Circle of Blue
MAY 7, 2025
What a difference a month makes. The forecast for how much water will flow this year into Lake Powell, a bellwether reservoir on the Colorado River, was already meager. Now, after a dry April, its even more miserly. That does not bode well for a basin mired in contentious debate about which of the seven states should cut their water use and by how much.
Yale E360
MAY 7, 2025
The wealthiest 10 percent of people on Earth have fueled two-thirds of the warming since 1990, according to a new modeling study.
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Legal Planet
MAY 5, 2025
One of the 76 gas signs at Dodger Stadium. Photo: Emmett Institute The Los Angeles Dodgers have all but ignored the growing calls from fans, activists, columnists, researchers, and a state lawmaker asking the team to cut ties with Big Oil and remove the two huge, orange 76 gas ads that dominate the clubs picturesque scoreboards. But the teams streak may be coming to an end: They can’t ignore the International Olympic Committee.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 2, 2025
The need to build more transmission is critical to modernizing the electricity grid. Californias grid operator, CAISO, estimates that the state will need an additional $45.8 billion to $63.2 billion of transmission investment to achieve its goals of a carbon-free grid by 2045. This naturally begs the question, who is paying for this? And secondly, who is profiting from this?
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
New Scientist
MAY 7, 2025
Deep-sea submersibles have been diving for decades, but records show that we have still only explored a tiny area of the deep seabed, which makes up the majority of Earth's topography
Scientific American
MAY 7, 2025
Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes
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Yale E360
MAY 2, 2025
Warming fueled the hot, dry, windy weather that gave rise to a spate of record-breaking fires in South Korea in March, an analysis finds.
Inside Climate News
MAY 7, 2025
Global warming is making high-altitude winds more volatile. Scientists say there are ways to help prevent serious incidents. By Bob Berwyn VIENNAScientists at the European Geosciences Union conference last week said there is growing scientific evidence that global warming is driving a big increase in dangerous clear-air turbulence, which is invisible from the cockpit and can surprise pilots and damage aircraft.
New Scientist
MAY 7, 2025
A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants.
Scientific American
MAY 6, 2025
Many people believe AI will one day cause human extinction.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Legal Planet
MAY 5, 2025
I wrote previously about the Fix Our Forests bill which has been passed by the House and is currently being considered by the Senate. I noted some concerns I had about its overuse of emergency authorities, its expansion of categorical exclusions, and some changes to litigation, as well as some positive features of the bill. A new version of Fix Our Forests has been introduced in the Senate by a bipartisan group of Senators.
Yale E360
MAY 2, 2025
A boom in avocado production in Mexico has led to illegal deforestation and an influx of drug cartels dominating the lucrative trade. But Indigenous communities have fought back against the gangs and turned to traditional practices to grow avocados and save their forests.
HumanNature
MAY 2, 2025
Guest Post by Julia Choolwe Munsaka , 2024-2025 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University Despite being one of the lowest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change, Africa has experienced widespread losses and damages attributed to human-induced climate change.
New Scientist
MAY 5, 2025
From anger to envy, research is revealing how to shift your mental state and put bad feelings to good use with benefits for longevity, relationships and mental health
Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.
Scientific American
MAY 2, 2025
Scientists previously thought that solar geoengineering—or releasing particles into the atmosphere to reflect solar rays—would require specialized high-altitude vehicles
Legal Planet
MAY 7, 2025
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is working on reconciliation language legislation that can pass via a majority-vote in the Senate, but only so long as it relates to fiscal matters. It looks like House Republicans are going to try and use the reconciliation process to effectively repeal the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Inside Climate News
MAY 2, 2025
Wildlife rescuers are struggling to keep up with the demand to help stranded and sick marine life along the West Coast. By Teresa Tomassoni Inside the Marine Mammal Care Center in Los Angeles, more than 80 sea lions and seals lounge lethargically in outdoor fenced-in pens or paddle in small pools. Some bark and moan. Many of the sea lions noticeably stare into space or crane their necks so that their whiskers point to the sky.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 2, 2025
On May 2, the PJM Interconnection announced it has selected 51 projects that can come online quickly and provide more than 9,300 MW of reliable capacity through the Reliability Resource Initiative. The projects consist of 39 uprates and 12 new construction proposals. The uprates apply to existing natural gas (1.978 GW), nuclear (496 MWe), coal and onshore wind resources.
Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.
New Scientist
MAY 6, 2025
25 years ago, a $1 million reward was promised to anyone who could solve one of seven incredibly hard maths riddles. With only one of them now solved, what will it take to crack the rest?
Scientific American
MAY 5, 2025
Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise
The Applied Ecologist
MAY 2, 2025
In our ‘Field Diaries’ series, The Applied Ecologist is sharing stories from a range of different fieldwork experiences. In this post, Mohammad Javad Soltani shares their story visiting wetlands in Iran and studying them with remote sensing. Overview of fieldwork project I am a M.Sc. student in the ‘Remote Sensing for Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation (RSEEC)’ lab at the K.
Inside Climate News
MAY 7, 2025
The benefits of adding seaweed to the diets of cows confined to barns is well studied, but feeding it to cattle scattered on farm pastures and public lands poses more logistical challenges. By Miranda Lipton New research from the University of California, Davis on feeding seaweed to grazing cattle shows that the practice could significantly reduce the greenhouse gases released by livestock, which produce roughly 14.5 percent of the climate-warming emissions.
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 8, 2025
On May 8, the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership announced communities across the region held cleanup events to celebrate Earth Day in April where more than 850 volunteers collected 81,261 pounds of litter and trash from parks, trails and communities along the Susquehanna River. Events organized and led by local groups and organizations were held in the communities of Sayre, Falls, Bloomsburg, Danville, Clearfield, Mill Hall, Jersey Shore, Newberry, Williamsport, South Williamsport, Montgomery, Wa
New Scientist
MAY 5, 2025
Psychedelic drugs like MDMA and psilocybin may help treat depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions by reducing the number of inflammatory cells around the brain
Scientific American
MAY 7, 2025
In the new book Personhood , historian and law professor Mary Ziegler explores how the push to grant embryos and fetuses full legal rights is reshaping U.S.
Law Columbia
MAY 6, 2025
Lithium has become a cornerstone of the global energy transition, powering technologies central to decarbonization efforts, such as electric vehicle batteries and large-scale renewable energy storage. As demand for this critical mineral accelerates, mining activity has intensified across the so-called lithium triangle Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile a region that holds nearly 60 percent of the worlds lithium reserves.
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Inside Climate News
MAY 6, 2025
More than 800 American scientists attended the European Geophysical Unions conference in Austria to present new research on climate change, pollution and other urgent environmental topics. By Bob Berwyn VIENNA, AustriaThe global science community promised late last Friday that it would rally around American researchers and rise to meet a well-documented wave of anti-science propaganda and disinformation thats swamping global media and misguiding decision-making around topics like global warming,
PA Environment Daily
MAY 3, 2025
From April 26 to May 2, DEPs Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 584 inspection entries. Follow these links to spreadsheets showing the violations and inspections occurring between April 26 and May 2-- Click Here for violations issued. Click Here for inspection entries. Enforcement Actions Taken Last Week So far this year, DEP took these actions as of April 25 -- -- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 71 conventional, 3 unconventional -- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 1,482 con
New Scientist
MAY 2, 2025
Shocking results from a major astronomical study have raised doubts about the standard model of cosmology, forcing scientists to consider new ways of understanding dark energy and gravity
Scientific American
MAY 6, 2025
Bacterial genes protect animals—and their predators—from harmful contamination
Nanotech
MAY 7, 2025
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) updated its web page on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products on May 2, 2025. The updated page includes links to the April 2025 final rule on products containing PFAS, instructions for submitting a currently unavoidable use (CUU) proposal, and frequently asked questions (FAQ). The FAQs address several questions related to CUU determinations, including: As reported in our April 11, 2025, blog item, CUU proposals are due The
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