Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

EN: Welcome back to UCS. EN: You and your colleagues point out that the increase in burned acreage across the western United States and southwestern Canada over the last few decades is partly due to a rise in what’s called the “vapor pressure deficit.” For pregnant people, smoke exposure increases the risk of pre-term birth.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

EN: What do you and your colleagues mean by the Danger Season? EN: No doubt, the Danger Season is here, and it is happening worldwide, not just in the United States. EN: The report you coauthored last year focused on disparities among Manhattan neighborhoods, but New York City is hardly unique.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

EN: Let’s talk a bit about the state of the US electricity grid. EN: Since the Biden administration took office, Congress has passed an infrastructure bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, both which include provisions to strengthen and modernize the grid. EN: There are seven regional grid operators across the country.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

EN: As I mentioned in my introduction, a number of analyses have found that the IRA and other current policies will not be enough for the United States to meet its 2030 emission reduction goals. EN: UCS’s analysis looks at various ways the United States could meet its climate targets. EN: We have already seen a great deal of progress.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

EN: First, a belated welcome to UCS. Our research suggests that when federal science is sidelined, underserved communities —namely Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), low-income, and rural communities—frequently bear the brunt of the harms because of weak, ineffective, and undermined health, safety, and environmental protections.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

EN: First, it would be helpful to remind readers how we got here. EN: Thanks to the Supreme Court, some state lawmakers are now hellbent on suppressing the vote. EN: What is Congress doing to address this problem? EN: What about the folks who don’t work for such organizations? Admission Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There are people who are destroying the Earth! EN: Sam, first let’s dispel the myth that there has been no meaningful change, a notion that has spurred climate activists in Europe to take out their frustrations in provocative ways. EN: There is another effort going on at the state and local level that bears mentioning.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

EN: Before we get into the specifics of the new survey, how much of an impact have UCS federal scientist surveys had over the last two decades? EN: That’s a perfect segue to the new survey results. EN: The new survey found that there are still some nagging problems that need to be addressed. Have they made a difference?

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Legal Planet

MARCH 13, 2023

On Thursday, March 2, 2023, California’s principal energy agencies – the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) – held a first-of-its-kind, joint en banc hearing at Cal Poly Humboldt with Tribal government leaders and all 10 commissioners of the CEC and CPUC.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

EN: First, why are these new standards such a big deal? EN: These standards—or at least something based on the same Clean Air Act provision—have been in the works for a long time. EN: What specifically has the EPA proposed? What would they accomplish? And as the West Virginia v. JM: That’s right. JM: This is a critical concern.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

million displaced people who may lack food and clean drinking water is a recipe, they say, for outbreaks of diseases caused by dirty water and mosquitoes. As of September 20, at least 1,569 people died in floods this season. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 21, 2022. All that standing water combined with at least 7.6

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 13, 2021

by Mathew Barlow, University of Massachusetts Lowell Leer en espanol The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900 people died in the destruction.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

and Canada, will only ever consider these false solutions that allow them to continue making profit off of our resources while Indigenous people continue to pay the ultimate price. Canada has a long history of violating the rights of Indigenous peoples in their pursuit of promoting and subsidizing the extraction of tar sands.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2022

EN: Rebecca Boehm’s study and your recent analysis are certainly not the first time the Food and Environment Program has investigated unsustainable agricultural practices. EN: The issue of competition in the meat industry is getting a lot of attention these days. Below is an abridged version of our conversation.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2023

The Ministry of Health of Kenya, working with WHO, UNICEF and other partners, vaccinated approximately 2 million people against cholera in a campaign that ran February 11-21, 2023. Latrines that were not designed for hundreds of people soon overflowed. And then the water sources get contaminated,” Beasley said.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 15, 2023

What we know about the river’s biodiversity we know because a small part of society takes its time to go and see.” — Enrique, co-founder of Vida en el Río San Pedro (names changed to protect identities). A growing number of people are speaking for the river, which is ignored by the authorities, Sapiens reports.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This summer, people across Canada experienced the impacts of climate change in a way that was impossible to ignore. TC Energy is the company behind the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline that is being constructed through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But finding words that reach, move and inspire people gets harder as things grow more dire and people grow more weary. You can watch the leaves fall from your hope: a bird here, a town there; a glacier, its river, their people. Sometimes you know because you wait in season, in place, and it never arrives, arrested en route.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here in Richmond, California, shipyards were bursting with thousands of men and women (for the first time allowed into the workforce en masse). Amid fascist forces marching across Europe, democracy and a lot of lives were on the line. Together, their tireless work helped end World War II and deliver victory to the Allied forces.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 8, 2021

That data set includes more than 9,500 instances since 1985 where blooms closed beaches, killed fish, or poisoned people and shellfish. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Creative Commons user FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue — June 8, 2021 . Though essential, they produce plenty of drawbacks, too.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

EN: “Canada remains the G20 country most heavily subsidizing the fossil fuel industry and thus the destruction of our planet. By announcing the phase-out of international fossil fuel finance by 2022, Canada recognizes the calls from young people, communities, and Indigenous peoples urgently asking for a people-led transition.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – This is a deal that’s bad for everyone but the bankers. That’s the strong message sent from representatives of a growing collection of civil society organizations who are raising significant concerns over the proposed acquisition of HSBC Canada by RBC.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

En español NOTE: This piece was originally published on CommonWealth Magazine. January 2023 marked the beginning of a new year. For Massachusetts, it also marked the beginning of a new administration with the historic inauguration of Gov. Maura Healey, as well as a new legislative session with new (and incumbent) legislators.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Because of these complexities, people who divert water can sometimes be confused about their responsibilities, according to Diane Riddle of the Water Board. Photo taken June 15, 2021. Andrew Innerarity / California Department of Water Resources. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 9, 2021. But only in certain sub-watersheds.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

The people who allowed me to document their lives along the L.A. This is the state of one of Los Angeles’s most prized and historical symbols, an enduring source of life for the region’s environment, culture, and people. People living in this area have a higher cancer risk than the national average.

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Frontiers

JULY 27, 2022

Photo credit: Hedwig Ens. When people think of Switzerland, deforestation and destruction of ecosystems doesn’t really come to mind. committed to contributing to communities in a meaningful and sustainable way and encourage our people to participate in charity activities. ?. decrease in tree cover since 2000.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

Lire en français ici. Leer en español aquí. Some people will, when they read this imagine that I’m some right-wing anti-environmentalist. As a result, half of the people surveyed around the world last year said they thought climate change would make humanity extinct. The author in Maranhão, Brazil, 1995.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Disinvestment is abundant and this has had consequences: Loíza is one of the Puerto Rican towns with the highest rates of violence, rates of people who don’t finish high school, and rates of poverty. Can you tell us a bit about how such interests have affected the quality of life and environment of the people of Loíza?

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

On the 10th of April in the first round of the general election for the next president of France, the centrist leader of En Marche Emmanuel Macron won ahead of the far-right controversial leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen. France could be at a crossroads, and it could be a worrying one if you care about the climate crisis.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 21, 2022

I think it’s much cheaper to take the water to the people than move people to the water. The other view is one of conservation and restraint, championed by people like Kyle Roerink, the executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, a group that advocates against transferring water out of its natural basin.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2021

When the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay opened the Pennsylvania office in 1987, many people in the Commonwealth didn’t know the Susquehanna was the main source of freshwater to the Chesapeake. I understood why the American Indian people named the Susquehanna a word meaning “long reach river.”

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Physics World

MAY 26, 2022

Even if NISQ devices are – per Gambetta’s roadmap – somewhat less NISQ-y by then, Campbell’s timeline for incorporating them en masse into UK plc seems extraordinarily tight. Still, 2025 is only two and a half years away.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 13, 2020

In the case of the Ninth Circuit, en banc. When I am not tackling serious issues, I like to meet new people, go on nature walks, binge watch movies and catch up with old friends and family. deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition. Since the January 17, 2020 ruling, the Youth Plaintiffs, through their attorneys, filed an.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

High School In Allegheny County -- TribLive: Natural Gas Odor Again Forces Evacuation Of Riverview H.S.

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Real Climate

APRIL 28, 2022

En-twin-ing climate and weather. Many people working in numerical weather prediction, having seen the improvements that higher resolution has brought, often claim that climate predictions will become more accurate at about the same rate. This is interesting, but raises many questions about what would really be doable.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The pipeline is being constructed through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory despite resistance from the Hereditary Chiefs and their supporters. And many people, including those in the government, are falling for it. This is nothing new: these companies have been actively blocking climate policy for decades.

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