Legal Planet
JUNE 21, 2021
The western U.S. is staring climate change in the face. Most of the West is experiencing “severe” or “exceptional” drought. We could be heading into the worst drought period in centuries. Major dam reservoirs are down to record low levels. The region is also in the grips of a record-breaking heatwave. We can expect another bad wildfire season , maybe not as bad as last year but still bad.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 21, 2021
Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In the Middle East and North Africa, leaders of Arab countries have taken steps on a controversial dam project in the Nile basin. Al Jazeera reports that the Arab League has called on the UN Security Council to intervene in a long-running regional dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam.
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Yale E360
JUNE 21, 2021
A new paper argues that adapting to climate change over the long term will require managed retreat from areas that are prone to floods or other hazards. While managed retreat has long been viewed as a solution of last resort, authors say that it can be an economically efficient means of coping with climate change. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 21, 2021
Shahdad Desert, Iran. Photo © Mostafa Farzan. Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue. Lack of water is one of Iran’s biggest environmental and social risks. On the outskirts of Tehran, and in the country’s rural expanses, the signs of such stress are abundantly visible: brittle plains, cracked ground, sinkholes, sandy plateaus. . A decades-long drought in one of the warming world’s most arid regions, heightened by what many consider to be governmental mismanagement, has set the stage for a severe,
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.
NAEP Leadership Blog
JUNE 21, 2021
How often do we consider our relationship to place? How often is it foremost in our minds and hearts that we belong to and are being shaped by a specific place? We are truly in relationship with the landscape, both the built and natural landscape. Whether we know it or not, ours is a conscious and subconscious decision to be here; here in a place that reflects the emotional landscape we move through.
Physics World
JUNE 21, 2021
Imagine the sound of a ticking clock. How much time passes between each tick? For a good clock, the answer should be one second, to some precision. If we want to make the clock more precise, the laws of thermodynamics dictate that we must put in more work – and the amount of waste heat dissipated to the surroundings must increase to compensate for the more highly-ordered ticks.
Environmental Professionals Connection brings together the best content for environmental professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2021
by Antonia Law (Keele University) The Earth’s surface is splotched with 117 million lakes. Some are scarcely more than ponds, while others are so big they can be seen from space.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2021
A secure quantum link has been created between two Chinese cities, allowing researchers to send entangled photons more than 500 kilometres using a relay hub in the middle that doesn't need to be trusted
Environmental Leader
JUNE 21, 2021
In another sign of the increasing importance of supply chain sustainability, IKEA has launched a new supplier program that will allow its 1,600 suppliers to consume 100% renewable electricity in their production. About two-thirds of IKEA’s climate footprint is connected to the supply chain. The program will be introduced in. Read more ». The post IKEA Accelerates Suppliers’ Shift to 100% Renewables appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2021
Astronomers have found a large object entering our solar system – it could be an unusually large comet or even a minor planet, and it will get nearly as close to the sun as Saturn by 2031
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.
Cool Green Science
JUNE 21, 2021
Pelicans gulping pigeons, herons swallowing alligators and other weird feeding behaviors among our feathered friends. The post 6 Surprising Tales of Predatory Birds appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Inhabitant
JUNE 21, 2021
Potentially harmful traces of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as "forever chemicals", have been found in several makeup products sold in the U.S. and Canada.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2021
Turning air into protein with electricity from solar panels would take a tenth of the land required to grow that protein the conventional way, according to a new analysis
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 21, 2021
In a remarkable new report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that in order to limit warming to 1.5 degrees–the goal of the Paris Agreement and a critical threshold for climate change–the world must stop approving fossil fuel projects AND significantly ramp down the production of all fossil fuels: coal, oil, and fossil gas. This is a huge deal.
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
JUNE 21, 2021
Huge swathes of Pluto’s surface are covered in a mysterious red material, and planetary scientists’ best guess for what it could be doesn’t seem to match up to data from the New Horizons probe
Environmental Leader
JUNE 21, 2021
Businesses supplied with electricity from Con Edison can be assured that the utility will “remain resilient in the face of climate change,” the company said in its annual sustainability report. Con Edison, which has committed to supplying its customers with 100% clean electricity by 2040, has recently won approval to build transmission lines that will ultimately help bring offshore wind.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2021
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
Scientific American
JUNE 21, 2021
Genomic sequencing efforts are limited in developing countries, but scientists are mobilizing to help. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2021
Huge blocks of Venus’s crust appear to be jostling and bumping together similar to continental blocks on Earth, and they could help us understand our own planet’s past
Scientific American
JUNE 21, 2021
Engineers study solar and wind at the same power plant, nuclear reactors that also make hydrogen. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2021
Huge blocks of Venus’s crust appear to be jostling and bumping together similar to continental blocks on Earth, and they could help us understand our own planet’s past
Environmental Leader
JUNE 21, 2021
Honeywell has launched its first Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Platform, which integrates Honeywell asset monitoring, distributed energy resource management, supervisory control, and analytics functionality to enable organizations to forecast and optimize their overall energy use. The post Honeywell Launches its First Battery Energy Storage System appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2021
Temperature and humidity changes that influence the way flowers grow can make bumblebees picky eaters – and climate change could make them even more so
Environmental Leader
JUNE 21, 2021
National Grid, a major utility in the UK and US, joined EV100 earlier this month, committing to transition its fleet of over 5,700 vehicles to electric – 2,879 vehicles in the UK and 2,905 vehicles in the US – and install charging for staff at all locations by 2030. EV100. Read more ». The post National Grid Joins EV100, Commits to Electrify Fleet By 2030 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2021
Download the document. Over the past four years, Simon Bernard, president of Plastic Odyssey, has been reviewing scientific studies on ocean plastic pollution. The results? Some of the most widely held beliefs about plasticsin the ocean are totally false.
Scientific American
JUNE 21, 2021
The risk of infection increased by up to 30 percent or so among people with observances in the first 10 months of 2020. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2021
Read the full story from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. Food waste in the home can often occur because of boredom or limited knowledge of how to use certain ingredients.
New Scientist
JUNE 21, 2021
Emmy Noether is famous for Noether’s theorem, which says that symmetries in the universe give rise to mathematical conservation laws
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2021
Read the full story from Indiana Humanities. Unearthed is a new three-year theme developed by Indiana Humanities that encourages Hoosiers to discover and discuss their relationships with the natural world.
Inhabitant
JUNE 21, 2021
The “floating” solar roof in Sweden’s new Västerås Travel Center may be just an illusion, but the power it generates is entirely real.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2021
Read the full story at ESG Today. Anheuser-Busch InBev’s beer brand Corona announced today that it has achieved a global net zero plastic footprint, becoming the first global beverage brand to remove more plastic from the environment than it releases.
Scientific American
JUNE 21, 2021
Drought and extreme rainfall led to an infestation in the nation’s farming areas. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 21, 2021
Read the full story from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. From faster car chargers to smaller wind turbines, “the way we look at this utility is going to totally change, and it’s going to happen” at UW-Milwaukee and elsewhere.
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