A Greener Life
MARCH 29, 2025
By Shadia Haq Does daylight saving time (DST) save energy or increase consumption? As DST 2025 begins, we examine its global effects on climate change, emissions, and electricity use. A wall clock with a colourful world map design. Photo credit: Monstera Production DST – a hot topic On Sunday, 30 March 2025, many regions will move their clocks forward by one hour for DST.
Legal Planet
MARCH 29, 2025
On the macro level, just about everyone is a big fan of a rapid, aggressive build-out of new long-distance electric transmission lines to help meet the anticipated rapid growth in demand for electricity due to the electrification of transportation and energy use in buildings, and the growth of AI. In addition, new big bulk power lines could help move renewable power from sunny and windy places to other locales where the power is needed.
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PA Environment Daily
MARCH 29, 2025
On March 25, the Department of Environmental Protection was called to the scene of a conventional well explosion in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. The well-- Wissinger 001-- is owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co. LLC that also had a conventional gas well explosion and fire on March 19 in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County. Read more here.
Legal Planet
MARCH 29, 2025
This is the third in a series of posts on the reasons we might have environmental review. The first post is here. The second post is here. A frequent critique of NEPA is that it is paperwork without purpose, and thus a waste of resources. How can a statute that has no substantive requirements, and only requires analysis and public disclosure of the effects of a proposed agency action, have any impact on the environment?
Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management
In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 29, 2025
From March 22 to 28, DEPs Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 815 inspection entries. Follow these links to spreadsheets showing the violations and inspections occurring between March 22 to 28-- Click Here for violations issued. Click Here for inspection entries. Enforcement Actions Taken Last Week So far this year, DEP took these actions as of March 21 -- -- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 200 conventional, 6 unconventional -- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 1,029 conventio
Physics World
MARCH 29, 2025
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the UK have built a prototype “hairy robotic gripper” that is inspired by the hairs found on ant jaws. Ants are not only excellent nest builders but are also expert foragers, able to carry food and other items that can be many times their own weight. Part of that ability lies in their powerful jaws, with snap-jaw ants able to close their mandibles at a top speed of 400 kmph.
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