Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 13, 2023
Congress is anticipating a battle over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as “food stamps”) during negotiations around the next food and farm bill. Republicans are trying to limit SNAP benefits, which help put food on the tables of one of every eight people in the United States—including many working households.
Yale E360
MARCH 13, 2023
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has announced plans to plant 5 million trees to help the country cope with climate change.
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Scientific American
MARCH 13, 2023
A social psychologist found that showing people how manipulative techniques work can create resilience against misinformation
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2023
The Allegheny County Conservation District recently awarded $220,000 to the City of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority to stabilize a landslide and repair a degraded road in Homewood through the Dirt, Gravel and Low Volume Road (DGLVR) Program. Spring seeps and unmanaged stormwater caused a significant landslide on Haverhill Street in 2018 and released a substantial amount of sediment on the roadway.
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
Frontiers
MARCH 13, 2023
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Compostable plastics are on the rise. Despite their merits, these products, including wrappers and packaging, can contaminate conventional plastic waste in the recycling process. Now, scientists used highly sensitive imaging techniques and developed machine learning methods that can identify compostable plastics among conventional types.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2023
The Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force announced it will hold its second “Safe Steps” Art Competition. Submissions must illustrate “Where do ticks live” or “How to protect yourself from tick bites.” Entries must be received by April 5 at 4:30 p.m. Join the task force in this opportunity to help educate your child and their peers about where ticks are found and how to prevent encountering ticks by encouraging your child to participate in this year’s “Safe Steps” art competition.
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New Scientist
MARCH 13, 2023
Most experts think we have to tweak general relativity to fit with quantum theory.
Scientific American
MARCH 13, 2023
Famed AI wins in Go let human players rethink their moves in a whole new way
New Scientist
MARCH 13, 2023
Black widow spiders are waning in the southern US and brown widows may be the culprit – in lab tests, they were more than six times as likely to kill southern black widows than other arachnids they were offered
CEQA Developments
MARCH 13, 2023
In a published decision filed February 16, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Division 7) affirmed a judgment denying a CEQA writ petition challenging approval of a single-family home expansion project because the petitioner group failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Arcadians for Environmental Preservation v. City of Arcadia (Julie Wu, et al., Real Parties in Interest) (2023) Cal.App.5th.
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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
New Scientist
MARCH 13, 2023
Wild Isles, a new BBC nature documentary, has spent a Planet Earth-sized budget a little closer to home.
Academy of Natural Sciences
MARCH 13, 2023
As the Academy celebrates biodiversity — the remarkable, beautiful tapestry of life on Earth — this year, we are delving into some of the fascinating locations our scientists have visited in the region and across the globe to study and help protect our planet’s phenomenally diverse and incredible species. A botanist, a paleontologist, an architect and a retired lawyer planned a science trip to Newfoundland and Labrador.
New Scientist
MARCH 13, 2023
Ichthyosaur bones found in 250 million-year-old rock hint that these swimming reptiles may have appeared before Earth’s biggest mass extinction and survived
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2023
Pennsylvania’s clean energy economy is growing rapidly across the Commonwealth–revitalizing its job market and boosting it into a position of national leadership, according to a comprehensive analysis of employment data released by the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) and Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance (KEEA) , Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia , Sustainable Pittsburgh , and Pennsylvania Solar Center.
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
New Scientist
MARCH 13, 2023
Most iridescent fish shine because of structures in their scales or skin, but the transparent ghost catfish gets its shine from prism-like structures in its muscle fibres
Endangered Species Law
MARCH 13, 2023
On March 9, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued its 12-month finding that listing Joshua trees ( Yucca brevifolia and Y. jaegeriana ) as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not warranted. The 12-month finding was made to comply with a September 20, 2021 court-ordered remand of the Service’s previous “not warranted” finding in August 2019.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2023
Sen. Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester) recently presented Oxford Borough officials with the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Pride Award. Sen. Comitta nominated the borough for the honor for its overall community beautification and greening efforts. “As a former mayor, I know just how important downtown beautification can be in supporting revitalization,” said Sen.
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
MARCH 13, 2023
On March 9, Commonwealth Court issued a ruling overturning the Public Utility Commission’s 2022 order allowing PECO to construct a natural gas pumping station to serve retail customers in Marple Township, Delaware County and remanded the case back to the Commission for further review in line with the decision. The Court concluded the PUC was “ obligated to consider the environmental impacts of placing [a building] at [a] proposed location,” [Court’s emphasis] as raised by Marple Township.
Scientific American
MARCH 13, 2023
Despite the stream of “good news” about vitamin D, the supplement’s prospects to prevent mental health disorders in adults remain dim
New Scientist
MARCH 13, 2023
A drug that is commonly used to treat chronic myeloid leukaemia stopped the most common type of breast cancer cells from dividing after they had spread to the lungs in mice
Environment, Law, and History
MARCH 13, 2023
Jotwell recently ran a review by Angela Fernandez of Daniel P. Selmi's Dawn at Mineral King Valley: The Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the Rise of Environmental Law (U Chicago Press, 2022). Fernandez writes: Sierra Club v. Morton [known to some as the "Should Trees Have Standing" case - DS] is a seminal 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case on standing, the essential procedural question of who has a legal right to initiate a lawsuit based on a plaintiff’s alleged injury traceable to
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
MARCH 13, 2023
The world's best Go-playing AIs can beat the best humans at the game, but their introduction has also helped human players improve their skills
Scientific American
MARCH 13, 2023
Scientists are on a mission to save parasites—not to kill them. Climate change is already doing an increasingly good job at the latter, and that could be a big problem for the world.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2023
The March 13 PA Environment Digest is now available. Click Here To View Or Print The Entire March 13 PA Environment Digest 75 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Gov.
New Scientist
MARCH 13, 2023
Huge snowstorms between December 2021 and January 2022 made Antarctic petrels, snow petrels and south polar skuas abandon attempts at nesting and return to sea
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PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2023
On March 13, Kurt Klapkowski, Acting Deputy for Oil and Gas Management, told the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board the agency i s in discussions with Equitrans to resolve their appeal of DEP orders in December to fix conventional wells providing access to the Rager Mountain underground natural gas storage area in Cambria County. In November, one of the wells leaked an estimated 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas from the facility, one of the largest leaks of natural gas in the world in 2022.
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 13, 2023
by Xavier Coumoul, Université Paris Cité; Jean-Baptiste Fini, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN); Nicolas Cabaton, Inrae, and Sylvie Bortoli, Université Paris Cité Plastic pollution is now pervasive in our environment, contaminating everywhere from our homes and workplaces to the planet’s deepest recesses. The problem regularly makes headlines, with the spotlight turned toward ocean pollution in … Continue reading Microplastics: are plastic alternatives any safer for our health?
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2023
On March 13, Kurt Klapkowski, Acting Deputy for Oil and Gas Management, told the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board , DEP expects to submit a letter of intent as early as this week to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to apply for primary to regulate underground injection wells. “It's not an easy process or straightforward process, but we're probably going to be submitting a letter of intent to the EPA this week indicating that we are interested in pursuing that primacy application,” sa
ESA
MARCH 13, 2023
President Joe Biden released his President’s Budget Request March 9. This request marks the start of the appropriations process for fiscal year 2024, which starts October 1, 2023. The House and Senate will begin drafting spending bills in the coming weeks. Across administrations, the President’s Budget Request is typically viewed as a “wishlist” and allows the administration to demonstrate its priorities and vision for the federal government.
Acoel
MARCH 13, 2023
Posted on March 13, 2023 by David B. Farer (Co-chair, ACOEL Inter’l Pro Bono Committee; Chair, Cuba Working Group) ACOEL faculty & Yociel Marrero at FANJ – Feb 9 23 On February 9 & 10, 2023, seven ACOEL Fellows participated in a long-anticipated symposium, in Havana, Cuba, jointly presented by ACOEL and the Foundation Antonio Nunez Jimenez of Nature and Humanity (FANJ), the Cuban NGO with which ACOEL entered an MOU in February 2019.
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