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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

Importantly (and often misunderstood), he meant not that we are gods, but instead that technologies have given humanity powers that had previously been exclusive to the gods. I thus wrote the paper “ Earth System Interventions as Technologies of the Anthropocene ,” which was published (open access!)

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Join Temple University Harrisburg & Let’s Go Outdoors May 13 For A Mini-BioBlitz During Our Big Adventure Day At Reservoir Park

PA Environment Daily

said Dr. Matthew Banks, Temple University, College of Science and Technology. Teams will track data on datasheets and upload pictures to iNaturalist , a widely used app from National Geographic and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.

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Multi-Part Art Exhibition, Watershed Experience Opens This Summer

Academy of Natural Sciences

“I would urge that we ‘think like a watershed’ … mindful of the intricate human and natural connections that link the greater water system.”. Roland Wall, Director of the Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences. Inside the Watershed.

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ESA Urges All Nations to Take Climate Action at COP28

ESA

An Urgent Call The Ecological Society of America (ESA) calls on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions to limit rising global temperatures initially to 2.0⁰

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Washington County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Mariner East II Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Chapter 102 Permit Amendment For An Area In West Goshen Twp., 21 On Rheems Quarry Expansion -- PUC Invites Comments On Williams Natural Gas Pipeline Co. . -- Save PA Forests Webinar Feb.

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105 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6 20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan [PaEN] -- Ohio River Valley Institute Feb.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

This bill creates a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases NSF’s overall authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. 289 ), the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act and the Rural STEM Act. Executive Branch.

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