Yale E360
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Cristiane Julião — a member of the Pankararu Indigenous group and co-founder of the National Articulation of Ancestral Warriors Women — challenges the deeply rooted sexism that hinders environmental protection in Brazil. “The state needs to listen to women,” she insists.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 24, 2023
A global transition to electric transportation is underway and momentum is growing. Traditional and new auto manufacturers are bringing more and more models to market. Even in California, where a tradition of stringent regulation has pushed the industry to innovate over the past 50 years, automakers are selling EVs at levels well above sales requirements.
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Scientific American
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
When a mixture of pea protein and sunflower oil is fermented with lactic acid-producing bacteria, it develops a firm texture and produces flavour compounds found in dairy cheese
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.
Scientific American
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The overall picture of Earth’s health is grim, although there are bright spots: solar and wind power are on the rise, and deforestation has slowed
New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
South Australia is a renewable energy champion and now plans a truly fossil fuel-free grid. How did it make such a remarkable turnaround, and can the rest of the world follow suit?
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New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
A lethal form of bird flu has been discovered in the Antarctic region for the first time and it could kill many seals and whales as well as millions of birds
Frontiers
OCTOBER 24, 2023
by Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Even before it was found to reduce pain and anxiety in modern times, music has been used for centuries to relieve pain. Now, researchers in Canada have investigated which aspects of listening to music can lead to a decreased pain perception. They found that participants’ perception of pain intensity and unpleasantness was reduced when they listened to their favorite music compared to pre-selected relaxing music, which is commo
New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Atom Computing has created the first quantum computer to surpass 1000 qubits, which could improve the accuracy of the machines
Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Studying puffin populations on three Norwegian islands, scientists have uncovered the first evidence to connect a large-scale hybridization to 20th-century warming trends. Yet a serious decline in the birds’’ genetic diversity does not bode well for their future. By Lydia Larsen The brisk increase in warming rates in the Arctic is bringing rapid shifts in range for plants and animals across the region’s tree of life.
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.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Batteries containing solid electrolytes have many theoretical benefits, but a technique to manufacture them cheaply has been elusive
Scientific American
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
A better picture of the hidden landscape beneath the frozen surface of Antarctica could help us understand how the ice will respond to climate change
NRDC
OCTOBER 24, 2023
True activism begins with the people—and that’s where you’ll find policy advocate Chakena D. Perry.
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.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
To unmask the hidden science of Halloween, we've made these seven premium articles free to read for a week. Enjoy. if you dare!
Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Statement by Phil Pothen, Ontario Environmen t Program Manager on the Ontario government’s Application for Judicial Review of the federal Impact Assessment Act Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – The Ontario government’s attempt to have the Impact Assessment Ac t and its regulations invalidated before the Federal government has completed the amendments required by the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision
New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Support for medical cannabis has skyrocketed in recent years, but when does it actually help?
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 24, 2023
In conjunction with numerous local and statewide partners committed to assisting with environmental education, the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association has formed an Environmental Education Partnership it is calling a “Vernal School” as a way to support the Montour Area Recreation Commission’s work at the Montour Preserve in Montour County. The Partnership, backed by a $300,000 grant by the 1994 Charles B.
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New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Most of the planets discovered in the universe so far would be incredibly hostile for life, but Dead Planets Society is intent on creating one worse than any we’ve seen before
Scientific American
OCTOBER 24, 2023
It’s possible for fossil-fuel demand to peak before the end of the decade, but emissions would still remain high enough to increase the global average temperature by more than two degrees Celsius, according to the World Energy Outlook
National Law Center
OCTOBER 24, 2023
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, approximately 39 percent of U.S. farmland in the contiguous 48 states. The post Good Husbandry in Agricultural Leases appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
NRDC
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The Ohio Supreme Court has received written arguments in a case that could decide the future of large-scale solar projects in Ohio.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The Better Path Coalition will host another in their series of Virtual Brown Bag Briefings November 2 on Fracking And PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania from Noon to 1:00 p.m. Join Dusty Horwitt, a consultant for Physicians for Social Responsibility and the author of the new report Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Pennsylvania for a presentation on the use and impacts of PFAS chemicals in the oil and gas industry.
NRDC
OCTOBER 24, 2023
MISO and SPP’s unique interregional interconnection solution, JTIQ, needs to get across the finish line.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 24, 2023
On October 19, the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust opened a new education and research field station in Montgomery County to be known as the BLBB Charitable Field Station. The new facility, nestled in the lower part of the office at the Trust's headquarters in Huntingdon Valley, would not have come to fruition without the partnership with Montgomeryville-based BLBB Charitable , the giving arm of BLB&B Advisors, LLC.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 24, 2023
A gamma ray burst seen last year was so powerful that cosmologists might have to update their models of the universe
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 24, 2023
On November 11, Penn State Extension will host a hybrid workshop on Creating A Garden That Welcomes Wildlife from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the Olewine Nature Center, Wildwood Park in Dauphin County. Join Penn State Master Gardener Kevin Kelly as he tells his story of incrementally transforming his one-third acre suburban garden, with an abundance of non-native and some invasive plants, into a diverse, functioning landscape more suited to provide habitat for the declining insects, birds, and wildlif
Nanotech
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 20, 2023, the release of a final rule that is intended to improve reporting on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) by eliminating an exemption that allowed facilities to avoid reporting information on PFAS when those chemicals were used in small concentrations.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The Penn State Technical Assistance Program will host a November 2 meeting of the Southwestern PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable. Presentations will focus on the benefits of HVAC equipment upgrades and related funding opportunities. As utility costs remain high, managing your baseload heating and cooling equipment can make a great difference on your operating costs.
Nanotech
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 23, 2023, the winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for new and innovative green chemistry technologies. According to EPA, through the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the generation and use of hazardous substances, the winners “have developed solutions to significant environmental challenges such as climate change and spur innovation and economic development.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The Heritage Conservancy has completed the preservation of a 55.6 acre property in Richland Township in Upper Bucks County that is a vital part of Quakertown Swamp habitat. The Corn Property is adjacent to the 70-acre Heritage Conservancy Quakertown Swamp Preserve , which is a DCNR-designated Native Plant Sanctuary. With its rare and endangered plant species, this property adds to the Native Plant Sanctuary.
Environmental Law Centre
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The ELC is excited to share that we are now an affiliated institute with the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. We see this affiliation as a great. The post The ELC looks forward to new opportunities as an affiliated institute with Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Read the full story at Fashion Dive. An international coalition of 11 organizations, including cotton sustainability initiative Better Cotton, has issued a formal demand for highly hazardous pesticides, or HHPs, to be phased out of agriculture, including cotton farming.
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