Yale E360
MARCH 31, 2022
From birdsong in the rainforest to whale calls in the oceans, the world is losing the variety of sounds that enriches life. Habitat loss, species extinctions, and industrial noise all contribute to this sonic loss, which cuts off a vital human connection to the Earth. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 1, 2022
At President Biden’s first State of the Union address, he can tout a historic promise he kept from the campaign trail in 2020: his nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. Standing on the shoulders of the likes of Constance Baker Motley and many others, she […].
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Circle of Blue
MARCH 28, 2022
Arizona’s Future Water Shock. Smaller cities. Soaring water prices. Scorched desert towns. . By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – March 28, 2022. The Biggest Dry: Arizona, third of three reports. Read the first two reports here and here. PHOENIX – On a Saturday morning in late January a chill wind kicks up dust on the high desert ridge north of Scottsdale where wood skeletons of new homes appear above the mesquite and cactus of the Rio Verde Foothills.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 16, 2022
NatureWorks will automate their new, greenfield plant in Thailand, converting sugar cane to the polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymer called Ingeo. The post Thai Plant Will Convert Sugar Cane to Sustainable Plastics appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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.
Legal Planet
MARCH 14, 2022
I’m excited to announce that Louise Bedsworth is CLEE’s new Executive Director. It was no easy task to find the right person to run the center during such a crucial time for environmental and energy policy. Louise was previously the head of our land use program and a senior advisor to the California China Climate Institute at CLEE led by Jerry Brown.
Physics World
MARCH 21, 2022
The source of fast radio bursts (FRBs) first detected in 2020 is likely to be located within a dense cluster of ancient stars, according to astronomers led by Franz Kirsten at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. This comes as a surprise because current theories suggest that FRBs are emitted by neutron stars called magnetars, which are not expected to be present in clusters of ancient stars.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 31, 2022
The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents. The committee followed up that hearing —during which the executives disingenuously denied funding such a campaign—with another hearing on February 8 focusing on the oil companies’ inade
Circle of Blue
MARCH 1, 2022
Scientific body warns of ‘rapidly closing window’ for action. A woman reaches for a hose from a water tanker in Rajasthan, India. Temperatures on this day in July 2016 exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Photo © J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – March 1, 2022. The United Nations climate panel issued a blunt and urgent warning to the world on Monday.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 22, 2022
Anheuser-Busch is partnering with Cambrian to implement new water reuse technology in connection with its breweries – including a new plant in Houston, Texas, set to open in the summer of 2022. Through a series of reactors and filtration technologies, Anheuser-Busch will be able to clean and reuse previously discarded water in industrial processes which don’t contact beer, reducing the.
Legal Planet
MARCH 17, 2022
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. An tAire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide. Irish Republic. March 17, 470 AD. Dear Mr. Saint Patrick, According to credible reports that have reached this office, you have been involved in the export (“banishing”) of snakes (reptiles of the suborder Serpentes) from Ireland. We are unable to find an export permit on file for these animals.
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.
PBS Nature
MARCH 18, 2022
Vast, wild and remote, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is where some of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles unfold. Situated in the northeast corner of Alaska, this refuge has long-protected survivors of the Ice Age that still roam a frozen wilderness. The Porcupine caribou herd traverses all of it on the longest land-animal migration on Earth, witnessing extraordinary wildlife moments along the way.
Yale E360
MARCH 1, 2022
The Green Revolution helped feed a surging global population, but at the cost of impoverishing crop diversity. Now, with climate change increasingly threatening food supplies, the need for greater agricultural resilience means restoring endangered crop and food varieties. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 25, 2022
One million US deaths from COVID-19. Catatonic politics on climate change. Communities suffocating from environmental injustice. All these issues are tragically linked by the hardening divisions in the United States over our acceptance or rejection of expertise in science, public health, and environmental protection. Nearly six decades ago, in 1963, US President John F.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 17, 2022
A new report details the rising number of clashes across the planet that are connected to water. The North Crimean Canal runs near the town of Lenino. In February, Russian forces destroyed a dam that Ukrainians had built to restrict the flow of water in the canal after Russia overtook Crimea in 2014. Photo by Aleksander Kaasik, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.
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.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 31, 2022
Starbucks has made a commitment to eliminate toxic PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in its food packaging materials. As part of the company’s new sustainable packaging policy, the transition away from these chemicals in its food packaging materials will be complete in the US by the end of 2022. The post Starbucks Eliminates PFAS in Food Packaging appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Legal Planet
MARCH 14, 2022
I first wrote a version of this post way back in July 2021, when Ezra Klein dropped a couple of lines knocking the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) into one of the op-eds The New York Times loves to perennially run about how California is actually the worst (I’m sorry it can’t be 80 degrees in March everywhere, guys). At the time, I thought it was possible his mischaracterization of CEQA was a one-off, but it’s now apparent that Klein has joined the all-out crusade against the law tha
Physics World
MARCH 18, 2022
What is your favourite physics equation and how well would it stand up in the court of public opinion to other equations? That pressing question could soon be answered by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) in Canada, which has been running a single-elimination tournament that pits famous physics equations against each other. The winners and losers are decided by you, the public.
Yale E360
MARCH 17, 2022
From East Africa to Mongolia, fences are going up rapidly as livestock farming and border barriers increase. Now, a growing number of studies are documenting the impact of these fences, from impeding wildlife migrations to increasing the genetic isolation of threatened species. Read more on E360 ?.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 17, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will be discontinuing its online archive in July 2022. This means the public will lose access to tens of thousands of web resources. These resources convey information about critical environmental issues, and past and present agency activities, policies, and priorities. All of these resources are publicly funded and intended for public consumption, but the public will no longer be able to access them.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 21, 2022
Water has long been a source of geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Three weeks into the Russian invasion, the damage is mounting. Ukrainian first responders check the remains of a street in Chernihiv. Photo © Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine /Wikimedia Commons. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — March 21, 2022. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third week, water has once again become a battlefront.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 21, 2022
The SEC released proposed rules for publicly traded companies to disclose information on Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions as well as other climate-related issues. The post SEC Unveils Disclosure Rules Addressing Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Legal Planet
MARCH 15, 2022
On Friday there were two seismic shocks in the world of gas pipeline regulation. FERC has spent years resisting pressure to change the way it licenses new gas pipelines. A whole point of a natural gas pipeline is to deliver the gas to users who will burn it, thereby releasing CO2 into the atmosphere. FERC has steadfastly refused to take those emissions into account.
Physics World
MARCH 31, 2022
A new analogue photonic platform that can rapidly identify the locations of radio-frequency sources has been unveiled by Guillaume Bourdarot, Jean-Philippe Berger and Hugues Guillet de Chatellus at Université Grenoble Alpes–CNRS in France. Their device works by cross-correlating the signals detected by a pair of antennas and operates over a wide bandwidth.
Yale E360
MARCH 3, 2022
In the midst of an historic megadrought, states in the American West are embracing cloud seeding to increase snow and rainfall. Recent research suggests that the decades-old approach can be effective, though questions remain about how much water it can wring from the sky. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 3, 2022
Science Network guest blogger Professor Barbara Allen describes how scientists can better engage with communities for the best impact from their work.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 14, 2022
At Peak of Its Wealth and Influence, Arizona’s Desert Civilization Confronts A Reckoning Over Water. State’s powerful will to grow is challenged by extreme heat, deep drought, and serious water-related stress. . By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – March 14, 2022. The Biggest Dry: Arizona, first of three reports. CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Tales of personal anguish are the typical start of serious articles about Arizona’s conspicuous confrontation with scarce water.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 22, 2022
Water neutrality a growing focus as the UK building industry highlights sustainability targets. The post Water Neutrality Plays Bigger Role in UK Building Industry’s Sustainability Efforts appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Frontiers
MARCH 8, 2022
By K.E.D. Coan, science writer. Image: Riccardo Mayer/Shutterstock.com. A new design for a solar cooking system may help rural communities prepare food more sustainably, reports a new study. The materials used in this system should be easily accessible for people in places where there are few options besides burning wood or coal. Engineers in Nigeria have developed an improved solar cooking system that is designed to replace cooking over fires made with coal, wood, or other materials, reports a
Physics World
MARCH 11, 2022
Researchers in Australia have created the largest time crystal to date, using 57 qubits on an openly accessible IBM quantum computer to construct an exotic phase of matter with properties that repeat over time, rather than in space. The result emphasizes the utility of quantum computers for simulating complex quantum systems and marks an important step towards creating even larger systems of time crystals.
Yale E360
MARCH 22, 2022
A massive hydroelectric dam under construction in Tanzania threatens to flood part of a famed game reserve and deprive villages and mangrove forests of the water they depend on, experts warn. But fear of the country’s authoritarian government has silenced the project’s critics. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2022
Deputy Policy Director Julie McNamara urges policymakers to see calls from the fossil fuel industry to invest more in their operations--in response to market instability because of the war in Ukraine--as an opportunistic attempt to lower their costs and increase their profits, at great cost to us.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 1, 2022
Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In Germany, concerns about water supply are clouding the future of a Tesla factory key to the carmaker’s European expansion plans. The factory has been delayed for several reasons, one of which is a lawsuit filed by two prominent environmental groups.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 14, 2022
An intelligent water management system is designed to improve water efficiency and sustainability for energy companies with the possibility of expanding the information across industries. The post Cloud-Based Management System Helps Energy Companies with Water Efficiency appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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