Yale E360
JUNE 14, 2023
The U.N. body charged with regulating deep-ocean mining will soon consider whether to permit the first project to move forward. But ecologist Lisa Levin, who has long studied the deep sea, worries that in the rush for key minerals, a pristine and important ecosystem will be lost.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 28, 2023
The White House has published its very first scientific integrity policy to serve as an example of what other agencies should strive for when developing or updating their own policies this year. The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has paved the way for this work following President Biden’s January 2021 presidential memorandum on strengthening scientific integrity.
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Circle of Blue
JUNE 7, 2023
Booming metro areas test the limits of water supply and growth. Homes abut the Central Arizona Project canal in Stetson Valley, a development about 20 miles north of downtown Phoenix. Photo © J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 7, 2023 Mark Marlowe, who directs the water supply for fast-growing Castle Rock, a Denver suburb, has a dim view of lawns.
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 20, 2023
The luxury fashion maker Gucci has quit calling itself a carbon-neutral company. It says the carbon credits it buys need more transparency.
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.
Legal Planet
JUNE 26, 2023
One of the most important provisions, of the new NEPA law, § 107(f), allows the lead agency to delegate preparation of environmental reviews to project applicants. There are unsettled questions about when this provision applies and how it interfaces with other parts of NEPA. There are clear conflicts of interest in assigning this role to the project applicant.
Real Climate
JUNE 4, 2023
The world is full of climate dashboards (and dashboards of dashboards ), and so you might imagine that all datasets and comparisons are instantly available in whatever graphical form you like. Unfortunately, we often want graphics to emphasize a particular point or comparison, and generic graphs from the producers of the data often don’t have the same goal in mind.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 13, 2023
As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Package passed in 2022, Congress directed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to investigate the links between human health and soil health, looking into how soil management practices that support healthy soils influence the nutritional content of foods and affect overall human health.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 7, 2023
The Rio de la Plata | Photo: Nasa By Zara Gounden & Fraser Byers, Circle of Blue – June 7, 2023 In Uruguay, a mounting crisis is unfolding as ‘Day Zero’ – when the public water supply is depleted – draws closer in Montevideo. On May 31 the National Administration of State Sanitary Works (OSE) announced that, without significant rainfall, the city of Montevideo would run out of water by June 22.
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 2, 2023
The latest data from the Energy Information Administration doesn't look good for coal. In the most likely scenario, coal provides 5% of the electric portfolio, while wind and solar make up 55%.
Legal Planet
JUNE 14, 2023
It has been widely reported in recent weeks that California’s public transit systems are seeking billions of dollars in support from the state budget to avoid the fiscal cliff they are facing due to slow ridership recovery following the pandemic and shifts in work commute patterns. Without this support, the agencies will need to begin service cuts that will erode ridership further, leading to a potential ridership/revenue/service death spiral.
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.
Scientific American
JUNE 30, 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.
Yale E360
JUNE 16, 2023
By pumping groundwater, humans have shifted the distribution of the water on Earth enough to alter the planet's tilt, a new study finds.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 26, 2023
If you are worried about the rising cost of food, you are not alone. In the United States, approximately 1 in 10 households experience food insecurity (although research suggests it’s actually many more than that). Dramatic inflation , coupled with the premature expiration of additional dollars for those receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and new work requirements for some SNAP recipients, has led to widespread worry about hunger.
New Scientist
JUNE 28, 2023
An analysis of foraging societies from around the world has found that women hunt in the vast majority of those looked at, confirming that the idea of gender division in providing food is a myth
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Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 6, 2023
Moreover, the project includes a significant expansion of digester capacity, providing the California wastewater utility with operational flexibility.
Ocean Conservancy
JUNE 27, 2023
Sometimes, you can look at an animal and their name just makes sense. Tiger sharks have tiger-like stripes, sea slugs look like land slugs and blue whales are, well, quite blue. The same thing is true for the aptly named unicornfish. As you can probably guess, the unicornfish gets its moniker from the unicorn-horn-like protrusion sticking out of its face.
Scientific American
JUNE 28, 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.
Yale E360
JUNE 7, 2023
As the world warms, extended spikes in ocean temperatures are triggering the collapse of key marine populations. In the Aleut community of St. Paul, Alaska, the loss of the snow crab fishery is having a profound economic impact and raising questions about the small city’s future.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 20, 2023
Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 million dollars per year in farmworker health research projects between fiscal years 2019 and 2022.
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 16, 2023
The concept of induced demand is a fascinating phenomenon that challenges conventional wisdom about how we think about new highways. It suggests that building them can actually increase traffic congestion over time. This counterintuitive idea has gained recognition among experts and has important implications for planning for our future transportation needs.
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 19, 2023
According to a Cornell study, the metaverse can greatly contribute to reducing business travel, a major carbon emitter as well as reduce transportation and commercial energy usage, transforming energy distribution.
Ocean Conservancy
JUNE 22, 2023
Ocean Conservancy’s Annual Photo Contest has ended, and it’s safe to say that this was our best yet. Hundreds of you sent breathtaking ocean photos, and we are so impressed. Thank you for sharing your images with us—we are so grateful. We are thrilled to announce our 2023 Photo Contest winners! Judge’s Choice Winner: Synchrony in Motion by Rachel Moore “ A once-in-a-lifetime encounter with humpback whales in the crystal-clear waters of French Polynesia.
Scientific American
JUNE 26, 2023
Solar power has been crucial to keeping the power on in Texas while the state experiences a major heat wave, even as some politicians have attempted to make it more difficult to connect renewable energy to the grid
Yale E360
JUNE 26, 2023
Cape Hatteras National Seashore has long been one of the jewels of the U.S. parks system, as managers worked to protect beaches and marshes amid an influx of tourists. But now rising sea levels, severe erosion, and a shifting shoreline are raising questions about its future.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 22, 2023
The year is only half done and the United States has already been enveloped by acrid orange skies in the East, battered by winter rains and floods in California, seared by record winter temperatures in the South, soaked by a record 26-inch April deluge in Fort Lauderdale, and broiled by record spring heat in the Pacific Northwest , Texas , and Puerto Rico.
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 20, 2023
How Canada’s Proposed Supply Regulation Will Make Electric Cars More Affordable When people talk about electric vehicles (EVs), it is often taken as a given that they are inherently more expensive than gasoline cars, while the promise of price-parity is elusively always right around the corner. But this idea that EVs are inherently a luxury product is often exploited by the gas car lobby.
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 7, 2023
Identifying and designing for the unique operating conditions at an RNG facility is paramount to remaining in compliance with air and water pollution regulations as the resource recovery process can be challenging.
NRDC
JUNE 7, 2023
California, with the fifth largest economy in the world, is at risk of steering public transit off a fiscal cliff. It's time for the State's leaders to take action to protect transit riders and transit jobs.
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 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.
Yale E360
JUNE 5, 2023
San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water scarcity.
New Scientist
JUNE 19, 2023
Waters around the UK and Ireland have been classified as experiencing a category 4 (extreme) marine heatwave, as the North Atlantic ocean continues to see extraordinary warmth
Frontiers
JUNE 27, 2023
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Scientists testing coffee against plain caffeine found that plain caffeine only partially reproduces the effects of drinking a cup of coffee, activating areas of the brain that make you feel more alert but not the areas of the brain that affect working memory and goal-directed behavior.
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 14, 2023
Toyota plana to develop more advanced batteries for electric vehicles and advanced hydrogen technologies for cleaner transportation
NRDC
JUNE 9, 2023
The New York State Legislature has passed the Birds and Bees Protection Act (A.7640/S.1856A), a first-in-the-nation bill that would rein in the use of neurotoxic neonicotinoid pesticides (“neonics”), which now heads to Governor Hochul’s desk for her signature.
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