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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

As a scholar of governance, I see that these new ESIs tend to share some social, political, and ethical challenges: The goal of environmental governance : Are they to restore pre-industrial conditions as much as possible, to help humanity sustainably thrive, to compensate for past wrongs, or something else?

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Q & A: Mathy Vathanaraj Stanislaus

Academy of Natural Sciences

I went from a chemical engineering background to getting a law degree to drive real world transformation that links civil and human rights with the environment. I initially practiced law at a firm in New York City. I was also personally affected by racial violence in the U.S. at a very early age.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

For every one degree Celsius that the temperature increases, the atmosphere can hold 7% more water, a thermodynamic law of physics called atmospheric holding capacity. These rare storms are expected to become more frequent with climate change as a warmer atmosphere can hold (and during storms release!) more moisture.

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Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence

Physics World

This photo shows a US government employee using an NCR 796-201 video terminal, c. It found that there has been a notable growth in algorithmic decision-making over the last few years across four sectors – recruitment, financial services, policing and local government – and discovered clear evidence of algorithmic bias.

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Guide to Mathematics

Environmental Science

As an applied science, it can take many years of trial and error to work out a mathematical solution - that is as true for building a mine as it is for calculating the distance between our planet and other planetary bodies, and for technology as it is for finance investment. One example of this trend is Carl Friedrich Gauss.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.1.22

PA Environment Daily

Contact: Jake Newton, 717-783-3349. What’s Your Community Doing? Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: DWS/Deutsche Bank Chief Resigns After Police Raid Over Greenwashing Claims PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Scranton Times Editorial: Legislative Gift Bans Long Overdue -- MCall: U.S.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.28.22

PA Environment Daily

Culver, DCNR Secretary Say State Considering Adding State Park Infrastructure Funding To Budget -- Broadway World: Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University Announces New Art Exhibition & Experience Focused On Watershed -- Sen. Supreme Court Decision On NY Gun Law Will Make It Open Season On Local Gun Laws -- Gov.