Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Safariland—a chemical weapons company that boasts annual sales of over $850 million—has removed vital safety information from its hexachloroethane (HC) smoke grenades, each of which is capable of killing 10 people. The company is now selling HC grenades labeled with a health rating of 0, meaning “no risk to human health”—a dangerous falsehood about a deadly […].
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Although lacking the same eloquence, today’s post is in the spirit of Churchill’s famous speech promising that Britain would “fight on the beaches, … we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” My point is this: No matter how many battles we end up losing in the fight to stop carbon emissions, we can never afford to give up. It’s not hard to see why some people despair about the climate.
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Yale E360
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Damage from increasingly extreme weather events is falling especially hard on developing countries, even though they have done the least to contribute to climate change. At the upcoming UN climate talks, rich nations must begin to compensate them for their mounting losses. Read more on E360 ?.
Law and Environment
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Late last month, the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a public water supplier could be liable in a citizens’ suit brought under the imminent and substantial endangerment provisions of RCRA, where the plaintiff alleged that the groundwater used by the supplier had been contaminated by the disposal of hexavalent chromium by a wood treatment facility upgradient of the supplier’s well field.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 14, 2021
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture announces new funding for research projects in sustainable agriculture.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 14, 2021
California has a rich heritage of biodiversity, with many species found nowhere else in the world (including the iconic giant sequoia trees). But California’s biodiversity faces grave threats – pressures from development that eliminates habitat; water shortages that harm aquatic species in California’s rivers; and climate change impacts that are shifting and altering habitats, among others.
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Yale E360
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Damage from increasingly extreme weather events is falling especially hard on developing countries, even though they have done the least to contribute to climate change. At upcoming UN climate talks, rich nations must begin to compensate them for their mounting losses. Read more on E360 ?.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 14, 2021
A four-legged robot made by Ghost Robotics and outfitted with a sniper rifle and night-vision cameras was displayed at a meeting of the Association of the United States Army
Environmental Leader
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Best Buy unveils another solar power project in what the company says is its largest renewable energy effort to date. The post Best Buy Solar Project is its Largest Renewable Energy Venture appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Physics World
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Five sites have been shortlisted as a potential home of the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant. Known as the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), it aims to be a working fusion reactor and have many of the features of a fully operational power station when operational in the 2040s. The five potential sites, announced today, include one in Scotland and four in England with a final decision on the plant’s location to be made by the end of 2022.
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.
Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 14, 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE and KEEPERS OF THE WATER. Toxic waste holding ponds now contain 1.36 billion cubic metres of fluids and cover a surface 1.7 times the size of Vancouver. Edmonton, AB — The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) quietly released a report on its web site last week showing that oil sands tailing ponds grew another 90 million cubic meters in 2020, despite a drop in oil production.
Physics World
OCTOBER 14, 2021
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, Sophie Zienkiewicz and Henry Preston of the Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network argue the case for including nuclear energy in the UK’s net-zero-carbon strategy. Physics World ’s Laura Hiscott and Tami Freeman are also on hand to talk about careers for physicists in the green economy and an emerging cancer treatment called proton arc therapy.
Academy of Natural Sciences
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Inspired by the book All We Can Save , a celebration of the feminist climate renaissance , we asked 15 local women who are thinking about and working on climate change to respond to the question: “If we are at a crossroads of peril and promise, where do you see possibility alive and growing?”. Here is the second and final post in the series which is part of ongoing programming for Climate Year at Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences.
Physics World
OCTOBER 14, 2021
An electroretinogram (ERG) is a standard clinical method for measuring the function of the human retina. This procedure typically uses either a contact lens electrode or a fibre electrode to record retinal activity, both of which require physical contact with the eye, and therefore cause discomfort for the patient. Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark, led by Britta Westner and Sarang Dalal, have tested a potential replacement for these uncomfortable electrodes by using optically pumped m
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.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 14, 2021
On October 14, Keep PA Beautiful announced the Spring Pick Up PA Cleanup Program involved 60,505 volunteers who picked up 2.2 million pounds of trash and planted 102,155 trees from March through May of 2021. “We want to thank each and every one of the Pick Up Pennsylvania volunteers who joined together to create positive change and a lasting impact on our local environment this spring.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 14, 2021
US adults are eating more highly processed junk food now than they were 20 years ago, with the trend particularly clear among those without a college degree
Ocean Conservancy
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Swimming beneath the waves is a sea of creatures even more unique and wild than you could ever imagine—fish that look like horses, whales that are 100 feet long and sharks living to more than 400 years old. But, what about those ocean animals that have adapted to use poison to defend themselves against predators? See more wonderful ocean animals! Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.
Scientific American
OCTOBER 14, 2021
A set of puzzles called Diophantine problems are often simple to state but hard to solve—though progress could have big implications for the future of mathematics. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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New Scientist
OCTOBER 14, 2021
The care situation for long covid patients in England is improving, but a winter spike in cases will put the country’s 89 specialist clinics under new pressure
Scientific American
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Ewine van Dishoeck received The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics in 2018 for elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets. What other mysteries of space are. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 14, 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
ESA
OCTOBER 14, 2021
by Emily Geest. Last October, ‘science policy’ was a mysterious phrase that I vaguely understood meant the intersection of science and policy. So, when I saw the opportunity to apply for the 2021 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) last fall I applied so I could finally understand what this process really was and untangle what role science policy has in our everyday lives.
Breezometer
OCTOBER 14, 2021
This week a massive dust storm stretched from the Sacramento Valley to the Mojave Desert, spreading large amounts of hazardous dust and sand. Here we explain the impact of dust storms on the air we breathe and why dust storms can sometimes present reporting challenges for air quality monitors (as seen this week). What Happened? The huge amount of dust shrouded interior California on Monday, October 11th, shutting down highways and casting an eerie glow across an area that stretched from the Sacr
Inhabitant
OCTOBER 14, 2021
California state law (SB 1383) takes effect January 1, 2022, requiring the majority of homes and businesses in the area to recycle all food and yard waste in their yard debris carts. In response to the increased demands of processing the compostable materials, Republic Services spent the past three years building the Otay Compost Facility and hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony earlier in October.
The Applied Ecologist
OCTOBER 14, 2021
A new Policy Direction by Davies and colleagues showcases a candidate high seas marine protected area (MPA) in the Northeast Atlantic, identified primarily from seabird tracking data, that is being taken forward under a regional process: the North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Seamount (NACES) MPA, under the OSPAR Commission. The high seas are international waters beyond any country’s jurisdiction.
Environmental Leader
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Best Buy unveils another solar power project in what the company says is its largest renewable energy effort to date. The post Best Buy Solar Project is its Largest Renewable Energy Venture appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Scientific American
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Negotiations are underway to update the Convention on Biological Diversity to better protect and restore nature. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Inhabitant
OCTOBER 14, 2021
It’s been a bad year for Lake Tahoe. A usually busy summer season saw empty shorelines as people evacuated from the Caldor Fire. And now California’s drought has dropped the lake’s water level to a four-year low.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Snakes typically ate insects before the mass extinction event that wiped out the non-bird dinosaurs, but then they broadened diets to include birds and mammals
Inhabitant
OCTOBER 14, 2021
When Adidas releases a new jacket, it's hot fashion news. When that stylish jacket is made with ocean plastic, it's world-changing. The Terrex MyShelter PrimaLoft Hooded Jacket has classic Adidas styling and all the good looks you could want.
Physics World
OCTOBER 14, 2021
A new phase-change memory device that uses much less energy than its predecessors could help meet the world’s increasing demand for digital information storage. The device, which was developed by researchers at Stanford University in the US, is made from a so-called superlattice material placed on a flexible/bendable substrate, and it boasts a switching current density of just 0.1 MA/cm 2 – making it 100 times more efficient than other memory types of its kind.
National Law Center
OCTOBER 14, 2021
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: EPA, The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: October 14, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 14, 2021
The light from a distant star appears to be orbited by something that is continually changing shape and size, possibly clouds of dust from repeated collisions
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