Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I was on vacation with friends on a cold and windy January day when the power went out. It was lunchtime and we were on a ski mountain. The lights flickered, black smoke rose from the back-up generators, and hardly anyone noticed. The local utilitys website predicted that the power would be back on for the area by 4:30 that afternoon. This experience, not far from Seattle and with ties to the information tech industry, highlights some of the issues surrounding the electric power needs of data ce

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

My youngest son, Silas, grew up fishing the blue-ribbon trout streams of Albertas Eastern Slopes. The first time he set a fly on the narrow, crystal clear waters of the Livingstone River a couple of hours south-west of Calgary he knew that he had found his place. We both did. Photo by Stephen Legault It was a fabulous feeling to fall in love with a landscape not because I was necessarily drawn to it though I had been since the early 1990s but because my fourteen-year-old son was enamoured by

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A persons ability to focus on everyday tasks is affected by short-term exposure to air pollution, a study has found.

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This week, I sat down with Jim Aidala, Senior Government Affairs Consultant at B&C and its consulting affiliate, The Acta Group (Acta), to discuss the early days of the new Administration, what changes we can expect at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) generally, and key issues the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) can be expected to tackle.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs that lived during the same period

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The Applied Ecologist

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Authors of a recently published study discuss how their research discovered that seals exhibit avoidance of turbines during operation. This finding is important for industry developers and regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine reduces the potential for fatal collisions and injuries. The rise of the tidal energy industry The marine renewable energy sector is growing rapidly.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Program highlights high costs of inaction. By J. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue February 5, 2025 DAVOS After ebbs and flows on the agenda over nearly two decades, freshwater crises and solutions took a top spot in the program during theWorld Economic Forum Annual Meetingin Davos, Switzerland, January 20-24. We face a vicious cycle, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, president ofSingapore, told us during theGAEAAwards held in the Forums expansive Congress Centre, while scientist Johan Rockstrm painted a pictu

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be because of how they are learned

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

By Jeremy Williams This week Ive been reading Ayana Elizabeth Johnsons book What If we Get it Right? , all about climate solutions and imagining the positive side of change captured in the title. One of the things she mentions early on is the importance of finding our personal place in climate action not the general sense of what must be done, but a contribution that is specifically ours.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

If you have the patience to repeatedly switch an egg between a hot and a colder pan, you'll be rewarded with an amazing taste and texture, say physicists

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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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 21, 2025, the availability of a final document entitled Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (Third Report). 90 Fed. Reg. 7135. The document was prepared by EPAs Offices of Research and Development (ORD) and Air and Radiation (OAR), in consultation with the U.S.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A lidar scanner has a resolution so high it can image ridges and indentations only 1 millimetre deep on objects hundreds of metres away and capture objects as distant as 1 kilometre

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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Humpback whales learn their haunting melodies in much the same way humans learn words

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle East thousands of years ago

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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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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road isn’t just a sculpture—it’s a monument to the tech world’s obsession with civilizational survival, which has its roots in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Ullah, H., Khan, S., Zhu, X., Chen, B., Rao, Z., Wu, N., & Idris, A. M. (2025). Machine learning-aided biochar design for the adsorptive removal of emerging inorganic pollutants in water. Separation and Purification Technology, 362, 131421.

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The conference will be held June 5-6 in Memphis, Tennessee, with a livestream option available. It is co-hosted by the NALC. The post NALC news release: Navigating farm debt, ag bankruptcy focus at Mid-South conference appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Figuire, R., Miaz, L. T., Savvidou, E., & Cousins, I. T. (2025). An Overview of Potential Alternatives for the Multiple Uses of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. Environmental Science & Technology. [link] [open access] Abstract Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used in a wide range of different industrial and consumer applications.

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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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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Could tiny swimming microbes help us unlock the mysteries of extraterrestrial life?

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Theisz, A. A., Min, A., & Shih, P. C. (2025). Reevaluating Propensity to Support Sustainability. Sustainability, 17(3). [link] [open access] Abstract In a world faced with ever-growing crises of climate change, economic inequality, and social injustice, sustainability has become a catch-all term to address these challenges and more.

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NRDC

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

What happened to the American Water Works Association? Progress is in jeopardy and generations are poised to be poisoned by lead and other toxic chemicals.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

by Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University; Antti Mikkonen, University of South Australia, and Minna Saaristo, Monash University Most of us are fortunate that, when we turn on the tap, clean, safe and high-quality water comes out.

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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down syndrome

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Silencing Science Tracker is a joint initiative of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and theClimate Science Legal Defense Fund. It tracks government attempts torestrict or prohibit scientific research, education or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information, since the November 2016 election.Read moreabout the tracker andrelated resources.

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Earth 911

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

After visiting with DC Water’s Bloom Biosolids team on Sustainability In Your Ear, we invited. The post Guest Idea: Rethinking Wastewater as a Valuable Biosolids appeared first on Earth911.

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NRDC

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

People share how LIHWAP saved them from water shutoff and loss of housing. Data show LIHWAP helped millions of people and thousands of water systems nationwide.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Read the full story at The Hill. U.S. Attorney GeneralPam Bondiwrote in a memoWednesday that the Justice Department will reversea Biden-era directiveto prioritize enforcement of environmental laws in disadvantaged and low-income communities.

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NRDC

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

New map illustrates that repealing EPAs drinking water rule would leave tens of millions without certain common sense protections from this dangerous toxic

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Read the full story at Carbon Brief. While the primary focus of tackling climate change is on carbon dioxide (CO2), a group of other greenhouse gases and aerosols known as super pollutants is having a profound impact on both global temperature and human health.

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NRDC

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The chemical lobby's agenda to weaken pollution controls on cancer-causing chemicals puts American's health at risk.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Read the full story at Grist. At a time when 3.3 million metric tons of food are wasted annually on U.K. farms, the environmental and social costs of inaction are staggering.

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NRDC

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Major developments lay the groundwork for future success, but battles also loom

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