Legal Planet

JANUARY 9, 2025

Like millions of Angelenos, Ive been staying indoors and off the roads, glued to the Watch Duty app, radio, and TV coverage as LA is engulfed by these historic fires. The last 48 hours of coverage has focused, understandably, on the firefight and immediate devastation. Now, its time to start hearing about the climate connection, especially from local officials, policymakers, and the TV news anchors that so many people turn to for information during scary urban fires.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

While deaths and destruction are mounting and tens of thousands flee a devastating inferno in Los Angeles, the President-Elect has used the catastrophic wildfires to spread misinformation, offer false solutions, and disrespect the suffering of people and the hard work of first responders. Here, we provide the facts and avoid the fiction. Fact 1: reservoirs are full Due to a relatively wet winter in Northern California, almost every reservoir in Southern California is at or above its historical a

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Yale E360

JANUARY 10, 2025

Wildfires in Southern California have burned tens of thousands of acres, destroyed thousands of buildings, and killed at least 10 people. Experts say global warming may have set the stage for the catastrophic blazes.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 10, 2025

Insulin-producing cells injected into a man with type 1 diabetes have survived for a month so far without the need for immune suppression

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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.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 10, 2025

National attention is (rightly) focused on the terrible fire situation in Los Angeles. At the moment, the top priority is supporting first responders who are trying to control the fires, prevent more damage, and help the people who have lost homes and loved ones. There is (of course) a bunch of chatter on social media about what might have prevented the fires or fix the wildfire crisis in the US more broadly.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 6, 2025

As the year kicks off with a very cold January weather forecast, US power grid operators and the regulators who oversee them are paying close attention to ensure that the grid failures of several past extreme winter storms dont happen again. These dangerous grid failures over roughly the last decade have left millions in the dark and cold, sometimes with tragic and deadly consequences.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 9, 2025

2024 was the hottest year on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2025

In a series of posts (beginning here , and ending here ) last month, I outlined an approach to climate policy that emphasizes the role of subsidies in building political support and technological progress for climate policy. In doing so, I drew heavily on existing political science research and case studies from North America and Europe. But another fruitful approach for climate policy research can be studies that look at policies and emissions results from a large number of countries around the

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 7, 2025

The year 2023 was by far the warmest in Earths recorded history, and perhaps in the past 100,000 years , shattering the previous record set in 2016 by 0.27C (0.49F). According to recent data from NOAAs National Center for Environmental Information, 2024 is likely to be even warmer than 2023. Scientists are sounding the alarm because this warming is shockingly bigbigger than what we would have expected given the long-term warming trend from fossil fuel-caused climate change.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 7, 2025

Huge swaths of North America are facing subfreezing temperatures this week as cold Arctic air pushes southward. Paradoxically, such cold spells may persist or even become more common as the planet warms, scientists say.

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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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

A tiny quantum refrigerator can ensure that a quantum computers calculations start off error-free without requiring oversight or even new hardware

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Scientific American

JANUARY 7, 2025

The nature of the Santa Ana winds makes them perfectly suited to spreading flames.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for the most destructive fire in its history. By Wyatt Myskow, Martha Pskowski Fish and wildfires don’t tend to go together. But as a series of blazes driven by 100-mile-per-hour winds burned throughout Los Angeles, the countrys incoming president centered blame on a three-inch fish found in a completely different part of the state.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 9, 2025

In the last decade, laboratory initiatives to recreate long-extinct species have stirred controversy. Now, scientists increasingly agree "de-extinction" is not possible, but breeding living animals with genes similar to those lost species can be a useful conservation tool.

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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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New Scientist

JANUARY 10, 2025

The microscope cost less than 50 to build using an open-source design and a common 3D printer

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Scientific American

JANUARY 9, 2025

Findings reveal the memory-related brain processes that generate unwanted thoughts when people are sleep deprived

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

From December 21 to 31, DEPs Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 694 inspection entries. Follow these links to spreadsheets showing the violations and inspections occurring between December 21 to 31-- Click Here for violations issued between December 21 to 31. Click Here for inspection entries between December 21 to 31.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 8, 2025

Germany, the largest economy in Europe, got nearly two-thirds of its power from renewables last year, an analysis shows.

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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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New Scientist

JANUARY 8, 2025

Every fundamental particle in the universe fits into one of two groups called fermions and bosons, but now it seems there could be other particles out there that break this simple classification and were once thought to be impossible

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 8, 2025

Water lines snake across the Permian basin. Photo Keith Schneider/Circle of Blue YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Ecuador is at the forefront of a global hydropower reckoning, as drought and fluctuating water levels are calling the energy sources reliability into question. A nine-month water forest occupation on the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, came to an end in late November, as police evicted those who were protesting the water use and proposed expansion of a nearby Tesla factory.

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The Applied Ecologist

JANUARY 9, 2025

Laura Vedovato introduces readers to a range of remote sensing tools, explaining how they can be applied to topical forests to monitor the effectiveness of restoration efforts. Read more in the original Review article. Introduction In recent years, global commitments to forest restoration, like the UN Decade on Restoration and the Global Biodiversity Framework, have highlighted the need for scalable, effective ways to track progress.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 8, 2025

A federal court’s decision deals a legal blow to the open Internet

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

The BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of its pockmarked surface

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 10, 2025

A recent study explains how warmer temperatures at the top of the planet destabilize the jet stream and allow colder air to travel south. By Kristoffer Tigue A second bout of severe winter weather is set to pummel the central United States with freezing temperatures and icy conditions, forecasters warned this week. It comes just days after a massive winter storm, traveling from Kansas to New Jersey, dumped upwards of a foot of snow on some cities, disrupting traffic and knocking out power for hu

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

On January 6, the Department of Environmental Protection reported its staff conducted over 107,000 inspections to protect Pennsylvanians constitutional right to clean air, pure water, and a healthy and safe environment. During those inspections, DEP identified 35,237 violations, and resolved 32,699 of them, including some from 2023. DEP also responded to 410 environmental emergencies, like spills from traffic accidents to chemical fires.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 8, 2025

In California and elsewhere, fast-moving fires are particularly damaging and expensive because they take people by surprise, making evacuations difficult

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New Scientist

JANUARY 7, 2025

We have long suspected that music has restorative qualities, but Daniel Levitin is now providing rigorous evidence that it can help treat many conditions, including depression, speech loss and Alzheimer's

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 9, 2025

It is the new year and time for a lifestyle change. While its daunting to contemplate the many issues that we need to tackle to achieve greater social equity and environmental sustainability especially in our everyday lives small, individual actions can add up to make a difference. Here are some tips to get you started on simply reusing, repairing and rewearing, all to inspire care and support for our natural world.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Philadelphia Solar Energy Association now has available the Solar For Schools middle school curriculum-- "Harness the Power of the Sun" and "Bring Solar to School." "Harness the Power of the Sun" is a 12 week curriculum diving into energy, electricity, circuits, solar photovoltaics, electric vehicles and more. "Bring Solar to School" is a subset of 6 lessons designed to enable students to understand how solar electricity is generated, to monitor their school's solar system, and analyze its g

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Scientific American

JANUARY 8, 2025

It seems like time slows in an emergency or in the heat of a sports match.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

Scientists warn efforts to limit the long-term temperature rise to1.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 7, 2025

New research found that the crop used to feed dairy and beef cows uses the vast majority of agricultural water that would otherwise replenish the largest saline lake in the nation. By Wyatt Myskow The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, and new research published Tuesday reports that saving it requires reducing the amount of farmland that is irrigated in the region.

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