Yale E360
JANUARY 26, 2024
The power sector is the biggest source of emissions globally, but the rapid growth of wind, solar, and nuclear generation are at last pushing power sector emissions into decline, analysts say.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 26, 2024
Updates to flow and other regulatory requirements for California’s Bay-Delta watershed are long overdue. For much of the last 12 years, state political leadership has prioritized efforts to develop voluntary agreements (VAs) with water users over completing updates to the watershed’s water quality standards. Now the State Water Resources Control Board has restarted the regulatory process and is considering what role proposed VAs will play in it.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 26, 2024
A lo largo del año pasado, hemos seguido presenciando victorias judiciales a favor de la responsabilidad por el cambio climático. En las primeras semanas de 2024, los tribunales tanto de Minnesota como de Delaware dictaron sentencias en demandas relativas al engaño y desinformación sobre el cambio el cambio climático, permitiendo que estos casos avanzaran en los tribunales estatales.
NRDC
JANUARY 26, 2024
Allies from key countries around the world came out resoundingly in support of the Biden administration's decision to pause permitting of new liquefied natural gas export facilities.
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.
New Scientist
JANUARY 26, 2024
After causing an international incident by suggesting that adding salt to your cup of tea will improve it, chemist Michelle Francl says it’s great to see everyone talking about chemistry
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
Ancient DNA recovered from Brazilian remains shows that syphilis and other treponemal diseases originated some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
JANUARY 26, 2024
The farmers settled into their chairs at the Congressional briefing room. With the urgency climate change demands, they came from a diverse array of states with an important and powerful message to share: keep IRA funding for conservation programs in agriculture. The group gathered on January 11 on Capitol Hill to share their stories with members of Congress in a briefing hosted by the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition ( SEEC ) and organized with the support of the National Sust
New Scientist
JANUARY 26, 2024
Learning to play the piano causes various changes in activity in areas of the brain involved in memory, movement and processing sensory information
HumanNature
JANUARY 26, 2024
Guest Post by Alex Siggers , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University “We could learn from digging down, but no one ever seems to be digging.” -Jack Johnson Tread carefully: the soil food web Have you ever taken time to consider that every step you take is likely smushing billions of organisms 1 ?
New Scientist
JANUARY 26, 2024
A tiny, biohybrid robot moves by contracting lab-grown muscle tissue in its legs – but it needs help to stand up in a water tank and it tops out at just 5.
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
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
The ancestral Maya lived in better harmony with the environment and kept water clean naturally.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
On January 26, PennEnvironment and Clean Air Council announced they will file in U.S. District Court on Monday a proposed consent decree in settlement of their federal Clean Air Act lawsuit against United States Steel Corporation. If the court, as expected, approves the $42 million agreement, it would resolve a case alleging thousands of violations of air pollution standards that stemmed from a catastrophic 2018 fire and subsequent pollution control system breakdowns at the company’s three Mon V
New Scientist
JANUARY 26, 2024
Engineered cells that make the substances they need to grow could dramatically reduce the cost of cultivating lab-grown meat
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
From Papua New Guinea to the Andaman Islands, Indigenous languages are under threat. An Indian linguist helped preserve one language family.
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.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
Penn State Extension will host a February 20 webinar on DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Grants and community forestry projects from Noon to 1:00 p.m. Dreaming of a community forestry project in your town? Learn how the Pennsylvania Department of Natural Conservation and Recreation Community Conservation Partnership Program can help make your dreams a reality.
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Hartford Financial Services Group is the latest insurer to say it won’t offer new policies to homeowners in California
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
The PA Recreation & Park Society is now accepting registrations for its 2024 Conference and Expo March 12-15 at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Seven Springs. This year’s conference theme, “Ride the Tide to PRPS” focuses on classic recreation topics, as well as sessions that provide information on new and important topics, and exciting trends.
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
A new technique helps anesthesiologists track changes in states of consciousness
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.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
By Carol Hillestad For Pocono Heritage Land Trust Tourism in Pennsylvania is a big deal. A very big deal. 450,000 jobs. $32.9 billion a year in total economic impact. $3.4 billion in state and local revenues. Here in the Poconos, that tourism benefits outfitters, guides, hotels, resorts, and restaurants in a big way. But it’s not just the big guys who win.
PBS Nature
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Big Little Journeys team travels through storms and fallen trees to reach the remote Kirindy Forest in Madagascar. Here they work with local scientists to film the short-lived journey of a matchstick-sized chameleon. Its life is finely in tune with the seasons and the team discovers how this leaves them vulnerable to the effects of a warming world.
New Scientist
JANUARY 26, 2024
Engineered cells that make the substances they need to grow could dramatically reduce the cost of cultivating lab-grown meat
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
A newly identified “chicken from hell” species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit
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New Scientist
JANUARY 26, 2024
A rubbery patch studded with suction cups that imitate the suckers on octopus limbs can make drugs penetrate the skin without breaking it or causing irritation
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
On January 26, the Department of Environmental Protection announced, after a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force, that Clinton and Franklin counties will remain in Drought Warning. Adams, Cameron, Cumberland, Fulton and Westmoreland Counties remain in drought watch. York County’s status has been changed from drought warning to drought watch.
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
An alleged voice recording of racist remarks exemplifies the challenges of our new AI normal
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a hearing February 28, if requested, on the RACT II Air Quality Permit and State Implementation Plan revision for the Homer City Generation Station in Center Township, Indiana County. [ PA Bulletin, page 419 ] The hearing would be held at the DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street in Meadville, Crawford County starting at 1:00 p.m.
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
A speculative survey about AI’s future may have been biased toward an alarmist perspective
ESA
JANUARY 26, 2024
By Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Stewardship ) ESA Executive Director Catherine O’Riordan and Earth Stewardship Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald man the ESA booth at the British Ecological Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting. Photo credit: Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald Where can you find more than 1,200 ecologists from more than 45 countries around the world to share exciting research results in the cold month of December (in the northern hemisphere)?
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
Changes in the climate may have caused disruptions to Roman society that manifested as disease outbreaks, researchers have found
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a hearing, if requested, February 28 on the RACT II Air Quality Permit and State Implementation Plan revision for the Conemaugh Station coal-fired power plant in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County owned by Keystone-Conemaugh Projects, LLC. [ PA Bulletin, page 418 ] and PA Bulletin, page 470 ].
Scientific American
JANUARY 26, 2024
The edge of the world is closer than you think, and simple geometry proves it
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a hearing February 28, if requested, on the RACT II Air Quality Permit and State Implementation Plan revision for the Keystone Station coal-fired power plant in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County owned by Keystone-Conemaugh Projects, LLC. [ PA Bulletin, page 417 ] The hearing would be held at the DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street in Meadville, Crawford County starting at 10:30 a.m.
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