Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
In choosing the top environmental laws, I wanted to focus on those with the largest impacts on the environment, not just those that are most important to environmental lawyers or best known. My own priorities are public health, climate change, and preservation of biodiversity/ecosystems. I included all laws passed in the U.S., not just federal regulatory laws, and some of my selections may not be what you expected.
New Scientist
JUNE 27, 2024
ITER, a €20 billion nuclear fusion reactor under construction in France, will now not switch on until 2035 - a delay of 10 years. With smaller commercial fusion efforts on the rise, is it worth continuing with this gargantuan project?
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Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
Months ago, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an “emergency” request to stay EPA’s new rule regulating interstate air pollution. Like most observers, I was puzzled that the Court was bothering with the case before the D.C. Circuit even had a chance to consider the merits of the challenges. Months later, the Court has finally granted the stay., over a strong dissent from Justice Barrett.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
On June 26, PA Interfaith Power & Light , in partnership with the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, has launched an expanded tree planting initiative called PA Plants Native ! with the goal of planting an additional 100,000 trees across Pennsylvania in the next 18 months. The program is designed for people who want to request at least one native tree to plant (and up to as many as you’d like!
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
JUNE 27, 2024
Last year, EPA issued a new federal implementation plan to address interstate pollution from nitrous oxides under the Clean Air Act’s Good Neighbor Provision. The Good Neighbor Provision is designed to address interstate pollution: those instances where emissions from upwind states impose harms across state lines, effectively shifting the costs of controlling their pollution to downwind states.
Scientific American
JUNE 27, 2024
The world will be watching—literally—as SpaceX tackles possibly what might be its highest-stakes endeavor to date: safely destroying the beloved International Space Station
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PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
The Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County submitted a Title V Air Quality Operating Permit Application to the Department of Environmental Protection for review on June 19, 2024, according to DEP, and it is now being reviewed for administrative completeness. “After the application has been determined to be administratively complete, DEP will post it on the DEP Southwest Regional Community Information webpage for the facility,” said Lauren Camarda, Communications Manager for DEP’s Southwest R
New Scientist
JUNE 27, 2024
A genetic study of woolly mammoths found on an isolated Arctic island shows they reached a stable population that lasted millennia, so were probably wiped out by a random event rather than inbreeding
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
The Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program will hold a July 18 webinar on Funding and Incentives to Finance Energy Efficiency Improvements in Your Facility from 11:00 a.m. to Noon. Join PennTAP for a webinar focused on funding and incentives for energy efficiency improvements. Learn how investing in new equipment, technology, and controls can enhance your facility’s energy efficiency and reduce costs.
New Scientist
JUNE 27, 2024
Pictograms and petroglyphs depicting abstract lines and shapes offer a rare glimpse into the culture of people who lived in South America thousands of years ago
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.
Inside Climate News
JUNE 27, 2024
Waterlogged areas could cause more ice shelves to crack or disintegrate, leading to faster sea level rise. By Bob Berwyn A detailed new analysis of NASA satellite images shows there is much more meltwater sitting atop Antarctica’s ice shelves than previously estimated, much of it in huge slush zones that haven’t been carefully mapped until now. The new information will help determine how vulnerable the shelves are to cracking and disintegration, according to an international team of scientists w
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 27, 2024
This is a guest blog by Annette Gibbons, lead member of the Grimsby Environmental Network. One of the main purposes of the Greenbelt Act is to permanently protect farmland and natural features from uncontrolled urban development. With climate change and diminishing greenspace, we should be increasing the amount of Greenbelt land – not chipping away and removing it – like the owners of 502 Winston Road are asking the Town of Grimsby & Region of Niagara councils to do.
Scientific American
JUNE 27, 2024
Amid the pandemic, the Pentagon ran a conspiracy campaign to discredit vaccines–just so it could score points against China.
ESA
JUNE 27, 2024
Applications are due 11:00pm, July 15, 2024. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Use this link to apply. ESA is accepting expressions of interest from members to receive an ESA “observer status” badge to attend the Conference of Parties (COP) Biodiversity Conference, which will take place Oct. 22–Nov. 1, 2024 in Cali, Colombia. Read more here.
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
JUNE 27, 2024
On June 25, the House gave final, unanimous approval to House Bill 797 (B.Miller-R-Lancaster) requiring the state Department of Transportation to plant native vegetation along state highways. The Senate approved the legislation earlier with an amendment on September 20, 2023. "Through the years non-native plants have been introduced throughout the state with some of them becoming noxious and invasive resulting in substantial disruption to the state’s ecosystem," said Rep.
New Scientist
JUNE 27, 2024
Trilobites are one of the most common fossils we know, but normally only their hard exoskeleton is preserved.
National Law Center
JUNE 27, 2024
As of June 2024, three proposals have been released on the 2024 Farm Bill – one in the House of Representatives. The post Farm Bill 2024: Themes in the Proposed Trade, Credit, and Research & Extension Titles appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
Rep. Chris Pielli (D-Chester) announced he will be introducing legislation to protect native insects and pollinators, like the monarch butterfly, and promote the growth of new habitats. "Since the 1990s, the population of monarch butterflies in North America has declined by 90%. As a result of their decline, these pollinators are now candidates for listing under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S.
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Scientific American
JUNE 27, 2024
This chemistry professor helped police around the world solve arsons and homicides
Law Columbia
JUNE 27, 2024
A new Sabin Center white paper is linked here. In recent years, cities have become increasingly defined by e-commerce – the sprawling network of goods delivery from central warehouses to neighborhood distribution centers to residents’ front doors. This growing network of warehouses and the freight vehicles that serve them contribute significantly to a community’s greenhouse gas emissions and exposure to harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matter.
Scientific American
JUNE 27, 2024
The James Webb Space Telescope’s search for the earliest stars and black holes has yielded a very weird, very red, puzzle
New Scientist
JUNE 27, 2024
The skeletons of ancient Egyptian scribes reveal the health toll of sitting on the floor while performing administrative tasks like writing
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
On June 27, Pennsylvania Sea Grant announced three educators from Pennsylvania will join the Sea Grant Center for Great Lakes Literacy (CGLL) and Great Lakes scientists for a once-in-a-lifetime, week-long opportunity to live aboard the EPA’s research vessel Lake Guardian to assist scientists and bring Great Lakes education back to their classrooms! The educators, Casey Keating, Brienne May, and Sarah Sato are among fifteen chosen from an applicant pool of 115 Great Lakes-region educators.
The Applied Ecologist
JUNE 27, 2024
In this latest installation of Journal of Applied Ecology’s Meet the Editor series, we’re joined by Associate Editor mentee Javier Lopatin. What are you currently working on and why is it important? I’m working on two main macro topics: advancing deep learning tools for ecological analysis and understanding land-atmosphere feedbacks at the local scale and their relationship to functional diversity in the Chilean Andes.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
By Julia Krall, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Pennsylvania Liquid manure from Greg Strayer’s beef farm does not threaten the Conodoguinet Creek any longer, thanks to a 185,000-gallon storage area made possible with cost-share funds through Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP). Landmark investments like those for Strayer’s Cumberland County farm are significant down-payments to protect and improve local rivers and streams, health and quality of lif
A Greener Life
JUNE 27, 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tours a Shell gas plant in Aberdeen in July 2023. Photo credit: Number 10 , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. By Sam Bright and Peter Geoghegan Rishi Sunak’s Tories accepted hundreds of thousands from major donors with financial ties to the oil and gas industry. The Conservative Party accepted £225,000 in donations from firms and individuals with financial interests in oil and gas during the first week of the general election campaign, DeSmog and Democracy for Sale can reveal.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 27, 2024
The Center for Coalfield Justice will hold an in-person public meeting on July 17 on how to protect your families' health living near shale gas facilities. The meeting will be held at the North Strabane Township Park, McClelland Pavilion, 1929 PA-519 in Canonsburg, Washington County starting at 6:30 p.m. Studies show that living near Marcellus shale operations can affect your health.
Scientific American
JUNE 27, 2024
Scientists finally know how a gelatinous deep-sea creature keeps its cells from paralysis under pressure
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 27, 2024
The OECD Artificial Intelligence Papers series draws on comprehensive evidence-base to identify trends and developments and delve into an extensive array of AI-related subjects.
National Law Center
JUNE 27, 2024
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for. The post The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 12 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
JANZEN AG
JUNE 27, 2024
Playing basketball in my younger days, I remember one thing would happen in practice after any loss—the coach would make you go back to practice basic fundamentals. Dribble. Pass. Shoot. It was a good life lesson. Any time you find yourself facing an overwhelming problem, break the problem down into the basics. With the rise of modern digital contracts, where a mere “click” means you just bought 100 rolls of toilet paper, I think digital contract providers would be wise to go back to the contrac
Academy of Natural Sciences
JUNE 27, 2024
An overarching theme arose at the Academy’s inaugural Gender Minorities in the Sciences panel: the importance of storytelling. Gender minority scientists, including women, nonbinary and other gender nonconforming individuals, have worked to overcome the large amount of gender bias in recruitment, promotions, publications, salaries, access to adequate funding and various other areas over the last decade.
Scientific American
JUNE 27, 2024
A Supreme Court decision allows emergency abortion care despite a state ban in Idaho while the case works its way through lower courts
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