Yale E360
AUGUST 1, 2023
When China banned plastic waste imports in 2018, exporters in wealthy countries targeted other developing nations. Faced with an unending stream of unrecyclable waste, Indonesia has tightened its regulations and has begun to make progress in stemming the plastics flow.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 1, 2023
There’s a dangerous new mobility trend on American streets that’s captured the attention of the New York Times: e-bikes. Or so the Times, and some other media outlets, are suggesting with their editorial choices. “The e-bike industry is booming, but the summer of 2023 has brought sharp questions about how safe e-bikes are, especially for teenagers,” writes Matt Richtel in a long feature titled “ A Dangerous Combination’: Teenagers’ Accidents Expose E-Bike Risks. ” The story centers largely on on
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Real Climate
AUGUST 1, 2023
This month’s open thread for climate topics. Has anyone noticed how warm it’s been? Someone should probably look into that… The post Unforced Variations: Aug 2023 first appeared on RealClimate.
NRDC
AUGUST 1, 2023
The Urban Heat Island mapping campaign is the largest national effort of its kind to identify why one section of a city can feel so different from another on any given summer day.
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.
Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 2023
A Nobel laureate in economics explains how artificial intelligence will affect inequality—and how solutions such as a shorter work week might mitigate its negative effects
New Scientist
AUGUST 1, 2023
After accidentally turning the Voyager 2 spacecraft away from Earth and losing contact with it, NASA engineers have now heard a “heartbeat signal” that shows it is still okay
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Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 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.
Enviromental Defense
AUGUST 1, 2023
Last week the Government of Canada delivered on a longstanding commitment to end fossil fuel subsidies, effective immediately. Though the new rules are far from perfect, if they are applied with integrity they will make it impossible for the government to justify new public handouts to the oil and gas sector. These new rules are a big deal Fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis.
Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 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.
Academy of Natural Sciences
AUGUST 1, 2023
While Philadelphia may not seem like an ideal habitat for wildlife, the city and county actually have a variety of green spaces, such as the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, the United States’ first urban wildlife refuge, to support plenty of different plant and animal species — including bees. But how many different kinds of bees call this city home?
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.
Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 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.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 1, 2023
The July issue of The Catalyst newsletter from the Butler County-based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition highlights the upcoming August 5-6 Moraine State Park Regatta, a historical video from Operation Scarlift and the threats posed by spotted lanternflies. Lake Arthur Regatta A weekend of free family fun with eco-recreational activities for all ages is right around the corner!
New Scientist
AUGUST 1, 2023
Tobacco budworm moth males gather a sweet-smelling chemical from flowers and release it from hairy appendages when they are near females to make themselves more attractive
Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 2023
A glitch may have silenced NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft until mid-October—but a “heartbeat” signal offers hope for reestablishing contact earlier
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
AUGUST 1, 2023
Carbonic acid, an important component of amino acids, has been seen in a cloud of gas near the centre of the Milky Way, which could help us explain how life came to be on Earth
Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 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.
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 1, 2023
Tannous, H.; Stojceska, V.; Tassou, S.A. (2023). “The Use of Solar Thermal Heating in SPIRE and Non-SPIRE Industrial Processes.” Sustainability, 15, 7807.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 1, 2023
The James and Kimberly White family property has become the first conservation easement finalized in French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trusts’ new partnership with North Coventry Township in Chester County. The White’s 7.5-acre property occupies an important conservation area at the headwaters of Pigeon Creek, near the intersection of Wells Road and St.
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New Scientist
AUGUST 1, 2023
Higher exposure to lead in childhood is associated with a greater likelihood of criminality, a review of 17 studies has found, but whether the element is causing the behaviour rather than just being associated with it is unknown
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 1, 2023
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will host a webinar on August 8 on Advancing Climate Resiliency In Pennsylvania starting at 11:00 a.m. to Noon. Investing in ‘blue and green zones’--trails built along waterways such as streams, rivers, creeks, and lakes– has immense potential to bring multiple climate benefits to communities in Pennsylvania.
Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 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.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 1, 2023
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will host the Pennsylvania Taste of the Chesapeake Bay Celebration on August 31 at the Rivers Edge at Long Level in Wrightsville, York County from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Taste is a celebration of our Chesapeake Bay watershed, offering live music, local food, awards, silent auctions, and comradery. As Alliance’s largest annual fundraiser, the Taste aims to bring together like-minded corporations and conservationists within three distinct Chesapeake Bay watershed
New Scientist
AUGUST 1, 2023
A new analysis of small flecks in meteorites calculates the age of the solar system as 4.5684 billion years old, rather than 4.
Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 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.
New Scientist
AUGUST 1, 2023
A fossil discovered in Canada reveals that jellyfish developed the swimming stage of their life cycle more than half a billion years ago
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 1, 2023
BLM’s Classroom Investigations address topics related to the programs and mission of the BLM, and are targeted to learners in secondary schools. Each item in the series presents lessons and activities for teachers to incorporate into classroom instruction. You can also find BLM educational materials through their education activities database.
New Scientist
AUGUST 1, 2023
Satellite images support the claim that Arctic foxes promote the growth of the lush vegetation seen around their dens
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 1, 2023
Read the full story at WCBU. A large number of Peoria’s south side residents feel an underground, high pressure CO2 (carbon dioxide) sequestration pipeline laid in proximity to some of Peoria’s oldest and poorest neighborhoods is a bad idea.
New Scientist
AUGUST 1, 2023
A chemical process that produces methane without living organisms could have warmed up the young Earth – and may complicate the search for life elsewhere
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 1, 2023
Read the full story from ResearchBuzz. The shallow, ill-informed junk that AI is spewing into the Web – what I call infosewage – is bad for people who are trying to perform useful Web searches.
New Scientist
AUGUST 1, 2023
From speculative novellas by Josh Malerman to a first venture into science fiction from H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald, August brims with sci-fi potential, says culture editor Alison Flood
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 1, 2023
Read the full story on the ISTC Blog. It hardly seems possible, but August is just around the corner, and for many K-12 schools and institutions of higher education in Illinois, that means it’s back-to-school season.
Scientific American
AUGUST 1, 2023
A glitch may have silenced NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft until mid-October—but a “heartbeat” signal offers hope for reestablishing contact earlier
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