Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The latest contrarian crowd pleaser from Soon et al (2023) is just the latest repetition of the old “it was the sun wot done it” trope[1] that Willie Soon and his colleagues have been pushing for decades. There is literally nothing new under the sun. Before diving into the specific artifices in the latest paper, a little trip down history lane might be fun to set the context… “It’s the Sun” Solar variability as a potential cause for climate change has a long (

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

To rein in emissions, the E.U. is looking to insects as an alternate source of protein for livestock and people and is easing regulations and subsidizing makers of insect-derived food. In a photo essay, Luigi Avantaggiato explores the emerging bug food industry in northern Italy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

“Excuse me, what did they say?” I don’t speak German, so I leaned over and asked my neighbor if he could translate the announcement that just played over the train’s PA system. His response, in short, was that we weren’t going anywhere for some time. Unfortunately, an expected four-hour train ride between Berlin and Munich ended up taking closer to eight last summer, as the German transit infrastructure experienced systematic failures during an unprecedented heatwave.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

During one phase of my misspent youth, I travelled by bicycle in search of adventure and insight. (Hang with me, this relates to environmental management, and I’ll get to that soon.) On one tour, I started in Vietnam, ending up in Pakistan a couple years later, having made some detours and added other means of transport to the mix. When I started riding, I had a guidebook.

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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.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A type of brain cell that behaves like a hybrid of neurons and glia has been spotted, and it could explain how some neurodegenerative conditions, such as Parkinson’s, develop

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 6, 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.

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Indonesian officials signaled that they could label loans to some new coal plants as "green" investments.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Leading physicists explain how they think we will discover the new particles or forces that would complete one of science's greatest unfinished masterpieces

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The full death toll from extreme heat waves, hurricanes and other climate-related disasters often isn’t revealed until weeks, months or even years after an event occurs

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NRDC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Clean energy and transmission projects can bring benefits to the communities that host them. Inviting local interests to the planning table helps ensure that.

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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.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 6, 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.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The classic depiction of the fundamental constituents of matter fails to accurately represent their relationships and what is missing – here’s how to do better

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NRDC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Energy burden has disproportionately impacted low-income communities of color for decades. NRDC is actively working to bring justice to these communities through this mapping tool.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A sophisticated attack on Bangladesh Bank left the world reeling as it became clear that the world's largest bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was powerless to stop all of it.

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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.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Chang, Charlotte H. et al. (2023). “Environmental users abandoned Twitter after Musk takeover.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution. [link] Abstract: In our sample of 380,000 environmentally oriented users, nearly 50% became inactive on Twitter after it was sold in October 2022, a rate much higher than a control sample.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

An explosion that was billions of times brighter than the sun but faded within a month may have occurred when a rare medium-sized black hole ate a star

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

by David Kitchen, University of Richmond When soaring temperatures, extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires hit the headlines, people start asking for quick fixes to climate change. The U.S. government just announced the first awards from a US$3.5 billion fund for projects that promise to pull carbon dioxide out of the air.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Evidence shows our impact on the planet started long before 1950, the date chosen by the Anthropocene Working Group for the start of the new epoch, so I resigned from the group in protest, says Erle Ellis

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

by Bradley Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee Every time a scientist runs an experiment, or a social scientist does a survey, or a humanities scholar analyzes a text, they generate data.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Lewis Burnett's powerful photographs of a saltwater crocodile, Risso's dolphins and a reef manta ray are part of a collection that won him the Portfolio prize in the 2023 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

by Dr Dario Novak, University of Zagreb Image courtesy of Dr Novak: Dario Novak and Marin Čilić, 2020 Olympic silver medalist To provide adequate support to young athletes, it is important to understand their development path. Over the years, researchers have recognized the significance of tracking all processes aimed at optimizing athletes’ progress and overall success.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Our amazing picture of the particles and forces that make reality took decades of invention and experiment to piece together

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Many states prioritize using money from a federal energy assistance program for low-income people to defray energy costs for heating rather than cooling bills

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The global average temperature for June, July and August was 16.77°C (62.

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NRDC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Stronger protection of national marine sanctuaries will help thousands of species better adapt to what the future has in store. The agency is obligated to act.

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Cresforum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We’re excited to launch a new blog here at CRES Forum, Right on Energy. We’ll regularly feature responsible policy solutions to timely energy and climate issues that are top of mind for us. Whether it’s novel policy proposals, recently enacted legislation, or the United States’ role in international policymaking, CRES Forum will highlight conservative policy solutions to the energy and climate challenges we face today.

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NRDC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

EPA's Environment & Climate Justice program may have cracked the code to inclusively direct billions of federal funds to CBOs in marginalized communities.

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Earth 911

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

With more than 57,000 sites where groundwater is contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), The post Preserving the Environment: A More Sustainable Approach to Address PFAS Contamination in Groundwater appeared first on Earth911.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The life of polymath John von Neumann is woven into a strange work of fiction by rising literary star Benjamín Labatut that comes with a serious warning about the consequences of science

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The bite of the lone star tick makes people allergic to a sugar found in mammal products, and many doctors don’t know about it.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Emulating the pulsating action of the human heart could increase the efficiency of everything from oil pipelines to central heating systems

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Download the U.S. EPA memo. This memorandum and attached Guidance serve as EPA’s operating framework for identifying, analyzing, and addressing EJ concerns in the context of implementing and overseeing all UIC permitting and primacy programs, including primacy approvals.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The World Health Organization caused an uproar last month when it held its first global summit on traditional and complementary medicines.

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