Sat.Sep 17, 2022

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Liquid robot can split into tiny droplets and reform into a blob

New Scientist

A robot made from magnetic fluid can be made smaller, thinner, or directed to break up with special magnets, which could be useful for delivering drugs into the body

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Environmental Progress To Award Courage Award to Diablo Canyon Workers

Environmental Progress

Diablo Canyon Power Plant workers, and co-founders of Mothers for Nuclear, Kristin Zaitz and Heather Hoff. Courage Award Letter. Environmental Progress (EP) today informed Pacific Gas and Electric that it decided to give the workers of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant its Courage Award for their service during a period in which the plant was slated for closure.

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Covid-19 pandemic linked to early onset of puberty in some girls

New Scientist

Several studies suggest that the number of girls starting puberty early has more than doubled amid the coronavirus outbreak - and experts are unsure exactly why

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Warming Trends: A Comedy With Solar Themes, a Greener Cryptocurrency and the Underestimated Climate Supermajority

Inside Climate News

A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier. By Katelyn Weisbrod A message about climate change and renewable energy underlies a new bro-mantic comedy coming to theaters next month. In “ Bromates ,” directed by Court Crandall (“Old School”) a.

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Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

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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Closest black hole to Earth is just 1500 light years away

New Scientist

A black hole with a mass about 10 times that of the sun is thought to be the closest to Earth discovered so far.

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In ‘Cancer Alley,’ judge blocks huge petrochemical plant

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story in the New York Times. Louisiana activists battling to block an enormous plastics plant in a corridor so dense with industrial refineries it is known as Cancer Alley won a legal victory this week when a judge canceled the company’s air permits. In a sharply worded opinion released Wednesday, Judge Trudy … Continue reading In ‘Cancer Alley,’ judge blocks huge petrochemical plant.

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Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 To Consider Solar Energy Subscriber Program Bill

PA Environment Daily

The Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee is scheduled to meet September 20 on House Bill 1161 (Mizgorski-R-Allegheny) authorizing the establishment of solar energy subscriber programs. This bill is not the real community solar program legislation-- House Bill 1555 (Kaufer-R-Luzerne)-- supported by farmers, environmental, energy and other advocacy groups.

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Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste

PA Environment Daily

By Justin Nobel This guest essay first appeared on I nquirer.com on September 16, 2022. The deadline for submitting public comments on this process to DEP is September 19. I’m a science journalist and four years ago, I fell down the oil-field radioactivity rabbit hole. Here in Pennsylvania, a landfill applying for a permit with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to evaporate liquid landfill runoff — called leachate — could create airborne radioactive material over people downwind

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PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference

PA Environment Daily

The PA League of Women Voters and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health will hold their 1 0th Annual Shale Gas and Public Health Conference November 15-16. This online Conference will feature a synthesis of 10 years of research on shale gas development and its impacts on public health as well as presentations on the latest study results by researchers.

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Federal Appeals Court Rejects PA Senate Republican Caucus Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban

PA Environment Daily

On September 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision affirming that Pennsylvania state legislators and municipalities lacked standing to challenge the Delaware River Basin Commission’s regulation banning fracking within the Basin. The Court also rejected arguments that the trust created by the Environmental Rights Amendments to Pennsylvania’s Constitution was injured by the fracking ban.

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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.