Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 29, 2021

I have repaired my own home and my truck, but it was a financial disaster for me, and I got no help from the government.”. By Scott Cooper, PhD, President and CEO of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. “I live in one of the most damaged areas, where most of the homes were under water almost up to the roof.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

. -- Special Recognition Award: The Academy of Natural Sciences for their continued contributions to the Delaware River Basin with an innovative environmental justice mapping tool developed by scientists from the Academy’s Patrick Center for Environmental Research (PCER) to prioritize green stormwater infrastructure investment within underserved Philadelphia (..)

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This post, part one of a two-part series, is part of ongoing programming for Climate Year at Drexel and the Academy of Natural Sciences. . Amy Whisenhunt Eno, she/her, Philadelphia , Manager of Individual Giving at the Academy of Natural Sciences.

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ESA

JANUARY 26, 2024

These initiatives foster the inclusion of diverse perspectives, especially from underrepresented peoples and regions, as well as collaborations between researchers from different disciplines of the social and natural sciences and humanities, community members and practitioners.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 16, 2022

I also want to establish something like a governing council or an advisory council, which would be a representation of both internal and external stakeholders, to provide advice, oversight and, frankly, a bit of accountability to the work of The Environmental Collaboratory.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It would eventually be learned that yellow fever is not caused by dirty water, but in the early 1800s, a sense of a diseased city with undrinkable water spurred the local government to develop the nation’s first public water system.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

in schools, nature-based nonprofits, urban arboretums and farms, and environmental centers.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 4, 2021

There are also milestones against which progress towards each goal will be assessed, and 21 “action targets” that governments need to act on immediately and achieve by 2030. In addition, there is stronger recognition of the role of local communities and indigenous people in protecting nature , said Krueger.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 30, 2021

This coordinated approach to flood risk management followed the American Society of Civil Engineer’s call for a National Flood Risk Management Strategy (2014), which in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and other catastrophic storms, urged all levels of government in the United States to develop and align sustainable flood risk management strategies.

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Physics World

MAY 4, 2021

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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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Environmental Collaboratory is an important interdisciplinary initiative that unites Drexel and the Academy of Natural Sciences to mobilize Drexel’s powerful research programs and community engagement to identify and implement solutions to environmental challenges. A draft report will be released in early 2022.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 19, 2022

Vast, slow currents called conveyors help create and govern the climate we experience. The Gulf Stream, which governs the climate of eastern North America, Greenland and much of northern Europe, is one example of this action. Transport of warm water revealed by the sea surface temperature distribution around the Gulf Stream in 2005.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Most of us spend much of our time inside, either working, doing chores, sleeping or being sedentary; one government estimate believes the average American spends 90% of their time indoors. If you decide to make bicycling a regular part of your commute, you may begin to feel better and more confident! Courtesy of Stephy Miehle/Unsplash.

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Environmental Science

AUGUST 17, 2018

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. The Future of Mathematics. Remaining Visible.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 29, 2022

But city plans aren’t usually the key to advancing sustainability, according to Alexis Schulman, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences who has been studying the specific factors that put local governments on a path to success.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

. -- Woman of Lifetime Achievement in Conservation: Carol Collier - Philadelphia County - Carol served for more than 15 years as executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission before joining the Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences. is responsible for saving more than 2,000 acres.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

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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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2022

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. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2022

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2022

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Here are 83 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 27-28 [PaEN] -- Gov.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 8, 2024

Different forms of Solar Geoengineering (NOAA/CIRES) With good will on all sides, a UNEA resolution might have been a step towards a genuinely global assessment process, respecting a wide range of knowledge types and facilitating well governed research that would help everyone understand the issues at stake. But it wasn’t to be.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2023

of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN] -- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: An Artist Who Grew Up On The Streets Of Philadelphia Returns With An ‘Optimistic’ Climate Exhibit -- Natural Areas Association: Feb. 27 Webinar Creating An Assessment Method For PA Old-Growth Forests. -- Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Here are 105 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2022

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2022

Refiners Set For Strong First Quarter Earnings Due To Steep Dropoff In Refining Capacity, Crude Oil Supplies Tightening Due To Russia’s War With Ukraine American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2022

2 Floating Classroom Focused On Bat Species, The Threats They Face And Their Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts -- Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University Hosts Bug Fest! What’s Your Community Doing? Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law -- Pennsylvania Eligible To Apply For Its 2nd $244.9

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

In addition, the agency expects to propose an updated rule governing the venting and flaring of methane pollution from onshore oil and gas leases in October but did not estimate when it would finish work on that regulation. 20 executive order that called for a review of energy and environment-related rules across the federal government.

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