Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

While all of us are susceptible to the effects of pollution, children, infants, and fetuses in utero are uniquely sensitive to pollutants as their young brains grow and develop. Special protection from pollutants is needed because of the speed and timing of brain development early in life, before and after birth. In her book, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind , science writer Harriet Washington makes the case that environmental assaults on the d

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Earlier this month, California’s Legislature passed a slate of bills that cover a range of environmental and climate issues. Among those was Assemblymember Lori Wilson’s AB 779, a bill we helped create to improve the groundwater adjudication process for all water users. Adjudications legally determine groundwater rights but can take years and cost millions of dollars.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

When state agencies manipulate or suppress scientific research, the burden falls unevenly on Latinos and Black Americans. This post was originally published by the Brennan Center for Justice With a population that is more than 95 percent Hispanic, the city of Laredo, Texas, has one of the highest proportions of Latino residents in the United States.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 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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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Earlier this month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new round of Covid-19 boosters in time for what I’m calling “gross season” –that time of the year when we see an uptick in illnesses including the seasonal flu, R.S.V., and the common cold. Getting vaccinated against these illnesses is the smart thing to do, both for your own health and especially because it makes you a good neighbor helping to protect others from getting seriously ill, including older people or those

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 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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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 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 27, 2023

Analysis of tree rings shows that two faults near Seattle, Washington ruptured at the same time or soon after each other more than 1000 years ago – a repeat today would cause a major disaster in the region

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Washington State’s Puget Sound could face previously unknown earthquake risks, according to a new study that has pinned down the date of an ancient earthquake using tree rings and the radiation left by a mysterious cosmic force

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

by Mark Freeman As you may know by now, Thorold City council voted unanimously against Northland Power’s proposal to build a new gas plant in Thorold. Or as I like to think of it… the people of Thorold: 1, Energy Minister Smith: 0. While I support numerous campaigns related to biodiversity loss and climate change, I usually feel like I want to do more.

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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 27, 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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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Something incredible happened in New York City last week, as world leaders gathered for the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit. This wasn’t the first of these summits – but it was the first one that focused on the concrete actions governments are taking to phase out fossil fuels. For decades national and international climate plans and climate talks have avoided an obvious, but politically challenging truth: since fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis, we must phase them out.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 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 27, 2023

In a blow for the hopes of antigravity machines, the first ever test of how antimatter responds to gravity confirms it falls down, not up

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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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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 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 27, 2023

Researchers have struggled to explain the precipitous decline in central Europe’s insect populations since the 1980s, but a new model suggests weather is to blame

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 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 27, 2023

A trilobite with gut contents still preserved is the first of its kind ever to be found, and shows the woodlouse-like animal had a voracious appetite

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 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 27, 2023

People come across as being more trustworthy and competent on Zoom calls if they have plants or books in the background, particularly if they are a woman and smiling

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Last week world leaders gathered in New York for the UN Climate Ambition Summit where countries shared concrete action they’ve taken to phase out fossil fuels. There, the conversation was grounded in science, with leaders such as California’s Governor Newsom saying “The climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. It’s not complicated; it’s the burning of oil, gas, and coal, and we need to call that out.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A quantum engine that works by toggling the properties of an ultracold atom cloud could one day be used to charge quantum batteries

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NRDC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This summer, the United States endured the two warmest months ever recorded, yet the system held because of renewable energy.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Well-preserved artefacts found in a Spanish cave show that advanced plant-based crafts were practised in Europe 9500 years ago

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NRDC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is used for reporting daily air quality. How to read it and how to protect yourself from air pollution.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Philosophers have wrestled with the question of whether we are truly free to decide on our actions for centuries.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Karakul, a large lake in Tajikistan formed by a meteor. Photo credit: NASA – via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Tajikistan, the central Asian country nestled between Afghanistan and China, has big plans for the future of energy. The country, with a population of nearly ten million, gained independence with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. And it is positioning itself as a big hydrogen production player.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Studies that failed to compare rates of long covid symptoms after infection with baseline rates in the population made the prevalence of the condition seem higher than it really is

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, KEEPERS OF THE WATER Review of Alberta Energy Regulator’s handling of major tailings leak reveals regulatory system is designed to fail Indigenous communities and the public Toronto | Traditional territories of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – Today, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released the results of a review regarding its handling of two incidents that occurred at Imperial’s Kearl Oil Sa

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Raymond Hickey's fascinating book asks how "exobeings", as he calls them, might acquire language - and if we might ever commune with them

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PBS Nature

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The ocean depths are full of mysteries, but luckily there are intrepid spies up to the task of discovering them for us. Go on a mission deep beneath the waves in Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries , premiering Wednesdays, October 25 – November 15 at 8/7c on PBS ( check local listings ), YouTube and the PBS App. John Downer Productions created dozens of new waterproof animatronic spy cameras for this latest installment of the popular Spy in the Wild series, including a whale calf, shark, dolph

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Australia’s greater broad-nosed bat was believed to mostly eat beetles and other insects, but hairs found in its droppings suggest it also feasts on other bats

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 27, 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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