Yale E360
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Shaken by global instability and a populist backlash, European nations are retreating from plans to reduce greenhouse gases, promote sustainable farming practices, and boost biodiversity. Green advocates fear the EU will fail to meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Last year, Congress passed the most ambitious climate bill ever enacted, the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. However, several analyses—including a recent one by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)—have concluded that the IRA, even when coupled with the bipartisan in
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Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Don’t expect to see carrots on Thanksgiving menus in the Cuyama Valley, where residents and small farmers have been boycotting Bolthouse Farms and Grimmway Farms over their outsized water use. They’re still not welcome at the table. Back in September, I wrote about the carrot boycott and the hardball tactics by those big growers that had led to this fight.
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Seth Phillips Termites are a crucial source of nutrients for chimpanzees, who fish for them with tools, but they’re not always accessible. Now, researchers copying chimpanzee tools and techniques have shown that chimpanzees living in western Tanzania can only reliably fish for termites in the early wet season, when other foods are abundant.
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.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Rats that received vagus nerve stimulation were less likely to seek out drugs than those that didn’t, indicating that the therapy could help treat substance use disorders
The Applied Ecologist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Amelie Schmolke discusses recent work, conducted alongside colleagues, which involved the development of a trait-based model for solitary bees. Schmolke et al were able to model management scenarios and possible outcomes for bee species with incomplete trait data. An introduction to bees When thinking about bees, people often think of the honey bee.
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A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Photo credit: iStock. By Anders Lorenzen On the eve of the COP28 UN climate summit, The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations (UN) body, has warned that the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) is forecast to continue the trend that resulted in record-high CO2 measurements last year. The agency said that in 2022 the global average concentrations of CO2 were for the first time ever 50% above the pre-industrial level.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
A heat-pump-like system that relies on a phenomenon called electrocaloric cooling could heat or chill a room almost twice as efficiently as standard air-con units
NRDC
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Adoption of the Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, and Heavy-Duty Low NOx standards will provide significant benefits to New Mexico
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The convivial nature of bonobos is in stark contrast to chimpanzees and may shed light on the evolutionary origins of cooperation in humans
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.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
On November 16, the Stroud Water Research Center in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading a three-year project to enhance water in communities in northern Virginia. Using a science-based approach that prioritizes ecosystem health in the restoration of streams, rivers, and their watersheds , the Stroud Center will work with farmers and agricultural landowners in the Bull Run and Broad Run watersheds to improve cropland management by implementing 2,300 acres of soil health practice
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Needles and catheters can irritate the body and may pose a risk to others if not properly disposed of, but a flexible alternative made from gallium solves both problems
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Author: Anna Farrall Anna Kramvis is professor emerita and director of the Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Unit (HVDRU) at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and specialty chief editor for the Virology section of Frontiers in Microbiology. For the last 15 years, Anna has led the immense work being carried out at the HVDRU, breaking barriers as a woman in science and mentoring the next generation of scientists.
The Energy Law Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
On November 13, 2023, the U.S. Coast Guard published Policy Letter 23-05 which provides the first actual guidance for vessel owners and operators on the expectations for the surveillance equipment that they are required to install and maintain under the Safer Seas Act, which became law in December 2022 as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023.
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
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
On November 16, the Department of Environmental Protection announced that $21,600 of the $39,100 civil penalty arising from the former Cheswick coal-fired power plant demolition project in June will benefit Springdale Borough, Allegheny County. Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group, LLC, Controlled Demolition, Inc., and Grant Mackay Company, Inc. violated the state Solid Waste Management Act during a demolition of two smokestacks at the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the second ever launch of its massive Starship rocket on 17 November
National Law Center
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
In 2023, lawsuits were filed against state governments in Indiana, Arkansas, Virginia, and Alaska alleging that state hemp laws and regulations. The post Legal Challenges to State Hemp Laws and Regulations appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
A report warns that 2°C of global warming would mean losing most of the world’s ice sheets and glaciers, leading to catastrophic sea level rise
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Scientific American
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Engineers and paleontologists teamed up to reconstruct an ancestor of starfish from the Paleozoic era and figure out how it moved
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
When most people are asked to name a river, they often reach for the Amazon or Nile, but these aren’t the only remarkable rivers out there.
Environmental Law Centre
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Join our panelists Brenda Heelan Powell (ELC) and Prof. Andrew Leach, and Prof. Cameron Jefferies, from the Faculty of Law (University of Alberta) as we dive into the Supreme Court. The post Join us for a panel discussion – The SCC Impact Assessment Act Decision: federal assessments – past, present, and future appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Shining light on bubbles made from soapy water mixed with a fluorescent dye turns them into tiny lasers that can work as pressure sensors
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Charting the seafloor with deep-diving animals can help scientists predict glacial and ice-sheet-melting physics
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the second ever launch of its massive Starship rocket on 18 November
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
A newly approved CRISPR therapy could transform the treatment of sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia—but the technology is expensive
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Researchers have found nine markers in blood that are associated with adolescents experiencing more severe symptoms of depression months later
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
A generator equation can spit out many prime numbers, but it leaves important mathematical questions unanswered
Nanotech
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
NanoHarmony announced on November 10, 2023, the release of the NanoHarmony OECD TG/GD Process Mentor, an interactive web-based tool to guide stakeholders through the development process of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Test Guidelines (TG) and Guidance Documents (GD). NanoHarmony states that it developed the NanoHarmony OECD TG/GD Process Mentor to highlight the involvement of key institutions in the OECD Test Guidelines Programme, and their incentives to take part
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Hungarian-American biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes illuminated the field of solar energy.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced the 2023 Regional Food System Partnership, Farmers Market Promotion and Local Food Promotion program awards, totaling $32 million for 98 projects to bolster local and regional food economies across the country. This year, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) offered a new ‘ turnkey’ application process for applicants seeking funding for a specific set of marketing and promotion activities for Farmers Market and Local Food Promotio
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
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Nanotech
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposed on November 15, 2023, five new types of genetic modifications a plant can contain and be exempt from the regulations for the movement of organisms modified or produced through genetic engineering because such modifications could otherwise be achieved through conventional breeding methods. 88 Fed.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Unions are good medicine, spurring vaccinations in their wider communities while overcoming pandemic politics
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