Yale E360
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Oil, gas, and coal exports are not counted when countries tally their greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. This allows wealthy nations to report progress on emissions reduction goals, while shipping their fossil fuels — and the pollution they produce — overseas.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Understanding how the atmosphere responds to rising and falling carbon emissions is a complex business, and now researchers have found taking longer to reach net zero could see global warming continue afterwards
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Yale E360
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Oil, gas, and coal exports are not counted when countries tally their greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. This allows wealthy nations to report progress on emissions reduction goals, while shipping their fossil fuels — and the pollution they produce — overseas.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
A small trial of a cholesterol-lowering treatment based on CRISPR gene editing has produced promising results, but there are questions over safety
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.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. That’s 25% more than in 2021. On November 13, PA Environment Digest reported DEP has issued at least 435 notices of violation to 87 conventional oil and gas operators for abandoning their wells without plugging them so far in 2023, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Comp
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Artificial intelligence can work out what someone is privately typing in VR meetings in Meta Horizon Workrooms by looking at the way their avatar's hands move
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Silky ants with a fungal infection favour food containing aphids, which are a source of hydrogen peroxide, and this increases their chances of survival
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
On November 14, Kristen Rodack, Executive Deputy at the Department of Health said her agency is using the results of recent studies of health impacts of natural gas development to push “governments and other folks to take action on some of the potential exposures that’s happening from the industry.” Her remarks were made at the League of Women Voters Shale Gas and Public Health Conference hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health on November 14.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Snakelocks anemones are the first known “heliotropic” animals – their tentacles point towards the sun, tracking its movements like plants do
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
An enormous magma intrusion under Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula is causing earthquake swarms and forcing evacuations
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
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Covid-19 rebound, when the virus increases in the body after initially decreasing, affected just under 21 per cent of people after they took Paxlovid in a trial, compared with fewer than 2 per cent not on the treatment
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
The tail of comet Erasmus swung back and forth during its closest approach to the sun, probably because of a cloud of plasma spat out during a solar storm
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
The U.S. has embarked on the largest and most expensive nuclear build-out ever. The U.S. military says it is necessary to replace an aging nuclear arsenal. But critics fear the risks.
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
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Comets may be a key source for the building blocks of life, but the only planetary systems where those ingredients could survive impact may be ones with large stars or lots of neighbouring worlds
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Women are outliving men by nearly six years—and COVID and drug overdoses are a major cause, according to a new report
Nanotech
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
On November 7, 2023, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Eastern District of California’s (District Court) June 22, 2020, decision granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs. The Ninth Circuit entered a permanent injunction enjoining the California Attorney General from enforcing Proposition 65’s (Prop 65) carcinogen warning requirement for the herbicide glyphosate.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
By using artificial intelligence to spot patterns in weather data, Google DeepMind says it can beat existing weather forecasts up to 99.
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PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
On November 14, the French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust was joined by its supporters and local partners at the Thomas P. Bentley Nature Preserve in Chester County for the ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the unveiling of their new permanent shelter for one of the four Revolutionary War-era cannons excavated at the Preserve in 2022. Hidden underground for over two centuries, the four cannons were finally unearthed in April and May of 2022 by a small team led by French & Picke
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
The AI that powers ChatGPT could save doctors' time when responding to cancer-related queries, but also gives potentially harmful recommendations in around 7 per cent of cases
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
The U.S. is beginning an ambitious, controversial reinvention of its nuclear arsenal.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
A 15-kilometre-long mass of lava has formed underneath the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland and could erupt at any time
NRDC
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
A new report from MITRE and Gallup highlights the need for federal legislation on food date labels, a leading contributor to household food waste in America.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
A college professor and his students explain what they learned from bringing ChatGPT into the classroom
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Last week, I attended the two-day Sustainable Finance Forum in Ottawa to hear about Canada’s progress on climate finance. The event saw influential decision-makers, including Prime Minister Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Freeland, converge with industry leaders, sector experts and international advocates. The event highlighted examples of how finance can align with climate commitments, which is key for Canada to secure both a stable climate and economy.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
A 15-kilometre-long mass of lava has formed underneath the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland and could erupt at any time
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Growing evidence suggests certain hair products marketed toward Black women may be harmful to their health.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
The Pike County Conservation District announced the availability of a new online DEP Chapter 105-related tool to determine what, if any, approvals from or notification to DEP are needed for bridge and culvert maintenance and repair projects. The DEP Bridge and Culvert Maintenance and Repair Tool is designed to help bridge and culvert owners understand and be informed of permitting and notification requirements for bridge and culvert maintenance under various scenarios, including emergency situat
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Scientists have developed an ultrasound device to detect aggressive breast cancer that may develop between screenings
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Companies are now offering chatbots that appear to come from beyond the veil.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
On November 14, Ramez Ziadeh, P.E., Acting DEP Executive Deputy Secretary, briefed DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council on the Shapiro Administration’s PAyback Program to return application fees if agencies don’t make decisions on permits within specified deadlines. Ziadeh said to prepare for the program DEP reviewed over 750 different permits and authorizations processed by the agency, how long it currently takes to process them from complete applications and incomplete applications and then came up
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
by Liad Hollender, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com The UN Climate Panel’s latest best estimate is that global warming will end once we reach net zero CO 2 emissions – but a study in Frontiers in Science warns significant warming could still occur. Researchers including those from Imperial College London and University of Exeter assess factors controlling global temperatures post ‘net zero’ and offer a pioneering framework for better estimating climate change risks.
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