Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Change the Tilt of the Earth
Yale E360
JUNE 16, 2023
By pumping groundwater, humans have shifted the distribution of the water on Earth enough to alter the planet's tilt, a new study finds.
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Researchers Awarded Wind Turbine Recycling Grant
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 16, 2023
Engineering researchers from the University of Edinburgh are developing a technique that turns old turbines into powder that can be used as protection for engineering and structural components.
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Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 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.
Cognizant Collaborates with Tidal for Ocean Information Platform
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 16, 2023
The platform has been extensively tested and trained on a vast dataset of 8 billion underwater observations of fish behavior, utilizing 900 terabytes of operational video.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
Induced Demand: How Building Highway 413 is likely to make gridlock worse
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 16, 2023
The concept of induced demand is a fascinating phenomenon that challenges conventional wisdom about how we think about new highways. It suggests that building them can actually increase traffic congestion over time. This counterintuitive idea has gained recognition among experts and has important implications for planning for our future transportation needs.
IRA Bonus Updated to Include Areas Traditionally Dependent on Fossil Fuels
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 16, 2023
The Treasury Department and IRS issued updated guidance regarding Inflation Reduction Act geared toward energy projects, especially for areas dependent on fossil fuels.
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ENGIE Impact Platform Supports Commercial EV Charging Infrastructure
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 16, 2023
Mobility Support intends to provide useful solutions to the current infrastructure shortage while giving businesses an added way to keep customers onsite.
What Happens When the EPA Technical Staff Disagrees with the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee?
Law and Environment
JUNE 16, 2023
Last week, the EPA Clean Air Science Advisory Committee provided EPA its review of EPA’s Policy Assessment for the Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone. As expected, CASAC has disagreed with the recommendation of EPA technical staff to retain the current 70 ppb standard. Instead, CASAC recommends a significantly lower ozone NAAQS of 55-60 ppb.
NextDecade, Global Infrastructure Partners, TotalEnergies Move Forward on Rio Grande LNG Project
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 16, 2023
NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG project can now move forward as the final investment decision (FID) for Phase 1 has been agreed upon.
Extreme Heat Is Deadlier Than Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes Combined
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 2023
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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.
CVS Health Adds 18 MW Renewable Energy for Michigan Sites
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 16, 2023
The project is made possible with the agreement between Constellation and Swift Current Energy from a project that began in March.
Which Creature Was the First to Take a Nap?
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 2023
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Did Pebble Mine Shareholders “Blink” in Securities Fraud Suit?
NRDC
JUNE 16, 2023
Pebble Mine owner agrees to settle shareholder claims that company failed to disclose secret plan for exponential expansion of widely opposed Bristol Bay mine.
Do Insects Feel Joy and Pain?
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 2023
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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.
Inside Indiana’s ‘advanced’ plastics recycling plant: Dangerous vapors, oil spills and life-threatening fires
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 16, 2023
Read the full story at Inside Climate News. The Brightmark “plastics renewal” plant can’t get past the startup phase, as former employees raise environmental, health and safety concerns.
AIs will become useless if they keep learning from other AIs
New Scientist
JUNE 16, 2023
If language models such as ChatGPT are trained using the outputs of other AIs, they will become heavily biased, overly simple and disconnected from reality, researchers warn
Robinson Twp., Washington County Seeks Answers To Cleanup Of MarkWest Liberty Midstream 10,000 Gallon Spill Of Natural Gas Condensates After Company Sends Notice To Wrong Municipality
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 16, 2023
At a June 12 meeting, Robinson Township Supervisors in Washington County were trying to get more information from MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC about a 10,000 gallon spill of natural gas condensate that occurred at the Imperial Compressor Station and was the subject of a PA Bulletin Act 2 cleanup Notice of Intent published on June 10, according to Cathy Lodge a township resident who attended the meeting.
Why 2023 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record
New Scientist
JUNE 16, 2023
Global weather conditions are showing extraordinary levels of heating this year.
Sustainability at Retail
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Wildfires Will Only Get Worse. We Need Satellite Tracking of Air Pollution
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 2023
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Strange, spiny beetle discovered in Japan
New Scientist
JUNE 16, 2023
A new-to-science species of beetle is marked by a distinct yellow band on its shoulders, long hair-like scales all over its body and legs, and the unique shape of its torso
Scientists Create Human Embryo-Like Structures with Stem Cells
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 2023
To better understand early pregnancy loss without using actual human embryos, scientists employed stem cells to create models that mimic this stage of development
Pay-monthly option for heat pumps could help Europe cut emissions
New Scientist
JUNE 16, 2023
Customers in the UK, Germany and Italy will soon be able to replace gas boilers with heat pumps from Swedish company Aira and pay a monthly fee instead of a hefty installation cost
PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 17
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 16, 2023
The following DEP notices were published in the June 17 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC - Exposing Hunter and Greaves Steel Natural Gas Pipeline: DEP invites comments on a Chapter 105 permit application for the project to expose 5,059 feet of the Greaves Pipeline and 1,350 feet of the Hunter Pipeline in anticipation of underground longwall coal mining that wil
Weird stink bug with forked horns and tusks discovered in Australia
New Scientist
JUNE 16, 2023
A multicoloured stink bug found in Western Australia has forked horns for camouflage, mysterious patches of matted hair and the males have peculiar tusks that may be used to win over females
DEP Posts 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 17 PA Bulletin
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 16, 2023
Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the June 17 PA Bulletin -- -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 17 [PaEN] -- Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the June 17 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC project to expose more than a mile of two natural gas pipelines to prevent damage from underground longwall coal mining in Donegal Township, Washington County. (
Scientists Solve Star Spin Mystery
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 2023
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The world is full of sleeping beauties
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 16, 2023
Read the full story at Nautilus. Grass, mammals, penicillin, John Keats. None was successful right away. Grasses struggled along in patches here and there for some 45 million years before, rather quickly, unfurling, almost blanketlike, across the continents.
DEP Invites Comments On MarkWest Liberty Midstream Project To Expose 1 Mile+ Of 2 Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Coal Mining Damage In Washington County
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 16, 2023
On June 17, the Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the PA Bulletin inviting comments on a MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC project in Washington County to expose more than a mile of two natural gas pipelines to prevent damage from underground longwall coal mining. ( PA Bulletin, page 3228 ) The project would expose 5,059 feet of the Greaves Pipeline and 1,350 feet of the Hunter Pipeline in Donegal Township, Washington County.
Personal reflections as an LGBTQ+ student on campus
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 16, 2023
My friend Nathan Alexander, who is a doctoral student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, wrote this essay for the Voices of ACES blog in recognition of Pride month. Here’s an excerpt: I came to the University of Illinois in January 2017 as a Ph.D.
Young People in Historic Climate Trial Rest Their Case
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 2023
Young people suing Montana to take action on climate change are ready to wrap up their arguments in a first-of-its-kind trial.
What happens to all that uneaten food on cruises? These lines are working to reduce waste.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 16, 2023
Read the full story at USA Today. Holland America Line has installed biodigesters that can break down organic material as part of efforts to shrink its food waste footprint, and parent company Carnival Corporation now has more than 600 of the devices throughout its fleet.
Artistic artefacts are rewriting the timeline of ancient South America
New Scientist
JUNE 16, 2023
A slew of newly found artefacts in South America are revealing surprisingly familiar ways ancient people in the region expressed their creativity, including sculpted figurines, a communal drum and perhaps a previously unrecognised form of writing
Reclaimed PV Panels Market Assessment Industry Report
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 16, 2023
Download the report. The project explores the end-of-life landscape for used PV panels, in order to understand potential customers and value streams for used PV panels, and to identify any market or policy barriers to reusing, repurposing and recycling PV panels.
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