Circle of Blue

JUNE 20, 2022

Government dysfunction has multiplied drought risks. Steenbras Dam, east of Cape Town. Photo © Brett Walton / Circle of Blue. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — June 20, 2022. South Africa’s Eastern Cape province is scrambling to avoid a “Day Zero” scenario in which taps run dry. Water levels behind Impofu Dam — which forms the second-largest reservoir in Nelson Mandela Bay district — dropped too low for extraction on June 13, according to data released by the local government.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 20, 2022

A multistate coalition led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta submitted comments in response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule on climate-related financial risk disclosures. The post Attorney Generals Push to Change SEC Climate Disclosure Rules appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 20, 2022

The Rundown. The EPA strengthens non-binding health advisories for two PFAS chemicals and issued new advisories for two others. The EPA appraises end-of-life plans for more than 160 coal ash ponds that could be polluting groundwater. The EPA also invites applications for $1 billion in PFAS response funds that will help small and disadvantaged communities address the chemicals in their water supply.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 20, 2022

The logic of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) favors the rich over the poor. CBA is based on willingness to pay. In essence, that means voting with dollars, which comes with inherent inequality. There’s a possible fix to this problem, however. It’s called equity weighting. Equity weighting adjusts the monetary values used in CBA to take into account that a dollar to a poor person is worth much more than a dollar to a rich one.

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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.

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New Scientist

JUNE 20, 2022

The COP15 meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity will be relocated to Montreal due to fears the Chinese government would postpone the event again

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Physics World

JUNE 20, 2022

Successful radiation therapy relies on the creation of an accurate treatment plan that will deliver radiation dose precisely to the prescribed targets. The accuracy of this plan, however, is only as good as the accuracy of the underlying dose calculations. And for proton therapy, accurate dose calculation is even more critical, as protons deliver a more conformal dose distribution than photons and are more sensitive to anatomical changes.

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Physics World

JUNE 20, 2022

Researchers in the US have designed a sustainable polymer gel that can harvest large quantities of water from the surrounding air, even in low-humidity conditions. Created by Youhong Guo and colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin, the low-cost material combines water-absorbing plant fibres with cellulose, which expels water when heated. Many parts of the world experience some degree of water scarcity and the problem is expected to grow with increasing global warming.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

Read the full story at Clean Technica. Tech surrounds us and beckons us to the newest and best products that companies have to offer. What we don’t consider in our upgrades is the damage to people and the environment these devices involve. What’s the solution?

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Physics World

JUNE 20, 2022

PET scanners use time-of-flight (TOF) technology to reduce image noise and improve the identification of cancerous lesions. TOF works by using the time difference between detection of the two PET annihilation photons to more accurately localize the annihilation event. However, many current clinical PET scanners do not have TOF capability, and miss out on the improved diagnostic confidence that it confers.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

by Richard Olson, Florida International University; Ameyu B. Tolera, Florida International University; Arindam Chowdhury, Florida International University, and Ioannis Zisis, Florida International University In an airplane hangar in Miami, engineers are recreating some of the most powerful hurricane winds to ever strike land. These Category 5 winds can shatter a test building in the blink … Continue reading The Wall of Wind can blow away buildings at Category 5 hurricane strength to help e

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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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New Scientist

JUNE 20, 2022

Despite a study claiming that food-mile emissions are higher than previously thought, eating less animal produce remains much more important than how far your food travels

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National Law Center

JUNE 20, 2022

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: June 20, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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New Scientist

JUNE 20, 2022

A temporary graphene tattoo that monitors blood pressure has been awarded the highest possible accuracy grading for such a monitoring device

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Frontiers

JUNE 20, 2022

On 10 June 2022, the Council of the European Union reached its conclusions on the implementation of Open Science and research assessment, after wide consultation. Amongst other things, it called on the EU Commission to work on an improved regulatory framework for unimpeded access to, and reuse of, publicly funded research. It stressed the importance of transparency in services and fees.

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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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Physics World

JUNE 20, 2022

Faster, easier, hyper-accurate: these are the key benefits of the new SunSCAN 3D Cylindrical Water Scanning System from Sun Nuclear Corporation , a US-based manufacturer of QA solutions for radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging providers. Think faster and easier workflows for medical physicists tasked with beam commissioning and annual and biannual machine QA.

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New Scientist

JUNE 20, 2022

A fierce debate is taking place over the future of the UK farming, and how to feed people while fixing the biodiversity and climate crises

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 20, 2022

A smart system manages energy use and carbon emissions in buildings down to the device. The post Honeywell System Continuously Monitors Building Energy Use appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

Read the full story from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2020 marked Lake Michigan’s highest water level in 120 years, experts said, and climate variance makes future water levels challenging to predict. Coastal impacts are well-documented, but the effect of lake level rise on the area’s inland waterways is poorly understood. A University of Illinois … Continue reading Lake Michigan water-level rise affects inland waterways, study finds.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 20, 2022

The models give options on how to combine EU grants together with loans on favorable terms, to finance investments in support of energy efficiency and territorial development investments. The post The European Commission and EIB Launch Financial Models for Energy Efficiency appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

As the world rolls out more solar panels, wind turbines and batteries, we’re cleaning up electricity — and generating a lot of equipment that will ultimately need to be recycled. The clean energy sector has drastically lower impacts on the environment than fossil fuels, but still needs to do its part to conserve resources and curb … Continue reading Recycling renewables: A special series.

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Earth 911

JUNE 20, 2022

Meet Alicia Marseille and Katelyn Armbruster, who lead the Sustainable Earth small business sustainability education. The post Earth911 Podcast: ASU’s Sustainable Earth Program Aims to Educate & Celebrate Small Business appeared first on Earth911.

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New Scientist

JUNE 20, 2022

The Russia-controlled Northern Sea Route is one of the only ways ships can sail through the Arctic.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

Read the full story from ProPublica. Data reporter Irena Hwang thought counting fish to evaluate the hatchery system in the Pacific Northwest sounded like a fun project. That was before she started asking biologists about what the publicly available data could really tell us.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2022

Every business uses energy, and for many businesses energy consumption is one of their primary, on-going operational costs. Finding ways to reduce energy costs is especially important now as the cost of natural gas and electricity increase in response to price spikes in international energy markets. One place to start learning how business owners can reduce energy costs is DEP’s Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency Programs webpage.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

Read the full story at NPR. Deep Squeak is the name of an artificial intelligence program that was designed to detect the high-frequency “squeaks” mice and rats make when they are stressed. But a new application of the technology is putting a much bigger emphasis on the “deep”: It’s being used to search for whales … Continue reading A computer program designed to sort mice squeaks is also finding whales in the deep.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2022

Now that summer is upon us with more relaxed schedules, grab your cameras and mobile devices and photograph the worst or most unusual examples of litter in your Pennsylvania community. To focus attention on the litter problem across the state, the Pennsylvania Resources Council is continuing to accept entries in its annual Gene Capaldi Lens on Litter Photo Contest , with a deadline of October 31, 2022.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

Read the full story from NPR. Sorry, Sriracha fans, your favorite hot sauce is running out nationwide. The company that makes Sriracha, Huy Fong Foods, wrote in an email to customers in late April that it will have to stop making the sauce for the next few months due to “severe weather conditions affecting the … Continue reading There’s a nationwide Sriracha shortage, and climate change may be to blame.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2022

The U.S Geological Survey PA Water Science Center , with the Department of Environmental Protection, samples 28 wells biannually to monitor ambient groundwater quality conditions throughout Pennsylvania. Users can interactively explore water quality results of the Pennsylvania Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network on a map. Selecting a well generates a plot that displays all measurements of the selected constituent over time at that well.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

Read the full story at Dairy Reporter. Growing demand for environmentally responsible food and drink has been accompanied by increased concern over greenwashed claims and rising confusion over what they actually mean. Els Zeeuwen, Director Branding & Communications at FrieslandCampina Ingredients, shares four top tips to help shoppers navigate these muddied waters.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2022

The 20th Anniversary of the Quecreek Mine Rescue will be celebrated on July 22 and 23 in Somerset County Mine Rescue Site and at related events, according to the Quecreek Mine Rescue Foundation. On July 24, 2002 miners broke through into an abandoned, water-filled mine flooding the Quecreek Mine with over 150 million gallons of water. Nine miners scrambled to safety, but nine were trapped in a pocket of air in the dark, cold, water filled mine.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

Read the full story in the Washington Post. The United Nations has turned to crowdfunding to raise the $80 million needed to remove more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker in the Red Sea and prevent a potential environmental catastrophe.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2022

With the cost of natural gas and electricity rising in response to international energy market price spikes, your business can get one-on-one assistance from the Penn State Technical Assistance Program to help reduce energy costs and save money. Energy & Operational Assessments PennTAP’s no-cost energy and operational assessments are designed to help Pennsylvania companies conserve energy and reduce waste in their facilities, lowering energy-related costs, increasing profits, and decreasing

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2022

Read the full story at AZO Materials. A paper recently published a paper in the journal Energies demonstrated a novel method to accurately evaluate photovoltaic (PV) module degradation rates for aging diagnosis through the on-site measurement of PV power output. .

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