington was not far behind Massachusetts, which enacted its “ next generation roadmap ” bill in late March. This friendly competition among states to move towards net zero economies as aggressively as possible is certainly a good thing.
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Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
In 2011, during her undergraduate degree at Georgia Institute of Technology, Ghanaian-US computer scientist Joy Buolamwini discovered that getting a robot to play a simple game of peek-a-boo with her was impossible – the machine was incapable of seeing her dark-skinned face. Later, in 2015, as a Master’s student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab working on a science–art project called Aspire Mirror , she had a similar issue with facial analysis software: it detected her face o
Cleannovate
MAY 4, 2021
It seemed as if the toil would not end. And what made it even harder was that elusive payday. But this did not stop the ‘powers-that-be’ from demanding that we meet the strict deadlines. So I kept on working on the unfinished business…unfinished work. But the more I kept going on, the less I felt motivated. The ‘money’ wasn’t coming any time soon.
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
MAY 4, 2021
Co-author Brittany Blakey. The Texas Supreme Court in Concho Resources, Inc. v. Ellison enforced a boundary stipulation involving an unambiguous deed about which there had been no dispute. You can refer to our earlier post to understand the facts, the boundary, and the Court of Appeals decison. More facts. The Boundary Stipulation of Ownership of Mineral Interests between the owners of the Northwest Tract and Southeast Tract mineral estates declared the boundary of the mineral estate to be diffe
Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
A scattering-invariant mode of light is generated by a spatial light modulator. This modulated beam propagates through free space (top) or a strongly scattering medium (bottom) such that the pattern of the transmitted light is the same in both cases. (Courtesy: Allard Mosk/Matthias Kühmayer). Scientists in Europe have experimentally created a new class of light waves that can pass through opaque materials as if they were not there.
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Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
Two-dimensional “puddles” of electrons that form inside a three-dimensional superconductor could be a way for some superconductors to reorganize themselves before undergoing an abrupt phase transition into an insulating state. The phenomenon, dubbed “inter-dimensional superconductivity” by the researchers who discovered it, might make it easier to fabricate 2D materials for electronics applications.
Washington Nature
MAY 4, 2021
Seattle Met, May 17 - Environmental Justice Arrives in Washington State Law | Seattle Met David Mendoza helped make the HEAL Act accessible and understandable for this story. Volts, May 5 — Washington state now has the nation's most ambitious climate policy - Volts David Roberts, one of the best climate and energy reporters around, with thorough analysis of all Washington state’s climate and environmental justice work Columbia Energy Exchange, May 4 — Columbia | SIPA Center on Global Energy Poli
Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
Mind and matter: the May 2021 edition of Physics World is a special issue on AI and physics. Theory and experiment have long served as the two pillars of the scientific method and our exploration of the natural world. But since the middle of the last century, physical science has been irrevocably changed and propelled forward by the power of computing.
Washington Nature
MAY 4, 2021
“I collect dirt and tell you the animals that live there using their DNA!”. Originally from Greenwood, South Carolina, Dr. Tiara Moore completed her B.S. in Biology in 2011 at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where she developed an interest in marine science during a research trip in Costa Rica. She received her M.S. in Biology with a concentration in Environmental Science in 2013 from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, where she conducted research on the water quality of
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.
Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Quantum-based system of units: The cold atom vacuum standard laser trapping and cooling of atomic Li in a magnetic/optical trap. (Source: NIST). In this webinar you will learn about measurements, standards and a bit of history leading up to now and why our national standards changed on 20 May 2019.
ESA
MAY 4, 2021
by Qianna Xu, ESA Asian Ecology Section Student Liaison, and Lin Jiang, ESA Asian Ecology Section Chair. The past year has been a very difficult time for many people, with the surging pandemic, ongoing racial injustice against the black community, escalating economic despair and inequality. Meanwhile, bubbling beneath the surface, hatred directed towards people of Asian immigrants and Asian Americans was brewing.
Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
What benefits does artificial intelligence (AI) add to the field of quantum technology that other tools don’t? Quantum technology promises to revolutionize many aspects of life. However, we will need to employ many supporting technologies to realize its full potential, with AI being particularly important among these. In the field of drug discovery, we expect quantum computing to help tackle currently intractable problems that stand in the way of discovering better and safer drugs for more disea
The Energy Law Blog
MAY 4, 2021
After previously speaking in favor of the workers who were trying to organize an Amazon facility in Alabama, President Biden last week signed an Executive Order on Worker Organizing and Empowerment and delivered an address to a joint session of Congress discussing the importance of unions. In his speech at the Capitol, the president said, “Wall Street didn’t build this country.
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.
Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
An atomic-scale ion transistor that achieves the ultrafast opening and closing of ion channels to specific ions has been developed by researchers in China and the US. The team believes that the device could have a wide range of applications, ranging from brain–computer interfaces and sea-water desalination to precious metal extraction. The key component of electronics is the transistor – a switch that either allows or blocks the flow of electrons between two terminals depending on the electric p
The Energy Law Blog
MAY 4, 2021
After previously speaking in favor of the workers who were trying to organize an Amazon facility in Alabama, President Biden last week signed an Executive Order on Worker Organizing and Empowerment and delivered an address to a joint session of Congress discussing the importance of unions. In his speech at the Capitol, the president said, “Wall Street didn’t build this country.
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