Environmental Law Centre

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Environmental Law Centre is seeking a lawyer to fill a term position as Staff Counsel. The post Job Post: Staff counsel term position at the ELC appeared first on Environmental Law Centre. Our activities focus on law reform, research and public legal education in areas of environmental and natural.

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Inside Climate News

MAY 26, 2023

The famed researcher publicly released a preliminary version of a paper-in-progress with grim predictions of short- and long-term warming, but not all climate scientists agree with its conclusions. By Bob Berwyn A team of scientists led by former NASA climate researcher James Hansen, who formally raised the alarm about climate change to U.S.

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Energy & the Law

JULY 14, 2021

Significant parts of the holding hinged on the Court’s reference to defined terms in the contracts, highlighting the importance that contracting parties clearly clarify contract terminology. The fight centered on construction of the simple word “all,” as well as the term “affected leases.” You will live or die by your defined terms.

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New Scientist

APRIL 5, 2023

We know that long-term memory is fallible, and now it seems short-term memory can't be relied on either, if you are trying to recall an event that doesn't match your expectations

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

This short glossary is an alphabetical list of terms relating to GHG with explanations of each; or if you prefer this is a brief dictionary of specialized terms with their meanings. It is measured in terms of such things as wind, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, cloudiness, and precipitation. a blizzard).

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Physics World

MARCH 22, 2022

That is according to a new analysis by researchers in the US, which also found that China had already overtaken the European Union in terms of research quality by 2015. . The post China overtakes the US in terms of research quality, finds study appeared first on Physics World.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Playing a rhythm-based game helped people remember faces and boosted activity in the brain’s right superior parietal lobe, which hints at how learning music can help short-term memory

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 21, 2022

As temperatures in the Midwest continue to drop, experts predict ice coverage on the Great Lakes could nearly reach long-term averages. The post The Stream, January 21, 2022: Great Lakes Ice Coverage Could Reach Long-Term Averages appeared first on Circle of Blue. Great Lakes Ice Coverage Is Increasing, Experts Say. 152 BILLLION TONS.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 24, 2024

Describing menstrual products using euphemistic language such as "feminine hygiene products" reinforces the trope that menstruation is shameful. It's time to stop, says Jen Gunter

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Environmental Leader

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Honeywell survey explores sustainability commitments from US businesses in terms of the buildings they occupy. The post Sustainability Is a Long-Term Commitment, Most Companies Believe: Honeywell Survey appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 13, 2022

The post Long-Term Industrial Improvements Must Come from Ingrained Sustainability Efforts appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Industry needs to make deeper commitments to sustainability improvements for long-range successes, according to a report.

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NRDC

MAY 23, 2023

The Colorado River conservation proposal from Arizona, California, and Nevada reduces diversions by 1 million acre feet a year. Is this enough to make river management sustainable?

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Cannabis interferes with the working memory we use to keep track of what we are doing, but whether the drug causes long-lasting memory impairments is less clear

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Scientific American

JANUARY 18, 2024

Sometime between C.E. 1100 and 1700, a Massospondylus dinosaur bone was found and carried to a rock shelter in Lesotho, marking the earliest known human discovery of a dinosaur fossil

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Independent power producer Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company has signed a long-term, exclusive partnership with solar recycling company Solarcycle to recycle decommissioned solar panels. Solarcycle, … Continue reading Greenbacker pens long-term solar recycling partnership with Solarcycle

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Environmental Leader

APRIL 25, 2022

The post Rail Sector Tops Transportation Industry in Terms of Climate Risk, Report Finds appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. A new report helps investors identify climate and ESG risks in the transportation industry.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 13, 2022

The post Long-Term Industrial Improvements Must Come from Ingrained Sustainability Efforts appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Industry needs to make deeper commitments to sustainability improvements for long-range successes, according to a report.

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 23, 2023

On Sunday, March 12, in an effort to demonstrate support for the banking system, the Federal Reserve Board created the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) to make available additional funding to eligible depository institutions. BTFP Terms: How does it work? Financing: How much does it cost? Why still utilize the discount window?

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Physics World

MAY 18, 2021

However, many existing technologies are not suitable for long-term use as they are either rejected by the body or their signal fades with time. The results highlight the sensor’s potential for long-term implantable biosensing. The post Gold nanorods are ideal candidates for long-term biosensing appeared first on Physics World.

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Environmental Leader

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Honeywell survey explores sustainability commitments from US businesses in terms of the buildings they occupy. The post Sustainability Is a Long-Term Commitment, Most Companies Believe: Honeywell Survey appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2022

billion in critically important investments for coal communities via the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) program, a limitation on this funding that does not exist in the current AML program prevents these investments from being put in set-aside accounts for the long-term treatment of AMD. While that legislation secured $11.3

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 23, 2024

Here are 14 terms to help understand it That’s particularly true when it comes to talking about carbon capture. The acronyms — DAC, MRV and EOR, to name just a few — are head-spinning. Throw in phrases like “enhanced … Continue reading Carbon capture is confusing.

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The Applied Ecologist

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Christopher Honeyman talks us through recently published work which compared three Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring techniques, along with colleagues. Interestingly, each technique was shown to survey distinct groundfish community assemblages with varying levels of species diversity and richness.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The post Federal Water Tap, October 4: Supreme Court Starts October Term with Groundwater Case appeared first on Circle of Blue. Federal Water Tap is a weekly digest spotting trends in U.S. government water policy. To get more water news, follow Circle of Blue on Twitter and sign up for our newsletter.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Scientific American

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Retrieving isn’t just for dogs, but the emerging science of cat play can’t fully explain the feline phenomenon

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 21, 2023

About 100 species surveyed in California’s Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades and Klamath regions are … Continue reading California megafires are causing long-term shifts in wildlife survival strategies: Study

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The study illustrates a need for understanding how spaceflight affects our body, specifically via long-term research on the effects on the human brain. This puts the findings in a different perspective.”. The future of spaceflight research. Future research may provide evidence that countermeasures are necessary for the brain.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 29, 2023

Read the full story from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Wildfires are an ancient force shaping the environment, but they have grown in frequency, range and intensity in response to a changing climate. Scientists are working on several fronts to better understand and predict these events and what they mean for the carbon cycle and biodiversity.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Post-pandemic many educated people will be working from home 3 days a week. Some of these people will choose to live further from city centers. How will such "sprawl" and reduced work trips affect the profitability of ride sharing companies? For urban economists to be useful here, we need to make some progress on a few core questions.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 8, 2023

A whopping snowpack is good news, but it doesn’t reduce … Continue reading A new strategy for western states to adapt to long-term drought: Customized water pricing

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

31, 2021, you’ll be hearing a lot of technical terms tossed around: mitigation, carbon neutral, sustainable development. by Wändi Bruine de Bruin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences As a major U.N. climate conference gets underway on Oct. The language can feel overwhelming. “It

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 18, 2021

is banking on energy efficiency programs in the near term, and renewables and electrification in the longer term. The post ConEd Banks On Energy Efficiency Near Term For Clean Energy Transition appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. (ConEd), one of the largest utilities in the U.S., Additionally, New. Read more ».

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, said she is ‘proud to be in a position’ to start with a term offensive to Indigenous women on 650 different places on federal land. Read the full story at The 19th. Read more →

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“These projections reveal significant population and demographic changes forthcoming in Pennsylvania, and it is more important now than ever, to start the discussion on long-term solutions to not only preserve and sustain rural areas in the Commonwealth, but also help them to thrive,” said Sen. Click Here to read the report.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. Read the full story at SCOTUSBlog. Mississippi v.

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